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Today: Saturday 23rd October

The American authorities have condemned the internet publication of hundreds of thousands of secret military files relating to the war in Iraq. And the government has announced a new monthly cap on visas for some highly-skilled migrants from outside the EU which are on hold until the end of this month.

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Hospital beds are to be filled by elderly people because of cuts in funding for care by local authority care, according to the head of the NHS Confederation. Political reporter Chris Mason analyses the possible effect on the NHS.

0711
The upper house of the French parliament has approved the controversial pension reforms, which have led to nationwide strikes and a struggle between the government and opponents of the change to the retirement age. Europe editor Gavin Hewitt examines the impact of the reforms.

0714
Paper review.

0717
In Haiti more than 150 people have died and over 1500 are thought to be infected in the first cholera epidemic to hit the country in a century. Chris Brewer, a British Red Cross sanitation leader, gives his account of how people in Haiti are coping with the outbreak.

0720
A bill to stop employers using legal technicalities to block strikes has failed in the Commons. Parliamentary correspondent Mark Darcy listened to the debate.

0724
Sports news with Rob Bonnet.

0731
The website Wikileaks has released another mountain of secret documents revealing in detail how American forces allegedly behave in war. Angus Stickler, chief reporter with the Bureau of Investigative Journalism at City University in London, analyses the contents of the papers.

0741
Paper review.

0744
After an agonising week for Manchester United fans, Wayne Rooney has announced he is staying at Old Trafford after all. Daily Telegraph sports writer Jim White examines the biggest sporting U-turn in years.

0750
Earlier this week MEPs, by a large majority, approved the EU Budget increase for 2011. The rise, to €129bn, is double what many national parliaments say they can afford. Conservative MEP Daniel Hannan and Polish MEP Sidonia Jedrzejewska debate the size of the EU budget.

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This week a House of Lords debate on immigration saw critics line up to express their concerns about the government's new cap on skilled workers. The Immigration Minister, Damian Green, and Chris Mawtus, chief operating officer at the oil service company Expro consider the impact of skilled workers on business.

0818
Jane Austen, the author known for writing the well-known Pride and Prejudice and Mansfield Park books is being analysed to see if her success was down to a good editor. Kathryn Sutherland, English professor at Oxford University, discusses some of her new findings.

0822
The inquests into the deaths of 52 victims of the 2005 London bombings has ended it's second week. Times correspondent Fiona Hamilton London outlines her considers her impression of the testimonies heard this week.

0826
Sport news with Rob Bonnet.

0831
The whistle-blowers website Wikileaks has released thousands of US military documents from Iraq, spanning from 2004 to the end of 2009. Nearly 400,000 documents were made public on the Wikileaks late on Friday. The BBC's Washington correspondent Adam Brooks and Manfred Novak, the United Nations special rapporteur on torture, analyse the contents of the secret reports.

0840
Is the Chancellor's standing enhanced or diminished by this week's events and what is the state of his relationship with the Prime Minister? Daily Telegraph chief political commentator Peter Oborne and Matthew d'Ancona, columnist for the evening Standard and the Sunday Telegraph, debate how the week's events have unfolded.

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Paper review.

0850
The US mid-term elections are just over a week away and President Obama is preparing to give his major interview of the campaign, to the comedian and liberal satirist Jon Stewart who has a nightly show watched largely by younger Americans. North America Editor Mark Mardell considers the mood of the Democrats.

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Violinist Oliver Lewis lays claim to being the fastest in the world after he played the song the Flight of the Bumblebee in 1'35" on Blue Peter this week, a second faster than the previous Guinness world record holder. Mr Lewis gives a repeat performance.





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