John Batchelor 09-03 segment 13.mp3 Guest: Simon Constable writing for The Wall Street Journal and other distinguished publications. European Politics, Commodities, and Digital Identity Debates Simon Constable reports on pleasant weather in the South of

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🗓️ 4 September 2025

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John Batchelor 09-03 segment 13.mp3 Guest: Simon Constable writing for The Wall Street Journal and other distinguished publications. European Politics, Commodities, and Digital Identity Debates Simon Constable reports on pleasant weather in the South of France and seasonal produce. He reviews commodity prices, noting gold's all-time high, coffee's surge, and orange juice's decline. Constable discusses political crises in France, with President Macronfacing a no-confidence vote, and the UK, where Keir Starmer struggles with spending cuts and migration. He advocates for digital national ID cards as the only reasonable solution to migration.

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0:00.0	Building a coffee business?
0:01.9	Serving the best Americano in town is up to you.
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0:15.0	you'll always know when you're running low on your best-selling blends.
0:17.9	Visit sumup.co. UK to learn more.
0:28.0	This is CBS Eye on the World.
0:30.1	Here's John Batchelor.
0:33.9	To the south of France, to Paradise,
0:35.9	Ocetaini and Simon Constable,
0:37.2	writing for the Wall Street Journal and other distinguished
0:38.7	publications, we go immediately to climate. Simon, I report to you in southern New England. It is
0:45.9	blue skies in the 50-degree range and no weather of any distemper whatsoever in any direction.
0:55.0	The other remark is that it's 9-11 weather.
0:59.0	How are you in the south of France?
1:01.0	Good evening to you.
1:02.0	Good evening to you, John.
1:04.0	It's absolutely lovely today.
1:06.0	It's a lot cooler than it has been.
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