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US VP candidates debate economy

The two US vice-presidential candidates Kamala Harris and Mike Pence have debated in Utah.

The two US vice-presidential candidates Kamala Harris and Mike Pence have debated in Utah. Anita Kumar is the associate editor of Politico in Washington DC, and tells us what we learned about the candidates and their economic policies. And we look in detail at what next month's election means for the future of healthcare in America, with Julie Robner of the health policy institute the Kaiser Family Foundation. Also in the programme, the Βι¶ΉΤΌΕΔ's Vivienne Nunis examines how the coronavirus pandemic has impacted the cruise ship business. South Africans have become used in recent years to frequent power cuts, which are generally attributed to the heavily indebted state-run power generator Eskom. The company's chief executive Andre de Ruyter tells us how he hopes to deal with that debt. Plus, the environmentalist Sir David Attenborough argues that rich nations need to curb "excess capitalism" to save nature.

(Picture: The Utah debate stage. Picture credit: EPA.)

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Thu 8 Oct 2020 21:32GMT

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