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Welcome to the PDB afternoon bulletin.

I'm Mike Baker, your eyes and ears on the world stage.

All right.

Let's get briefed.

First, President Trump inks a new trade deal with Britain. The first

major agreement reached since announcing his plans to impose sweeping reciprocal tariffs on U.S. trading

partners. The announcement comes just ahead of pivotal talks between the U.S. and China,

set to take place in Geneva this week. Later in the show, violent anti-S.-Semitic protests have returned to Colombia-U.S. and China, set to take place in Geneva this week. Later in the show, violent anti-Semitic

protests have returned to Columbia University, where police arrested dozens of students Wednesday night

after they seized the school's main library in one of the largest and most chaotic demonstrations

since last year's pro-Palestinian campus uprisings. You have to ask,

are these protests that spring up on campuses? Are they just grassroots spontaneous events,

or are there national and international organizations behind them that provide funding and

communications and logistical support? Really, you have to ask? I mean, is the Pope Catholic?

Ooh, speaking of which, we have a new Pope. We'll cover that in detail in tomorrow morning's PDB.

All right, let's jump into today's afternoon spotlight. We'll begin with a major economic

update as President Trump inks what he called a quote

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