The US economy backs Elon Musk’s vision for sending people to Mars, the moon and beyond with SpaceX. Elon Musk’s rocket, telecommunications and artificial intelligence company SpaceX has listed on the Nasdaq stock exchange with a value of $2.2 trillion; making him the world’s first trillionaire in the process.

Other AI companies, including Open AI and Anthropic have plans to follow suit but what does that mean for the US economy and global financial stability?

In this episode, Justin speaks to Ryan Mac – an investigative technology reporter for the New York Times who has extensive experience covering Elon Musk and other leaders in the AI field.

SpaceX’s public valuation has made millionaires of many of its past and current employees and generated around $85 billion for the company; money that Elon Musk says is essential to fulfil the company’s plans to build bases on the Moon, put data centres into orbit and send human beings to Mars.

But what happens if those plans remain unfulfilled?

As more companies offer shares to investors and the general public, Justin and Ryan explore whether America is gambling on the promise of AI? And is the US economy becoming dangerously reliant on one industry?

00:00 Intro
00:55 What does it mean to be a trillionaire?
01:41 SpaceX’s stock market debut
05:21 Why investors rushed to buy SpaceX shares
10:09 Why Elon Musk divides opinion
12:08 The promises Musk has and hasn’t delivered
22:03 What happens if the AI boom slows down?
27:20 Outro

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British Prime Minister Keir Starmer has resigned, ending months of speculation about his future.

His Labour party had a landslide election victory in 2024.

He’d been under growing pressure to step aside since his main leadership rival Andy Burnham secured a seat in parliament.

Britain is now on the verge of getting its seventh prime minister in a decade.

Our UK political correspondent Rob Watson tells us why things went wrong for Keir Starmer so quickly.

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00:00 Introduction
00:25 Keir Starmer resigns
01:24 Reaction of some people in the UK
02:22 Why is the prime minister so unpopular?
03:07 Why does Andy Burnham’s election as an MP matter?
04:30 Why does Andy Burnham have so much support?
05:29 What would Andy Burnham do differently?
06:52 Why does Britain struggle to keep its prime ministers?
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As the G7 summit comes to a close in France, Donald Trump said he had a very good meeting with Ukraine’s President Volodymyr Zelensky and that Russia should “make a deal”.

The US president has also told journalists that the US is considering whether to reimpose sanctions on Russia.

The US has suspended sanctions on Russian oil in an effort to bring down global energy prices, which soared as a result of its war with Iran. Oil prices fell recently after the two sides agreed a deal.

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The Ministry of health in the Democratic Republic of Congo says more than a 1,000 people are now confirmed to have contracted Ebola and nearly 250 of them have died in the east of the country.

Efforts to control the outbreak are being stepped up in the vast region beset by decades of insecurity. The three provinces affected by the outbreak – Ituri, North Kivu and South Kivu – host three and a half million people displaced by conflict. Some of the camps have already recorded suspected Ebola deaths.

The BBC’s Anne Soy travelled to the epicentre and now reports on the measures people are taking in as infection continues to spread.

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The US- Iran peace plan has been made public – with both sides agreeing to end all hostilities.

14 point memorandum includes reopening the Strait of Hormuz, apparently with no tolls.

The US has agreed to lift sanctions on Iran and to unfreeze Iranian assets held abroad.

A $300 billion reconstruction plan for Iran is proposed although it’s unclear who would pay for it.

And Iran agrees not to develop nuclear weapons, with both countries working together to remove any enriched material.

The deal makes no mention of Iranian ballistic capabilities, or its support for foreign groups such as Hezbollah.

President Trump said he hoped the deal would be signed tomorrow and has also said: Trump: “we’re going to bomb the hell out of them if they violate the agreement”.

Clive Myrie presents BBC News at Ten reporting by James Waterhouse, Gary O’Donoghue and Lucy Williamson.

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