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What significant political shift is happening in Colombia?
Colombia lurches right as voters back a candidate pledging a major drugs crackdown.
This puts the U.S. in a good position to fight drugs here more openly, and it would also provide an ally for the U.S. in whatever actions it takes in Venezuela.
Plus, SoftBank leapfrogs Toyota to become Japan's most valuable company. And NVIDIA unveils a next generation of personal computers designed to run AI agents. It's Monday, June 1st. I'm Luke Vargas for The Wall Street Journal, and here is the AM edition of What's News, the top headlines and business stories moving your world today. The US and Iran have once again exchanged blows, with the US hitting air defense radars and drone sites after Iran shot down an American drone. weekend flare-up came as the two sides continued discussions to extend a ceasefire and lift blockages in the Strait of Hormuz.
How does the U.S. view the election outcome in Colombia?
President Trump posted on social media this morning that Iran wants to make a deal, but that lawmakers were complicating negotiations. American hardliners and Israel are wary of a deal that fails to secure concrete concessions on Iran's nuclear program or control of the strait. In Colombia, far-right lawyer Abelardo de la Esprea has won the first round of a presidential election held Sunday in a major blow to both the ruling leftist party and establishment conservatives. The surprise result sets up a high-stakes runoff in a few weeks between the government's far-left candidate, Iván Zepeda, and Esprea.
Abelardo de la Espraya is a populist. He's an outsider. He's never held public office.
That's Juan Ferreira, our editor for South America. Reporting from Bogota, Juan said that the flamboyant far-right lawyer ran an unusual campaign and has a background to match.
He's best known here in this country for having represented some pretty well-known underworld figures, which makes him kind of an unusual candidate in a country like this, which has been lately buffeted by drug violence and by narco-trafficking groups.
What recent developments are occurring between the U.S. and Iran?
But what he basically says is that he's going to punish those groups. He actually says he's going to build terrorist And Juan says that a win for Esprea could mean another close ally for President Trump in Latin America. With Abelardo de la Esprea having taken the most votes and really put himself in a position to win the presidency, Abelardo de la Esprea is going to be the next president. I think this means that the United States will have a very close ally. He has expressed admiration for President Trump as well as for some other right wing leaders in Latin America who are also close to the U.S., including Najib Bukele in El Salvador. and Javier Millet in Argentina. I think that this puts the U.S.
in a good position to fight drugs here more openly, and it would also provide an ally for the U.S. in whatever actions it takes in Venezuela.
How is SoftBank surpassing Toyota in market value?
Since the vote, the Colombian president, along with his candidate, Iván Zepeda, have said they don't accept the results. A month after blocking Meta's acquisition of China-linked AI startup Manus, Beijing is formalizing restrictions on outbound investments in a bid to keep technology and data in the country. We report that a ban on the unauthorized direct export of state-restricted goods, technology, services, and data is already in effect. with a ban on indirect transfers kicking in in July that would bar things like cross-border personnel deployments, training programs, and technical guidance. Our China Bureau Chief Jonathan Cheng has more.
China for many years benefited from innovation coming out of the West, and they faced accusations that they were perhaps underhandedly getting their hands on some technology and innovation from the West. Now the shoe's on the other foot, and China is trying to be very careful about... how it protects its own intellectual property.
And John, we clearly saw that in China unwinding that Meta Manus deal, and yet that deal was a bit of an outlier.
Yeah, look, there haven't been too many deals yet, but I think Beijing anticipates that there are going to be more of these temptations by Chinese technologists, scholars, scientists, entrepreneurs.
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Chapters
8 chapters
1
What significant political shift is happening in Colombia?
0:03–1:04
2
How does the U.S. view the election outcome in Colombia?
1:04–2:18
3
What recent developments are occurring between the U.S. and Iran?
2:18–3:18
4
How is SoftBank surpassing Toyota in market value?
3:18–4:38
5
What new AI capabilities are being introduced by NVIDIA?
4:38–6:03
6
What impact will NVIDIA's new PCs have on content creation?
6:03–7:33
7
Why is the UN facing a financial crisis?
7:33–8:00
8
How are the U.S. and China influencing the UN's funding situation?
8:00–13:46
Speakers
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