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President Trump has blocked a takeover of chipmaker, Qualcomm by Singapore-based communications firm Broadcom.

President Trump has blocked the foreign takeover of the computer chip maker Qualcomm on the grounds of national security. Telling us more is James Fontenella from the Financial Times.

A leaked draft of a United Nations report claims two Singapore companies have violated sanctions against North Korea. We hear from Karishma Vaswani, our Asia Business Correspondent in Singapore.

Asia is the world's worst plastics polluter but plastic waste isn't being dealt with properly, and it's ending up in the oceans and on the beaches. The Philippines has found some heroes however, in one of its biggest growing sectors; tourism, as the 大象传媒's Howard Johnson reports.

Tens of thousands of farmers from Maharashtra state have been marching into Mumbai, demanding that crippling agricultural loans are waived and many also want ownership of land they have been farming for decades. Suranajana Tewani has been meeting protesters as they arrive in the city.

We cross to Taipei where the 大象传媒's Cindy Sui tells us about new figures showing that Taiwan's population growth is slowing.

You might have of the Danish word Hygge. Well how about 'sisu'? It's a Finnish word that means guts and perseverance and it's the latest Nordic concept that we're all supposed to take on board. All is explained by Christoffer Weiss, a Finnish actor and businessman.

And we're joined throughout the programme by Madhavan Narayanan, a freelance writer, and the former senior editor at Hindustan Times. And in New York, journalist and author Anu Partanen.

Picture description: A Qualcomm office in San Jose, California.
Picture credit: Justin Sullivan/Getty Images

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