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'I'll Get Us Out of This': Defiant UK PM May

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

Under pressure UK Prime Minister Theresa May tells her Conservative MPs she will fix the mess created by last week's shock British election, where the party lost its majority in Parliament.
Mrs May told MPs she'd serve them as leader as long as they wanted, but how long might that be? Our political correspondent Rob Watson brings us the latest.

Also on the programme, we hear about the so called "Sin Tax" in Saudi Arabia, that's causing some companies to hoard cigarettes and fizzy drinks. Journalist Essam al Ghalib in Jeddah explains more.

One of the World's most famous photo agencies, Magnum, is toying with the idea of outside investment for the first time. The company's chief executive David Kogan tells us why.

And the Puerto Rican dance hit making Latin music mainstream. We hear about the runaway success of Despacito.

The BBC's Roger Hearing is joined throughout the programme from Beijing by Duncan Clark, expert on the Internet and entrepreneurship in China, and from New York by Jason Abbruzzese, business reporter at the US website Mashable. They'll also be joined from Taiwan by the BBC's Cindy Sui.

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