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The US President Donald Trump has signed an executive order changing the name of the Department of Defence to the Department of War. Dr. Kyle Longley, Executive Director of the Society for Military History at Chapman University in California, gives us the historical context.

Also in the programme: The Canadian province of Alberta has come under scrutiny around the world after a provincial government rule on banning books with 'explicit sexual material' has led to school districts banning such critically-acclaimed novels as Margaret Atwood's The Handmaid's Tale; and the Venice Film Festival ends today. Long standing ovations have become a tradition at renowned international film festivals, but do they have any real significance and are they a guide to a film's quality?

Presenter Julian Worricker is joined by Darya Dolzikova, a Senior Research Fellow at the Royal United Services Institute thinktank in London who specialises in nuclear proliferation, and Daniel Glaser, a neuroscientist and writer.

(Photo: Signage is replaced after Trump ordered return to the US 'War Department', in Washington. 6 September/ Reuters)