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18/06/2016
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0710
A man has been charged with murdering MP Jo Cox on Thursday. 52-year-old Thomas Mair was arrested shortly after Mrs Cox was shot and stabbed. He will appear in court in London later this morning. The ´óÏó´«Ã½â€™s Ben Ado reports.  Â
0715
Campaigning in the EU referendum has been suspended by the main parties but with only five days left before the vote the debate does go on. The ´óÏó´«Ã½â€™s political correspondent Ross Hawkins reports.
0720
Tim Peake returns to earth today, landing in Kazakhstan at approximately 10:15. The British astronaut has been in space for six months. What does it feel like to return to the earth's atmosphere? ´óÏó´«Ã½ Russia Correspondent, Sarah Rainsford reports from the Soyuz Landing Zone in Central Kazakhstan.
0725
President Putin says the ban on Russian athletes competing in the Rio Olympics is unfair and unjust. The International Association of Athletics Federations said yesterday that they would not be lifting the suspension that has been in place since November because of widespread doping. Robert Service is emeritus professor of Russian history at Oxford University.
0730
The European Union brought in new rules designed to make vacuum cleaners more energy efficient – and the headlines accused the EU of meddling in our daily lives. The latest object in our series on how our membership of the union affects us all – the vacuum cleaner with Matthew Price.
0735
The company operating the franchise Govia Thameslink Rail is in a dispute with its staff and it blames train conductors who it says have called in sick more than 1000 times in the past month. Their union the RMT says the disruption is down to the company and the way it is run. Caroline Pidgeon is Liberal Democrat chair of the transport committee on the Greater London Assembly.
0740
Barbara Taylor Bradford is one of this country's best selling writers - she's sold over 85 million books to date. She started her working life as a reporter at the age of 16 and is now 83. She is the latest subject in our Meet the Author series. Jim Naughtie talked to her about families, class and women warriors.
0750
More on the ban on Russia taking part in the Olympics this year due to widespread doping: UK Athletics chairman Ed Warner joins us on the programme.
0810
How does an outpouring of grief by the public affect the ability of a family to grieve? Many parents will have had to explain the murder of Jo Cox MP to their children, especially as more and more are becoming aware of stories through social media. Julia Samuel is founder patron of the Child Bereavement Trust.
0820
More on Tim Peake landing on earth today: British astronaut Helen Sharman joins us on the programme.
0830
Five days until the EU referendum, and the economy and immigration are still at the heart of the debate for many. If immigration is indeed at the top of our list of concerns, what is it that worries us about it? John Humphrys visited several parts of the UK to get a clearer answer. Â
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- Sat 18 Jun 2016 07:00´óÏó´«Ã½ Radio 4