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US jobs growth way better than expected

US jobs growth was way better than expected last month. The world鈥檚 biggest economy added twice as many jobs as economists had forecast.

US jobs growth was way better than expected last month. The world鈥檚 biggest economy added twice as many jobs as economists had forecast: 172,000 versus predictions of around 88,000.

Plus, nearly a year after the Air India crash in Ahmedabad, the families of victims in India say they鈥檙e being paid significantly less in compensation than their counterparts in the UK.

We hear from one of Vladimir Putin鈥檚 top advisers on the state of the Russian economy, and from a co-founder of the AI giant Anthropic, who says artificial intelligence needs to be reined in.

Presenter: Leanna Byrne
Producer: Gideon Long

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