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World Service,24 Nov 2025,9 mins
Vodafone boss on the threat to the world’s internet
World Business ExpressAvailable for over a year
We hear from Vodafone's boss Margherita Della Valle on rising threats to vital undersea internet cables. We're days out from the UK's budget, what do we need to know? Britain's finance minister, Chancellor Rachel Reeves, is under presure to balance the country's books. And Japan once dominated the chip industry, but decades of decline left it trailing behind the likes of Taiwan and South Korea. Now, Tokyo is investing billions of dollars to try and turn that around. We hear from our Asia Business Correspondent Suranjana Tewari in Japan, to find out if the country can reclaim its tech. Presenter: Leanna Byrne Producer: Haider Saleem Editor: Justin Bones
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