Update: Can Cinema Survive Covid 19?

A dearth of film releases has led Cineworld to close more than 650 UK and US cinemas. Hannah Woodhead is associate editor of movie magazine Little White Lies, and assesses the current health of the movie industry. Also in the programme, on transfer deadline day for Europe's football clubs, and with some predictions of a potential 35% decline in spending by the continent's five biggest leagues, we examine the impact of coronavirus with football finance expert Kieran Maguire of the University of Liverpool. Pl...

His doctor says Mr Trump is 'doing well' and has been given the steroid dexamethasone. The president briefly left hospital earlier to drive past the supporters who have gathered outside the Walter Reed Medical Center where he is being treated. We get the latest from Al Weaver, political reporter with The Hill newspaper in Washington DC. Entrepreneur and restauranteur Oliver Peyton tells us about his latest business venture - a new range of high-end canned cocktails. We ask him about the risks of launching n...

President Trump is being moved to hospital after being diagnosed with coronavirus, out of an "abundance of caution" according to the White House. We speak to Jenna Johnson, The Washington Post's National Political Correspondent. Meanwhile, the rate of unemployment in the US has fallen to 7.9%. But the jobless rate in the world's biggest economy is much higher than it was before the pandemic struck. We speak to Loretta Mester chair of the Cleveland Federal Reserve and member of the Federal Open Markets Comm...

We gauge financial market reaction to the news US president Donald Trump has coronavirus. And Daniel Lippman, reporter at US news website Politico in Washington tells us how the development might impact the run-up to next month's presidential election. Also in the programme, from 2024 onwards, contenders for best picture at the Oscars will have to meet new rules designed to broaden the backgrounds of the people who worked on it, on both sides of the lens. Clayton Davis is film awards editor of the US entert...

Google today launched Google News Showcase. The tech giant will pay news publishers “to create and curate high-quality content” for Google News. We hear from Jeff Elgie, CEO of Village Media, a Canadian online news publisher that has signed up. Plus, Cary Leahy of Decision Economics on what's been moving the markets today....

Ivory Coast and Ghana have added a premium to the cocoa price to boost farmers' incomes. The countries produce around two thirds of the world's cocoa, and Michel Arrion, executive director at the International Cocoa Organisation in Abidjan explains how the so-called Living Income Differential is expected to work. Becky Forecast of the Fair Trade Foundation tells us it's too early to tell whether the change will increase the price of chocolate for consumers. And Ivorian cocoa farmer Kohi Amie discusses the i...

Peter Spiegel, US Managing Editor of the Financial Times on the impact of and fallout from the first debate. Susan Schmidt of Aviva Investors analyses the markets' reaction. Plus, the Bank of England's Chief Economist, Andy Haldane has blamed the media for emphasising the bad news about the pandemic and has called for more optimism. We ask Tali Sharot, Professor of Cognitive Neuroscience and author of The Optimism Bias, whether being optimistic can make a difference....

As the first dieselgate trials get underway we examine the scandal's impact on Volkswagen. The former chief executive of its subsidiary Audi faces trial in Germany, and denies any wrongdoing. Jack Ewing of the New York Times in Frankfurt wrote Faster, Higher, Farther: How One of the World's Largest Automakers Committed a Massive Fraud, and reminds us how the story emerged. Ferdinand Dudenhoffer of the Centre for Automotive Research in Duisberg tells us boardroom culture at Volkswagen has now seen a major sh...

In a few hours Donald Trump and Joe Biden will face each other in their first presidential debate. What, if any, difference will it make to the campaign? We hear from Peter Spiegel, the Financial Times Managing Editor in the US. And Brian Dorst of Themis Trading in New Jersey explains the potential impact on the markets....

Six months after their introduction, Kenya is easing strict coronavirus restrictions. The BBC's Ferdinand Omondi in Nairobi tells us about the economic impact of the coronavirus curbs. And Magdalene Wambui, owner of bar Ibiza Club, which is reopening, discusses how life has been for her and her employees over the past few months. Also in the programme, Epic Games, developer of Fortnite, is facing off in court against Apple over the fees the iPhone maker charges to app developers to appear in its app store....

British bookmaker William Hill received a takeover bid from US firm Caesars Entertainment. James Kilsby is USA vice president of Vixio GamblingCompliance, and explains how the changing regulatory picture in the US makes William Hill attractive to a US suitor. And we get wider context from Professor David Forrest of Liverpool University, who specialises in analysis of the sports and gambling industries. Also in the programme, some of the world's leading cement producers have made a public pledge to shrink th...

The US President says claims he paid just $750 in federal income tax in 2016 are "fake news". Five weeks ahead of the US election, the BBC's Peter Bowes explains the significance of the story. Sri Lanka says it is sending 21 containers of waste back to the UK after they were found to contain hazardous material. Will Nichols at Verisk Maplecroft says it's part of a wider problem. Also, Swiss citizens have rejected a proposal to end an accord with the European Union allowing the free movement of people. We ex...

