Comedian wins Ukranian presidential election

Ukrainian comedian Volodymyr Zelensky has scored a landslide victory in the country's presidential election. In a case of life imitating art, on television Zelensky has played the part of a teacher who accidently becomes president. The price of oil has risen after President Trump confirmed the US would end sanction waivers for buyers of Iranian oil. Stephen Innes, Head of Trading at SPI Asset Management, explains the consequences this will have on Iran. An outbreak of African Swine Fever has hit pig farms in China, so consumers around the world could soon be paying much more for pork, as we hear from the BBC's Russell Padmore. The global chocolate industry is worth 100 billion dollars yet African producers only make about eight per cent of that, according to research by the International Cocoa Organisation. Rather than export the raw fruit, entrepreneurs in cocoa-rich countries are now starting to make their own chocolate in an effort to change things, as the BBC’s West Africa correspondent Louise Dewast has been finding out.

Photo: Volodymyr Zelensky celebrates winning the presidential election. Credit: BBC.)