Afghanistan's economy in focus
World Business Report - Podcast autorstwa BBC World Service
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A new report shows that the economy of Afghanistan has shrunk by more than a quarter in the last year, since the Taliban took over. We speak to the former mining minister of the country, Nargis Nehan about the situation there at the moment. Fanny Yeung, the executive director of Hong Kong's Travel Industry Council speaks to us about the country giving away 500,000 airline tickets to help boost its Covid-hit tourism industry. As European leaders meet in Prague to discuss how to lower gas prices across the continent, we hear from Kostas Skrekas Greece's Energy Minister about how the country is trying to move away from Russian supplies of oil and gas. Devina Gupta brings us news of the deaths of 66 children the Gambia from acute kidney injuries, which the World Health Organisation has linked to contaminated cough and cold syrups made by an Indian drug manufacturer. The BBC's Culture Editor Katie Razzall meets one of the most powerful people in Hollywood, chairman of Universal Filmed Entertainment group, Donna Langley.