23/07/2016
Morning news and current affairs. Including Yesterday in Parliament, Sports Desk, Weather and Thought for the Day.
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Is having children a plus rather than a minus in your career?
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An 18-year-old German-Iranian man opened fire in a crowded Munich shopping mall and a nearby McDonald's Friday night, killing nine people and wounding 16 others before killing himself, the chief of police in the Bavarian capital said. ΒιΆΉΤΌΕΔβs Europe correspondent Andrew Plant reports from Munich.
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A key indicator of the health of the British economy found on Friday there has been a steep decline in economic activity since the country voted to leave the European Union. The scale of the slump indicates the UK economy could contract by 0.4% in the third quarter of the year. It came on the same day that new Chancellor Philip Hammond said he may βresetβ the governmentβs economic policies following the decision to leave the European Union. Speaking live on the programme is ΒιΆΉΤΌΕΔβs political correspondent, Iain Watson.
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We are less than two weeks away from the Olympics. As the first Games to be held in South America they are a source of pride to many but as Brazil's political and economic crisis has deepened the coming of the games has exposed just what a fragile and damaged society Brazil is. ΒιΆΉΤΌΕΔβs Wyre Davies reports.
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ΒιΆΉΤΌΕΔ News has learnt that - in the final stages of the EU referendum campaign - David Cameron asked the German Chancellor if she would agree to grant concessions on the free movement of people.Μύ In the end, Number 10 decided to maintain the focus on the economic risks of Brexit amid fears that a late intervention on immigration would be portrayed by Vote Leave as weak. Speaking live in the studio is Newsnightβs political editor, Nicholas Watt.
0740
In this week's Meet the Author our arts correspondent Rebecca Jones meets the novelist and academic Sarah Moss - to talk about illness, death, town planning, the NHS, and teaching creative writing.
0750
A key indicator of the health of the British economy found on Friday there has been a steep decline in economic activity since the country voted to leave the European Union. The scale of the slump indicates the UK economy could contract by 0.4% in the third quarter of the year. It came on the same day that new Chancellor Philip Hammond said he may βresetβ the governmentβs economic policies following the decision to leave the European Union. Speaking live on the programme is Shadow Chancellor, John McDonnell.
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An 18-year-old German-Iranian man opened fire in a crowded Munich shopping mall and a nearby McDonald's Friday night, killing nine people and wounding 16 others before killing himself, the chief of police in the Bavarian capital said. Speaking on the programme is Frank Gardner, ΒιΆΉΤΌΕΔβs security correspondent and Markus Ferbe, MEP for Bavaria.
0820
Swarms of giant flying ants are invading Britain as the warm winter, followed by a humid spring, has created the perfect condition for them to breed, experts say. That means βFlying Ant Dayβ could be coming to you soon. And there are some reports this year that theyβre making seagulls who eat them drunk. Speaking live on the programme is Dr Rebecca Nesbit, Entomologist from the Royal Society of Biology.
0830
On Sunday the International Olympic Committee will hold a conference call to decide whether the entire Russian team should be banned from next monthβs games in Rio. It comes after a difficult week for Russia. The country could miss the Rio Paralympics after the International Paralympic Committee announced on Friday it had opened suspension proceedings following the publication of the McLaren Report. Speaking live on the programme is Sir Craig Reedie, President of WADA and Vice-President of the International Olympic Committee.
0835
A week on from Turkeyβs coup, Erdogan has declared a state of emergency. The European Union says Turkey's measures against the education system; the judiciary and the media following the failed coup are "unacceptable". In a statement on Thursday, High Representative Federica Mogherini and Commissioner Johannes Hahn said they were "concerned" by Turkey's decision to declare a state of emergency. Speaking live on the programme is 0840 Norman Stone, professor of International Relations at Bilkent University in Ankara.
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Theresa May has risen to the very top of the political tree. She has no children. Angela Merkel has done the same. So has Nicola Sturgeon. They have no children either. So what? Well, inevitably, some are saying it's a bit more proof that women are far more likely to succeed in the world of work if they don't take time off to have children. Sima Kotecha reports from Reading in Berkshire. Speaking live on the programme is Heather McGregor, a businesswoman and head hunter and Charlotte Vere, executive director of the girls school association.
0850
Itβs the penultimate day of the Tour de France, where riders descend to the ski resort of Morzine. On Sunday the race transfers north overnight to Chantilly for the stage of the 21st stage, which climaxes on the Champs-Elysees. The race began on the 2nd July. It starts with 198 riders and covers 2,200 miles. Speaking live on the programme is former cyclist and now a cycling commentator; he was banned for two years in 2004 after admitting taking banned performance-enhancing drugs and is now an anti-doping campaigner, David Millar and David Kinjah, a cycling coach who discovered and trained Kenyan born Chris Froome.
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