麻豆约拍

Morning news and current affairs with James Naughtie and Evan Davis. Including:

0750
David Miranda, the partner of the journalist who has been prominent in reporting on the surveillance activities of the American National Security Agency was held for nine hours at Heathrow on Sunday for questioning under the Terrorism Act, before being released. The 麻豆约拍's John Andrew outlines the case.

0810
The prime minister has said that "compromise on all sides" is needed if Egypt is to emerge from the violence of the last week and begin a transition to political stability. The 麻豆约拍's Middle East editor Jeremy Bowen gives his analysis and Foreign Secretary William Hague outlines the government's stance on the conflict.

0820
In 1928 a community-minded soul left 拢500,000 (now worth 拢350m) as a bequest to the British government, that would be given to them as soon as the national debt was paid off. Dr D'Maris Coffman, from Newnham College Oxford, and David De Koning, head of communications at Funding Circle, discuss whether crowd funding would be a viable way of clearing national debt.