Sunak Quells Rebellion, Netflix Reveals All & UK Builders Go Rogue

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On today's podcast:
(1) Prime Minister Rishi Sunak staved off a potential rebellion from members of his Conservative Party, winning a parliamentary vote on legislation designed to green-light his signature plan to deport asylum-seekers to Rwanda.

(2) Walgreens has been holding early talks about ways to separate Boots, which could be valued in a deal at about £7 billion, according to the people. Bloomberg understands that it's studying a London IPO as one possibility.

(3) Argentina devalued the peso by 54%, overhauled its crawling peg and announced massive spending cuts to eliminate its primary fiscal deficit next year as the first steps in President Javier Milei's shock-therapy program.

(4) Divisions between President Joe Biden and Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu over the conflict in Israel spilled into public view, with the leaders' competing visions for the post-war Gaza Strip underscoring a deepening split between the allies.

(5)  Netflix has released global midyear viewer data for every title on its service for the first time. The political thriller The Night Agent was the most-watched title globally in the first half of 2023, generating 812.1 million hours of viewing.

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