Friday's agenda
| 13:56 UK time, Friday, 20 October 2006
Thanks to those of you who followed the meeting online. After a lengthy morning meeting, two stories are going to make the running order.
Mr Putin's private joke
Russia's President Vladimir Putin is facing criticism from some of you after about the rape allegations facing the Israeli President Moshe Katsav. A Russian journalist overheard Mr. Putin saying Mr Katsav saying "What a mighty man he turns out to be! He raped 10 women - I would never have expected this from him. He surprised us all - we all envy him!"
Do you think people are right to be outraged? A spokesman for Mr Putin has not denied that he made the joke but said it has been lost in translation. He added when speaking to our sister show The World Today that the joke, "in no way means that President Putin welcomes rape".
So what do we have here? An off-the-cuff joke not meant for public consumption or translation... or an example of a disregard for the seriousness of rape that not only reflects Mr Putin's attitude but a broader attitude amongst Russian men? You can post your thoughts on the blog or email us.
Tackling breast cancer
David's been keen for us to do for most of the week. It's about new research in Britain that suggests breast cancer screening is doing more harm than good. When you bear in mind the millions of dollars spent on screening in the UK alone each year, it's given many people serious pause for thought.
But of course there are people listening all over the world to the show so we're going to broaden the issue beyond the debate here in the UK. We'd like to hear whether you support the way your country is tackling breast cancer. We'd be interested in what kind of programmes are pursued, which methods you feel work and whether enough is done to manage the effect breast cancer is having on women's lives in your country. Of course if you've personal experience you'd like to share, you're very welcome to come on the programme.
While not the reason we've chosen the story, after certain programmes we've been criticised for being 'too male' , so we hope tonight's programme will allay some of those concerns.
I'll speak to you later. Remember you can listen to the show live here on the blog.
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