28/11/2016
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Thirteen opposition parties in India have called for a nationwide protest against the government's currency overhaul. Ken Rogoff is former chief economist at the IMF and author of The Curse of Cash.
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The ΒιΆΉΤΌΕΔ has learned that the government is facing a legal and potentially a parliamentary battle over whether the UK stays inside the single market after it has left the EU. James Landale is the ΒιΆΉΤΌΕΔβs diplomatic correspondent.
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Thousands of people are fleeing East Aleppo after Syrian government troops and their allies made rapid progress in a major offensive designed to cut the rebel-held eastern part of the city into two. Scott Craig is spokesperson for the United Nations High Commissioner for Refugees in Syria.
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Inquests into the Birmingham Pub Bombings which killed 21 people in 1974 are being reopened this week. Julie Hambletonβs 18-year-old sister Maxine was one of those killed.
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A record number of inmates have taken their own lives in prisons in England and Wales so far this year, according to figures compiled by the Howard League for Penal Reform. Frances Crook is chief executive of the Howard League for Penal Reform.
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The Football Association appointed a senior lawyer to assist with its review into historical child sex abuse allegations yesterday, as it emerged that at up to seven clubs may be connected with the claims. Richard Caborn is former minister of sport and Damian Collins is chair of the Culture, Media and Sports select committee.
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World champion boxer Vinny Paz had two titles when he broke his neck in a near-fatal car crash in 1991. But he ignored all medical advice and, while still wearing a steel halo device screwed into his skull with bolts, he secretly started training again, eventually winning three more world titles. His story has been made into a film produced by Martin Scorsese called Bleed for This.
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Former French Prime Minister Francois Fillon has become the centre-right Republican Party's candidate for next year's presidential election. Katya Adler is the ΒιΆΉΤΌΕΔβs Europe editor and Nicole Ameline is a Republican MP who worked with Mr Β FillonΒ underΒ JacquesΒ Chirac.
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Theresa May will host a summit meeting with Polish Prime Minister Beata Szydlo as she attempts to build alliances ahead of the Brexit negotiations. Sir Michael Fallon is secretary of state for defence.
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We all know what happens at the end of Hamlet - just about everyone dies. But what if the Prince of Denmark had been brought to justice much earlier? That is what happened last night on stage at the Wyndham's Theatre in London to raise money for the Shakespeare's Schools Festival. The ΒιΆΉΤΌΕΔβs Dave McMullan reports.
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Panorama reporter Deborah Cohen has investigated how some fertility clinics sell add-ons - the extra drugs, tests and treatments offered on top of standard care. Exclusive new research shows a worrying lack of good evidence from trials to show these can improve the chances of having a baby. Simon Fishel is director of CARE Fertility and Carl Heneghan is director of the Centre for Evidence Based Medicine at Oxford University.
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An extensive archive of the letters, manuscripts and diaries from the writer PG Wodehouse will join the British Library's 20th Century holdings this week. It will shine a light on the controversy that greeted his wartime broadcasts which led to him being labelled a Nazi propagandist. Sir Edward Cazalet is step-grandson of PG Wodehouse.
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Former French Prime Minister Francois Fillon has become the centre-right Republican Party's candidate for next year's presidential election. Philippe Marliere is professor in French and European politics at University College London and Sophie Pedder is the Paris bureau chief for The Economist.
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Teenagers spelling is getting worse - even words like βmyselfβ, βoffβ and βsaidβ are proving too difficult, according to research by the exam group Cambridge Assessment. Debra Myhill is vice-chancellor of the University of Exeter and has reviewed the research and Rhea is a 10-year-old spelling expert and Child Genius 2016.
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