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US authorities have brought criminal charges over Malaysia's 1MDB scandal. Bradley Hope is co-author of the book 'Billion Dollar Whale' about the problems at 1MDB, and fills us in on the details. Also in the programme, workers at Google around the world have walked out over how the technology giant handled sex assault allegations. Hephzi Pemberton is chief executive of The Equality Group, and explains the background to the protest. As US health insurers ask customers to wear fitness trackers, we ask if they are opening a Pandora's Box of ethical dilemmas and business threats. A new tax on mobile money transactions in Uganda is being blamed for a reduction in the amount of money being sent back from workers overseas. We find out more from Rashmi Pillai, programs director at the not-for-profit financial services lobbying organisation Financial Sector Deepening Uganda. Plus we hear about a new rocket propulsion system that harnesses the power of the sun to carry satellites through space, from Victor Chavez, chief executive of Thales UK, which is behind the technology.