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Brazilians Head to Polls on Sunday

Global business news, with live guests and contributions from Asia and the USA.

Brazilians will vote on Sunday to elect Jair Bolsonaro or Fernando Haddad as president. We have a report from Manaus on the economic issues at stake in the election, and hear more from Maurizcio Savarese, an AP reporter based in Sao Paulo. Also in the programme, football's governing body FIFA is meeting in Rwanda. Rob Harris is global sport reporter for AP, and tells us why a proposal to revamp a Club World Cup between the world's best football clubs is proving controversial. The Comic-Con festival of comic books and costumes has arrived in London. Lance Fensterman runs the company behind Comic-Con, Reed Pop, and tells us how the popular event began. Plus we look back at the rest of the week's big business stories with Lisa Abramowicz of Bloomberg in New York, and Katie Martin of the Financial Times in London. Plus we're joined throughout the programme by Colin Peacock from Radio New Zealand.

Photo description: Supporters of Jair Bolsonaro, far-right lawmaker and presidential candidate of the Social Liberal Party (PSL), attend a demonstration in Sao Paulo, Brazil, on 24 October 2018.
Photo credit: Cris Faga/NurPhoto via Getty Images

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