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China and the US are economic partners but when it comes to geopolitics, the relationship is rather more complicated. After the ruling from the international court of arbitration in the Hague saying Beijing's sweeping claims over the South China Sea have no legal basis, Chinese officials have angrily dismissed the decision. While in the US a senior aide to President Obama has said the US will not turn a blind eye to Chinese actions.

For weeks, Bernie Sanders avoiding endorsing Hilary Clinton even though it was clear she'd won her party's backing to run for president. But today, finally, in New Hampshire, he said she must become the next leader of the United States. Mrs Clinton said she was happy to be working with someone who has energized the primary process. She said Sanders has ``brought people off the sidelines and into the political process.''

When we book hotels, chat on social media or just browse the web, our personal data is captured by firms. Some businesses need to move that data across borders to store it and that affects privacy. In the European Union, privacy laws are tough, but when the data of European citizens crosses to the United States it is governed by different rules, and those rules remain contentious. A previous agreement called Safe Harbour was ripped up after privacy campaigners argued successfully in court that it allowed US intelligence agents too much access to personal details. Now the EU has activated a new deal with the States, it's called the Privacy Shield.

And we speak to plastic surgeon Dr Michael Salzhauer, who broadcasts his surgeries online - and now he is fully booked with procedures until 2018.

We are joined live throughout the programme by Simon Long, Asia Editor at The Economist, in Singapore, and Mitchell Hartman, a business reporter at US radio programme Marketplace, in Portland, Oregon.

(Image: South China Sea. Credit: Getty Images)