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President Trump is in Malaysia to attend a ceasefire deal between Cambodia and Thailand, and attend the first day of the summit of south-east Asian countries. Also in today’s programme: A new report shows the increasing demand for coffee around the world is leading to reduced rainfall in the Amazon. We speak with a coffee farmer in Brazil about what his company is doing to try and slow the environmental damage, and grow sustainable coffee. And the winner of this year’s International Chopin Competition in Warsaw is an American. We speak with Eric Lu about the pressures of performing in such a celebrated event, and to the director of the competition about what it means for Poland. Presenter Krupa Padhy is joined by Helen Scales, a marine biologist and author based in the United Kingdom, and by Bence Nemeth, a senior lecturer in defence studies at King’s College, London. (Photo: US President Donald Trump and Malaysian Prime Minister Anwar Ibrahim hold up trade deal documents during a bilateral meeting during the 47th Association of Southeast Asian Nations (ASEAN) summit in Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia, October 26, 2025. Credit: Reuters/Evelyn Hockstein)
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