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WBR: Tackling Terrorist Finances 11 Sep 14

Thu, 11 Sep 14

The US government launches a new international campaign to defeat Islamic State, with the group's funding a key target. The man who masterminded the Bush administration's efforts to combat Al Qaeda - Jimmy Gurule - tells us IS will be a much tougher opponent. With just a week to go until the Scottish Independence Referendum, we ask whether a "yes" vote could signal huge capital flight out of Scotland. Following a warning from French Prime Minister, Manuel Valls, that the country's far-right National Front is at the "gates of power", we ask British economist Roger Bootle how the rise of such parties in Europe is putting pressure on the founding principles of the EU. Plus, we talk to the man trying to sell the world's most expensive parking spaces - priced at a cool $1mn each - and we take a look at the jobs crisis in Atlantic City, where casino closures have seen seen one quarter of the city's workforce lose their jobs within a month