Chris Low of FHN Financial says markets expect to hear from pharmaceutical companies within the next two weeks on progress with a covid vaccine, and that could end the current period of flatness. We're rounding up a week of special programmes on the US election. We speak to Sarah Bryner, research director at the Center for Responsive Politics, in Chicago, about election fundraising and what all those dollars are spent on. And Marylouise Serrato of American Citizens Abroad tells us what US voters abroad are ...

As Nancy Pelosi suggests a second government stimulus package of $2.4 trillion, Cary Leahey of Decision Economics in New York explains how the market reacted. Also in the programme, all this week we're examining issues affecting voters in key US battleground states ahead of November's presidential election. Today we go to Ohio, and hear from the chair of its Democratic Party, David Pepper, and farmer Paul Kalmbach, who voted for President Trump in 2016....

Israel is tightening its second nationwide coronavirus lockdown as case counts rise. Mehul Srivastava is Israel bureau chief for the Financial Times in Jerusalem, and explains the government's latest moves. And we hear how Israel's businesses could be impacted from Uriel Lynn, president of the Federation of Israeli Chambers of Commerce. Also in the programme, all this week we've been examining issues affecting voters in key US battleground states ahead of November's presidential election. Today Rahul Tandon...

Uncle Ben's Rice will change its name and remove the image of a smiling, grey-haired black man from its packaging. Plus we hear the story of the first American to vote from space....

The International Labour Organisation says the impact of Covid-19 on jobs is worsening. Guy Ryder is director general of the ILO, and brings us details of their latest research. Also in the programme, continuing our series examining issues affecting voters in key swing states ahead of November's US presidential election, the BBC's Fergus Nicoll has been taking a closer look at Florida. Plus, the BBC's Elizabeth Hotson reports on how the pandemic is forcing breweries to adapt. (Picture: A jobs protest in Wa...

Are politicians in Washington too preoccupied with a possible Supreme Court nomination to think about the need for a second stimulus package? We ask Joe Saluzzi of Themis Trading. Also, we consider how agricultural tariffs, imposed by President Trump in his trade battle with China, may have impacted the vote amongst American farmers in Florida in a report from journalist Heather van Blokland....

UK prime minister Boris Johnson has announced new measures to tackle coronavirus. With new rules compelling the closure of bars and restaurants at 10pm, we ask Kate Nicholls, chief executive of the industry body UK Hospitality how the sector will cope. And Kim Sneppen, professor of biocomplexity at the Niels Bohr Institute in Copenhagen tells us how Denmark is handling a recent rise in coronavirus infections. Also in the programme, we're focusing this week on issues affecting voters in key battleground stat...

The death of Supreme Court justice Ruth Bader Ginsburg brings further uncertainty to markets, which were already feeling the uncertainty of the upcoming presidential election, as we hear from markets commentator Peter Jankovskis. Erin Delmore reports from Pennsylvania on the state's steel industry, and how a shortage of the metal is affecting some breweries, who badly need cans to package and transport their beer. And we hear how the coronavirus pandemic has affected demand for filming in one of America's m...

More than 800,000 Madrid residents were ordered to stay at home as Covid-19 cases rise. A number of European governments are considering stricter enforcement measures as they try to contain the pandemic, and a bar owner in Madrid tells us how the new restrictions are likely to affect his business. Also in the programme, leaked documents involving about $2tn of transactions have revealed how some of the world's biggest banks have allowed criminals to move money around the world. One of the cases shows that t...

As President Trump's deadline to ban new downloads of Chinese social media apps nears, he announces that a deal has been reached for US companies to take control of the video sharing site TikTok. Meanwhile users of the messaging service WeChat win a court injunction to halt the ban. We get the latest from Kim Lyons of the Verge. We also hear about the leak of more than 2,000 documents which seem to reveal serious failings in how the world's biggest banks deal with dirty money and Tim Alderslade, the head of...

The NASDAQ index shows investors are selling off their tech shares - and fast, says Chris Low of FHN Financial in the US. Plus, we hear the latest on Chinese-owned Tik Tok being banned in the US soon....

TikTok and WeChat face a US install ban on Sunday, unless President Trump approves a deal. The BBC's Zoe Kleinman talks us through the latest moves in a long-running source of tension between Washington and Beijing. Also in the programme, continuing our series looking at key issues ahead of November's US presidential election, the BBC's Justin Rowlatt asks whether environmental issues will have much of an impact on how people choose to cast their vote. Plus, we find out why this year's Indian Premier Leagu...

Stock markets suggested the US Central Bank needs to do more to prevent a sell-off, after keeping interest rates unchanged, says Cary Leahey of Decision Economics in New York. Plus, we hear from a surgeon in Calcutta, India about how the record-high coronavirus cases in the country manifest in his working day - and why vaccine inequality might hit the country hard....