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CNN 5 Things

US-UK trade announcement, Trump’s bill divides GOP, autism database & more

CNN 5 Things

CNN

News, Daily News

3.71.3K Ratings

🗓️ 8 May 2025

⏱️ 5 minutes

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UK Prime Minister Keir Starmer and President Donald Trump say they’ll make a trade announcement today. Tensions are continuing to spiral between Pakistan and India. Trump’s “Big Beautiful Bill” is dividing House Republicans. The HHS’ plan for a database on autism is sparking privacy concerns. Plus, Trump is looking at renaming another gulf. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

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0:00.8

Amazon offers term time working to their employees, like Anton,

0:07.4

who's home to look after his daughters during their holidays.

0:10.0

Hello!

0:10.8

To him, this is the best sound in the world.

0:17.2

Actually, maybe that's the best sound of all.

0:23.1

Now that's term time working.

0:24.5

Offered at Amazon.

0:26.8

Ten weeks off guaranteed per year.

0:29.0

Mix of paid holiday and unpaid time off.

0:29.8

Conditions apply.

0:37.2

From CNN, I'm Charlie Drever with the five things you need to know for Thursday, May 8th.

0:44.5

As President Donald Trump has been teasing a major deal announcement, UK Prime Minister Kirstama says he'll make a statement about trade talks with the US later today.

0:49.9

But trade deals often take years, not weeks, to hash out.

0:53.8

Despite the administration saying

0:55.6

it's in advanced talks with more than a dozen countries.

0:59.0

Instead, the deal Trump teased is more likely a memorandum of understanding.

1:04.2

So what does that mean?

1:06.1

I asked CNN's Elena Treene.

1:08.1

So we're likely to see some of the broader parameters of this, with more of the details expanded in the future.

1:13.4

But this is still going to be very welcome news to global markets and even more welcome news to the White House,

1:17.7

which has been facing mounting pressure in recent weeks to announce any sort of progress to ease some of the economic turmoil we've seen.

1:24.1

Now, the final details are still underwraps, but some details we're learning of include tax breaks for U.S. tech giants, cheaper access to United Kingdom car

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