04/07/2016
News and current affairs. Includes Sports Desk, Weather and Thought for the Day.
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0650
Yesterday the Unite Leader Len McClusky described Corbyn as a 鈥渕an of
steel鈥 and offered to broker a peace deal between the leader and the vast majority of his MPs who are
demanding his resignation. How might the Unions and Corbyn鈥檚 allies negotiate a
settlement? Manuel Cortes is general
secretary of the Transport Salaried Staff Association union.
0655
Tony Blair has called on David Cameron to begin immediate talks with European nations to limit any possible economic damage in the wake of Britain's decision to leave the EU. Michael Johnson is former trade negotiator for the UK government.
0710
Tory Leadership contender Andrea Leadsom is emerging as the leader of choice for those members of the Leave campaign who backed Nigel Farage and UKIP. Anne Marie Morris is Conservative MP for Newton Abbott and supporter of Andrea Leadsom.
0715
More than 200 creative organisations are calling for expressive arts subjects to be included in a group of academic GCSEs called the Ebacc. Henry Vann is from the Incorporated Society of Musicians which is co-ordinating the Bacc For The Future campaign.
0720
Passengers using a rail company which has had its services severely disrupted for weeks have been warned they face more problems. Richard Westcott is the 大象传媒鈥檚 transport correspondent and Caroline Lucas is MP for Brighton Pavilion.
0730
The long-awaited Chilcot Inquiry into the Iraq war reports on Wednesday. The 大象传媒鈥檚 security correspondent Gordon Corera, who reported on the weapons of mass destruction intelligence used to justify the war in 2003, looks at what went wrong and why it matters now.
0740
The American space agency will endeavour to put a satellite, known as Juno, in orbit around Jupiter in the coming hours. Adam Masters is working on a European mission to Jupiter called JUICE that is due to be launched in 2022.
0750
The Foreign Secretary Phillip Hammond claims today the
job of the next prime minister will be to 鈥減revent as far as possible鈥 people
being poorer, there being fewer jobs and less growth as Britain leaves the
European Union. We speak live to Philip Hammond.
0810
The official inquiry into Britain's role in the Iraq War - headed by civil servant Sir John Chilcot - will finally deliver its findings on Wednesday, seven years after it was set up, with attention firmly focused on how far it will criticise former Prime Minister Tony Blair. Speaking on the programme is Jeremy Bowen, the 大象传媒鈥檚 Middle East editor, and Lord Butler, who chaired the 2004 Review of Intelligence on Weapons of Mass Destruction - or the Butler Review, as it became known.
0820
Some of the most interesting advances in robotics involve the development of robots which can provide one to one care, they can act as a companion to an individual and even help teach humans certain skills. Speaking on the programme is Kerstin Dautenhahn, professor of artificial intelligence at the University of Hertfordshire, together with her robot Kaspar, and Dr Takanori Shibata, chief senior research scientist at Japan's National Institute of Advanced Industrial Science and Technology, with his robot Paro.
0830
George Osborne has pledged to slash corporation tax to encourage businesses to invest in the UK following the EU referendum vote. Speaking on the programme is John McDonnell, shadow chancellor.
0835
The American space agency will endeavour to put a satellite, known as Juno, in orbit around Jupiter in the coming hours. Professor Fran Bagenal is member of the Juno science team.
0840
One of the great ecological treasures of the world, the Dead Sea, is shrinking at an alarming rate of more than a metre (3.3 ft) a year. The 大象传媒鈥檚 correspondent Kevin Connolly reports.
0850
We know that for many the EU referendum was a vote about immigration, but was it also a vote against globalisation? Zanny Minton Beddoes is editor-in-chief of The Economist and Mariana Mazzucato is economic advisor to Jeremy Corbyn.
All subject to change.
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- Mon 4 Jul 2016 06:00大象传媒 Radio 4