06/09/2017 World Business Report

Now it's time for Sally and World Business Report.

Despite its limited range, Nissan's all-electric car became

Now the Japanese company has unveiled a major revamp,

but will it be able to compete with Tesla?

Also in the programme, we'll take a look at the recovery

It has not seen a recession since 1991. The wonder from down under!

In the last few hours, Nissan has released details

The previous version was a global best-seller,

but now the company is facing tough competition from Tesla which has

already started making deliveries of its highly-anticipated Model 3.

Let's cross over to Sharanjit Leyl in Singapore.

Nice to see you. Tell us about the new Leaf. It made a debut in Tokyo.

It is facing a lot of competition, not just from Tesla at from car

makers like Volkswagen, BMW, and others. Leaf was the bestselling

electric car. The launch shows a longer version of its previous model

and it is fighting competition in the car Michael. 100 50 miles on a

single charge - 40 miles more than its previous model. But all of this

competition in the fast developing green car market is in part fuelled

by tightening emission standards around the world. If you want to get

a hold of one, from October it is on sale in Japan and made available

early next year. A longer range with a 40 kilowatts battery. Analysts say

it does not have massively groundbreaking technology but the

right new features that may be attractive to driving. Single pedal

driving, at the instance. It starts at just under 30,000 US dollars. We

know they are having to deal with these rivals. The B, the

Volkswagen and that is because electric vehicle technology is

starting to advance really rapidly. The range is increasing and we are

seeing proliferation of these types of cars. There you have it, the new

Leaf has been unveiled. EU authorities are investigating

claims the Italian mafia has been driving out farmers

from subsidised land. It says organised crime has

been pocketing funds - and now some 500 million euros worth

of payments are under investigation. In Sicily, there've long been claims

the mafia is preying But locals are also fighting back

as Manuela Saragosa reports Land and property under attack.

Fighting Cicely's role of fear is a risky business. Last year, the

market tried to kill this man and now lives under permanent armed

guard after he tried to stop the mafia from illegally claiming public

land is arraigned in order to get EU funds. TRANSLATION: A new law now

ensures anyone applying for farm has to have anti-mafia qualifications.

We have taken a toy away from them. We will not let them play with it

any more. We have broken it. But it is not just public land that has

been targeted by the mafia. We are in the shadow of Mount at, just over

there. These six had this belonged to a man. I came to meeting to find

out what happened when he refused to hand over land. His house was burnt

down. TRANSLATION: The message was clear, they wanted me off my land

and I am sorry to say people giving. Sometimes it is what the authorities

say. Rural mafia, a protected species, says his T-shirt. Some take

matters into their hands. This man says he has spent the past few years

stopping mafia but oops from trespassing and damaging his vines

-- mafia groups. We were under physical and psychological attack

stop they said they make the ball around here and threaten to kill us.

They also beat us up. States like these are common sight in the

Sicilian countryside. Many say they mark the land the mafia wants to

claim. A sign also that the market continues to cast its dark shadow

over the island. There's been some good news

for Australia which recorded a strong pick-up in growth

in the last three months. More than 26 years have now passed

since Australia last The economy expanded by 0.8%

in the second quarter- this is slightly less than experts

had been predicting. But it's still a much

stronger number compared to the first quarter,

where the economy only grew by 0.3%. Australia has been suffering

from the global slump in commodity prices but stronger than expected

demand for iron ore helped contribute to a 2.7% increase

in exports over the period. With me is Jeremy Cook,

Chief Economist at World First. It would seem things are going it

better in Australia? No one actually out there is putting out energy, US

GDP, UK, Europe, even the euro is not at that percentage. This show

grew by .6%. That is an OK number. Is it because the prices of

commodities, the stuff Australia gets out of its ground has gone up

and China has not seen a massive slow up. Some of the demand from

China is starting to slow. He has in the pickup in value of Australian

commodity exports slow a little bit. That is a global movement. The

average Australian consumer came back into the shops. And they are

cutting down on their saving on a month by month way. That could be a

problem. They have done a lot of spelling on housing as well. A lot

of ill thing in Australia for the past 10- 15 years. The housing

market is just starting to roll over a little bit and that will

naturally... If you own a house you would like to keep a little bit more

back in case there is a recession or a downturn. - bring the GDP lower in

the second half of the year. The infrastructure spending has helped

but it is by no means the main driver. Thank you very much indeed.

Let's have a look at some other news in terms of market and how they are

faring in Asia... The Australian market not celebrating the fact stop

down by a third of a percent. Those are the European markets, actually.

Hong Kong down. Japan also down. The yen is getting stronger and stronger

and of course nerves with what is happening with North Korea on the

minds of investors.. It never works well for Asia. A Labour Day on

Monday so it was the first day of trading. I will see you soon.

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