Episode description

Many companies have left Myanmar since the 2021 military coup. The United Nations says 2025 will test the country’s economic resilience to its limits. We hear from a senior UN official involved in the report. Also, we recap a turbulent week in AI and look ahead to what could be a controversial budget in India. Plus, why are major global business and sports figures investing in a UK cricket league?

(Image: Relatives celebrate with a released prisoner (C) outside Insein prison on Myanmar's Independence Day in Yangon on January 4, 2025. Myanmar's embattled junta government on January 4 said it would release almost 6,000 prisoners as part of an annual amnesty to mark the country's independence day. Photo by STR/AFP via Getty Images)