21/08/2017
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0650
Africa's population is expected to double by 2050 - to two and a
half billion people. This new baby boom could provide a huge workforce to
transform African economies and lift millions out of poverty - or it could lead
to an even bigger migration problem. Alastair Leithead is the ´óÏó´«Ã½'s Africa correspondent.     Â
0655
The British seaside town of Cromer in Norfolk went into lockdown
over the weekend after a series of disturbances at the end of the annual
carnival. Tom Fitzpatrick is the leader of North Norfolk District Council.
0710
Spanish media are reporting
that the Iman Abdelbaki Es Satty – who is thought to have
been involved with the group of young men at the center of the Barcelona
attacks – may have been in Brussels last year before the Brussels attacks. Fernando Reinares is professor of political
science and security studies at Universidad Rey Juan Carlos in Madrid, Spain.
0715
This is the
week of Brexit position papers. On Monday, we have position papers on Goods
placed on the market and the confidentiality of EU documents. But the big one
comes on Wednesday, which will address the role of the European Court Justice. Chuka
Umunna is former shadow business secretary.
0720
Today,
we take a closer look at the US President Donald Trump's relationship with
business, after the disbanding of the manufacturing council and the departure
of Steve Bannon. Mallory Factor is a professor at Oxford University and a former
Republican strategist.
0725
Millions of
people are expected to turn out to watch a total solar eclipse which will cross
the United States from Oregon to South Carolina. The point of totality - when
the sky becomes completely dark - will last more than two and a half minutes in some
places. Rick Brown is an eclipse chaser who now runs eclipse tours and Elizabeth
Preston is an astronomer and news editor of ´óÏó´«Ã½ Sky at Night Magazine.
0730
Every
household could be £5,000 a year better off thanks to Brexit, the Economists for
Free Trade have calculated. Patrick Minford is from the school of applied
economics at Cardiff Business School and Monique Ebell is from the National
Institute of Economic and Social Research.Â
0740
The ´óÏó´«Ã½'s Pidgin service will launch today as part of the biggest expansion
of the ´óÏó´«Ã½â€™s World Service since the 1940s. Pidgin is spoken by an estimated
75 million people in Nigeria alone, with additional speakers across West and Central
Africa. Peter
Okwoche is the anchor of Focus on Africa.
0750
Prosecutors
in England and Wales say hate crime online must be taken as seriously as hate
crime in everyday life. Luciana Berger is the Labour MP for victim of online
hate crime. David Tucker is the crime and criminal justice lead for the College
of Policing.Â
0810
This is the week of Brexit position papers. On Monday, papers on goods placed on the market and the confidentiality of EU
documents are being issued. But the big one comes on Wednesday, which will address the role of
the European Court of Justice (ECJ). Martin Howe is a QC specialist in EU law. Sir
David Edward is a former ECJ Judge.
0820
Mr Benn, the cult
children’s character dressed in a bowler hat, turns 50 this year. David McKee’s
art work behind the series, thought lost, is being shown at an exhibition at
the Illustration Cupboard in London. He joins us in the studio.
0830
Prosecutors in England and Wales say hate crime online must be
taken as seriously as hate crime in everyday life. Alison Saunders is the director
of Public Prosecutions.
0835
A mortar attack has killed at least five people
and injured around a dozen more close to the entrance of an intentional trade
fair in the Syrian capital Damascus, which opened to great fanfare just a few
days ago. The ´óÏó´«Ã½'s chief international correspondent Lyse Doucet reports.
0840
Tributes are being paid
to one of Hollywood’s most successful comedians, Jerry Lewis, who has died aged
91. Shawn Levy is the author of King
of Comedy: Life and Art of Jerry Lewis.
0845
Cambridge University Press has blocked readers in China from accessing hundreds of academic
articles – including some published decades ago – after a request by Chinese
authorities. The publisher says it did so to avoid its other publications from
being barred. John Simpson is the ´óÏó´«Ã½'s world affairs editor.
0850
Concrete, the barcode, TV dinners and the
department store are among 50 things that made the modern economy, according to
Tim Harford, presenter of Radio 4’s More or Less. But now he wants to know what
the 51st thing is - and is asking his podcast listeners to decide what
that should be.Â
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