17/10/2016
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0650
UKIP's National Executive Committee meets this afternoon to discuss the arrangements to elect the next leader of the party. Paul Oakden is UKIP chairman.
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A giant panda believed to have been the oldest ever kept in captivity has died at the age of 38, officials say.ΜύHenry Nicholls is author of The Way of the Panda: The Curious History of China's Political Animal.
0710
Overnight a military operation began to recapture Mosul, Iraq’s second city, from so-called Islamic State militants. James Jeffery is former US ambassador to Iraq.
0715
Jeremy Corbyn has dismissed as "biased" a report accusing him of not doing enough to tackle anti-Semitism in the Labour party. Rhea Wolfson was elected a CLP representative on Labour's NEC earlier this year.
0720
The former Irish rugby union player and head coach of Munster Anthony Foley has died at the age of 42. Ian Robertson is the Βι¶ΉΤΌΕΔ’s rugby correspondent.
0730
The newly appointed chair of the Child Abuse Inquiry Professor Alexis Jay is reportedly to confirm that the inquiry will be scaled back amid criticisms of its scope and management. Sharon Evans was member of the original inquiry panel and Chris Tuck is on the Victims and Survivors' Consultative Panel.
0740
On Wednesday Hillary Clinton and Donald Trump will have their last head-to-head debate. It will be a testing moment for them both. The Βι¶ΉΤΌΕΔ’s James Naughtie reports from Las Vegas.
0750
Fourteen unaccompanied migrant children will arrive in Britain this morning to be reunited with their relatives. An EU regulation allows them to seek asylum in the UK because they have relatives here. Lord Williams is former Archbishop of Canterbury.
0810
The government has outlined plans for a new system of rapid compensation for parents in England whose babies are injured because of failings in maternity care. Jeremy Hunt is the health secretary.
0820
The new state-of-the-art polar research ship, RRS Sir David Attenborough, reaches its first construction milestone today with the ceremonial laying of the keel. Sir David Attenborough is a naturalist and broadcaster.
0830
Overnight a military operationΜύbeganΜύto recapture Mosul, Iraq’s second city, from so-called Islamic State militants. Dr Nezar Ismet Taib is head of the Ministry of Health directorate in Dohuk, Iraqi Kurdistan.
0835
Philip Hammond has raised concerns about restrictions on migration following Brexit, according to various newspapers this morning. Daniel Hannan is a Conservative MEP.
0840
Is either Hillary Clinton or Donald Trump fit for office? Could a Donald Trump presidency really happen? Jeremy Paxman is presenting an episode of Panorama this evening looking at these questions.
0850
Big data has revolutionised biology, even giving rise to a new discipline - bio-informatics. But not everyone is convinced that is necessarily a good thing. Today programme science editor Tom Feilden reports.
0855
Hundreds of Olympians and Paralympians will parade through Manchester city centre today to celebrate their success at Rio 2016. Sue Murphy is deputy leader of Manchester City Council and one of the organisers of the parade and Katherine Grainger is Great Britain's most decorated female Olympian.
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