President Trump says Mexican drug cartels are terrorists groups. And Mexico is accusing the US of facilitating terrorism by putting guns into the cartels hands.

And the James Bond film franchise will no longer be controlled by the Broccoli dynasty. Creative control will now be given to Amazon MGM Studios.

How has life changed since the LA firestorms? LA resident and Business Matters regular Allie Garfinkel tells us what life in the city is like now.

Also why is the comfy sandal brand Birkenstocks being told they are not a work of art in a German court?

Global business news, with live guests and contributions from Asia and the USA.

The US president, Donald Trump, moves to revoke the approval of New York City’s congestion pricing programs. We hear from one of the architects of the congestion charge policy in the city.

Microsoft has unveiled a new quantum chip called Majorana One, which it says will help the company create computers able to solve meaningful industrial-scale problems in years, not decades.

We will be joined throughout the programme by two guests on opposite sides of the world - Karen Percy, Senior freelance reporter in Melbourne, Australia, and Emily Peck, Axios Markets Correspondent and co-host of the Slate Money podcast, who's in New York.

The US and Russia have outlined their intention to build relations far beyond a deal over Ukraine—extending to cooperation on other global issues and developing sizeable economic and investment links.

We’ll be joined throughout the programme by two guests on opposite sides of the world - Amita Arudpragasm, who's an Independent policy analyst based in Sri Lanka, and Sergio Guzman, the Director of Colombia Risk Analysis, which advises local and global companies looking to invest in Colombia and the region.

European leaders have been meeting in Paris to discuss military support for Ukraine. The United States has demanded that Europe increases defence spending and sends troops to Ukraine if there is a ceasefire in the war with Russia.

Also, are Canadians boycotting US goods in shops after President Trump’s tariff threats?

And Ed Butler reports from one of Africa’s biggest e-waste dumps in Ghana.

Also, Meta, Facebook’s parent company, says it plans to build the world’s longest undersea cable, to bring industry-leading connectivity to five continents.

We will be joined throughout the programme by two guests on opposite sides of the world - Sushmar Ramachandran, who is Independent journalist and columnist with the Tribune newspaper based in Delhi and Oliver Stuenkel, an associate professor of International Relations at the Getulio Vargas Foundation in Sao Paulo, Brazil.

We delve into how the world is reacting to Trump's tariff announcement and what leaders from around the world have to say.

Ukraine's President Zelensky, meets US Vice President JD Vance at the Munich Security Conference to discuss the future of the war in Ukraine.

There's also been talk of the Trump administration closing the Department of Education.

Additionally, we hear how an NYU student managed to attend college without having to pay.

Global business news, with live guests and contributions from Asia and the USA.

With inflation is the US rising in January at its highest rate for six months, how can President Donald Trump stop energy and egg prices from going up and forcing the cost of living to rise across America?

We hear from a former Fed official on how the central bankers are dealing with political pressure on interest rates, and a farmer who's seeing his costs rise and is having to pass them on to customers.

Elsewhere, we find out about the Refillable bottle boom and how Brazil wants to become a giant of global production in… cannabis.

Global business news, with live guests and contributions from Asia and the USA.

King Abdullah of Jordan met with Donald Trump at the White House after the American president had threatened to withhold $1.45 billion a year in US aid if Jordan did not agree to scheme

We hear from the CEO of the Canadian Steel Producers Association on how Canada’s steel industry will be hit hard by tariffs.

And, how diss tracks in a feud between Kendrick Lamar and Drake have raised an estimated $15 million.

Elon Musk has bid to purchase the non profit tech firm, Open AI

President Donald Trump says he's going to impose a 25% import tax on imports of steel and aluminium from abroad

And New Zealand has loosened their visa rules to attract foreign money. We hear from their Immigration Minister, Erica Stanford

A federal court is pausing President Trump's plan put thousands of USAID staff on leave

The UK government has demanded access to Apple users' encrypted data.

The Cook Islands Prime Minister says New Zealand is asking for too much oversight over its deal with China, which is expected to be penned in Beijing next week.

And the US Super Bowl is kicking off in New Orleans this weekend. What will this mean for the economy there?

Global business news, with live guests and contributions from Asia and the USA.

Another Senate confirmation hearing for one of Donald Trump’s top team, this time its Jamieson Greer, the nominee for US Trade Representative. So all the talk was of tariffs.

China has filed a World Trade Organisation (WTO) complaint against the US president's 10% tariffs on Chinese goods after a trade war between two global powers began this week. What does Pascal Lamy, former director general of WTO, have to say?

We hear from Gene Seroka, the executive director of the Port of Los Angeles, the busiest container port in North America.

And egg prices are soaring in the States. But why? That’s what we asked a poultry farmer from South Carolina.

Global business news, with live guests and contributions from Asia and the USA.