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World Business Report: First broadcast 13/12/2021 22:32 GMT : Turkish lira falls to record low

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First broadcast 13/12/2021 22:32 GMT : Turkish lira falls to record low

Turkish lira falls to record low

BBC World Service - World Business Report, Turkish lira falls to record low

Turkey's currency hit a new low, amid fears of further interest rate cuts

Turkey's currency has fallen to a new low, amid fears that the central bank will cut interest rates again this week.

Turkey's lira currency has fallen to its lowest ever level, amid fears that the country's central bank will once again cut interest rates this week. We hear from Turkish economist Murat Sagman on why the lira has lost half of its value over the past 12 months. 

Plus, Joan Solsman from CNET News tells us more on the Peloton advert responding to a Sex and the City plot line which had bitten into the company's share price. 

With some UN member states calling for an all-out ban on autonomous weapons which have been dubbed 'killer robots', and the United States saying there should be a code of conduct, we find out more about the debate with Emilia Javorsky from Scientists Against Inhumane Weapons and Justin Bronk of the Royal United Services Institute. 

Plus, despite claiming many lives each year, diseases such as Leishmaniasis and Sleeping Sickness are classed as neglected, because their treatment is underfunded by the international community. The BBC's Vivienne Nunis investigates whether the funding model for such diseases needs an overhaul.

(Picture: Turkey's lira currency. Picture credit: Getty Images)

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