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Gambia's New President Arrives ÃÛÑ¿´«Ã½

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The new president of The Gambia, Adama Barrow, has been greeted by jubilant crowds on his return from Senegal, where he was inaugurated. Fatou Camara was the former President's press secretary at one time. She discusses what she makes of Mr Barrow's arrival in the country's capital Banjul.

There have been street protests in Bangladesh, after the country's government shared plans to build a coal-fired power plant near the Sundarbans - a world heritage site made up of about 200 islands. Business Matters hears from Mahfuz Ullah leads a campaign called the Centre for Sustainable Development. He was at the protest and explains what he's afraid of.

ÃÛÑ¿´«Ã½ Washington's Anthony Zerker reports on the first week of the Trump administration, and Jon Sopel.

Fergus Nicholl is joined for the hour by Mindy Lubber, the CEO of non-profit organisation Ceres from Boston and David Kuo of the Motley Fool from Singapore.

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