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Briefing you on all you need to know in global news, business, and sport. And you can be part of the conversation. A group of mps here in the uk wants a 25 pence charge added to every disposable coffee cup sold, with the money raised used to improve recycling facilities. Billions of cups are thrown away each year, mostly ending up in landfill sites. Goodidea . Tell us what you think, just use the hashtag bbcthebriefing. North korea has accepted south koreas offer to hold talks next week. It will...

With me isjeremy cook whos chief economist of the Payments Company world first. Welcome back. Thank you for being with us. We begin with the independent and this announcement by north korea that they will hold talks with south korea. It is nice to see good news from that area of the world for once when we are not talking about rocket test for anything. We do have the Winter Olympics in south korea in the next few weeks. This is north and south are getting together to hopefully begina are getting...

And Christian Fraser is in london. The clock is ticking and President Trump has just one day to make an important decision on the iran deal. The trouble is that even at this late stage, no one knows whether hes going to bring back us sanctions against tehran tomorrow or not. In a deliberate display of unity, britain, france, germany and the European Union today all urged him not to blow up the deal. Its known as thejcpoa. British foreign secretary Boris Johnson went so far as to challenge mr tru...

The former usa team doctor larry nassar. We will get reaction from the gymnasts. From some other gymnasts. Hello. Welcome to the programme, were live until 11am. Throughout the programme well bring you the latest breaking news and developing stories. In the next 15 minutes were going to hear your experiences of the nhs during what some are calling a winter crisis. We had so many of you get in touch last week we wanted to air some more of your stories. Of course feel free to feed in your own expo...

Collea g u es out and i support my female colleagues who have rightly said that they should be paid the same when they are doing the same job. It is just when they are doing the same job. It isjust a when they are doing the same job. It is just a no brainer. When they are doing the same job. It isjust a no brainer. So it wasnt when they are doing the same job. It is just a no brainer. So it wasnt a problem for me. So it wasnt a problem for me. And new guidance for a sore throat an nhs watchdog t...

No longer the new kid on the block radio one turns 50. Welljoin Nick Grimshaw and Tony Blackburn for a special in sport, attacks england put all their off field controversy to one side and end their cricketing summer on a high. Joe root hits the winning runs as they beat west indies to seal a 4 0 series win. And fasten your seat belts. Mike has swapped our red sofa for one with a bit more get up and go. Hes been finding out about the world of furniture racing. And sarah has the weather. Good mor...

Way and if you are happy to speak on air, start your message with the words call me. And hes gone from this to this. The first strong evidence there is the supermassive black hole at the centre of the milky way came from a 10 year study. And hes here to answer your questions on all things science. Hello. Welcome to the programme, were live until 11. Throughout the morning the latest breaking news and developing stories at around half past nine this morning were expecting the latest hate crime fi...

Welcome to bbc news. Spain has begun to assert direct rule over catalonia. The spanish prime minister, Mariano Rajoy, announced last night that madrid was taking control, after the Catalonian Parliament voted to establish an independent republic. The regions leaders have been sacked, its parliament has been dissolved and Regional Elections have been called for december. Andrew plant reports. The streets of barcelona, catalonias capital, where crowds have been celebrating through the night after ...

Bilic is sacked. He said he was expecting it, and there is no hard feelings. And the weather, it was cold. Yes, we woke up to a widespread frost. If it was too cold for you, be careful what you wish for because tomorrow its all cloud and rain, i will have details later. Also coming up one of the 4,000 drivers in england caught committing offences over the last two years by Traffic Police driving an unmarked hgv. Hello everyone this is afternoon live. A british man who was kidnapped with three ot...

Edition of hardtalk. I am Stephen Sackur and today i am joined by an audience here at the Bbc Radio Theatre to celebrate 20 years of hardtalk interviews. Who better to have on our birthday than sir ian mckellen . Whether you think of him as richard iii or gandalf, he has won hearts and accolades around the world. Not just for decades of work on screen but his passion of public campaigning, particularly on the issue of gay rights. Please give a warm welcome to ian mckellen. Cheering and applause....