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World Business Report

The latest business and finance news from around the world, on the BBC.

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Episodes (78 available)

News imageWorld Business Report, Global shipping threatened by Houthi military advances

Yemen rebels now control the Red Sea

11 Sept 2026

26 mins

News imageWorld Business Report, "It's like somebody turned the faucet off" - gas prices keep inflation high

Rising energy costs keep US inflation high and it's having an impact on businesses

11 Sept 2026

9 mins

News imageWorld Business Report, China’s President to travel to the BRICS summit in India

The visit to New Delhi is Xi Jinping’s first trip to India in seven years

10 Sept 2026

26 mins

News imageWorld Business Report, ECB hikes rates to 2.5%

The European Central Bank has raised interest rates as inflation keeps climbing

10 Sept 2026

9 mins

News imageWorld Business Report, Is AI a threat to humanity?

An Anthropic researcher thinks AI poses an existential threat. How worried should we be?

9 Sept 2026

26 mins

News imageWorld Business Report, World oil price hits $100

Oil prices rise above a hundred dollars a barrel as tensions escalate in the Middle East

9 Sept 2026

9 mins

News imageWorld Business Report, UK bans trade with Israeli West Bank settlements

The UK has announced sanctions on illegal Israeli settlements in the occupied territories

8 Sept 2026

26 mins

News imageWorld Business Report, Thousands to be laid off as Europe's car industry suffers

Jaguar Land Rover has confirmed plans to cut around 4,000 jobs worldwide

7 Sept 2026

26 mins

News imageWorld Business Report, Germany's far-right is gaining ground

A victory for Germany's far-right fuels calls for faster growth

7 Sept 2026

9 mins

News imageWorld Business Report, Fifty years of Wallace & Gromit, Shaun the Sheep and Friends

Aardman Animations, creators of Wallace & Gromit, celebrate their 50th anniversary

4 Sept 2026

29 mins

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