19/09/2017
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0650
The conflict in Yemen is now in its
third year and as a result it has now become the world's worst humanitarian
crisis. The ΒιΆΉΤΌΕΔ's Nawal al-Maghafi reports.
0655
The
chief executive of the National Housing Federation is warning that social
housing funding will descend into crisis unless the Government makes a break
with the past and starts funding new genuinely affordable homes. Ruth Davison
is director at the National Housing Federation.
0710
Hurricane
Maria has strengthened. It is now a category five - the maximum. And it's
heading towards the eastern Leeward Islands in the Caribbean. Our correspondent
Jeremy Cooke reports.
0715
The leader of one of the worldβs most conflict-ridden cities
has questioned official UK police advice to βrun, hide, tellβ during terror
attacks and has suggested Britons should take on jihadists to save lives. Nir
Barkat, the mayor of Jerusalem, said people should βengageβ the enemy directly.
He joins us on the program.
0720
How
will this Sundayβs German elections affect Brexit negotiations and will Theresa
May's speech on Friday in Florence be aimed at a British audience or European
leaders? Our Europe editor Katya Adler reports.
0725
Francis Crick was the first person to
explain how genes work β his Central Dogma lecture, which took place in London
60 years ago today, changed our understanding of biology and genetics. Professor
Matthew Cobb is a scientist and historian at the
School of Biological Sciences at the University of Manchester.
0730
Myanmar's
de facto leader Aung San Suu Kyi says she does not fear "international
scrutiny" of her government's handling of the growing Rohingya crisis.
DeenΜύMohammedΜύNooriΜύis from the Arakan Rohingya Organisation in
Bradford and a Rohingya Muslim andΜύAndrewΜύMitchell is the former
international development secretary.
0740
The
man put in charge of ending modern day slavery in the United Kingdom has called
for a "radical reform" of the system set up to identify and help
victims. Matthew Price is our chief correspondent.
0750
Theresa
May has tried to put the public split with Boris Johnson behind her, insisting
that she and her ministers are heading in the same direction. Kenneth Clarke is
a former Conservative cabinet minister and prominent Remain campaigner.
0810
According
to a US senior general, the latest battlefield is the internet - a netwar being
waged by terrorist organisations such as ISIS and Al Qaeda. General David
Petraeus is a former director of the CIA and commanded coalition forces in both
Iraq and Afghanistan.
0820
The
comedian Jack Whitehall has travelled across South East Asia with his father
Michael, a retired agent producer. Travels with My Father will be released on
Netflix in six episodes on Friday. They join us on the programme.
0830
Hurricane
Maria has strengthened. It is now a category five - the maximum. And it's
heading towards the eastern Leeward Islands in the Caribbean.
Our correspondent Gus Jaspert reports.
0840
On October 28 this programme will have been on the air for
sixty years.ΜύThis week we look at
how the internet has changed our lives. Martha Lane Fox is one of the first
internet entrepreneurs.
0845
Satirist
& author Craig Brown has a new target β Princess Margaret β his new book
Maβam Darling: 99 Glimpses of Princess Margaret is about the glamorous Royal
everyone wanted to meet. He joins us on the programme.
0850
In
his article at the weekend Boris Johnson wrote, βI am here to tell you that
this country will succeed in our new national enterprise, and will succeed
mightilyβ. Sir Craig Oliver is a former director of communications to David
Cameron and Margaret Heffernan is an entrepreneur and leadership consultant.
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