Concern Over US Consumer Finance Protection

Available for over a year

The organisation which was intended to protect US financial consumers has been put in the spotlight. After President Donald Trump called it a total disaster, many experts are concerned that the Consumer Financial Protection Bureau won't survive; we speak to some of them. Digital currency Bitcoin has hit over $10,000 in value per 'coin' - an astonishing rise in a few months. But its mystery, as well as its volatility, confounds many, as Joon Ian Wong, tech reporter at website Quartz, tells us. And we ask: is fashion killing the planet? A new report says the clothing industry is responsible for huge amounts of waste and pollution. The report by Dame Ellen MacArthur outlines the debris she found in oceans during her yacht trip around the world. Plus, Prince Harry and his soon-to-be-wife, Meghan Markle, tell the BBC about the global scrutiny over their relationship, and their future priorities. All this with guests Miranda Johnson, the South-East Asia correspondent for The Economist in Singapore, and Alexis Goldstein, an activist and financial reform advocate in Washington DC. (Image: Credit cards used in the US. Credit: Fox Photos / Getty Images )