Former president of Brazil sentenced to 27 years in prison

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  Hello and welcome to Business Matters.

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  I'm Roger Hearing.

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  On the program today, Jair Bolsonaro, the former Brazilian president,

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  is jailed for 27 years for attempting a coup.

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  Washington is not happy, but what will it do about it?

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  Also,

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  hundreds of Korean workers flying home after their arrest by American immigration officials in Georgia.

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  What's going to be the effect now on plans for new battery factories in the US?

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  London counts the cost to business from a strike on the capital's underground trains.

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  And why are AI bots now writing the speeches of business leaders and politicians?

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  You will find somebody who leaves school at 16 or 18, who's a smart sort of tradesman,

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  will be able to write a better speech than an Oxford PPE graduate.

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  And I'll be joined throughout the program by two guests on opposite sides of the world, Nafam,

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  a journalist and filmmaker, normally based in Taipei, although she's joining us today from Hanoi.

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  So, Naf, a very good morning to you.

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  Good morning, Roger.

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  I'm indeed in Hanoi.

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  I've just been attending the celebration of Vietnam's National Day, very big, big event.

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  Indeed.

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  Well, we'll talk about that in a moment.

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