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Bloomberg Anchor of Horizons Middle East & Africa Joumanna Bercetche and Nancy Youssef, Staff Writer at The Atlantic, join David Gura and Christina Ruffini this morning on Bloomberg This Weekend for a wide-ranging conversation on the United States' military posture in the Middle East and the strategic implications and the risks of becoming bogged down in protracted military engagement. Watch the full interview on Bloomberg This Weekend and watch the show LIVE every Saturday and Sunday morning.

As homeownership drifts further out of reach, governments are looking for new ways to help first-time buyers come up with the money. In Australia, economist Saul Eslake argues that letting buyers tap retirement savings or reduce down payments only puts more upward pressure on prices. In Singapore, economist Sumit Agarwal points to a very different system: mandatory savings there can be used for housing, but steep taxes discourage buying second and third homes. Through the experiences of first-time buyers Jordan Davies in Melbourne and Jeff Chie in Singapore, the story explores whether easier access to capital really helps people buy homes or simply makes housing even more expensive.

Fmr. Assistant Secretary of State for Political-Military Affairs Retired Brigadier General Mark Kimmitt joins David Gura and Christina Ruffini on Bloomberg This Weekend for a wide-ranging conversation on the war in Iran. Watch the full interview on Bloomberg This Weekend and watch the show LIVE every Saturday and Sunday morning.

TSA worker and AFGE Local 1260 Chief Administrative Point of Contact Jill DeJanovich joins David Gura and Christina Ruffini on Bloomberg This Weekend to discuss the challenges facing TSA employees during a federal shutdown. Watch the full interview on Bloomberg This Weekend and watch the show LIVE every Saturday and Sunday morning.

David Gura, Christina Ruffini, and Lisa Mateo of "Bloomberg This Weekend" play Pointed! Wager your points, leverage your bets and answer wisely. A new quiz is available to play each week on Bloomberg.com

Bloomberg News Senior Reporter Bailey Lipschultz joins David Gura and Christina Ruffini on Bloomberg This Weekend to discuss prospective IPO filings from SpaceX and Anthropic. Watch the full interview on Bloomberg This Weekend and watch the show LIVE every Saturday and Sunday morning.

John Bartman, a fifth generation farmer specializing in corn and soybean cultivation in Illinois, joined David Gura and Christina Ruffini on Bloomberg This Weekend to discuss the ongoing frustrations and complex challenges facing farmers amid policy uncertainty and trade disruptions made worse by the war in Iran. Watch the full interview on Bloomberg This Weekend and watch the show LIVE every Saturday and Sunday morning.

Bloomberg News Deputy UAE Bureau Chief Abeer Abu Omar joined David Gura and Christina Ruffini this morning on Bloomberg This Weekend for a wide-ranging conversation on the war in Iran. Watch the full interview on Bloomberg This Weekend and watch the show LIVE every Saturday and Sunday morning.

US Secretary of State Marco Rubio claims that the Iran war could cause weapons earmarked for Ukraine to be diverted. Former US Ambassador to Ukraine William Taylor joins joins Christina Ruffini and David Gura on Bloomberg This Weekend to discuss. Watch the show LIVE every Saturday and Sunday morning.

International Maritime Organization Secretary-General Arsenio Dominguez joins Christina Ruffini on Bloomberg This Weekend to discuss the 20,000 seafarers stranded in and around the Strait of Hormuz as the US-Iran war makes safe transport an impossibility. Watch the full interview on Bloomberg This Weekend. Watch the show LIVE every Saturday and Sunday morning.