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The biggest thing stopping countries like Britain growing richer is the gap between the relatively wealthy middle class and those who are at the bottom of the heap. That's the conclusion of a report by the organisation for economic growth and development. Mark Pearson is an entrepreneur.Ìý

0710

The United Nations refugee agency has invited governments to a meeting in Geneva today to discuss resettling refugees from Syria. Ahead of the meeting, more than 30 organisations, including Oxfam, Save the Children, and the British Refugee Council, appealed to wealthy countries to take in at least 5% of Syrian refugees. They say Britain’s fair share of that would involve offering hope for up to 10,000 Syrians by the end of 2015 (less than 0.3% of all the refugees). Ariane is spokesperson for the United Nations High Commissioner for Refugees.

0715

Over the years more and more details have leaked out about the extent of torture committed by the CIA and the techniques used. Now the senate intelligence committee is about to publish a report that lays the whole thing bare. We speak to a former CIA analyst Aki Peritz, who has written about counter-terrorism.

0720

The Ulster Orchestra is running out of cash and could go bust by the end of this week, its costs about £4.5m a year to run it and the Orchestra is asking for more cash from the council. The orchestra employs 63 musicians and 17 staff. It is the only full-time professional orchestra in Northern Ireland, and plays the majority of its concerts in Belfast's Ulster Hall and the Waterfront Hall. The 91Èȱ¬ gives financial support of £639,000 a year to it. Sir George Bain is chairman of the Ulster Orchestra.

0725

The Scotland Yard department responsible for rooting out corruption in the Metropolitan Police is known as a "force within a force", separate, independent, and with its origins in a secretive unit set up 20 years ago. In the second part of his series, our home affairs correspondent, Danny Shaw, traces the history of the Met's anti-corruption team.

0735

A group of MP's campaigning on behalf of at least 150 sub postmasters who say they were wrongly accused of false accounting and fraud has said that it has lost faith in the Post Office's attempts to resolve their claims. For several years a vocal minority of sub postmasters say that they have been made scapegoats for what many claim is a faulty IT system which created thousands of pounds worth of shortfalls where none existed. Some were bankrupted and lost their homes. A few were sent to prison. Jo Hamilton is a sub postmaster who pleaded guilty to false accounting. James Arbuthnot MP is leading the campaign to help sub postmasters.

0745

‘63 not out’ is one of ways the Australian batsman Phillip Hughes is being remembered. It was his score before he collapsed after being hit by a ball. On Tuesday there was a 63 second silence before the first Test between Australia and India began in Adelaide . Angus Fraser is a former England bowler.

0750

Shrien Dewani is expected to arrive back in the UK tomorrow after the case against him over the murder of his wife Anni in South Africa was thrown out by a judge in Cape Town. The decision outraged her family who say they have been failed by South African justice. They had hoped to hear Shrien Dewani testify about the night that his wife was killed and are now considering filing a civil suit against him in this country. Ashok Hindocha is Anni Dewani's uncle.

0810

In March it will be four years since the first protests that marked the start of Syria's descent into war. There is little prospect of an end to the fighting -- and the lack of a comprehensive humanitarian response to the suffering has been described by the UN's Valerie Amos as a 'stain on the international community'. Part of that is the plight of Syria's refugees, more than three million of them in the countries around its borders, of whom seven thousand have been found homes elsewhere in the world. The UK has a Vulnerable Persons Relocation scheme which has brought 90 Syrians to the UK. Mishal Husain has spoken to one of them, a 30 year old woman from Homs, a mother of four, whom we are not naming because she fears for family still in Syria.

0820

A direct descendant of Kaiser Wilhelm will take part in a Silent Night Carols event at Crystal Palace to mark the centenary of the 1914 Christmas Truce. Prince Philip Kiril of Prussia will join Palace manager Neil Warnock, school choirs and thousands of fans to remember the remarkable moment when peace broke out in the trenches. There was no fighting for 24 hours. Enemies sang the much-loved Christmas carol Silent Night then they ventured out across No Man's Land to exchange gifts, some even played football.

Ìý0830

On Monday's programme, we looked at the cross-party inquiry into the huge rise in the use of food banks. Robin Aitken, Co-Founder of the Oxford Food Bank, claimed we waste 40% of all the food we grow and buy in the UK, despite there being people in hunger. He said the problem of hunger in Britain could be solved by collecting that food waste and giving it to people who need it. What do the supermarkets currently do to make sure surplus food is put to good use? Could they be doing more? Andrew Opie is director of Food and Sustainability at the British Retail Consortium. Caley Eldred is one of the directors of FareShare, a food redistribution charity.

0840

A new book argues that people mostly commit violence because they genuinely feel that it is the morally right thing to do. These moral motivations apply equally to the violence of the heroes of the Iliad, to parents smacking their child, and to many modern murders and everyday acts of violence. So is it true that most violence arises from morality and not a lack of it? AlanÌýPage Fiske is an anthropologist and author of Virtuous Violence.ÌýSeena Fazel is professor of Forensic Psychiatry at the University of Oxford.

0845

In Portugal eleven people are to be questioned by police as part of the investigation into the disappearance of Madeleine McCann. She was three when she went missing from her family's holiday apartment in Praia da Luz in 2007. ÌýThe interviews are due to begin later today when British officers will sit in on the interviews which will be carried out by their Portuguese counterparts. Mark Williams-Thomas is a criminologist and former detective.

0850

It’s been a big year for space, including ambitions to head to the Moon and to Mars. Mars seems to be the big prize. However, astronaut Chris Hadfield, who joins us on Tuesday, disagrees and thinks the Moon should be our main priority.Ìý

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The Duke and Duchess of Cambridge wrap up their trip to the US today. While in New York they've visited the Empire State Building and gone to watch an NBA basketball game. They'll also be attending a special dinner at the Metropolitan Museum of Art, where some guests have paid £32,000 for the privilege of dining with royalty. What do New Yorkers make of this? Have Will and Kate missed out on the real New York by seeing the most obvious, clichéd sites? And how are the young couple viewed on the other side of the Pond? Hadley Freeman is a New Yorker who writes for The Guardian. Dr Kate Williams is a historian, author and TV presenter.


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