15/02/2017
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0650
A scientific study has suggested a link between head injuries and brain damage in former footballers. John Hardy is co-author of the study and professor of Neuroscience at University College London.
0655
Yesterday on the programme the head of GCHQ’s new cyber security centre, Ciaran Martin, suggested the days of the online password are coming to an end. So what is coming next? Angela Sasse is a professor of human-centred security at UCL and director of the UK Research Institute in science of cyber security.
0710
After Michael Flynn has been forced to resign after misleading the vice president and the FBI about conversations he had had with the Russians, Donald Trump is asking why there are so many illegal leaks coming out of Washington. Nancy Soderberg was deputy national security adviser to Bill Clinton.
0715
The Church of England's ruling General Synod will debate the church's recent report on sexuality and marriage this afternoon. Reverend David Walker is the Bishop of Manchester.
0720
Chris Nunn, a British photographer working in eastern Ukraine, was nearly blinded in one eye when a mortar or rocket landed just outside an apartment he was in. His friend was killed by the blast. He talks to the Βι¶ΉΤΌΕΔ’s Ukraine correspondent, Tom Burridge.
0730
The half-brother of the North Korean leader Kim Jong-un and the eldest son of former North Korean leader Kim Jong-il, Kim Jong-nam, has been killed in an attack in Malaysia. Karishma Vaswani is the Βι¶ΉΤΌΕΔ’s Asia correspondent and Jim Hoare is the former British charge d’Affaries in Pyongyang.
0740
Twenty-two years after publishing His Dark Materials, Philip Pullman has revealed the story for the next long-awaited trilogy about his heroine Lyra Belacqua to be published in October. He talks to Today’s Nicola Stanbridge.
0750
A scientific study has suggested a link between head injuries and brain damage in former footballers. Dawn Astle is the daughter of the former England striker, Jeff Astle, who died aged 59 after having suffered from dementia and Barry O’Driscoll is former medial adviser to World Rugby and member of their concussion committee.
0810
A White House spokesman has said President Trump knew weeks ago there were problems with Michael Flynn's Russia phone calls. The Βι¶ΉΤΌΕΔ’s Β Aleem Maqbool reports. Congressman Raja Krishnamoorthi is democrat member of the House Oversight Committee and Jon Sopel is the Βι¶ΉΤΌΕΔ’s North America editor.
0820
This summer it will be 70 years since the partition of India and a new film, Viceroy's House, tells the story of the months leading up to the event, and looks at the impact it had on people’s lives. Gurinder Chada is the director of the film.
0830
Following the resignation of the Michael Flynn, the US national security adviser, the New York Times is now reporting that Russia has deployed a new cruise missile despite complaints from US officials that it violates an arms control treaty. Sir Tony Brenton is former UK ambassador to Moscow and Bridget Kendall is the Βι¶ΉΤΌΕΔ’s former diplomatic and Moscow correspondent.
0840
Has there been a rise in so-called hate crime since the EU referendum and the anger and divisions it exposed? Assistant Chief Constable Mark Hamilton is the National Police Chiefs' council lead for hate crime.
0845
President Trump will meet the Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu in Washington later today. The Βι¶ΉΤΌΕΔ’s Middle East editor Jeremy Bowen reports.
0850
What will Britain’s involvement with Europol, an organisation that helps tackle drug dealing, human trafficking and terrorism, look like after leaving the EU? The Βι¶ΉΤΌΕΔ’s Danny Shaw reports from the Hague.
0855
Dr Frankenstein is to be played by a woman for an adaptation of the play being showcased in Newcastle by Greyscale Theatre and Northern Stage. Selma Dimitrijevic is the playwright of this adaptation and Fiona Stafford is a professor of English at the University of Oxford.Β
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- Wed 15 Feb 2017 06:00Βι¶ΉΤΌΕΔ Radio 4