Turkey Acts to Curb Currency Crisis

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Turkey's stock market and currency have declined amid ongoing financial turmoil. Ayla Jean Yackley is a freelance journalist based in Istanbul, and tells us what measures are proposed to combat the deepening economic crisis. Also in the programme, following Friday's court ruling that Monsanto should pay $289m in damages to a man whose lawyers argued his cancer was caused by its glyphosate-based pesticides, Scott Partridge, vice-president of global strategy at Monsanto insists the product is safe. And Sven Giegold, spokesperson for the German Green MEPs tells us whether Bayer may be regretting its purchase of Monsanto earlier this year. Our regular workplace commentator, Pilita Clark of the Financial Times explores the mysterious phenomenon of 'ghosting', where the perfect job hire doesn't turn up for their first day of work. Plus event ticket firm Ticketmaster is shutting down its secondary ticket sales sites Seatwave and Get Me In. Freelance music industry journalist Eamonn Ford explains how much some tickets are changing hands for. (Picture: Turkish lira in a till. Picture credit: Reuters.)