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Turkey's stock market and currency have declined amid ongoing financial turmoil. Aaron David Miller, Director of the Middle East Program at the Woodrow Wilson Center, and former State Department adviser tells us what measures are proposed to combat the deepening economic crisis. Also in the programme, following Friday's court ruling that Monsanto should pay $289m in damages to a man whose lawyers argued his cancer was caused by its glyphosate-based pesticides, we hear from one of the attorney's Brent Wisner from Baum, Hedlund Law. Also, Scott Partridge, vice-president of global strategy at Monsanto tells us he believes the product is safe. Our regular workplace commentator, Pilita Clark of the Financial Times explores the mysterious phenomenon of 'ghosting', where the perfect job hire doesn't turn up for their first day of work. Plus event ticket firm Ticketmaster is shutting down its secondary ticket sales sites Seatwave and Get Me In. Freelance music industry journalist Eamonn Ford explains how much some tickets are changing hands for.

(Picture: Turkish lira in a till. Picture credit: Reuters.)