German Chancellor Friedrich Merz introduces the 2026 budget with €126.7 billion in new investments for infrastructure, transport, schools, and other major projects. Leanna Byrne talks to the head of the investment bank ING and we get reaction from business industries in Berlin.

New Zealand's central bank has appointed its first female boss. She's stepping in after a period of upheaval at the top, with the country teetering on the edge of a double-dip recession.

And a deal has been reached to make a new HIV prevention drug much more affordable in low and middle income countries. The announcement comes amid a turbulent year for global health, following swingeing cuts by the US government's foreign aid programme, USAID, under the Trump administration.

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