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From 2026 the World Cup will expand from 32 to 48 teams. With more opportunity for clubs in under-represented regions like Africa, Ghanaian sports reporter Fiifi Anaman tells us how that is likely to go down in his country. Meanwhile Professor Simon Chadwick of Salford Business School tells us money may be the key driver behind the move. Also in the programme, with general elections coming up in several big European countries this year, we consider the implications for the Euro currency, with our regular economic commentator Roger Bootle of Capital Economics. A Dutch entrepreneur is hoping to make the process of divorce easier by establishing special divorce hotels, as the 大象传媒's Anna Holligan reports from the Netherlands. A Volkswagen executive has been arrested in the United States accused of deceiving regulators about the use of software that cheated emissions tests. Law professor John Coffee of Columbia Law School in New York brings us the details. Plus more than a decade after the demise of Concorde, the 大象传媒's Theo Leggett reports on the prospects for a new wave of supersonic passenger jets.

(Picture: The World Cup trophy. Picture credit: Getty Images.)