Amazon charged with abusing EU competition rules

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The European Commission has charged Amazon with abusing its dominant online retail position. Mark Scott is chief technology correspondent at Politico in London, and explains the background to the case. President-elect Joe Biden has vowed to defend the Affordable Care Act, the public health insurance scheme passed when he was vice-president, as the US Supreme Court considers a case attempting to strike down the law. MaryBeth Musumeci of the Kaiser Family Foundation in Washington, DC, explains why Obamacare is under threat. Also in the programme, with international travel suffering its worst downturn in years as a result of coronavirus, innovation is the name of the game in the shape of so-called 'trips to nowhere'. Hiro Miyagawa of Japan's ANA airline explains why they have been taking passengers on one and a half hour sightseeing flights. Joanna Bailey, chief executive of the Simple Flying website tells us whether airlines are likely to make any money with such ventures. Sustainable travel campaigner Ben Iaquinto discusses his disappointment at the new trend. And we hear about ocean-going cruises to nowhere from Michael Goh, president of Dream Cruises, which is part of Genting Cruise Lines. (Picture: An Amazon parcel on a conveyor belt. Picture credit: Getty Images.)