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Volkswagen Chief Winterkorn Resigns

We ask - how much more damage could the emissions-rigging scandal do to Volkswagen?

We ask - how much more damage could the emissions-rigging scandal do to Volkswagen? Our reporter Theo Leggett is at VW's HQ in Germany, plus we have analysis from Jim Holder of Haymarket Automotive and from Professor Krish Bhaskar, a motor industry consultant.

An emergency summit of European leaders gets underway in Brussels, to try to find long-term solutions to the migrant crisis. As Germany prepares to accept huge numbers of migrants and refugees, we examine what the impact might be on the economy with Hans-Werner Sinn - Professor of Economics and Public Finance at the University of Munich.

The mining giant Glencore is to cut thousands of jobs in Africa. Mining expert Nick Stanajevic tells us why, and Zambian economist Maambo Haamaundu tells us how the news is being received there.

Also in the programme, the taxi service Uber has suffered another legal setback in France. The Βι¶ΉΤΌΕΔ's Hugh Schofield in Paris brings us up to speed.

And we hear how graffiti artist Banksy's 'Dismaland' project is packing in visitors at the British seaside.

(Picture: Martin Winterkorn, former CEO of Volkswagen, Picture Credit: Reuters)

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