
04/09/2017
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0650
Angela Merkel on Sunday unexpectedly promised to try to end Turkey鈥檚 EU accession talks in a live televised German election debate, amid escalating tensions between Berlin and Turkish president Recep Tayyip Erdogan.聽 Stefan Kornelius is author of the authorised biography on Angela Merkel, The Chancellor and Her World.
0655
Concerns have been raised about the lack of support for workers who suffer from migraines. Shazia Afridi is headache lead for neurology at Guys and St Thomas NHS Trust.
0710
The United Nations Security Council is holding an emergency meeting later today in response to North Korea's latest nuclear test. Patricia Lewis served on the WMD Commission.
0715
Theresa May is facing a backlash as it emerged that Remain-supporting Conservative MPs are being told by party whips that they will be seen as 鈥渟upporting Jeremy Corbyn鈥 if they attempt to soften the Brexit bill. Anna Soubry is a Conservative MP.
0720
Chinese President Xi Jinping has acknowledged growing doubts over the relevance of the five-nation BRICS bloc of large emerging economies. Stephen King is a chief economist for聽聽HSBC.
0725
A new ceasefire in Ukraine began over the weekend. Kurt Volker is US special envoy to Ukraine.
0730
Robert Harris is one of our most successful authors. He's 60 this year and has just published another book - which makes him an eminently suitable subject for our series in which we are marking our own 60th birthday next month.
0740
Should Aung San Suu Kyi speak out against what some are calling the genocide of the Rohingyas in Burma? Peter Popham is author of two books on Burma and Benedict Rogers is a human rights activist with Christian Solidarity Worldwide.
0750
Keir Starmer yesterday said that Labour would not hand May a 鈥渂lank cheque鈥 over the Repeal bill on Brexit. Barry Gardiner is shadow international trade secretary.
0810
The United Nations Security Council is holding an emergency meeting later today in response to North Korea's latest nuclear test. Jon Sudworth is the 成人快手鈥檚 Beijing correspondent, Jon Sopel is the 成人快手鈥檚 North America editor and Danny Russel is former assistant secretary for East Asian affairs under Obama and Trump.
0820
The V&A have announced a new exhibition dedicated to Winnie the Pooh. James Campbell is author of a new book which brings us previously unseen Pooh bear sketches by EH Shepherd, as well as correspondence between him and AA Milne, tracing one of the best-known artist/illustrator collaborations.
0830
Sir Martin Narey says "misleading" reports in the press could prove disastrous if they stop potential carers coming forward from a wide variety of backgrounds. Sir Martin Narey is joint head of the Inquiry in Foster Caring Provision.
0835
Theresa May is facing a backlash as it emerged that Remain-supporting Conservative MPs are being told by party whips that they will be seen as 鈥渟upporting Jeremy Corbyn鈥 if they attempt to soften the Brexit bill. Nick Clegg is former deputy prime minister.
0840
Author Jay McInerney brought his characters into the Clinton-Obama fight - an awful lot has happened since then - how would they be coping now? Justin Webb has been speaking to Mr聽McInerney.聽
0845
A new ceasefire in Ukraine began over the weekend. Anne Applebaum is author of Red Famine: Stalin鈥檚 War on Ukraine.
0850
The writer and creator of the TV drama series Victoria has claimed that Queen Victoria would have been against Brexit. Daisy Goodwin is creator of the show.
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- Mon 4 Sep 2017 06:00成人快手 Radio 4