Japan boosts QE at "critical moment"

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Japan's central bank announces a significant expansion of its monetary stimulus programme, vowing to pump even more money into the country's faltering economy. We ask whether it will be enough to win the fight against deflation, which Tokyo policy-makers have been waging for almost two decades. A report by the Independent Commission for Aid Impact claims that the UK government is not doing enough to tackle "petty corruption" in countries to which it gives aid. Plus, we gain a rare insight into the tech scene - of sorts - in North Korea with our correspondent in Seoul, Steve Evans. And, as Halloween darkness falls, we dare to venture into the eerie, gruesome, yet lucrative world of 'dark tourism'. From Melbourne, we are joined throughout the programme by Ross Garnaut, professorial research fellow at the University of Melbourne.