Larry

The terms of trade are still in our favor, and that had underpinned the resilience of the rand.

And finally, Larry, the famous cat who keeps watch over the British Prime Minister's residence, is recovering well after an operation to remove a cyst.

Prime Minister Andy Burnham's office says Larry is already roaming the building again.

In a lighthearted message, it said he was feline much better but taking things one paw at a time.

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Larry has lived at Number 10 since 2011 and has served under seven prime ministers.

View these and other stories at jacarandafm.com. I'm Elsa Esterhuizen.

Time for Zelenskiy to go." And what I love is that thanks to, in part, Yandex, uh, uh, getting bombed, there's not as many t- trolls in the comments.

Larry the Cat asks, "Why isn't it time for Putin to go?" Which is a great question.

How come Zelenskiy defending Ukraine is a bloodthirsty maniac, but Vladimir Putin is just a nice guy who invaded Ukraine on a whoopsie? Uh, [chuckles] someone else says, "Hey bro, you were either blackmailed by Trump or a fucking terrible person." It says, "Notice that Trump, Musk, and Putin agree that Ukraine defending itself is the real cause of the killing." Uh, Jackson Hinson says, "I love you, man, but you're on the wrong side of history on this one.

80% of Ukrainians don't want to hold election while hundreds of drones and missiles flying into their cities daily.

Mm-hmm.

Because I can only have cats at this point in my life, and a big cat fan as well, uh, Larry the cat, who, Chief Mouser of 10 Downing Street, where the Prime Minister of England lives.

Uh-huh.

Well, he had a little surgery.

She was delightful.

Um, and Larry the Cat, 'cause I have been to Downing Street, and I- [laughs]

You've met Larry the Cat? Oh, my goodness, everyone's just stopped for a minute.

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You've met Larry the Cat.

Tell me everything now.

Yeah, we've met Larry the Cat.

I had a, um...

Our UK listeners will know that here in London, we have Downing Street, we have a cat.

There's a chief mouser called Larry.

And I hadn't realised he's actually 19.

Yeah.

So

Larry is doing really well for his age.

But he has had a minor operation.

So he's been away.

I think, and I, you, you, you will know this.

I, I mean, I, I hate all this sort of, like, Larry the Cat-

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... um, lobby journalist humor.

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Have you ever heard of Larry the Cat?

Ah, he's on TikTok or something, isn't he?

Larry the Cat-

Or he's on Twitter

... lives on Downing Street, in number 10.

Oh, oh, that one, that-

Larry the Cat, yeah