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02/04/2016

Morning news and current affairs. Including Sports Desk, Weather and Thought for the Day.

2 hours

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Sat 2 Apr 2016 07:00

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There are growing fears that Turkey doesn't have the facilities to cope with migrants being returned from Greece under a new agreement with the EU which starts on Monday.Ìý 91Èȱ¬â€™s Turkey Correspondent Mark Owen speaks to us live from Ayvalik, Western Turkey.

0715

China - which has been accused of dumping cheap steel on EU countries including the UK - has said it will impose import tariffs of up to 46 per-cent on some steel from the European Union. The Prime Minister says he has raised concerns over the steel crisis with the Chinese president Xi Xinping. 91Èȱ¬â€™s Carole Walker speaks to us in the studio.

0720

The Washington nuclear summit has concluded with countries saying more needs to be done to counter the threat of nuclear material getting into terrorist hands. The more than fifty nations who attended the meeting said it was one of the greatest challenges to international security and promised to do more to share information. Speaking live in the studio is Dr Beyza Unal, nuclear weapons policy fellow at Chatham House.

0730

There are new grounds for dispute over the contract for junior doctors in England, after the Department of Health published its own an equality assessment of the document. The British Medical Association (BMA) has already launched a judicial review which challenges the legality of the decision by the health secretary,Ìý, to force the new terms and conditions on all junior doctors in England. Speaking live on the programme is part-time junior doctor, Dr Rachel Clarke and former NHS Trust boss, now a health blogger Roy Lilley.

0740

UKIP leader Nigel Farage says he is frustrated he cannot make sweeping changes to the way UK Independence Party makes policy and recruits members. Speaking live on the programme is our reporter Ross Hawkins and professor of politics at the University of Kent and a senior fellow at Chatham House, Matthew Goodwin.

0750

President Jacob Zuma of South Africa has said he will abide by the ruling of the country's highest court that he should pay back some of the public money spent on his rural home. We speak live on the programme to Verashni Pillay, Editor-in-chief of 'The Mail and Guardian', South Africa’s first online newspaper and Denis Goldberg who was in the dock with Mandela at the Rivonia Trial in 1963.

0810

There are growing fears that Turkey doesn't have the facilities to cope with migrants being returned from Greece under a new agreement with the EU which starts on Monday.Ìý The Greek parliament passed a law last night to allow them to return people who haven't applied for asylum or who have had their claim rejected. We have been speaking to United Nations Special Representative of the Secretary-General (SRSG) for International Migration and Development Peter Sutherland.

0820

A series of expeditions to the Arabian Desert by the University of Bristol over the last decade have found dozens of battle sites matching the descriptions in T.E. Lawrence’s First World War memoir, ‘Seven Pillars of Wisdom’.Ìý In their excavations it’s believed they have uncovered a bullet that was probably fired by the man who became known asÌý. Speaking live in the studio is Neil Faulkner the author and archaeologist at Bristol University.

0830

The outcry over the potential loss of the UK's steel industry - seen by many as strategically important to the national interest , we'll discuss which parts of the economy - if any - are so strategically important they should be preserved at any cost. Speaking live on the programme is director of prime economics Ann Pettifor and Gerard Lyons, economic advisor to the Mayor of London.

0840

Mr Innes said he'd felt powerless sitting on the aircraft; and wanted to try to gain more control over the situation and see whether the suicide belt was genuine or a fake. Speaking live on the programme is Abd-Allah El Ashmawy a 31-year-old surgeon who was on the Egypt Air flight.

0850

As the Assad regime together with Russian troops recapture Palmyra, how much devastation has been wrecked? And is any of it salvageable? Danish journalist Rasmus has been to the site and describes what it's like to be in a place that has not a single citizen left. Speaking live on the programme is International Correspondent for Danish channel TV2 Rasmus Tantholdt.

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In a documentary showing on 91Èȱ¬ Four and RTE, Bob Geldof examines the life and work of one of the 20th Century’s greatest poets, William Butler Yeats. Geldof argues that as a poet and statesman, at the vanguard of a cultural revolution, Yeats brought about immense change in Ireland's struggle for independence, without firing a bullet. Speaking live on the programme is musician and campaigner Sir Bob Geldof.

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  • Sat 2 Apr 2016 07:00