成人快手

An opposition rally in Myanmar has been attacked by men wielding knives and swords, just over a week before the country's first openly-contested election in 25 years. The attack on a rally in Yangon held by the main opposition party, the National League for Democracy, has raised concerns about how free and fair the election can be. We hear from Lex Rieffel, Non-Resident Senior Fellow at the Brooking Institution and affiliate of the Global Economy and Development program.

We also look at how Myanmar's economy is slowly starting to open up to the world after decades of isolation. The lifting of most western sanctions three years ago has helped to grow the country's middle class, and led to a wave of new foreign investment. The 成人快手's Karishma Vaswani reports on how political uncertainty ahead of the elections has left investors feeling nervous.

Following the fall in oil prices, is Saudi Arabia facing a looming financial crisis? The Saudi government is now running an annual budget deficit of more than one hundred billion dollars. It's under new pressure to diversify the economy away from oil, and attract more foreign investment. The 成人快手's Lyse Doucet is in the Saudi capital, Riyadh.

Some say it's a mad idea, but could the Hyperloop become a reality? We talk about the radical plan first mooted by Elon Musk, to propel people through tubes at high speeds using magnets. Our guest Alison Van Diggelen has visited one company trying to make it happen.

We look back at the latest Republican debate and try to assess which candidates are making an impression on the US voting public. And could a plan to reintroduce the Lynx - a medium sized cat-like animal - to parts of the UK, be a boon for tourism?

All that and plenty more discussed with our two guests on opposite sides of the Pacific: David Kuo, of the Motley Fool in Singapore and Alison Van Diggelen of Fresh Dialogues in San Francisco.

(Photo: Supporters of the National League for Democracy near Yangon. Credit: Romeo Gacad/ AFP/ Getty Images)