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20/07/2017

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

3 hours

Last on

Thu 20 Jul 2017 06:00

Today's running order


0650

Many are afraid that the upcoming Kenyan election may spark a rivalry between the incumbent president and his main opponent. Alastair Leithead is the 大象传媒鈥檚 Africa correspondent.

0655

Scientists have claimed lifestyle and environmental changes starting in childhood could prevent a third of dementia cases. Gill Livingston is professor of psychiatry of older people at University College London.

0709

The 大象传媒 has admitted that it needs to do more to tackle the gender pay gap after the corporation revealed how much top presenters are paid. Anne McElvoy is the senior editor at the Economist and Peter Fincham is former controller of 大象传媒 One.

0715

Brexit negotiators are to outline what progress has been made so far as the latest rounds of talks come to an end. Professor Anand Menon is from the UK in a Changing Europe think-tank.

0720

The Brexit Secretary David Davis will be giving a press conference alongside his European counterpart Michel Barnier. Katya Adler is the 大象传媒鈥檚 Europe correspondent.

0725

Sports Direct is set to release their preliminary full-year financial results. Neil Wilson is senior market analyst at ETX Capital.

0730

President Emanuel Macron says France is "completely overwhelmed" by the migrant crisis. In the second of his reports, Today's chief correspondent, Matthew Price, is following the journey of Europe's great migration.

0745

Luis Fonsi's Despacito has become the most-streamed song of all time, just six months after it was released with 4.6bn streams globally. Gemma Cairney is a former Radio 1 DJ.

0750

There are several areas of concern into the quality of mental health services in England, including unsafe facilities, over-restrictive institutional care and poor information-sharing. Claire Murdoch is the national mental health director for NHS England.

0810

The International Trade Secretary, Liam Fox, will set out what he sees as the opportunities for the global economy from trade after the UK leaves the EU. Laura Kuenssberg is the 大象传媒鈥檚 political editor.

0820

For more than 30 years the British have argued that Rudolf Hess, Hitler's deputy and the last prisoner in Berlin, should be released. 聽The 大象传媒鈥檚 Sanchia Berg reports.

0830

The four Arab nations leading a boycott of Qatar are no longer insisting that it comply with a list of 13 specific demands they tabled last month. Frank Gardner is the 大象传媒鈥檚 security correspondent and Sheikh Saif Al-Thani is director of the government communications office for the State of Qatar.

0840

Over 93,000 people are estimated by the United Nations to have arrived in Italy by boat since the beginning of the year and the Italian government says it needs more help from Europe. Romani Prodi is former Italian prime minister.

0845

The newly appointed leader of Kensington and Chelsea Council in London has been heckled by furious residents of Grenfell Tower at the authority's first full meeting since the fire. The 大象传媒鈥檚 Frankie McCamley reports.

0850

Salvador Dali's body is to be exhumed today for DNA tests over woman's love child claims. Will Gompertz is the 大象传媒鈥檚 arts editor.

0855

New satire programme the Mash Report launches on 大象传媒 2 tonight. It鈥檚 positioning itself as a British answer to American programme like The Daily Show. Nish Kumar is host of the Mash Report and Jolyon Rubinstein is co-writer and star of the BAFTA-winning satirical comedy The Revolution Will Be Televised.

All subject to change.

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  • Thu 20 Jul 2017 06:00