| Wednesday 16 September 2230 BST - BBC Two Presented by Gavin Esler Tonight we're leading with a sensational development on a Newsnight investigation about a multi-national company and the dumping of hazardous waste in West Africa. Today we've had it confirmed that the largest class action ever brought before the British courts is about to be settled. The case follows the illegal dumping of toxic waste in the Ivory Coast three years ago, which has been the subject of two Newsnight films. More than thirty thousand people from the West African country who say that they were harmed by the waste were involved in the action against Trafigura, a multi-national mineral trading company with a base in London. Read more on that story here. Then we'll be assessing what the latest unemployment figures tell us about the recession, especially the news that the public sector is creating jobs while private sector employment continues to shrink. Justin Rowlatt investigates the public/private divide from Yorkshire. And we'll be hearing about the leaked Treasury spending figures, and trying to understand whether Barack Obama really is a President who transcends the race issue - or not - following former President Jimmy Carter's surprise intervention: "I think an overwhelming portion of the intensely demonstrated animosity toward President Barack Obama is based on the fact that he is a black man" Do join me at 10.30pm on BBC Two. | 
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