'The crossroads of history'

Wake Up to Money

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4.4 • 754 Ratings

🗓️ 3 March 2025

⏱️ 53 minutes

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Summary

Sean Farrington takes a look at the diplomatic and economic fallout of a big weekend in international diplomacy. And how will markets react to a boost for British arms firms?

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0:00.0	On Radio 4, the more you listen, the more you see.
0:04.7	Hello, I'm Brian Cox.
0:05.7	And I'm Robin Ince, and this is The Infinite Monkey Cage.
0:08.4	In this series, we're going to have a planet off.
0:10.9	I feel like Jupiter wins.
0:12.9	And after all of that, we're just going to chill out a bit.
0:16.0	We're talking about your bog standard.
0:17.9	Ice, not the fancy one.
0:20.2	Science with funny bits.
0:22.0	The new series of The Infinite Monkey Cage.
0:24.2	Listen on Radio 4 and BBC Sounds.
0:29.2	BBC Sounds, music, radio podcasts.
0:33.5	Wake Up to Money from BBC 5 Live.
0:36.6	Hello, welcome. It is Wake Up to Money after a pretty intense weekend of diplomacy.
0:42.5	Where do we stand now? Can we even start to predict what might happen in the coming days?
0:46.8	We're going to have reaction to the Ukraine summit hosted by the Prime Minister in London yesterday,
0:51.8	what it might mean for businesses in the UK and beyond.
0:55.0	We are at a crossroads in history today.
0:58.3	This is not a moment for more talk.
1:01.2	It's time to act.
1:03.0	Sir Keir Starma announced a £1.6 billion order for air defence missiles from Northern
1:08.9	Ireland-based Thalus.
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