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World Service,01 Sep 2025,26 mins

Guyana Election: Oil boom and Venezuela tensions

World Business Report

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Guyana, one of the world’s fastest-growing economies, votes for a new leader amid an oil boom and rising tensions with Venezuela. Swiss food giant Nestlé has sacked its CEO over his romantic relationship. Is the English Premier League in an inflation spiral? Roger Hearing investigates, as record-breaking transfer fees dominate the headlines. And 40 years after the Titanic wreck was discovered, we explore how a tragic shipwreck became a booming global industry, from movies and museums to podcasts.

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