The latest ceasefire proposal in the war in Gaza and why Hamas won’t accept it; What the West plans to do with $300 billion in frozen Russian assets; Bill Gates on his new nuclear reactor; How AI will revolutionize education

Fareed Zakaria GPS

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🗓️ 17 June 2024

⏱️ 38 minutes

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Today on the show, the UN Security Council approves the Biden-backed ceasefire proposal for the Israel-Hamas war. Sanam Vakil, director of the Middle East and North Africa Programme at Chatham House, explains why Hamas isn’t accepting the plan. Next, the Financial Times’ Gillian Tett talks about the controversial move by Western nations this week to offer a $50 billion loan to Ukraine on the back of roughly $300 billion in frozen Russian assets. Then, Bill Gates broke ground this week on a new nuclear reactor in Wyoming. He joins the show to tell Fareed why he thinks that more investment in nuclear energy is crucial to combatting climate change. After that, Sal Khan, founder and CEO of Khan Academy, discusses the positive role that AI can play in education. Finally, British Prime Minister Rishi Sunak has a controversial new plan to deal with immigration. He wants to send asylum seekers all the way to Rwanda. Fareed lays out the deal that the UK government has signed with the East African nation, and how the plan is playing out in the upcoming election. GUESTS: Sanam Vakil (@SanamVakil), Gillian Tett (@gilliantett), Bill Gates (@BillGates), Sal Khan (@salkhanacademy) Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

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0:00.0	This is GPS, the Global Public Square.
0:04.0	Welcome to all of you in the United States and around the world.
0:08.0	I'm Fareed Zakaria coming to you live from London.
0:11.0	Today on the program, why won't Hamas agree to President Biden's proposed ceasefire deal that would pause or maybe end the war in Gaza.
0:25.6	We'll dig into the many motives of the Palestinian militant group and its leadership.
0:31.2	Also, should Russia's frozen assets be used to aid Ukraine?
0:38.0	It's been a big controversial question in the West and it came to a head this week at the G7 meeting. I'll talk to the
0:44.9	F.T.'s jilliantette about it all. And Bill Gates digs nuclear power. In fact he thinks we need much more of it and he's putting his
0:56.8	money where his mouth is breaking ground this week on a new reactor in Wyoming.
1:01.8	Gates tells me why he is so bullish on this controversial
1:06.3	power source. But first here's my take. An American in Europe these days might find himself in a strange situation
1:16.4	or at least that was my experience having recently spent a week there traveling from Germany to
1:21.5	Norway to Spain.
1:23.7	In the United States, we talk about our economic problems.
1:27.5	In Europe, the talk is all about how Europe
1:30.3	has been unable to keep up with the American powerhouse.
1:35.1	The facts are stark.
1:36.4	In 2008, the United States and the Eurozone economies were roughly the same size.
1:42.3	Today, the American economy is nearly twice the size of the Eurozone.
1:47.0	And it's not just one measure.
1:49.0	Average European income is now 27% lower than in the US and average wages 37% lower.
1:57.7	When the British left the European Union, they fantasized about forging a close relationship with the United States, almost becoming the 51st state.
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