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Staff at Britain's biggest retailer Tesco edge towards equal pay

Thousands of current and former workers at Tesco, Britain's biggest retailer, have had their argument upheld in their fight for equal pay

Thousands of current and former workers at Tesco, Britain's biggest retailer, have had their argument upheld, in their fight for equal pay between men and women. We speak with the ³ÉÈË¿ìÊÖ’s Emma Simpson to hear the details. Finance ministers from the G7 - the group representing seven of the world's wealthiest nations - are meeting on Friday and Saturday in the UK - a week ahead of the full G7 Summit. Top of the agenda is global corporation tax reform, as we hear from Richard Partington, the Guardian's Economics Correspondent. The rollercoaster ride for American stocks continues as cinema chain AMC offers free popcorn to investors – the ³ÉÈË¿ìÊÖ’s Samira Hussain in New York tells us more about the trading frenzy. Also in the programme: Lebanon is no stranger to hardship; from the wreckage of its civil war to the world's largest ever non-nuclear explosion happening at its port, the country has not had an easy ride. Lebanon’s economic and financial crisis could rank as one of the three most severe the world has seen in the last century and a half. The ³ÉÈË¿ìÊÖ's Ed Butler has an extended report.

(Image: Customers enter Tesco Express on Bow St. Photo by Michael McNerney/SOPA Images/LightRocket via Getty Images)

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Thu 3 Jun 2021 21:32GMT

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  • Thu 3 Jun 2021 21:32GMT