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Round up of the days news. First our world. China calls it the project of the century. As the west steps back from global leadership, this is china stepping forward remaking the map of the global economy. With no other Country Offering a big idea right now, this is the most ambitious bid to shape our century. Translation im under a lot of pressure. A massive roll out of infrastructure built by china. To drive trade across more than 60 countries. Translation its like a promised land. Chinas presi...

News, time for click. This week unexpected item in the bagging area. Giving vr a good kicking. And, going up . Err, sideways. This month marks the 25th Anniversary of the Self Checkout. The first one was installed in new york on 5 august, 1992, in price chopper. So what does its inventor, doctor howard schneider, remember of it all . I hadnt gone shopping much, so i went to the supermarket near my house with a stopwatch. And i started looking at people checking out, and my stopwatch went click, ...

Imagine you are a patient about to undergo Brain Surgery. If it goes well, it could save your life, if it goes wrong, you could end up paralysed or dead. You want to believe your surgeon is infallible, a superhero but he is not, he is all too human, just like you. That emerges from the extraordinary honest writing from henry marsh, giving us a rare insight into the mind of the doctor. Is that reassuring or troubling . Henry marsh, welcome to hardtalk. The veryjob description, brain surgeon, i th...

I am stephen sackur. Imagine you are a patient about to undergo Brain Surgery. If it goes well it could save your life, if it goes wrong you could end up paralysed or dead. Of course you want to believe your surgeon is infallible, a superhero, but he is not, he is all too human, just like you. And that simple truth emerges from the extraordinary honest writing of my guest today, one of britains leading Brain Surgeons, henry marsh. He has given us rare insight into the mind of the doctor. Is that...

Clickmas get together. Cue christmas cheer. Cheering and enough. We have everyone here, jen, steve, nick, laura, mark and kate russell. Hello. I have sought out a Little Christmas gift for you. Thank you very much. Its an egg. It is an egg. Right. Inside it is a hatchimal. Its the latest robotic interactive toy. Its got loads of sensors and its for ages five and up and your child basically has to nurture the egg in order to hatch it and then it breaks its way out of the egg and then you teach at...

Resignation and harsh words about the governments muddled thinking over the brexit negotiations. But what about the other side of the Negotiating Table . Is there clarity there . Until last week, Jonathan Faull was britains top man in the European Commission, who worked closely with the eus chief negotiator Michel Barnier hes been speaking to our Political Editor nick watt. Whats he been saying . Jonathan faull has been an eu lifer until retirement and he has put some questions over the uk Core ...

Growing Leisure Boat Industry. From small, human powered, two giant super yachts. And its one of the highlights of the Sporting Calendar, as the top teams enter the fa cup, and one of the worlds most successful managers Pep Guardiola gets his first taste of its magic tonight. The sounds of stonehenge and why they could reveal some of the secrets of the historic site. And matt has the weather. Good morning. Will it be the sound of ice scrapers echoing around the south and east today . It is a day...

And Ambulance Services are experiencing a humanitarian crisis because of winter pressures. Police in florida are trying to determine the motives for fridays deadly gun attack by an iraq war vetera n. Deadly gun attack by an iraq war veteran. Five people were killed in the shooting at Fort Lauderdale airport. At least 43 people have been killed by a lorry bomb in the northern syrian town of azaz. Local officials have blamed the Islamic State group. A24 a 2a hour tube strike scheduled for sunday e...

And Ambulance Services are experiencing a humanitarian crisis because of winter pressures. Police in florida are trying to determine the motives for fridays deadly gun attack by an iraq war vetera n. Deadly gun attack by an iraq war veteran. Five people were killed in the shooting at Fort Lauderdale airport. At least 43 people have been killed by a lorry bomb in the northern syrian town of azaz. Local officials have blamed the Islamic State group. A24 a 2a hour tube strike scheduled for sunday e...

And Ambulance Services are experiencing a humanitarian crisis because of winter pressures. Police in florida are trying to determine the motives for fridays deadly gun attack by an iraq war vetera n. Deadly gun attack by an iraq war veteran. Five people were killed in the shooting at Fort Lauderdale airport. At least 43 people have been killed by a lorry bomb in the northern syrian town of azaz. Local officials have blamed the Islamic State group. A24 a 2a hour tube strike scheduled for sunday e...