19/06/2008
With James Naughtie and John Humphrys. Including Sports Desk, Yesterday in Parliament, Weather, Thought for the Day.
Presented by James Naughtie and John Humphrys
Including:
A ceasefire between Israel and the Palestinian militant group, Hamas, has begun. Aleem Maqbool reports from Gaza and Wyre Davies is in the Israeli town of Sderot. Yaakov Amidror, a retired Major General in the Israeli army, discusses whether it is a long term solution.
Transport correspondent Tom Symonds compares cycle schemes in Paris and Bristol.
There are concerns over the presidential election re-run in Zimbabwe. Rupert Colville speaks for the UN and discusses the issue with Foreign Office minister Mark Malloch Brown.
London's mayor Boris Johnson has maintained that Londoners would not have to pay more for the Olympic Games in 2012.
Scientists in American treated a man suffering from advanced melanoma by cloning some of his own blood cells. Dr Cassian Yee explains what they did.
Harley Davidson - that quintessentially American brand - is launching a bike specifically designed for the European market. Michael Van Der Sande, the managing director of Harley Davidson Europe, and Mike Carter, author of Uneasy Rider, discuss the open road and freedom.
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