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The Catalan government is expected to declare independence in the next few days. So what is the European Union doing about the possible fragmentation and what would its loss mean for Spain?

Does the US Secretary of State think the US President is a moron? That was the substance of a conversation leaked to NBC News - coming off the back of a presidential tweet lampooning Rex Tillerson for his efforts in trying to talk to North Korea. We鈥檒l assess the Secretary of State鈥檚 performance in the White House so far.

Ten people have been arrested in Brazil in an operation against illegal logging in the Amazon basin. Valuable hardwood trees were cut down inside an indigenous territory and sold across the globe - an illegal business thought to have been worth more than $250m. The 麻豆约拍鈥檚 Daniel Gallas gives us the latest from S茫o Paolo.

All this and more discussed with our two guests throughout the show: Diane Brady, writer and media executive in New York. And Catherine Yeung, Investment Director at Fidelity International in Hong Kong.

(Photo: The Sagrada Familia church in Barcelona. Credit: Getty Images.)