
Ford cuts 7,000 jobs
Ford Motor Company is axing thousands of jobs to prepare for a future of electric cars.
Ford Motor Company is axing thousands of jobs to prepare for a future where the automotive industry will focus on hybrid, electric cars and autonomous vehicles. We hear analysis from Rebecca Lindland, who's followed developments in the automotive industry for more than 20 years.
Game of Thrones comes to end, but what does the future hold for the many online entrepreneurs who run websites for fans of the television series? We hear from Gil Kidron, a writer who started a channel on YouTube about the Game of Thrones books in 2014.
Also in the programme, Volodomyr Zelensky has been sworn in as president of Ukraine. Irena Taranyuk of the BBC Ukrainian service describes the economic challenges Mr Zelensky is likely to face, and Aivarus Abromavicius, former economy minister in Ukraine and now an adviser to the president, explains how he will go about tackling them.
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- Mon 20 May 201921:32GMTBBC World Service Europe and the Middle East