Venezuelan army fails to back Guaidó's 'final push'
The stand-off between Venezuela’s rival presidents turned violent after Juan Guaidó, who is backed by the US and more than 50 other countries, issued a call to his supporters to take to the streets to...
1 Maj 201910min
Deutsche Bank problems unresolved after merger talks fail
Merger talks between Germany's two biggest banks have failed, leaving Deutsche Bank alone to address problems of underperformance and falling revenues. Patrick Jenkins discusses what went wrong and wh...
30 Apr 20199min
Privatised water: should the UK reconsider?
Britons are increasingly doubtful that private companies run things more efficiently than the state. Privatised water utilities have come in for particular criticism and are among the companies target...
29 Apr 201911min
US decision to end Iran oil waivers puts pressure on oil price
The US is ending the waivers it granted last year to allow some countries to continue to import Iranian oil. These were introduced to avoid a damaging oil price spike when Washington reimposed sanctio...
28 Apr 20199min
Nationalist spectre hovers over Spanish poll debate
Spaniards face one of the most divisive national elections in living memory, with two electoral blocs competing to portray each other as an existential threat to Spain’s future. Ben Hall discusses the...
26 Apr 201911min
Research opens way to ending malaria
The malaria parasite kills nearly half a million every year - most of them children under the age of five. Bed nets, insecticides, and a new vaccines have all shown some potential to curb the disease,...
25 Apr 201911min
Thomas Cook explores potential sale
Thomas Cook, the nearly 200-year-old UK holiday company, is considering putting itself up for sale after a disastrous year when its market capitalisation tumbled 80 per cent. Katie Martin discusses wh...
24 Apr 20197min
How our faces are helping create a new surveillance technology
The market for facial recognition technology is expected to be worth $9bn by 2022, thanks to rapid improvements in the speed and accuracy of the software. Recent strides in machine learning, using lar...
22 Apr 201916min
