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Hello, I'm Katya Adler, host of the Global Story podcast from the BBC.
Each weekday we break down one big news story
with fresh perspectives from journalists around the world.
From artificial intelligence to divisive politics tearing our societies apart
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Hello, and welcome to NewsHour.
It's coming to you live from the BBC World Service studios in central London.
I'm Tim Franks
and in about 15 minutes we'll have the story that broke very late night
in Ukraine shortly before we came on air,
and that is Ukrainian officials saying a deal has been reach between Ukraine
and the US on the joint exploitation of Ukraine's mineral resources.
We'll have more on that, as I say, in about 15 minutes.
We're beginning the program, though,
with a striking announcement from the British Prime Minister today.
An increase in defence spending paid for by a major raid on the international aid budget,