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A Swiss court has sentenced four members of the UK's richest family to prison sentences ranging from four to four-and-a-half years.
Prakash and Kamal Hinduja as well as son Ajay and his wife Namrata were found guilty of exploitation - usury in the Swiss penal code - and illegal employment.
Also, in the programme, Rahul Tandon finds out how Canadian farmers are coping during the extreme heat and we look at how a deal looks finally sealed to sell Queen's back catalogue...the most valuable in rock.

The inflation is the rate at which prices increases - so when we say the inflation rate is slowing down it does not mean that prices are falling .
So we wanted to discuss why inflation is still so sticky with someone in the US who has been looking at it for some time - someone involved in those crucial decisions on interest rates
Rahul Tandon spoke to Austin Goolsbee President of the Federal Reserve bank of Chicago one of 12 Reserve banks in the US.

Intense heatwaves hit Saudi Arabia, India and Southern Europe. We ask, what’s the impact?
Ecuador has experienced a nationwide blackout
And government debt worldwide is four times what it was in 2000. We hear more from UNCTAD economist Carlos Razo

President Putin has arrived in Pyongyang on a state visit
President Biden has announced a new policy that would protect hundreds of thousands of undocumented spouses of US citizens from deportation.
Boeing's boss Dave Calhoun faces tough questions from lawmakers about the companies culture

United States Surgeon General, Dr. Vivek Murthy, has called for a warning label to be placed on social media platforms advising of the damage to adolescents’ mental health.
In a historic move, the governor of a US state has pardoned more than 175,000 marijuana convictions.
The BBC’s Ed Butler explores ‘over tourism’, where locals feel left out of tourist hotspots
And The Pixar film Inside Out 2 has dramatically exceeded ticket sales predictions on it’s opening weekend, bucking a trend of poor performances from new film releases. We ask why?

Tesla shareholders say Elon Musk is entitled to a $56 billion pay package. after a US court invalidated it.. Presenter Devina Gupta asks how much should the head of one of the world's top tech companies be paid?
Disney and Governor Ron DeSantis of Florida come to an agreement after a feud over $17 billion in planned development at Walt Disney World. Disney say the deal will fuel new investment.
The U.S. Supreme Court has backed Starbucks challenge to a judicial order to rehire seven Memphis employees. They were fired as
they sought to form a union.
(Photo: Elon Musk Credit: REUTERS/Gonzalo Fuentes/File Photo)