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VW to Pay $3bn More for Emissions Fixing

The total cost of Volkswagen's diesel emissions scandal is now set to reach $30bn.

The total cost of Volkswagen's diesel emissions scandal is now set to reach $30bn. We hear about that, and the news that a senior VW executive has been arrested in Germany. Also in the programme, Ryanair is accused of failing to be straight with customers over their rights after cancelling thousands of flights. We find out more from Simon Calder, travel editor of the Independent. We have a report from Catalonia ahead of an independence referendum this weekend which the Spanish government has declared illegal. Entrepreneur Elon Musk believes he can develop a rocket that could connect any two cities on Earth in under 60 minutes. Professor Alan Duffy from Swinburne University of Technology in Melbourne tells us how likely that is. Plus we look back at the rest of the week's big business news with Justin Fox from Bloomberg View in New York, and Rebecca Byrne of the Wall Street Journal in London.

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