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Britain’s major supermarkets and several manufacturers are today committing to work together to cut food waste in this country by a fifth over the coming decade. Speaking live in the studio is Tristram Stuart, writer and campaigner against food waste.

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There are reports that George Osborne may fill a financial black hole with ‘stealth tax’ rises in his budget announcement on Wednesday. John Cullinane is Tax Policy director at the Chartered Institute of Taxation.

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President Putin has said Moscow will begin the process of withdrawing its troops from Syria as early as today, after his surprise announcement yesterday that the Russian military had largely completed its objectives. Igor Sutyagin is senior research fellow at the Royal United Services Institution, a defence think tank.

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A senior US Military Commander has warned that if Britain votes to leave the European Union then it would have a negative impact on the NATO alliance. Jonathan Beale is the 91Èȱ¬â€™s Defence correspondent.

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An Italian prosecutor has told the 91Èȱ¬ and BuzzFeed news that over two dozen top tennis players should be investigated after their names appeared in evidence seized from gamblers allegedly trying to fix matches. Simon Cox is a 91Èȱ¬ investigative reporter.

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Britain’s major supermarkets and several manufacturers are today committing to work together to cut food waste in this country by a fifth over the coming decade. Zoe Conway reports and we speak live to Andrew Opie, director of Food and Sustainability at the British Retail Consortium.

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Opera Helps is a new art project in which professional opera singers visit people in the comfort of their own homes, and sing to them one-to-one. Joshua Sofaer is an artist who established Opera Helps.

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The north of England needs "immediate and very significant investment" to reduce travel times, increase rail capacity and improve reliability, according to the National Infrastructure Commission. Lord Adonis is chairman of the National Infrastructure Commission.

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President Putin has said Moscow will begin the process of withdrawing its troops from Syria as early as today, after his surprise announcement yesterday that the Russian military had largely completed its objectives. Speaking on the programme is the 91Èȱ¬â€™s chief international correspondent Lyse Doucet, Fyodor Lukyanov, chairman of the Presidium of the Council on Foreign and Defence Policy, and Jeremy Bowen, the 91Èȱ¬â€™s Middle East editor.

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The first episode of the four-part series, which focuses on Obama’s first 100 days, airs tonight at 9pm on 91Èȱ¬ 2. Speaking on the programme is Norma Percy, executive producer of Inside Obama’s White House.

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The future of EDF’s Hinkley Point nuclear reactor remains in doubt after last week’s dramatic resignation of its finance director. Ian Fells is Emeritus Professor of Energy Conversion at Newcastle University.

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It is five years today since the start of the war in Syria. In that time over 250,000 people have been killed and over 11 million displaced from their homes. To mark the anniversary we have created an audiographic commemorating the lives lost in the conflict.

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Today is the start of the Cheltenham Festival, the most prestigious meeting for jump racing. Willie Mullins is still regarded as the trainer most likely to come away with the biggest number of winners after registering a record eight at Cheltenham last year. Today’s Rob Bonnet has been to Ireland to see him in action.

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Lieutenant General Ben Hodges, the head of the US Army in Europe, has warned that if Britain votes to leave the European Union then it would have a negative impact on the NATO alliance. Speaking on the programme is Richard Kemp, former commander of British forces in Afghanistan.

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Margaret Thatcher, Angela Merkel and the leader of the newly successful Alternative for Deutschland Frauke Petry are all examples of women politicians who are or were also chemists. Could there a link between the two? Liz McInnes is a Labour MP and former bio scientist and Polly Arnold is Professor of Chemistry at Edinburgh University.

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