Cuba Nominates Castro Replacement

The parliament in Cuba has picked Vice President Miguel Díaz-Canel as the sole candidate to succeed the 86-year-old Raúl Castro as president. We find out about the country's economic prospects from BBC Havana correspondent, Will Grant. President Duterte of the Philippines has ordered the closure of the country's most popular holiday island because of over-tourism. Jonathan Head has been finding out how local businesses to see how they are preparing for the shutdown. And Stephen McDonnell finds out how China is leading the international quest to harness sustainable energy from nuclear fusion. Plus, Black Panther becomes the first Hollywood film to be screened in Saudi Arabia, as Anu Anand reports.

All this and more discussed with our two guests throughout the show: Sarah Birke, Tokyo bureau chief for The Economist and Alexander Kaufman is a Business and Environment reporter with the Huffington Post, in New York.

(Photo: Raul Castro waves next to Miguel Diaz-Canel. Credit: Getty Images).