24/05/2016

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The League Against Cruel Sports claims dog-fights are taking place daily on British streets as young people increasingly use animals to defend themselves and promote their status. The charity is calling for tougher penalties, a register of banned owners and a review of the Dangerous Dogs Act. Eduardo Goncalves is CEO of the League Against Cruel Sports.

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The cost of a European holiday for four this summer could rise by £230 if there is a vote to leave the EU next month. That will be the thrust of today's message from David Cameron when he speaks to EasyJet employees later. Carolyn McCall is the airlines chief executive.

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The side-effects of anti-malarial drug Mefloquine, often referred to by its brand name Lariam, has been linked to severe depression and other mental illnesses, and for the past decade there has much debate around its use in the armed forces.  Julian Lewis is chair of defence select committee.

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More than 25 schools in England and Wales are thought to have been affected by hoax calls including some which were evacuated after calls that bombs had been placed on the premises. Phil Karnavas is the head teacher of Canterbury Academy in Kent and Leora Cruddas is policy director at the Association of School and College Leaders.

0730

For the first time in four years a council in England has voted to allow an application to frack for shale gas in North Yorkshire. The natural gas company, Third Energy, will drill at a site near the village of Kirby Misperton. Craig Bennett is chief executive of Friends of the Earth and Ken Cronin is chief executive of UK Onshore Oil and Gas.

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Its 40 years since Richard Dawkins first put forward his idea that the gene, rather than the species, is the driving force behind evolution. Dawkins designed a series of simple computer programmes or "biomorphs" that allowed the user to witness evolution in action. He joins us on the programme.

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Alexander Van der Bellen has won Austria's presidential election, preventing Norbert Hofer from becoming the EU's first far-right head of state. Yanis Varoufakis is Greek finance minister who served in the Syriza coalition in Greece and Ska Keller is a German Green MEP and Vice President of Green Group in the European Parliament.

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More on the controversial anti-malarial drug Lariam: Vice-Admiral Alasdair Walker is Surgeon General of the British Armed Forces.

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Immigration is a sensitive strand in the EU referendum debate across Europe. It also runs through the heart of the American presidential campaign. The BBC’s special correspondent Jim Naughtie reports from California.

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Steve Hilton, considered to be David Cameron’s closest adviser and confidante, has said that Britain is ‘ungovernable’ without Brexit. He kept his view a secret for most of the referendum campaign and joins us on the programme.

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The Iraqi government has launched a major offensive aimed at driving the militants of self-styled Islamic State out of the city of Fallujah, barely an hour's drive west of the capital Baghdad. Gareth Stansfield is professor of Middle East Politics at the University of Exeter.

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The president of the Royal Society has called for a reassessment of the ban on GM crops by European countries. Professor Venki Ramkrishanan said that the science of GM has been misunderstood by the public and that it was now time to set the record straight. He joins us on the programme.

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There have been clashes in Kenya between police and opposition supporters for the fourth Monday in a row. Last week protesters were beaten by riot police and this week some were shot and at least one man killed. The BBC’s Africa correspondent Alastair Leithead reports from Nairobi.

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