16/01/2016
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Security forces in the West African state of Burkina Faso are attempting to recapture a hotel taken over by suspected Islamist gunmen. As many as twenty people are thought to have been killed, and thirty-three hostages have reportedly been freed from the besieged hotel in the capital, Ouagadougou. The militant group, al-Qaeda in the Islamic Maghreb, has claimed responsibility for the attack.
Tomi Oladipo, the Βι¶ΉΤΌΕΔ Africa Security Correspondent is live from Nairobi.
0715
The former head of the armed forces, Lord Bramall, has spoken of his relief that Scotland Yard has dropped an investigation into allegations of historical child abuse against him. He's always strongly denied any wrongdoing and said the investigation was a terrible thing to go through for someone of his age, and with an impeccable record of public service.
Tom Symonds is the Βι¶ΉΤΌΕΔ Affairs correspondent.
0720
The IAEA is expected to announce that Iran has fulfilled its obligations as part of the nuclear deal. If this is fulfilled then sanctions the EU and US are expected to formally lift sanctions against Iran. The lifting of sanctions will affect plummeting oil prices in a market already struck by oversupply.
Bridget Kendall is the Diplomatic Correspondent in Vienna
0725
It's another extreme bushfire season in parts of Australia. On Christmas Day 2015, more than a hundred homes were destroyed in Victoria, but no lives were lost thanks to the swift evacuation of fire-threatened towns but not everyone decided to leave.
Phil Mercer reports.ΜύΜύ
0728
Did dark matter kill the dinosaurs? That is one suggestion by the Harvard theoretical physicist Professor Lisa Randall in her new book called Dark Matter and the dinosaurs.
Professor Randall is with us.
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Could people really be about to die of cold in Dunkirk?ΜύΜύΜύ The aid agency MSF is raising this morning the appalling conditions that migrants are living in just across the channel in a separate camp along the coast in Dunkirk.Μύ There are 2500 people there mainly from Kurdish areas of Iraq and Syria.
Dr Natalie Roberts is the Migration Advisor for MSF
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The IAEA is expected to announce that Iran has fulfilled its obligations as part of the nuclear deal. If this is fulfilled then sanctions the EU and US are expected to formally lift sanctions against Iran. The lifting of sanctions, which will include an end to an EU embargo on the imports of Iranian oil, will have huge ramifications internationally.
Hossien Rassam, Iran adviser to the Foreign Office until 2014 and Lord Lamont, former Chairman of the British Iranian Chamber of Commerce are here.Μύ
0810
The path has been cleared for BT to merge with EE creating the country's biggest telecoms company. The deal, worth Β£12.5bn, was approved by the Competition & Markets Authority. Rival companies have expressed disappointment at the merger saying that it puts too much power in one company and will stifle competition.
Dido Harding is the chief executive of TalkTalk.
0820
Sunday will mark 25 years since the launch of Operation Desert Storm as it was known. Looking back, what was it like to be in the desert during the conflict, and are there lessons we can learn?
Kate Adie, foreign correspondent for the Βι¶ΉΤΌΕΔ during the Gulf War and Major General Arthur Denaro, who was the Commanding Officer, Queen's Royal Irish Hussars, during the 1st Gulf War.
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0830
Oil prices slumped more than 5 percent to below $30 a barrel on Friday and this week UK oil giant BP has announced plans to cut 600 jobs from its operation in the North Sea, part of 4,000 jobs globally. The situation in Scotland is having a "traumatic and worrying" effect on the workforce, oil and gas firms in Grampian are being offered mental health training.
Sir Ian Wood, former chief exec of Wood Group, conducted a review in 2014 into offshore oil and gas recovery for the UK Government.
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One of the most distinguished soldiers in recent British history has been told that he is no longer under investigation over allegations of historical child abuse.ΜύΜύΜύ He has said he got a letter to that effect from the Metropolitan police and said they had not behaved very well.Μύ
Sir Max Hastings is an author, journalist and broadcaster who’s campaigned in favour of Lord Bramall.
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0845
When Roy Ramm started out in the 1970's, his close colleague was Detective Constable John Fordham, the undercover officer who was stabbed by Kenneth Noye in 1985.
Roy Ramm, ex Met Police Commander.
0850
The UK's largest earthworm has been discovered on the Isle of Rum, off the coast of Scotland, by researchers from the University of Central Lancashire. Otherwise known as Lumbricus terrestris, they measure nearly 40cm, more than three times the weight and length of the average sized earthworm in the UK.
Dr Kevin Butt, ΜύLead researcher on the earthworm study, University of Central Lancashire.
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'Creed', the seventh Rocky movie, is now showing in UK cinemas. The original was a huge hit, grossing more than any other film in 1976 and winning three Oscars including Best Picture. Rocky is widely credited with bringing new audiences to the sport of boxing but perhaps the most memorable part of the film is not the boxing finale but the famous training montage, culminating in Rocky running up the steps of the Philadelphia Museum of Art.
Martin Polley,Μύfrom De Montfort University and Barry McGuigan, Former World Boxing Association Featherweight Champion.
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