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On today's podcast:(1) A defiant Vladimir Putin says Russia won't be stopped from pursuing its goals after he swept to a record victory in a presidential election whose outcome was pre-determined.
(2) Bank of Japan Governor Kazuo Ueda and his board have one more day to decide if it's time for the nation's first interest rate hike in 17 years amid simmering speculation that it will proceed.
(3) Israel's military made its deepest incursion into Gaza City in about two weeks, saying its troops were undertaking a "precise operation" targeting the main hospital in the northern metropolis that bore the brunt of the first weeks of fighting in the conflict. 
(4) Rishi Sunak's government is facing the same levels of economic misery that led to the Conservative Party's defeat in 1997, helping explain why the prime minister plans to delay the next election until late this year. 
(5) Britain's property sellers boosted the prices they're asking for homes at the quickest pace in 10 months, indicating increasing confidence the market is strengthening, according to the online sales portal Rightmove.See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.