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Tuesday 16 February 2010 - 2230 GMT - BBC Two
Presented by Kirsty Wark



Here's Kirsty with what is coming up:

Tonight we have new developments in a Newsnight investigation that led to a change of government policy.

Last month we revealed that a "bomb detector" sold around the world, and particularly to Iraq, by a British company cannot possibly work.

That report led to Britain banning the export of the model of "detector" - the ADE651 and GT200 - to Iraq and Afghanistan.

Tonight, Caroline Hawley will have an update on the story, following an announcement by Thai Prime Minister Abhisit Vejjajiva that his country has decided to stop buying the GT200 after tests conducted by his government showed the device failed to detect explosives.

Inflation is up to 3.5% today from 2.9%, the fastest rate of annual growth for 14 months.

The figures come on the same day that Barclays announced its profits have increased by 92% to £11.6bn and the average pay of its investment bankers is £191,000.

So is the divide in society inching wider and wider?

Is it rising prices and wage restraint for ordinary people, and bonuses for bankers?

Paul Mason will be reporting and in the studio we will discuss who are the winners and losers of the downturn.

Also tonight, Mark Urban will have the latest on the capture in Pakistan of Mullah Abdul Ghani Baradar.

The Taliban dismiss the description of him as the Afghan Taliban's most senior commander. How big a prize is he?

Peter Marshall will be reporting from the United States on how the Obama administration deals with the dilemma of how to prosecute terror suspects.

And we'll be asking why EMI has put the Abbey Road studios up for sale.

Join me at 10.30pm




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