14/10/2016

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What is being hailed as the world's first commercial regular drone delivery service is beginning drop-offs in Rwanda. The BBC’s Dan Simmons reports from western Rwanda for the launch of the drone delivery service.

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There are at least two trillion galaxies in the universe - ten times more than the 100 billion that was previously thought, according to astronomers from the University of Nottingham. Christopher Conselice is professor of astrophysics at the University of Nottingham.

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A male gorilla has been recaptured after escaping from its enclosure at London Zoo. Chris Draper is associate director of Animal Welfare at the Born Free Foundation.

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Pharmacies in England could face steep funding cuts within weeks that will force some to close, this programme has been told. Ross Hawkins is the BBC’s political correspondent.

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It is likely an agreement will be reached today to ban HFCs at the Ozone Conference in Rwanda. Myles Allen, from the University of Oxford, has published a policy brief for the Oxford Martin School on the science and policy of short-lived climate pollutants.

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The west must consider new military action against Syrian forces to stop Aleppo being “pulverised”, says Foreign Secretary Boris Johnson. The BBC’s Mike Thomson reports and Evelyn Farkas is former US deputy assistant secretary of defence.

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Nocturnal Animals is the second feature film from fashion designer turned writer and director Tom Ford, following his award-winning debut A Single Man. The BBC’s Arts editor Will Gompertz has been talking to Mr Ford.

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The Times this morning has printed a series of allegations about the former chair of the Independent Inquiry into Child Sexual Abuse Dame Lowell Goddard. It says the Home Office didn’t act when concerns about Dame Lowell’s conduct and competence were raised. The judge says she rejects what she sees as a vicious attack on her and says she is consulting her lawyers about the reports in The Times. Andrew Norfolk is chief investigative reporter from The Times and Peter Saunders is on the victims advisory panel for the review.

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A consultation gets under way next week on plans for a second Scottish independence referendum, the SNP's Nicola Sturgeon has confirmed. We speak live to Ms Sturgeon, Scotland's first minister.

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Pharmacies in England could face steep funding cuts within weeks that will force some to close, this programme has been told. Claire Ward is chair of Pharmacy Voice and former Labour MP.

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Donald Trump has told supporters that he is being subjected to a vicious campaign to stop him winning the US presidency. The BBC’s Aleem Maqbool reports and Taylor Griffin is Republican strategist and former adviser to George W Bush.

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A male gorilla has been recaptured after escaping from its enclosure at London Zoo. Malcolm Fitzpatrick is senior curator of mammals at London Zoo.

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The row between Unilever and Tesco suggests we could see a rise in commodity prices in the shops as a result of Brexit and the fall in sterling. Today’s Sima Kotecha reports from Brixton market. Ann Pettifor is director of the economics consultancy Prime and member of Jeremy Corbyn's panel of economic advisers and Patrick Minford is former economic adviser to Margaret Thatcher and part of the campaign group Economists for Brexit during the EU referendum campaign.

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Parents are often judged when their child is a fussy eater, but a new report says toddlers’ fussy eating habits are mainly the result of genetic influences rather than poor parenting. Andrea Smith jointly led the research at UCL Health Behaviour Research Centre and Annabel Karmel is author of cookbooks for children.

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