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World Service,12 Sep 2018,26 mins

Apple Unveils Latest Gadgets

World Business Report

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The electronics giant Apple has updated its iPhone X handset with three more powerful models. Technology journalist Stuart Miles of the website Pocket Lint is in San Francisco, and tells us about the launch. Also in the programme, the European Commission has called for a new free trade partnership between the EU and Africa. Judith Tyson of the Overseas Development Institute explains why some African leaders are wary about the prospect. The US investment bank Lehman Brothers filed for bankruptcy ten years ago this week. We travel to Singapore to find out how countries in Asia experienced an extraordinary economic boom after the global financial crisis. We have a report investigating the impact of vaping on human health as a substitute for smoking. Plus we find out about a promotion that has backfired in Russia where pizza chain Domino's offered free pizza for life, in exchange for customers getting a tattoo of the Domino's logo. (Picture: An Apple logo. Picture credit: Getty Images.)

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