The parent of Facebook and WhatsApp, Meta, has announced 11,000 staff will lose their jobs in a major payroll cut. It's the latest big company to announce layoffs amid a global tech sector crunch. America's two main parties have fought a close battle in the US midterms - so how different is their vision for the country's economy? A leading German economist shares his concerns around a recession in the coming months. We're also joined by the secretary-general to the Commonwealth of Nations, Baroness Scotland, as COP27 continues in Egypt.

Cop 27 is under way in Egypt and we examine what this means for the world's fastest growing continent Africa. We speak to Lily Odarno, the Director of Energy and Climate Innovation for Africa at the Clean Air Task Force and ask her how the continent will increase its energy supplies over the next few decades.

We are in Las Vegas to hear about a post-pandemic bounce in tourism. In June, 4.8 million people visited the bright lights, casinos and big shows. Fletch Burnett the Vice President of Marketing for the Las Vegas Convention and Visitors Authority tells us why Vegas is booming.

The US based owners of Liverpool Football Club football have said they would consider new shareholders, after reports emerged that the club is being put up for sale. The Fenway Sports group also own the US Baseball side the Boston Red Sox. US finance expert Kieran Maguire from the University of Liverpool explains what it means for this massive English football club which has a huge following around the globe.

The midterm elections decide the makeup of the US Congress, which has two parts: the House of Representatives and the Senate.

Voting is held every two years and when they fall in the middle of the president's four-year term of office. We hear from Kenneth Mayor, Professor Department of political science at the University of Wisconsin and Anna Wong, US Chief Economist at Bloomberg Economics, Former member of the Federal Reserve Board, White House Council of Economics Advisers, and U.S. Treasury.

Belarus has banned the imports of Skoda, Liqui Moly and Beiersdorf products. Belarusian economist Jaroslav Romanchuk explains the economic impact.

India's Supreme Court has upheld a controversial law that allows 10% of college places and government jobs to be reserved for poor people. Indian lawyer Nikita Sonavane tells us more.

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China's import and export markets both shrunk unexpectedly in October. It's the first drop since the early days of the Covid pandemic. China has maintained a strict 'zero Covid' policy since then - with lockdowns bringing factory production in cities to a virtual standstill. So how much is that policy to blame for the slowdown? World leaders and delegates are gathering in the Egyptian city of Sharm-el-Sheikh for the COP27 climate change summit. We hear how the emphasis is being put on responsible business. Also on World Business Report, we hear how Sri Lanka is banking on a tourist revival to aid its economic recovery.

The Bureau of Labor Statistics reported on Friday that the US economy added 261,000 nonfarm payroll jobs in October, while the unemployment rate rose slightly to 3.7%. Jobs growth in the US is continuing, but why is it a worrying sign for the US economy? Michelle Fleury, our New York Business Correspondent explains how unemployment rates are affecting inflation.

Meanwhile, Chris Low, a Wall Street markets analyst at FHN Financial discusses todays fall in value of the dollar.

Also in the programme, we speak to environment correspondent Matt McGrath about the upcoming COP27 summit in Egypt which kicks off this weekend.

And we talked to Mitali Nikore, an economist from Delhi about the cost of air pollution in India.

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While the US is bracing for midterm elections next week, local businesses in different sectors are ready to fight inflation. We hear from Mariyah Saifuddin, the founder of Innovative Solution Partners, a data analytics company based in Detroit Michigan and Candy Valentino, a serial entrepreneur and real estate investor, based in Scottsdale, Arizona. They tell us what challenges business owners have to overcome.

Also in the programme, we are talked to Vicky Pryce, an international economist. She explains how inflation is affecting UK economy.

We move around the globe to Turkey's inflation, which hit a 24-year high of 85.5% after rate cuts. Murat Sagman, an economist from Istanbul talks about the reality behind these numbers for millions of families in his country.

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Ghana's Cedi extended the world's biggest loss against the dollar this year, dropping as much as 9.6% - its biggest decline in 22 years.

A UK subsidiary of mining giant Glencore has been ordered to pay more than £275m for bribing officials in African countries to get access to oil.

The company paid $26m (£23m) through agents and employees to officials of crude oil firms in Nigeria, Cameroon and Ivory Coast between 2011 and 2016.

The US Federal Reserve on Wedndesday aproved a further hike in interest rates of 0.75%. It’s in a bid to tame inflation which has skyrocketed to its highest in four decades.

As the world arrives in Cairo for COP27 which begins on Sunday, Egypt is battling a crisis in its economy as well as its environment. The country is dealing with the after effects of the pandemic as well as the Russian-Ukraine war.

Also, Mexico celebrates the Day of the Dead – but could it spell a tourism revival for Central America?

European shares and US stocks are drifting ahead of the Federal Reserve interest rate decision. The US central bank is expected to hike its benchmark rate by another three-quarters of a percent, pushing it up to 4%. We talked to Daleep Singh, chief global economist at PGIM Fixed Income, about market expectations.

We also looked at the weakness of Nigeria’s currency, the naira. It’s been blamed on the central bank’s plan to redesign its bank notes, but is there more to it than that?

And we spoke to Matt Navarra, a social media consultant. He talked about Elon Musk’s plans to make money from Twitter’s famous blue ticks.

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Brazil's far-right president, Jair Bolsonaro, has finally broken his silence after a defeat at the polls on Sunday. But he did not contest the result either, as some had feared he would.

Chinese stocks listed in the US surged on Tuesday, fuelled by speculation that Beijing is preparing to phase out ‘Zero-Covid’ policy. But is it really likely?

Also, we look at the impact on US workers as a new salary transparency law takes effect in New York; and the boss of a recycling firm casts doubt on some new figures published by Greenpeace.