20/11/2017
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0650
βA New Social Contract for Studentsβ - an independent review of student support in Scotland is being published today. Jayne-Anne Gadhia is CEO of Virgin Money and author of the report.
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Talks to form an unprecedented three-party coalition in Germany have failed after the liberal Free Democrats (FDP) pulled out, citing irreconcilable differences. Stephan Mayer is a member of the executive board of the CDU/CSU parliamentary group in the German Bundestag.
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In 2008, Mugabe declared that βonly God can remove me from powerβ.Μύ Nearly a decade on, the Zimbabwean President, Robert Mugabe, has again defied widespread demands that he step down. Terence Mukupe is a Zanu-PF MP.
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0720
Britainβs most senior counter-terrorism officer said children need to be taught about dealing with terrorism in the same way that they already receive sex education and drugs advice at school. Emma Robertshawβs daughter was caught up in Parsons Green attack and Francesca Hunt is director of Crisis Cast.
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0730
The government is announcing a Β£1.7bn plan to improve transport links within city regions, as well as a boost to R&D investment that aims to improve stagnant productivity. Greg Clark is secretary of state for business, energy and industrial strategy.
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0740
The Chief of MI6 operated a secret slush fund used to fund secret operations to destabilise Iraq, Syria and other countries in the Middle East. It's the subject of the first programme of a new series of documentaries on Radio 4 tonight. Gordon Corera is our security correspondent.
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0750
The Chancellor says 300,000 new homes need to be built each year if there is to be any prospect of mortgages and rents becoming more affordable. Nick Robinson spoke to Labour council leader Bob Price to find out more.
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0810
Robert Mugabe has announced that he will preside over a special congress of the ruling Zanu-PF party next month - the very party that has disowned him. Fergal Keane is our Africa editor and Rory Stewart is the minister for Africa.
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0820
Tina Brown's diaries of her eight years as Editor of Vanity Fair are published in a new book. She joins us on the programme.
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0840
The Chancellor delivers his budget on Wednesday but we've already had a few sneak previews. One of them is a Β£75m fund for investment in AI companies. Dame Wendy Hall is professor of computer science at the University of Southampton and Professor Noel Sharkey is emeritus professor of AI and Robotics at Sheffield University.
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0845
1 in 12 children worldwide live in countries where their prospects today are worse than those of their parents, according to a UNICEF analysis conducted for World Childrenβs Day. Muzoon Almellehan is a UNICEF goodwill ambassador.
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0850
ΜύA number of people will be talking to the Competitions and Markets Authority today about the proposed merger of Fox and Sky. Kelly Wright is a Fox News anchor and Douglas Wigdor is Kelly Wrightβs lawyer.
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