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Join presenter @bbcnickrobinson as @BBCr4today returns to the BBC Radio Theatre #London on 18 Nov for a topical discussion recorded for The Today Debate. Apply to be part of the audience before 11.55pm on Sunday 9 Nov: https://t.co/llMQFiEmXt
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What advice does a billionaire have for budding entrepreneurs? Cloudflare CEO Matthew Prince tells @AmolRajan the one thing he wish he knew sooner when creating a multi-billion dollar company. Listen to Radical with Amol Rajan on @BBCSounds or watch on @BBCiPlayer
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A new report by a former top official at the Department for Education outlines how attainment is going backwards for the most needy children, who are largely white working class. Former permanent secretary Jonathan Slater tells #R4Today what he thinks should be done to help.
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The Home Office has 'squandered' billions of pounds of taxpayers' money on asylum hotels, according to a report by a committee of MPs. Housing Secretary Steve Reed tells #R4Today he is expecting announcements on alternative accommodation 'within weeks'.
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"The King has been put in an incredibly difficult position... We need to make sure the Royal Family is protected." Liberal Democrat leader Sir Ed Davey argues the controversy over Prince Andrew's housing and funding should be debated in Parliament. #R4Today
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Campaign group Survival International are claiming that half of the 196 indigenous communities living in isolation could be wiped out in the next decade. Exec director Caroline Pearce says exposure to common illnesses and seizure of land are reasons for the decline. #R4Today
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"We're seeing many of these releases in error." HM Inspectorate of Prisons Charlie Taylor discusses the prison system following the incorrect release of asylum seeker Hadush Kebatu, and the prisoner release checklist proposed by the justice secretary. #R4Today
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"The very fact that His Majesty is attending today's memorial is a really important message to everybody that we have moved on." Prof Andrew Hartle, a former RAF doctor who was dismissed for being gay in the 90s, talks about the new memorial due to be unveiled today. #R4Today
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âThat was like nothing else.â Tom Fletcher is the UN humanitarian chief, and has just returned from Gaza. He tells @bbcnickrobinson's Political Thinking about the day when the ceasefire announcement came, and the role being played by Tony Blair.
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Seeing Gaza is like 'driving through the ruins of Hiroshima, or Stalingrad, or Dresden'.
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âDeath on this scale has a sound and a smell which is impossible to describeâ. UN humanitarian chief, Tom Fletcher, tells @BBCNickRobinson's Political Thinking about his most recent trip to Gaza, and the emotional impact it had on him.
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âGender created a big noise through my career.â Susie Wolff, head of all-female series the F1 Academy, speaks to #R4Today about growing up as a woman driver in the sport.
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Google says that since the launch of AI Overviews âtotal organic click volume from Google Search to websites has been relatively stable year-over-year". âThis data is in contrast to third-party reports that inaccurately suggest dramatic declines in aggregate traffic.â
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Tech billionaire Matthew Prince thinks AI companies should pay for the content they use to train their models and explains the impact the technology is having on website traffic. Listen to Radical with @AmolRajan on @BBCSounds or watch on @BBCiPlayer
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"I wouldn't want to be part of war now." As he celebrates his 90th birthday, war photographer Sir Don McCullin tells @JustinOnWeb that journalists have to 'learn new tricks' in reporting from frontlines. #R4Today
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âPolitics is about what people face in their everyday lives.â Nick Thomas-Symonds, Welsh Labour MP for Torfaen, says he doesnât accept the criticism that the Caerphilly by-election result is a vote against Starmer-ism. #R4Today
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âTheyâre great readers of the world.â Next year will see the launch of the Childrenâs Booker Prize â a new accolade to celebrate the best in Childrenâs fiction â chaired by friend of the programme Frank Cottrell-Boyce. Gaby Wood, Chief Executive of the Booker Prize Foundation,
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âWhat we saw last night was the decimation of the Labour party.â Reform UK Chairman Dr David Bull tells #R4Today why he sees the Caerphilly by-election result as a success for his party, despite Reform coming second.
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âThey werenât somehow begrudgingly giving us their votesâ The leader of Plaid Cymru tells #R4Today why he thinks last nightâs by-election win in Caerphilly wasnât a one-off, but a sign of change to come.
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