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On today's program: The US Vice President storms out of a football game angry at players kneeling over race issues, but now critics are piling in on Mike Pence for a taxpayer funded publicity stunt; And their plight ignored, the world says nothing when gay Egyptians are arrested over a rainbow flag.

Business PM catches you up on the most important news in business and finance. Elysse Morgan reports.

One of Uganda's most impoverished slums is producing a promising generation of chess champions. Young people from the slum are taking up chess to escape the slum and seek new opportunities. ABC’s Africa correspondent Sally Sara reports from Katwe.

Outreach and diversionary services for at-risk youth in the Northern Territory town of Katherine are now at lower levels than before the Royal Commission into youth detention started. PM can reveal that the YMCA in Katherine hasn't been running its full suite of youth services since earlier this year, due to a mass staff resignation. Stephanie Zillman reports.

The global consumer products giant, Unilever, has apologised for a body soap commercial showing a dark-skinned woman transforming into a white woman. Peter Lloyd reports.

Western governments and gay rights activists are being accused of giving Egypt's government a free pass for oppression of the country's gay community. In the latest crackdown, a rights group says 57 people were jailed last month. Ahmed El Hady is an Egyptian gay rights activist and neuroscientist, living in the United States. He joined PM and spoke about the arrests.

South Australia and Tasmania are vowing to fight changes to the GST, after a Productivity Commission interim report found deficiencies in how it's distributed. The Commission has recommended the formula for carving up the GST should be updated, to deal with "extreme circumstances" for states and territories. Caroline Winter reports.

The Brisbane petrol market is dominated by Coles, BP and other big companies, which are charging up to four cents a litre more on average in the Queensland capital than in other major cities. The competition watchdog wants more independent companies to enter the market but existing independent petrol stations say they struggle to survive. Annie Guest reports.

Environmentalists are concerned intervention from the New South Wales Government to allow the Springvale coal mine to continue operating could increase the pollution of the state's drinking water. Ky Chow reports.

The Trump White House has re-ignited its attack on American NFL players who kneel during the playing of the nation's anthem in protest at racial inequality. This time Vice President Mike Pence has dramatically stormed out of a football game. Nick Grimm reports.