07/11/2017
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0650
Boris Johnson
is to call Iran's foreign minister following reports that comments made by the foreign
secretary were being used in Tehran as a justification to extend the jail
sentence imposed on a British woman. Richard Ratcliffe is the husband of
Nazanin Zaghari-Ratcliffe, who is currently serving a five-year sentence in Iran.
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US President Donald Trump has landed in South Korea, with the
North's nuclear ambitions high on his agenda. Trade will also be a key focus
for Mr Trump, who wants fresh terms for the US-South Korea free trade agreement.
Simon Hix is a Harold Laski professor of government at the LSE who has been
researching this subject.
0710
The prime minister has said she has spoken to the International
Development Secretary Priti Patel "about the ministerial code and about the
implications of the ministerial code", after it emerged that she had held
undisclosed meetings in Israel. Sir Malcolm
Rifkind is former Conservative chairman of the intelligence and security committee
(until 2015) and foreign secretary under John Major
0715
US President Donald Trump has landed in South Korea, with the
North's nuclear ambitions high on his agenda. Charles Hay is the UK Ambassador
to South Korea.
0720
An anti-corruption investigation that has led to the detention of
Saudi Arabian royals, ministers and businessmen appears to be widening. Oliver
Cornock is editor-in-chief at Oxford Business Group.
0725
A huge new leak of financial documents has revealed how the
powerful and ultra-wealthy, including technology giant Apple, secretly invest
vast amounts of cash in offshore tax havens. Our correspondent Ross Hawkins
reports.
0730
US President Donald Trump has landed in South Korea, with the
North's nuclear ambitions high on his agenda. Justin Webb reports.
0740
The once familiar hedgehog has declined dramatically over the past
few decades.Ìý Fiona Mathews is the chair of The Mammal Society and
professor of environmental biology at the University of Sussex.
0750
More on the papers detailing offshore investments. Howard Quayle is
the chief minister of the Isle of Man.
0810
The government is publishing its Brexit Trade Bill, with a first
reading in the Commons. It's one of the key pieces of legislation for helping
pave the way for Brexit. Dr Liam Fox is the international trade secretary
0820
Millions of Koreans have internet speed – at home – of a gigabit, a
thousand megabits. In comparison to the UK’s 'superfast' broadband defined as 24
megabits. Byungki Oh is the vice president of Korea Telecom.
0830
Today marks the 100th anniversary of the Russian Revolution. One of
the key figures in the Bolshevik seizure of power was Leon Trotsky. Esteban
Volkov is Leon Trotsky’s grandson.
0840
The first female president of the Royal Academy of
Engineering, Professor Dame Ann Dowling, is speaking at an event this week in
Birmingham. She joins us on the programme.
0850
More on the papers detailing offshore investments. Marianna
Mazzucato is a professor at the institute of economics, innovation and public
value at UCL and John Cullinane is the tax policy director at the Chartered
Institute of Taxation.
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