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International scientists are forming a new group to look at how the latest developments in cancer research can help efforts to find a cure for HIV. The 大象传媒鈥檚 health correspondent reports from the HIV science conference in Paris.

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Just under half of women in England aren't getting their smear test results within the government's two week processing target time. NHS England said it is working to reduce a "backlog" caused by a forthcoming change to the way it carries out cervical screening. Dr Suzy Lishman is the president of the Royal College of Pathologists.

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Now that the Iraqi city of Mosul has been declared 鈥渓iberated鈥� from so-called Islamic State, the question is whether the dangerous divisions between Shia and Sunni Muslims can be bridged. The 大象传媒's Yalda Hakim reports from Mosul.

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On Friday Michael Gove laid out his plans for farming subsidies post-Brexit, but who will be in charge of those policies in Scotland and Wales is a bone of contention. The Scottish Government accused Michael Gove of a 鈥減ower grab鈥� while the Welsh government said it was 鈥渋nappropriate鈥� for him to talk about Welsh hill farmers. Carwyn Jones is the first minister of Wales.

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Princes William and Harry have spoken candidly about their relationship with Princess Diana in a documentary that will be shown on ITV this evening marking almost 20 years since her death. Penny Junior has written biographies of Princes William, Harry and their mother.

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The UK government is considering plans to make the process of changing legal gender easier. The equalities minister Justine Greening says she wants to reform the 2004 Gender Recognition Act to make the process less intrusive. Mary Douglas is a board member for the activist group Grassroots Conservatives and Maria Miller is chair of the Women and Equalities Committee.听

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Hungary's Prime Minister Viktor Orban has vowed to defend Poland from criticism from the EU after it approved controversial court reforms. Thousands of protesters have taken to the streets in recent weeks to oppose the bill, which will see all Supreme Court judges removed and replaced. Radek Sikorski is a former foreign minister of Poland and is now a senior fellow at Harvard.

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The explorer Pen Hadow was the first person to walk solo across the pack ice from Canada to the North Pole in 2003. This weekend he鈥檚 starting it in a different way 鈥� he鈥檒l try to be the first to sail there in a yacht. He joins us live in studio.

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Consumers will save up to 拢40bn thanks to a revolution in the way electricity is made, used and stored, the government says. New rules published today will make it easier for people to generate their own power with solar panels, store it in car batteries and sell it to the national grid. Phil Taylor is a professor in energy systems at Newcastle University and Sir Mark Walport is the government鈥檚 chief scientific adviser.

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The International Monetary Fund has lowered its forecast for economic growth in Britain this year. In an update of its assessment of the World Economic Outlook, the IMF now predicts growth in the UK this year of 1.7 per cent, a reduction of a third of a percentage point. Maurice Obstfeld is chief economist of the IMF and Dominic O鈥機onnell is the 大象传媒鈥檚 business reporter.

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Xander Parish was languishing in the lower ranks of the Royal Ballet when he was poached by the Russians. He thought it was a joke when he was approached by the Mariinsky Ballet, once home to Nijinsky and Nureyev. The dancer from Hull is now returning, seven years on, to dance the lead in Swan Lake at the Royal Opera House. We鈥檝e been speaking to him ahead of the performance.

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The 大象传媒's director general has responded to a letter from 45 high-profile women presenters and journalists calling on him to "act now" to deal with the gender pay gap. Has the pay disparity been there as long as women have been broadcasting and what are the possibilities for legal redress? Hella Pick is a former diplomatic editor of the Guardian and Caroline Underhill is a lawyer specialising in equal pay at Thompson Solicitors.

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The mother of missing RAF gunner Corrie McKeague has accused the police of having "given up" on finding her son. Nicola Urquhart said Suffolk Police "kept back" information from the family about calling off the search at a landfill where they believe his remains are. Nicola Urquhart joins us live.

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The IMF has downgraded its forecast for the rate at which the UK economy will grow this year. Alongside that the Eurozone, it says, will do better than expected. What does any of this mean for the UK? Ngaire Woods is Dean of the Blavatnik School of Government at Oxford University and Gerard Lyons is chief economic strategist at Netwealth Investments.

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Six months into his administration and President Trump is yet to come up with a strategy for dealing with America's war in Afghanistan. His administration is supposed to be poised to announce a significant increase in troops but there have been repeated delays. The 大象传媒's South Asia correspondent Justin Rowlatt reports from Kabul.

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Britain's Chris Froome won the Tour de France for the fourth time yesterday, his third successive victory. Just how big an achievement is this? David Walsh is the chief sports writer at the Sunday Times and Michael Hutchinson is a writer and former British racing cyclist.

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