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Obama Confident of Winning Support on Iran Deal

24/07/2015

BBC World Service - Business Matters, Obama Confident of Winning Support on Iran Deal

President Obama speaks exclusively to the BBC about the nuclear agreement and his legacy.

President Obama speaks exclusively to the BBC about the Iran nuclear agreement and his legacy. The Financial Times newspaper changes hands. And would you ever work for free?

Hours after senators from both sides of America's political divide criticised President Barack Obama's nuclear agreement with Iran, Mr Obama has told the BBC he's confident he'll get the deal through Congress. He also reveals his biggest frustration in office - his failure to change the country's gun laws.


The exclusive BBC interview comes on the eve of Mr Obama's trip to Kenya. We hear how the country is preparing for the presidential visit and why some Kenyans think entrepreneurship is a bigger story than security.


It's one of the most famous financial newspapers in the world and it's changing hands. The Financial Times has been bought by one of Japan's biggest media corporations. We hear what a former editor thinks about the sale.


Cuba's relationship with the United States is changing rapidly and decades of hostility are gradually being consigned to the past. We ask whether Cuba's Cold War era newspaper can possibly survive in the 21st Century.


Have you ever been asked to work for free? We investigate the growing number of companies expecting employees to work for nothing, in return for exposure or experience. Is it a fair deal?


And we'll find out why properties connected to famous American civil war sites are proving so popular.


We'll be joined throughout by David Moser, Academic Director of Chinese Studies at Beijing Capital Normal University and Jose Martin, a New York-based activist with Riseup.

(Photo: U.S. President Barack Obama Credit: Reuters)

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