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US President Donald Trump likes to take the world by surprise and his decision to meet the North Korean leader within the next two months has certainly done that. But is the invitation a bluff or are we seeing a real breakthough in relations? We hear from Duyeon Kim, a visiting fellow at the Korean Peninsula Future Forum in Seoul.

Martin Shkreli first became notorious in 2015 for hiking the price of a lifesaving drug. He was convicted last year of sending fake account statements to investors while concealing huge losses from two hedge funds he ran and he's now been sentenced to seven years in prison. We hear more from Chris Low at FTN Financial.

Seven years ago this weekend the north east of Japan was struck by an earthquake that would rewrite the country's energy policy. Japan invested huge amounts of money in renewable energy in the wake of the disaster. But can a country still heavily reliant on energy imports stay away from nuclear power? The 大象传媒's Szu Ping Chan reports.

Breaking up is never easy to do. With the divorce of Britain and the European union just over a year away the whole process seems to have become rather messy. We hear the business view of Brexit from visitors to the British Chambers of Commerce's annual conference.

Kai Rysdal from our US partner programme Marketplace talks films with the author of a new book, The Big Picture: The Fight for the Future of Movies.

We take a look back at the stories which dominated the news this week with Mike Jakeman from the Economist Intelligence Unit in London and Lisa Abramowicz, Bloomberg Radio host and Gadfly columnist in New York.

And from Sydney, we're joined throughout the programme by Robert Miliken, Australia expert for the Economist.

Picture description: North Korean leader Kim Jong-Un (C) meeting with South Korean delegation, who travelled as envoys of the South's President Moon Jae-in, in Pyongyang.
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