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World Service,04 Aug 2025,26 mins

Tesla awards $29bn of shares to Elon Musk

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The world’s richest man could get richer as Tesla’s board moves to give CEO Elon Musk a bigger stake to keep him at the company. We’ll hear from a Tesla investor. Meanwhile, more tariff threats from President Trump - this time against India over its Russian oil purchases. India called the move unfair targeting. We’ll be getting reaction on the mounting tensions between the two countries. And we look at the new trend of 'fake' weddings - for those who enjoy wedding parties, but don’t know anyone getting married.

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