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New Zealand is to ban sale of tobacco to its next generation, aiming to phase out smoking. Colin Peacock from Radio New Zealand tells us why the country has made the move now, and we find out how the plan compares to tobacco control measures in other countries with Mirte Kuipers, assistant professor in the Department of Public and Occupational Health at the University of Amsterdam. Also in the programme, the credit rating agency Fitch has declared that Chinese property conglomerate Evergrande is in default to overseas investors, after it apparently failed to make a crucial interest payment this week. Rebecca Choong Wilkins is a debt specialist from Bloomberg in Hong Kong, and discusses the implications. We hear from Nicole Perlroth, whose book This is How They Tell Me the World Ends won the 2021 Financial Times Business Book of the Year award, about the threat to the world of global cyber espionage. Plus, the British travel firm Saga has introduced paid leave for the birth of a grandchild. We explore whether it is an idea that is likely to catch on with Dame Esther Rantzen, founder of the charity The Silver Line, which offers help and support for older people.

Today's edition is presented by Mike Johnson and produced by Philippa Goodrich and Ivana Davidovic.

(Picture: A stubbed out cigarette. Picture credit: Getty Images.)