World Business Report

A Ryanair passenger was partially sucked out of a Boeing 737 on a flight from Greece to Germany, after a cabin window shattered. Authorities are investigating the cause.
The European low cost carrier Easyjet is set to become part of a bidding war between two US based private equity firms.
And a heatwave in central Europe has farmers in Switzerland worried.

Volkswagen, whose 10 brands range from Seat to Porsche, is making sweeping production cuts in Germany. We take a look at the impact this is having on the automotive industry in the country.
A row over Peking duck is adding to already tense relations between Brussels and Beijing. The European Commission has opened an investigation into whether Chinese duck meat is being sold in Europe at unfairly low prices. We take a look at the wider dispute.
And since the United States imposed a near total fuel blockage on Cuba six months ago, the island's food crisis is deepening.
Presenter: Leanna Byrne
Producers: Rob Cave, Parisa Qurban, Aleeza Siddiq.

Volkswagen, whose 10 brands range from Seat to Porsche, is making sweeping production cuts in Germany. We take a look at the impact this is having on the automotive industry in the country.
A row over Peking duck is adding to already tense relations between Brussels and Beijing. The European Commission has opened an investigation into whether Chinese duck meat is being sold in Europe at unfairly low prices. We take a look at the wider dispute.
And since the United States imposed a near total fuel blockage on Cuba six months ago, the island's food crisis is deepening.
Presenter: Leanna Byrne
Producers: Rob Cave, Parisa Qurban, Aleeza Siddiq.

Energy price rises since US/Israel war with Iran has affected Chinese manufacturers. But retailers in China struggle to raise prices as consumers watch their budgets.
Volkswagen's Board is considers move to cut 100,000 jobs in Germany.
And we learn about the political philosophy of Manchesterism and how it may soon be seen in No 10 Downing Street.

Pioneering entrepreneur George Johnson has died aged 99. We speak to Valerie Jarrett, American businesswoman, former Senior Advisor to the President of the United States, and chief executive officer of the Obama Foundation. She knew George Johnson throughout his life, and was a close friend.
Russia has banned exports of diesel in order to avoid domestic shortages, after a flurry of attacks by Ukrainian drones on the nation's refineries. We take a look at what impact this is having on the country.
The US military says it has carried out a second night of airstrikes on coastal targets, we get the reaction from the oil markets.
Presenter: Leanna Byrne
Producers: Rob Cave, Parisa Qurban, Aleeza Siddiq.
(Picture credit: George E. Johnson, founder of Johnson Products Company, during the Harvard University Hutchins Center Honors W.E.B. Du Bois Medal Ceremony on November 4, 2025. / Photo by Erica Denhoff / Icon Sportswire via Getty Images)