Hello and welcome to this latest edition of Business Weekly with Lucy Burton.

It's good to have you with us as we look at some of the biggest business stories of the week.

Dominating the business news was, of course, the announcement that Jeff Bezos is to pass on the mantle of Amazon chief executive to someone else

so that he can apparently concentrate on exploring the galaxy and saving the earth.

Richer far than Cresas, what good could he do if he really put his mind to it?

And later on the show, we'll be looking at the rise of online gambling,

as people forced to stay at home thanks to COVID,

turned to online slot machines and the like.

Just what are authorities doing to protect vulnerable players?

Let's begin, though, with the military coup in Myanmar.

On Monday, the army seized control of the country,

placing the democratically elected leader, Aung San Suu Kyi, under arrest.

Although her party, the National League for Democracy,

won the November election by a landslide,

the military claims widespread voter fraud,

something that has not been backed up by international observers who say the election was fair.

Later in the week, there were subdued protests against the coup.

Health workers effectively went on strike,

and residents banged pots and pans in protest.

The country was under military rule for many years,

and the generals still wielded a lot of political and economic power

after the country began the transition

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