Huawei’s Chief Financial Officer Meng Wanzhou is released after nearly three years under house arrest in Canada, the BBC’s Gordon Correra has the details. China’s central bank bans all cryptocurrency activity in the country, sending the price of Bitcoin tumbling – cryptocurrency author Glen Goodman tells us more. Marketplace’s Kai Rysdell talks toothpaste, deodorant and supply chain woes, and Victoria Craig is in Germany for the Bundestagwahl – the country’s general election. We discuss New Zealand Prime Minister Jacinda Adern’s climate change policies and it’s twentyfive years since Spice – the Spice Girl’s debut album put Girl Power on the pop podium; we talk to Safiya Lambie-Knight at Spotify. Throughout the programme we’re joined by Sharon Brett-Kelly, host of The Detail podcast on Radio New Zealand in Auckland. (Picture: Meng Wanzhou speaks to reporters outside court Credit: EPA)

The embattled Chinese real estate firm Evergrande reaches the deadline for interest payments on its bonds – will Beijing step in to shore up the company? We speak to Sara Hsu, Associate Professor of Economics at the State University of New York. Erin Delmore is in Berlin to take us through the last days of campaigning in Germany’s general election, the vote will decide who replaces Angela Merkel after 16 years as Chancellor. Speakers at the UN General Assembly address the inequalities of Covid vaccine distribution around the world, America’s FDA withdraws nearly a million e-cigarettes from the market, and the European Commission wants all smart phones to have the same type of charging socket to cut down on waste, but will manufacturers go for it? Throughout the programme we’re joined by Robin Harding of the Financial Times and Hayley Woodin, editor of Business in Vancouver.

President Joe Biden made the pledge at a virtual Covid-19 summit on the sidelines of the UN General Assembly, promising an "arsenal of vaccines". The additional jabs will see the total US commitment on vaccine sharing exceed one billion jabs. We'll hear from Lily Caprani, head of Advocacy for Health at UNICEF, Peter Maybarduk at the not-for-profit consumer advocacy organisation Public Citizen, as well as Thomas Cueni, Director General at the International Federation of Pharmaceutical Manufacturers and Associations. Also in the programme: after Canada's most expensive federal election in history, the electoral map is largely unchanged. Guest Takara Small with CBC talks us through the agenda of the new government. Lebanon’s inflation rate has become the highest in the world, according to the latest figures from the Lebanon Central Administration of Statistics. Tala Ramadan, a journalist in Beirut, explains how ordinary people in Lebanon are trying to get by, as fuel, food and internet connection become ever more scarce. A multi-billion dollar project to build a new electric train line to link Egypt's Red Sea and Mediterranean coasts, due for completion in 2027, is being described as the Suez Canal on rails. Plus, the east African nation of Kenya has become the first market in which video streaming platform Netflix has launched a free service, in a bid to persuade people to sign up to a full subscription. All through the show we'll be joined by Takara Small with CBC in Toronto, and Lien Hoang with Nikkei Asia in Saigon. (Picture credit: Getty Images)

At the 76th General Assembly in New York, President Biden urged global cooperation to tackle the pandemic and climate change. He pledged to double US climate finance for developing countries by 2024, while China says it will stop financing coal plants abroad. But are these gestures, or real steps towards climate change? We ask Michael McFaul, professor of political science at Stanford University. There's been widespread fallout across Europe from rapidly rising energy prices. The BBC's Ed Butler considers the consequences for business and the food industry, and examines Russia's role in the whole affair. The US sports betting company DraftKings has made an offer reportedly worth $20 billion for the UK-based betting group Entain. We examine the significance of the offer with Alice Hancock, leisure industries reporter with the Financial Times. Jamie Robertson is joined throughout the programme by Jyoti Malhotra, senior consulting editor at The Print website in Delhi, and by Sarah Birke, the Economist’s bureau chief for Mexico, Central America and the Caribbean, who's in Mexico City. (Picture: Joe Biden addresses the UN. Credit: Getty)

Travellers will be admitted into the US from November, subject to testing and contact tracing. The announcement comes after a year of tough restrictions. We speak to Todd Knoop, professor of business and economics at Cornell College in Iowa, about the significance of the change. The Dow Jones index fell 1.7% on Monday over fears that the Chinese property developer Evergrande is struggling to repay its debts, which could impact big banks. Our correspondent Michelle Fleury explains the story. More and more countries are abolishing the death penalty. In the US, President Biden has promised to pass legislation at a federal level to eliminate it. Those campaigning for its abolition have found an ally in the business community. We speak to Celia Ouellette, CEO of the Responsible Business Initiative for Justice, and Jason Flom, CEO of Lava Records, who has long campaigned for the wrongfully convicted. Jamie Robertson is joined throughout the programme by Michelle Jamrisko, senior Asia economy reporter at Bloomberg in Singapore, and by Peter Morici, economist at the University of Maryland, who's in Washington DC. (Picture: Passengers walk past a picture of Mickey Mouse. Credit: Getty Images)