This BBC podcast is supported by ads outside the UK hello and welcome to Business Matters.
I'm Roger hearing on the program today what it's been like to live through the Los Angeles wildfires and how the damaged areas could be rebuilt.
Plus, Venezuela's President Maduro sworn in for a third term as his country faces tougher sanctions over elections seen as fraudulent.
One of the latest from TikTok's appearance appeal to the US Supreme Court and why Indian workers are being urged to work harder and longer.
Anyone for a 90 hour week.
And I'll be joined throughout the program by two guests on opposite sides of the world and Eula, journalism fellow at the University of Texas Energy Institute and Columbia University center on Global Energy Policies.
Joining us on the line from Austin, Andy, a very good evening to you.
Good evening, Roger.
How are you doing?
Good, thanks.
And good to have you with us.
And across the other side of the world, Maimal Safrans, the journalist and analyst in Parkish, Pakistan.
He's joining us on the line from Lahore.
A very good morning to you, I should say.
Good morning, Roger.
Good to have you there and good to have you all with us on the program.
Well, let's first of all do as we often do, get a sense of what's going on where you are.
So mama, let me just get a sense of what's making the news in Pakistan today.
I gather there's some good news, particularly about flights to Europe, is that right?
Yes, you know, I mean, there was major faux pas made by a former aviation minister who had made some wild claims about, you know, licenses of our pilots.