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Amazon gets taken to task over anti-competitive behaviour, but will a single case in a single state really make any difference to the e-commerce giant? We hear from Cat Zakreski, technology policy reporter for the Washington Post. Plus, the US State Department and the Centres for Disease Control have warned against people travelling to the Olympic Games as the country struggles to contain the pandemic but the International Olympic Committee insists the Games will go ahead. We hear from Jules Boykoff, a professor of Politics and Government at Pacific University, Oregon in the US; he's also a former soccer professional and researches the politics of the Games. Also in the programme, the theft of catalytic converters from car exhausts has become a major problem, supported by international criminal networks. John Meyer is a mining analyst with the investment bank SP Angel, and explains how the rising price of metals used in the devices, such as platinum, is driving the crime. Edmund King, president of the UK's Automobile Association breakdown recovery group discusses the scale of the problem in the UK. And Paul Eisenstein, publisher of The Detroit Bureau tells us how theft of catalytic converters is spreading around the world. Plus, as cinemas in some parts of the world reopen, we hear from entertainment journalist Caroline Frost what's behind the recent success of the film Peter Rabbit 2: The Runaway.

(Picture of Amazon founder, Jeff Bezos. Picture by Mandel Ngan via Getty Images)