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The board of the world’s fourth largest automaker, Stellantis, said that its CEO Carlos Tavares had stepped down from his position on Sunday. The group, which owns brands such as Jeep, Chrysler and Peugeot, had experienced a sharp fall in sales this year, especially in the US market. Also, we look at how a political impasse over budget talks could bring down the French government. 

Stellantis Chief Executive Officer Carlos Tavares resigned abruptly on Sunday, two months after a profit warning at the maker of Jeep, Fiat and Peugeot cars that has lost around 40% of its value this year. 

With the advent of social media, our brains are receiving a constant stream of images. So how can we undergo a visual detox? Annette Young speaks to Marine Tanguy who has written a book on how to do just that. Also as we face a global epidemic of domestic violence, a novel approach in southern Italy offers survivors the opportunity to rebuild their lives by providing training and accommodation. Plus a female theatre group in the Balkans stage the ancient Greek play which condemns women’s suffering in war while celebrating our capacity to resist.

Russian President Vladimir Putin says there’s no need to panic over the country’s plummeting currency, despite the ruble weakening to its lowest level in over two years. Plus, Australia has passed a law banning social media for under-16s. Voters in Ireland are heading to the polls on Friday, but whoever ends up governing the country will be faced with a unique economic situation. Plus, political uncertainty in France has briefly driven its borrowing costs to the same level as Greece’s for the first time.

The cocoa industry in Haiti is one of the few bright spots in an economy that’s suffocating amid gang violence and political instability. Exports of fermented cocoa to Europe are having a significant impact for small Haitian producers, and helping to create jobs. Carys Garland reports from the Paris Chocolate Show. Also in the show: we speak to Tony’s Chocolonely, a chocolate company that has pioneered efforts to expose exploitation and child labour in the cocoa industry.