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Final US Presidential Debate

Final US Presidential Debate: Donald Trump and Hillary Clinton go head-to-head in the last TV debate before America decides who it wants in the White House.
In a special programme in the run-up to the debate, we consider what each candidate needs to do, in front of millions of viewers across the country, to improve their chances of winning.
All this with live guests throughout the programme. From Washington, Alexis Goldstein, activist and financial reform advocate, Peter Morici, Professor of International Business at the University of Maryland and from Singapore, Tony Nash, Chief Economist and Managing Partner at Complete Intelligence.
Listen to the podcast in BBC World Service
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GSK to ‘Drop Patents in Poor Countries’

The British drug’s manufacturer, GlaxoSmithKline or GSK, says it will not file patents for its products in the world’s poorest nations. The step may make some important new medicines more affordable in the developing world, by leaving the way clear for generic companies to make cheap copies of GSK’s drugs. Rohit Malpani, director of policy and advocacy at Medecins Sans Frontieres, gives his reaction.

 

The Argentine Congress has taken an important step towards resolving the country’s long legal battle over a default on its foreign debt. It has agreed to repeal legislation making it impossible for the government to carry out an agreement with a group of creditors who have been seeking repayment through the US courts. President Mauricio Macri has favoured the deal. The previous Argentine leader, Cristina Fernandez, had refused to negotiate, describing the creditors as vultures. BBC South America business correspondent, Daniel Gallas, has the latest.

 

Zaha Hadid, the award-winning architect and designer of some of the world’s most famous modern buildings, has died of a heart attack at the age of 65. She was born in Iraq but became a British citizen. Zaha Hadid had designed high-profile buildings across the world including the Guangzhou Opera House in China and the London Aquatics Centre for the 2012 Olympic Games. How important was she? Anna Winston is editor of the online architecture magazine Dezeen.

 

Roger Hearing is joined throughout the programme by Tony Nash chief economist at Complete Intelligence in Singapore and Shikha Dalmia, a senior analyst at Reason Foundation in Detroit, Michigan.

Listen to the GSK story in BBC World Service
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French Presidential Election

Francois Fillon, the candidate of the center-right in the upcoming French presidential election, faces calls to quit after prosecutors widen their investigation into allegations of fraud against the candidate and his wife. We hear from Pierre Briancon from Politico Europe.

 

A clean air scheme which preventing people from using their cars in Mexico City has had no effect on air pollution, according to a recent study. We speak to its author, Dr Lucas Davis of the University of California, Berkeley.

 

Should non-profit organisations like churches be allowed to back political parties or candidates? In America, ever since the Johnson Amendment in 1954, they have been banned from doing so. Now Donald Trump says he wants to change that. Julie Zauzmar, who covers religion for the Washington Post, explains why.

 

And after a week in which President Trump has had some “tough” phone calls with other world leaders, we ask whether getting angry in negotiations ever works. We hear from Henry Evans, co-author of Step Up, Lead in Six Moments that Matter, who also runs the business consultancy Dynamic Results.

 

We’re joined throughout the programme by Tony Nash, chief economist at Complete Intelligence in Singapore, and Diane Brady, a business columnist and author in New York.

 

Listen this story about the French presidential eleciton in BBC World Business Matters