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17/01/2013

Morning news and current affairs with James Naughtie and Evan Davis, including Ed Miliband on Europe, plus Syria's extremists and Russell Grant remembers Breakfast Time.

Morning news and current affairs with James Naughtie and Evan Davis, including:
0750
Algerian troops have surrounded a gas facility in the east of the country where some 20 foreign workers are being held hostage by Islamist militants. Robert Fowler, a former UN envoy to the region who was abducted in 2008 for four months, describes the hostage situation and John Baron, Conservative MP, member of the Foreign Affairs Select Committee, outlines what the British government's course of action should be.
0810
As part of the Today programme's new year leader interviews, Labour leader Ed Miliband speaks to presenter James Naughtie. The Βι¶ΉΤΌΕΔ's political editor Nick Robinson gives analysis.
0830
Boeing's troubled 787 Dreamliner continues to face problems as more global regulators and airlines grounded the plane on safety concerns.
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There is an explosive tax scandal in Greece at the moment - it follows from the so-called Lagarde List - a dossier of suspected tax evaders with Swiss bank accounts, it was passed by the then French finance minister, Christine Lagarde to her Greek counterpart George Papaconstantinou in 2010. The Βι¶ΉΤΌΕΔ's Athens correspondent Mark Lowen reports from the capital.
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Βι¶ΉΤΌΕΔ Breakfast will celebrate its 30th anniversary today with special appearances from some of the show's original team, including Russell Grant and Diana Moran. Russell Grant, the astrologer, and Jean Seaton, professor of media history at the University of Westminster, reflect on the programme's history.

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Thu 17 Jan 2013 06:00

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  • Thu 17 Jan 2013 06:00