25/09/2017
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0650
Labour's conference will talk about Brexit today but delegates
won't be allowed to vote on any motion that challenges the party's policies.
Our political correspondent Ross Hawkins reports.
0655
The student finance fee system is imploding and shadow chancellor
John McDonnell is suggesting that some of the rise in student debt may have to
be written off now. Paul Johnson is the director of the Institute for Fiscal
Studies
0710
Labour's conference will talk about Brexit today - but delegates
won't be allowed to vote on any motion that challenges the party's policies. Sadiq
Khan is the Labour Mayor of London.
0715
Another British technology company has been snapped up
by a foreign buyer. On Friday it was announced that the UK firm Imagination
Technologies,听which designs graphics chips
for smartphones, is being bought for 拢550m by Chinese-backed investment firm,
Canyon Bridge.听Ray Bingham is the
founding partner at Canyon Bridge.
0720
Iraqi Kurds vote in a referendum today on independence for their northern
region, despite warnings within the country and from its neighbours Iran and
Turkey. Emma Sky is the former de facto governor
of Kirkuk.
0725
Fish have complex personalities according to new research from scientists
at the University of Exeter. The researchers made the discovery when studying
individual traits in tiny fish called Trinidadian guppies. Dr Tom Houslay is
the evolutionary ecologist at the University of Exeter and lead researcher on
the study.
0730
Three months on from an election that saw Labour increase seats in
the House of Commons for the first time since 1997 there is a buoyant mood at
the conference in Brighton. Today鈥檚 Mishal Husain reports.
0740
There is a lot of focus on gender identity and the need to support
those who identify as a different gender than the one they were born with. It
is an area that is controversial because it demands societal changes. James
Caspian is a psychotherapist, specialised in working with transgender and
transsexual people.
0750
German Chancellor Angela Merkel has been re-elected for a fourth
term while nationalists have made a historic surge in federal elections. Her
conservative CDU/CSU bloc has seen its worst result in almost 70 years but will
remain the largest in parliament. Our special correspondent Jim Naughtie
reports.
0810
Shadow
Chancellor John McDonnell gives his conference speech today as the government
starts the next round of Brexit talks. His speech includes a pledge to cap the
total amount of interest anybody can pay a credit card company. He joins us on
the programme.
0820
Players in the NFL have knelt and locked arms in a wave of protests
at US President Donald Trump's "offensive" and "divisive"
comments aimed at their teammates. Chris Kluwe is a former American football
player.
0830
German Chancellor Angela Merkel has been re-elected for a fourth
term while nationalists have made a historic surge in federal elections. Her
conservative CDU/CSU bloc has seen its worst result in almost 70 years but will
remain the largest in parliament. Anne McElvoy is a former foreign correspondent and the author of The Saddled Cow, East
Germany's Life and Legacy.
0840
Uber could make concessions to ensure its London operating licence
is renewed, its chief in the capital says. Fred Jones is the head of cities for
Uber UK.
0850
The last election showed a big generational gap in people voting.
How can Labour widen its appeal beyond young voters? Joe
Twyman is the director of political research at pollsters YouGov and Anushka
Asthana is joint political editor of the Guardian.
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