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Iran says it will soon breach agreed limits on stockpiles of enriched uranium.We will analyse if increasing tensions between Tehran and Washington, especially after the attacks on oil tankers, which were blamed on Iranian forces, mean a greater risk of conflict.

Vast reserves of uranium will have to stay in the ground in Virginia after the US Supreme Court agreed that the state has the right to block mining of the commodity, which is used by the nuclear industry. Mining analyst John Meyer explains how the ban on mining uranium will have little effect on global supplies as there is currently a surplus.

Throughout the programme we will get the views of two guests separated by two oceans.

Maya Van Rossum, in Philadelphia, an environmental campaigner and author known for her work with the Delaware River. We will also get the comments of Sushma Ramachandran in Delhi, who has spent more than 30 years as a business and economics journalist, writing for many publications including The Hindu newspaper.

They certainly have something to say on the problem faced by restaurant owners of dine and dash, people eating and then leaving without paying.

(Picture Bushehr Nuclear Power Plant in Iran. Getty Images.)