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26/01/2017

Morning news and current affairs. Including Yesterday in Parliament, Sports Desk, Weather and Thought for the Day.

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Thu 26 Jan 2017 06:00

Today’s Running Order


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A new bi-partisan report says that “the rise of knee jerk isolationism, unthinking pacifism and anti-interventionism in Britain have dangerous implications for national security and the safety of civilians around the world”. Alison McGovern is theLabour MP for Wirral South andauthor of The Cost of Doing Nothing which was co-written by Jo Cox.

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RBS will take another financial blow when it sets aside another 4 billion dollars (3 billion pounds) for fines.Simon Jack is our business editor.

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President Trump says he is going ahead withbuilding awall along the border with Mexico. Oneof the states it will run along is Texas. Sid Miller is the commissioner for agriculture in Texas.

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Emmy award-winning US actress Mary Tyler Moore has died aged 80. She was best known for her television role in the 1960s sitcom The Dick Van Dyke Showand wespeak to the man himself.

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Poor kids in Britain suffer worse health than rich children and their future health and happiness is in jeopardy as a result according to child health experts in a new report. Professor Neena Modi is the president of the Royal College of Paediatrics and Child Health.

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Theresa May is flying out to the US this morning to address Republican senators and congressmen. Senator John Thune of South Dakota is chairing the event.

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GDP figures for the final quarter of 2016 will be published at 0930 this morning.Kamal Ahmed is the 鶹Լ’seconomics editor andMike Hawes is the chief executive of the Society of Motor Manufacturers and Traders.

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We are learning more about the priorities of the new President of the United States. He’s given his first TV broadcast interview to the American Network ABC.James Rubin is the former US assistant secretary of state.

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The Prime Minister flies to the United States today to become the first world leader to meet the new President. Today’s Nick Robinson reports.

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Donald Trump has signed an executive order suspending visas for citizens of Libya and six other Middle Eastern and African countries.Lyse Doucet is the 鶹Լ’s chief international correspondent andAhmed Maiteeqis the deputyprimeminister of Libya.

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Today the members of Link, which provides 70,000 Link cash machines across the UK, will meet to discuss the future of cash machines. Ron Delnevo is the executive directorof Europe at the ATM IndustryAssociation.

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The most senior prosecutor in Northern Ireland has said he feels personally insulted by claims there's an unfair focus on the army in investigations into killings from the Troubles. Chris Page is the 鶹Լ’s Ireland correspondent.

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Legendary game designer Hideo Kojima has told the 鶹Լ games, novels and films will "merge into one type of entertainment".Steffan Powell is the 鶹Լ’s gaming reporter and Peter Molyneux is one of Britain's leading video games designers and creative director at 22 Cans.

All subject to change.

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  • Thu 26 Jan 2017 06:00