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World Business Report: First broadcast 2018/02/15 22:32 GMT: New South Africa President Vows to Fight Corruption

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New South Africa President Vows to Fight Corruption

First broadcast 2018/02/15 22:32 GMT

First broadcast 2018/02/15 22:32 GMT: New South Africa President Vows to Fight Corruption

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Markets surge as Cyril Ramaphosa is sworn in

Markets surge as Cyril Ramaphosa is sworn in.

The newly elected president of South Africa, Cyril Ramaphosa, told MPs he will seek to work with all political parties to improve peoples' lives. Addressing parliament minutes after being elected, Mr Ramaphosa said he'd make the struggle against corruption one of his main priorities. We hear from business journalist Phillip De Wet.

The Iranian currency, the rial, has lost a quarter of its value over the past six months, following President Trump's announcement that he wants to tear up an international agreement over Iran's nuclear ambitions. The BBC's Amir Paivar has the latest.

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The economist Roger Bootle goes head-to-head with Sir Vince Cable, the leader of the Liberal Democrat party in the UK, to debate the latest developments in the Brexit negotiations.

And how some commuters in Sweden are embracing the wintry weather by ice-skating to work. The BBC's Maddy Savage meets the volunteers who plough around 50 kilometres of tracks a day to help people take shortcuts across the town's lakes.

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