US State approves controversial oil pipeline

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The last big procedural hurdle to the completion of Keystone XL pipeline was cleared on Monday, when five members of the Nebraska Public Service Commission voted 3 to 2 to approve an amended route through the state. May Boeve, executive director at the group 350.org in California tells us what options environmentalists have now. Also in the programme: what next for Europe's biggest economy? German Chancellor Angela Merkel says she'd rather have new elections than lead a minority government. Stefan Kornelius, author of two biographies and a senior editor at the Suddeutsche Zeitung in Munich says don't bet on her being ousted. The Saudi Economy Minister Muhammad al-Tuwajiri discusses the crackdown on royal corruption - and its economic impact. Presenter Fergus Nicholl will be joined by Diane Brady a Bloomberg BusinessWeek and Wall Street Journal writer turned media entrepreneur from New York. And Simon Littlewood, President at the Asia Now Consulting Group, from Singapore. (Picture: Deer gather at a depot used to store pipes for Transcanada Corp's planned Keystone XL oil pipeline in Gascoyne, North Dakota. Credit: REUTERS.)