Kamala Harris faces former President Donald Trump in a first TV presidential debate in the US. It is likely to be the only one before Novembers Election, and will give voters a chance to hear both candidates set out their policies.

China has taken a further step toward raising its unusually low retirement age benchmarks this week. Pension and health care systems are struggling to cope at a time when women are having fewer babies.

The European Union's competition commissioner rules Apple must pay 14 billion dollars in what it says are unpaid taxes. Presenter Ed Butler looks at the fallout from these decisions and is joined by Alison van Diggelen, who's in California, and Andy Xie, who's in Shanghai.

Former Italian Premier and former ECB chief Mario Draghi has authored a European Commission report calling for €800 billion euros of additional annual investment. The report says the EU needs a new industrial strategy for Europe to avoid a decline in living standards.

The iPhone 16 has just launched, but Apple's sales of this famous handset have not been stellar of late. Cheaper and some say equally smart rivals are making their claims on consumer attention these days. So how has Apple, one of the world's biggest firms, responded?

Also in the programme, presenter Ed Butler looks at China and concerns it could it be entering a dangerous deflationary spiral. China's industrial producer prices had fallen by nearly 2 per cent in the last 12 months. Ed is joined by Economist at the University of Maryland Peter Morici, and Sushma Ramachandran independent journalist and columnist with the Tribune newspaper in Delhi.

The US Secretary of State, Antony Blinken, visits Haiti. The country is under a state of emergency as gangs try to expand their control over the capital, and other regions. We get the latest.

As Elon Musk's X is banned in Brazil, rival BlueSky gains ground in the South American nation. We talk to its CEO, Jay Graber.

Four years after being left paralysed by the Covid-19 pandemic, has the cruise ship industry fully recovered? We find out.

And we get an insight on how airplane seats are made.

Roger Hearing discusses these and more business stories with two guests on opposite sides of the world: Emily Peck, markets correspondent for Axios, in New York, and James Mayger, Bloomberg's senior reporter, in Beijing.

Reports in the financial press on Thursday suggest President Joe Biden is set to block Nippon Steel’s acquisition of US Steel

Nvidia shares fall by 9.5%

Chinese car giant BYD may put its plans to build a factory in Mexico on hold until after the US Presidential election.

The new album ‘brat’ by pop start Charlie XCX has been a cultural zeitgeist this summer.

Today the singer posted on social media to say "goodbye forever brat summer".

Campaign donations have been a key feature of the 2024 US election. Since Kamala Harris entered the presidential race huge donation figures have been widely reported in the media. One Republican donor tells us why he’s hoping for a Trump win. We examine where campaign donations are coming from and how decisive they might be in this election.

Also in the programme, Rahul Tandon looks at the protests and general strike in Israel following the death of six hostages held by Hamas and speaks to the business owner encouraging his workers to strike.

He’ll be looking back at Mexico’s President Lopez Obrador’s economic record as he prepares to leave office and discussing dynamic pricing and the best way to price concert tickets.

Rahul is joined by senior freelance reporter Karen Pearcy and Allie Garfinkle, senior finance reporter at Fortune.

The social media platform X has been suspended in Brazil. A Supreme Court judge has ordered "immediate and complete suspension" across the country

In Libya the head of the central bank has fled the country in fear of his life. Sadiq Al Kabir and his senior staff claim they were forced to leave following death threats by militias.

And in Bangladesh this week incessant rains there has led to flooding in many low lying areas. This has not only led to displacement of tens of thousands of people but also disrupted work at the garment factories there which are now struggling to complete orders on time.

Donald Trump campaigns in Michigan and Wisconsin. He won these states in 2016 but lost them in 2020.

Singapore is trying an interesting experiment to support its ageing and experienced workforce

And fans of the hit HBO TV series 'Industry' are in for a bumpy ride as series three returns - with a focus on ethical investments

The AI boom has seen huge demand for the firm's advanced technology, though there have been concerns over when its next-generation chips will be ready.

Also, how did Qantas boss Valerie Hudson score on her first set of full-year financial results since taking over?

And why video game actors are striking in Hollywood.

What does the willingness of Americans to go out and spend mean for the rest of the world? Meanwhile, there are concerns about the jobs market.

Also, in the programme, Roger Hearing finds out why Estonia's justice minister wants to rent out unoccupied prison cells. And as Paris 2024 gets underway, we ask are Paralympic athletes getting the financial sponsorship they need?