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US Quits Paris Climate Pact

Global business news, with live guests and contributions from Asia and the USA.

President Trump has announced the US will be withdrawing from the 2015 Paris climate pact. Business Matters gets reaction from Timothy Cama, Environment and Energy reporter at The Hill in Washington.

The BBC's Rob Young hears from hi-tech British businesses who fear for the consequences of Britain's coming split with the European Union.

Black Crows is a new television drama made and shown by Saudi Arabia's MBC channel. It is set among families living under the rule of the Islamic State group in Iraq and Syria and the harsh treatment they receive. Storylines include women being turned into sex-slaves, child soldiers being recruited and a woman travelling to IS territory to become a jihadi bride. MBC spokesman Mazen Hayek discusses one of the channels most costly dramas in more detail.

Roger Hearing is joined by Sushma Ramachandran, former chief business correspondent for The Hindu from New Delhi, and the writer and journalist James Kirchick in Washington.

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