Putin’s ‘Merchant of Death’ Is Selling Arms to the Houthis

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🗓️ 7 October 2024

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A.M. Edition for Oct. 7. Russian weapons dealer Viktor Bout is trying to broker the sale of small arms to Yemen’s Houthi militants, just two years after he was released from a U.S. jail in a trade with Moscow for American basketball star Brittney Griner. Plus, the WSJ’s Anat Peled brings us an update on the humanitarian situation in Gaza, one year on from Hamas’s surprise attack on Israel. And, with a new hurricane headed toward Florida, the WSJ’s Deborah Acosta explains the effects of extreme weather on the real-estate market. Azhar Sukri hosts. Sign up for the WSJ’s free What’s News newsletter. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

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0:00.0	The Capital Ideas Podcast now has a new monthly edition hosted by Capital Group CEO Mike Gittlin.
0:05.7	Investment professionals reveal their best mentors, how they find their next great idea,
0:10.0	and a few funny stories. Subscribe wherever you get your podcast,
0:13.4	American Funds Distributors, Inc.
0:18.6	Russian weapons dealer, Victor Boot, is back in business.
0:22.2	This time he's selling to the Huthies.
0:25.0	Plus Israel launches a new offensive in northern Gaza, and Hamas fires rockets at Israel
0:31.0	one year after the war began and with another hurricane headed towards
0:35.8	Florida we look at how extreme weather is reshaping the real estate market and the
0:41.5	communities who live there.
0:43.0	A lot of people are listing their homes and there are fewer people interested in buying.
0:49.0	These pressures already pushing on parts of Florida are going to continue to flood the market with
0:55.3	inventory.
0:56.3	It's Monday, October the 7th, I'm Azhar Sucree for the Wall Street Journal filling in
1:01.5	for Luke Vargas. Here is the AM edition of
1:04.6	what's news, the top headlines and business stories moving your world today.
1:09.7	We are exclusively reporting that Russian weapons dealer Victor Boot is trying to broker the
1:16.5	sale of small arms to Yemen's Iran-backed hoothe militants.
1:21.5	Boot was released two years ago from a US jail in the trade with Moscow for American
1:26.8	basketball star Brittany Griner.
1:29.5	The potential transfer of $10 million worth of automatic weapons which has yet to happen
1:35.6	stops well short of the sale of Russian anti-ship or anti-air missiles that could pose a
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