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A team of negotiators representing the major groups of the Syrian Opposition is expected in Geneva later today after boycotting yesterday's launch of UN mediated peace talks. Our correspondent Imogen Foulkes is in Geneva.

0715

Labour MP Jess Philips has prompted a row by comparing the Cologne sex attacks to a night out in Birmingham. We are joined by Catarina Sjolin, Co-author of the Sexual Offences Handbook, criminal barrister and senior lecturer at Nottingham Law School.

0720

Have public attitudes towards companies like Google changed as a result of the row over its tax arrangements? Fred Turner is Professor of Communication at Stanford University.

0730

Vermont Senator Bernie Sanders who sits in the Senate as an independent could win in the Iowa caucuses on Monday and the New Hampshire primary a week later. Our special correspondent Jim Naughtie, who's in Iowa, has more.

0740

Fire-crews are still at the scene of a fire which destroyed a former mill in Manningham in Bradford. Dr George Sheeran is an architectural historian at the University of Bradford.

0750

The main Syrian opposition group is expected in Geneva later today after boycotting yesterday's launch of UN mediated peace talks. Our chief correspondent Lyse Doucet is in Aman, and Rana Kabbani, Syria-born writer and broadcaster also joins us on the programme.

0810

Companies and scientists are racing to create a Zika vaccine as concern grows over the mosquito-borne Zika virus that has been linked to severe birth defects and is spreading quickly through the Americas. Wyre Davies reports. ÌýAlso joining us on the programme is Professor Sarah Gilbert, Professor of Vaccinology from the Jenner Institute at the University of Oxford.

0820

The Oscar nominated film 'Spotlight', based on the story of the Boston Globe investigation into sexual abuse by Catholic priests has just opened in the UK. Mishal Husain has been speaking to one of the journalists, Michael Rezendes, played in the film by Mark Ruffalo.

0825

The Labour MP Jess Philips is facing calls to resign after comparing the Cologne sex attacks on New Year's Eve to what women can experience when out in her city. Superintendent Andy Parsons, Police Commander for Central Birmingham and Salma Yaqoob, former elected councillor for Birmingham are on the programme.

0830

The daughter of a Maoist cult leader jailed for 23 years has spoken publicly about her life within the cult and her thoughts on the sentencing. Katy Morgan-Davies says she is waiving anonymity to retrieve identity stolen from her by ‘narcissist’ Aravindan Balakrishnan. Yvonne Hall was the first person Katy Morgan-Davies met when she left the cult’s house.

0840

David Cameron has dismissed a proposed "emergency brake" on in-work benefits for EU migrants as "not good enough" after talks in Brussels. Our Europe editor Katya Adler is in Brussels.

0850

RSPB's Big Garden Birdwatch, the world's largest wildlife survey, with over half a million UK householders expected to record the number of each species of wildlife they see in their gardens over the weekend. Martin Fowlie is from the Royal Society for the Protection of Birds.

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