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A global share sell-off has gathered pace, with fresh losses in Europe and the US. Nandini Ramakrishnan is a global market strategist at the investment bank JP Morgan, and tells us what is spurring investors to sell. Also in the programme, the environmental campaign group Greenpeace says none of 280 Indian cities or towns which measure air quality meets international pollution standards. We discuss the implications with Nandikesh Sivalingam from Greenpeace. We have a report exploring the risks associated with pension funds investing in products linked to devastating weather events and other catastrophes. There have been protests in Kenya over the government's closure for much of the past week of three television stations. Larry Madowo is a presenter at one of the affected stations, NTV, and explains the background to the dispute. Plus, the Berlin Wall has now been down for longer than it was actually up. Professor Axel Klausmeier of the Berlin Wall Foundation tells us how the wall still makes its presence felt, almost 30 years since it crumbled.

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