Your morning briefing, the business news you need in just 15 minutes. On today's podcast: (1) Ukraine's President Zelenskiy says the aim of Ukraine's incursion into Russian territory is to create a "buffer zone" between the two countries. (2) Safety at the Russian-occupied Zaporizhzhia nuclear power plant in southern Ukraine is deteriorating after a drone strike Saturday, International Atomic Energy Agency monitors warned. (3) UK companies stepped up advertising for jobs for the first time this year, a sign of strength in the labor market, data from Adzuna showed. (4) Britain’s prospective home buyers stepped up their search for property after the Bank of England’s first reduction in interest rates since the start of the pandemic, Rightmove Plc said. (5) All eyes will turn to the mountains of Wyoming in this week for the Federal Reserve’s Jackson Hole symposium, your best chance every year to see a Nobel Prize-winning economist in a cowboy hat. (6) Israel and Hamas blamed each other for impeding a cease-fire and hostage deal as the top US diplomat arrived in Tel Aviv to press for an agreement.See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

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