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Greek Debt Agreement 'In Sight'

04/06/2015

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Greek Prime Minister Alexis Tsipras says talks have been constructive

Greek Prime Minister Alexis Tsipras says talks have been constructive.

The shadow of the Grexit - Greece leaving the Euro - looms over Brussels at the moment. The Greek Prime Minister, Alexis Tsipras, says talks have been constructive and an agreement was "in sight". So what has been happening behind the scenes in Brussels? We hear from Gabrielle Steinhauser of the Wall Street Journal and Hugo Dixon from Reuters. 

The Fifa revelations continue. The US Justice Department has disclosed evidence from Chuck Blazer, a former senior official in World Football's governing body, about high level corruption. Our reporter in Washington, Tom Bateman, tells us the latest.

In an exclusive interview with our American sister programme Marketplace, President Obama reveals that China has been making approaches to join a prospective multi-nation trade agreement between the US and Asia. Obama has been lobbying Congress to approve the deal. Backers argue it would open significant new markets to US goods but critics say it would subject American workers to unfair competition, from countries with lower standards on both labour rights and the environment.

Nearly a third of managers ranked as under-performing in the UK last year were still getting a bonus, according to The Chartered Management Institute. Anne Franck of the CMI tells tells us there is an unacceptable discrepancy between pay and performance.

And, after a three-year ban on screening Japanese films, a 3-D animated film from Japan about the blue robotic cat tops China's box office.

Our guests are Catherine Yeung, investment director at Fidelity Worldwide Investment in Hong Kong and Anuradha Mittal, executive director of The Oakland Institute in Berkeley, California.

(Photo: Greek Prime Minister Tsipras is welcomed by European Commission President Juncker. Credit: Reuters)

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