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Europe's biggest carmaker in trouble

Europe's biggest carmaker in trouble

Update: 2024-10-30
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Trouble for Volkswagen as its profits drop and it clashes with unions over possible plant closures, Roger Hearing finds out more.

The EU imposes tariffs on electric vehicle imports from China, and there are reports from Beijing that the government is pushing its carmakers not to invest in EU members who backed the tariffs.

Britain's new Labour government sets out its first budget with big tax rises it says are needed to restore public services.

And we hear from India about the traditional push to buy gold ahead of the Diwali festival.

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