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Blue Origin's New Glenn rocket exploded in a massive fireball while undergoing a test on a Florida launchpad Thursday evening, dealing a major setback to the Jeff Bezos-backed firm in its efforts to challenge a dominant SpaceX. Blue Origin and Amazon founder Jeff Bezos said it was too early to determine the cause of the explosion and described it as "a very rough day" in a post on X. Bloomberg Intelligence analyst Matt Bloxham joined Caroline Hepker to discuss the implications.

Joumanna Bercetche, Tom Mackenzie and Paul Dobson break down today's key themes for analysts and investors on "Bloomberg: The Opening Trade."

Control Risks Partner Angela Mancini believes the outlook for a sustainable peace that meets the priorities of the primary threat actors in the Iran war remains very poor. She speaks with Haslinda Amin on "Insight with Haslinda Amin."

Apollo and Blackstone are working to bring additional investors into a roughly $36 billion debt financing deal to help Anthropic build out its AI infrastructure. The debt will be used to purchase Google's custom chips known as tensor processing units, or TPUs, which Anthropic will then lease, according to people with knowledge of the matter. Bloomberg's Neil Campling reports.

Rosanna Law, Hong Kong's Secretary for Culture, Sports and Tourism, says the city is on track to reach its 53.8 million visitor arrivals target for 2026 and is currently running slightly ahead. She speaks with Yvonne Man and David Ingles on Bloomberg: The China Show

Equity benchmarks across Asia and the US saw new highs this week, driven by optimism around the resonant AI trade despite growing concerns of potential disruptions to the labor market. The Opening Trade spoke with industry experts and leading market voices on how companies and regions are preparing for a latent transformation to jobs.

Takahide Yoshiike, Executive Chief Engineer for Honda's R&D Frontier Robotics division, notes that while global competition in robotics is intense, each region has distinct strengths. Chinese companies excel at reducing production costs for humanoid robots, the United States leads in AI chip development, and Japan's advantage lies in manufacturing precise, high-quality hardware. He also discusses the evolution of Honda's humanoid robotics efforts. He speaks with Shery Ahn from the sidelines of the Tokyo Humanoids Summit on "Bloomberg Tech Asia".

Carolina Parada, VP and Head of Robotics at Google Deepmind, says "embodied intelligence is the next frontier of artificial intelligence." She is focused on pushing the boundaries of robots' ability to perform highly dexterous tasks, such as folding origami or packing a lunch box. Parada also discusses the development and research direction of Gemini Robotics. She speaks with Shery Ahn on the sidelines of the Tokyo Humanoids Summit on "Bloomberg Tech Asia".

the Humanoids Summit in Tokyo gathers leading companies, builders, and investors from around the world for live humanoid demonstrations and talks on commercialization, mass production, and safety.

The Philippine President's uneasy alliance with his Vice President has escalated into a second impeachment for Sara Duterte in as many years, and chaos within the Senate. Marcos shares his views on the rivalry between the two families in an exclusive interview with Bloomberg's Haslinda Amin on "Latitude".