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Some shocking revelations as FTX bankruptcy proceedings begin. Some 80,000 Britons may have lost money following the collapse of the crypto trading platform.

We discuss the challenge of recovery and finding housing for the thousands of people displaced by Hurricane Ian in the U.S.

And more drama as Manchester United seeks new investment into the club after confirming the termination of Cristiano Ronaldo's contract.(Picture: Sam Bankman-Fried, founder and CEO of FTX. Credit: Getty Images.)

It's been a day of ups and downs at the global oil market after Saudi Arabia denied discussing a hike in oil supply with OPEC+

Candles to the rescue in South Africa as troubled energy utilty company Eskom runs out of cash to buy diesel.

Also on the programme, a conversation on Wales' bid to use the World Cup platform to promote business and tourism after 64 years of missing in action.

Roger Hearing is joined from Silicon Valley, California by the host of the Fresh Dialogues podcast, Alison van Diggelen. And Bloomberg reporter James Mayger joins us from Beijing.

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Has the latest global attempt to take control of climate change been a success? A panel of experts from the worlds of business, politics and the environment give their assessment on Business Matters.

We explore the delicate art of climate financing and sustainable investing; take a virtual walk around the COP27 summit in Egypt; and why 'carbon cages' are holding policymakers back from meaningful progress.

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Elon Musk gave Twitter’s employees a brutal ultimatum: They need to click the link whether to stay at the company or quit. Many of them are going to resign and already took advice from lawyers. We are discussing the potential consensuses for the company with Dr Priscilla Twumasi Baffour, senior lecturer, Department of Economics at the University of Ghana and Peter Jankovskis, vice president research and analysis, Arbor Financial Services.

Also, we are going to find out why Ticketmaster have now cancelled Friday's general sale of tickets for Taylor Swift's US leg of her Eras Tour. And we are hearing an electrician Bikek from Nepal, who is telling us about the conditions many migrant workers faced when they were imported into Qatar to help build the infrastructure for the World Cup.

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A growing list of American employers are reducing their headcount ahead of an anticipated recession. Layoffs have not peaked yet as hiring, inflation and major changes in many companies are impacting tech business.

Zyma Islam, a journalist at the Daily Star newspaper, Dante Disparte, Chief Strategy Officer and Head of Global Policy at the digital financial services firm Circle and Silicon Valley veteran – Michael Malone talks us through this complex problem.

We also discuss the importance of preserving Amazon forests. And we'll find out why Mariah Carey is being criticised for attempting to monetise Christmas.

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Polish Prime Minister Mateusz Morawiecki has urged people to remain calm after a Russian-made missile killed two people near the Ukrainian border.

World leaders including Joe Biden, Xi Jinping and Rishi Sunak will be attending the G20 summit, an annual meeting which includes 19 advanced and emerging economies was created after the Asian financial crisis in 1999.

Two guests join us from opposite sides of the world: Sushma Ramachandran, an independent business journalist and columnist for The Tribune newspaper in India, and Peter Morici, economist at the University of Maryland in the US.

The BBC Chief Asia correspondent Karishma Vaswani updates on the latest from the G20 summit in Bali.

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There's been a cautious welcome after Russian troops retreated from the southern Ukrainian city of Kherson. It's a hub of strategic and economic importance for the country. Businesses operating there tell us the celebrations come amid a continuing sense of unease.

Elsewhere, one former wartorn nation eyes up a prosperous future. East Timor, still reeling from the conflict it endured two decades ago, could be set to join the ASEAN alliance of countries.

Also on the programme: talks of a mass migration of Twitter users; and why Elon Musk's plan to end hybrid working may provide the boost to productivity he desires.

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Data from the US shows prices are beginning to stabilise - for now. President Joe Biden, however, has warned the country still has a way to go before things are back to normal.

At COP27, leaders are discussing how to making richer nations pay for the damage brought about by climate change. It's as the total bill for recent deadly floods in Pakistan is expected to top $30 billion.

It's been a dramatic week in the world of tech, perhaps most noticeably for crypto traders. We discuss the demise of trading exchange FTX, and what it means for the value of Bitcoin.

Also, how do you come back after a PR disaster? KFC has been forced to apologise after an advertising campaign appeared to make light of the horrors of Nazi Germany.

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One of the world's largest cryptocurrency exchanges, Binance, has pulled out of a deal to acquire its struggling rival FTX, leaving the latter's future in doubt. The near-collapse of FTX which was valued at thirty-two billion dollars at the start of the year has shaken the crypto market, with Bitcoin and other currencies suffering steep falls.

Rahul Tandon is joined by Tracy Wang, the deputy managing editor at Coindesk in New York, and entrepreneur Candy Valentino, the author of Wealth Habits: Six Ordinary Steps to Achieve Extraordinary Financial Freedom.

It is investment day at the climate change conference COP 27 in Egypt. We hear from the Makhtar Sop Diop, the managing director of the International Finance Corporation, which is the private arm of the World Bank, about how Africa can pay for climate change.

AND Yongwook Ryu, Assistant Professor at the Lee Kuan Yew School of Public Policy at the National University of Singapore, talks to us about the ASEAN summit in Cambodia. The summit brings together the major economies from South East Asia. It is expected to focus on the global economy, amid rising inflation and the cost of living crisis.