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The gases that are driving up global temperatures reached a new record high in 2017. Oksana Tarasova of the World Meteorological Organization, which published the research, brings us the details. And we find out about Japan's commitment to limiting emissions, from Japanese climate expert Dr Takeshi Kuramochi of the New Climate Institute in Cologne. Also in the programme, the UK and EU say they've agreed in principle a blueprint for their future relationship after Brexit. Ian Wishart, European government reporter for Bloomberg in Brussels tells us what is in the deal. We have a report on the challenges for non-white people to find products which match their skin tone, and meet businesses launching items from bandages to ballet shoes in more diverse shades. Plus with Thanksgiving firing the starting gun on the holiday shopping season, we find out how retailers are scrambling to adapt to big shifts in how people shop.

(Picture: A coal-fired power plant. Picture credit: Getty Images.)