The Russian leader talks to American commentator Tucker Carlson about his plans on Ukraine. We discuss what he said and why now.

Authorities in Pakistan suspended calls and mobile internet data during a controversial election. We get the latest.

And the United Nations says Mongolia is facing a humanitarian crisis due to extreme weather conditions that have become more common in the country. We hear more from Kanni Wignaraja, the UN assistant secretary general and the United Nations Development Programme Regional Director for Asia and the Pacific.

Roger Hearing discusses these and more business stories with two guests on opposite sides of the world: Mehmal Sarfraz, journalist in Karachi, and Sarah Kunst, Managing Director of Cleo Capital in London.

(Picture: Russian President Vladimir Putin and US television host Tucker Carlson in Moscow, Russia. Picture credit: REUTERS.)