US Senate passes bill to counter China tech

The US Senate has approved a $250bn spending plan to boost tech research and production. It's aimed at countering China’s growing influence in the sector; Scott Kennedy, the senior advisor and trustee chair in Chinese business and economics at the Center for Strategic and International Studies, gives us more details. Also in the programme, the Nigerian government’s ban on the use of Twitter has run into widespread opposition in the country. Nicholas Ibekwe is head of investigations at Premium Times, and explains the background to the dispute. Plus, the BBC’s Laura Bicker reports from Thailand on the challenges young people there face in making a living, in the absence of the country’s vital tourism sector, as a result of the coronavirus pandemic. The Tribeca Film Festival has got underway and the organisers hope it will show the world that the city is back in business; Tom Brook from the BBC's Talking Movies brings us a report. And we're joined throughout the programme by financial professional Jessica Khine in Malaysia and markets analyst, Ralph Silva in Toronto. (Picture: A silicon wafer. Picture credit: IBM via Reuters).

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