BFBS Sitrep

A new interim President for Egypt after military intervention - but is it a coup?
 
What does the future hold for Trident?
 
The government wants thirty thousand Army reservists by 2018 but can it be done
 
And…..why the the PM David Cameron believes Kazakhstan (pro: Kaz-ak-stan)  is strategically important
 
PRESENTER: Kate Gerbeau
STUDIO GUEST: BFBS’s Defence Analyst Christopher Lee
 
 
OTHER INTERVIEWS: 
 
BBC Correspondent Quentin Sommerville in  Cairo
 
Lieutenant General Sir Graeme Lamb  & Personnel, Welfare and Veterans Minister Mark Francois on the Reserves.
 
Rear Admiral Chris Parry, a strategic forecaster discussing the various options were for Trident…
 
BFBS reporter James Hirst reports on his travels with the Prime Minister David Cameron
 
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You can listen on BFBS Radio 2 at 1630 (UK time) and at 1830 (UK time) on BFBS (via webb, App & DAB in the UK and on FM in Scotland, Colchester, Salisbury Plain, Aldershot, Catterick & Blandford Forum)
 
Alternatively listen again on the website

The Treasury’s told the MOD how much cash it’s got to spend…….but did the Defence secretary get the deal he wanted?

The Chief of the General Staff, General Sir Peter Wall , explains the future of land-warfare

Find out how senior Afghan officers are getting trained at Shrivenham.

There’s an update from the Army Families Federation conference in Germany

And “Our Wives and Sweethearts” – how a Royal Navy toast has been modernised.

PRESENTER: Tim Cooper

STUDIO GUEST: BFBS’s Defence Analyst Christopher Lee

OTHER INTERVIEWS:  

BFBS reporter James Hirst on defence spending

BFBS reporter  Claire Sadler reporting on the CGS’s speech

BFBS reporter Charlotte Cross visits the UK’s Defence Academy at Shrivenham

Sitrep’s Kate Gerbeau reports from the AFF conference

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You can listen on BFBS Radio 2 at 1630 (UK time) and at 1830 (UK time) on BFBS (via webb, App & DAB in the UK and on FM in Scotland, Colchester, Salisbury Plain, Aldershot, Catterick & Blandford Forum)

Alternatively listen again on the website

The Treasury’s told the MOD how much cash it’s got to spend…….but did the Defence secretary get the deal he wanted?

The Chief of the General Staff, General Sir Peter Wall , explains the future of land-warfare

Find out how senior Afghan officers are getting trained at Shrivenham.

There’s an update from the Army Families Federation conference in Germany

And “Our Wives and Sweethearts” – how a Royal Navy toast has been modernised.

PRESENTER: Tim Cooper

STUDIO GUEST: BFBS’s Defence Analyst Christopher Lee

OTHER INTERVIEWS:  

BFBS reporter James Hirst on defence spending

BFBS reporter  Claire Sadler reporting on the CGS’s speech

BFBS reporter Charlotte Cross visits the UK’s Defence Academy at Shrivenham

Sitrep’s Kate Gerbeau reports from the AFF conference

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You can listen on BFBS Radio 2 at 1630 (UK time) and at 1830 (UK time) on BFBS (via webb, App & DAB in the UK and on FM in Scotland, Colchester, Salisbury Plain, Aldershot, Catterick & Blandford Forum)

Alternatively listen again on the website

As Afghan forces take control of security in Afghanistan Britain’s most senior commander there tells Sitrep that the future of the country is in the hands of it’s people…
 
The Supreme Court has ruled human rights do apply on the battlefield but what does that mean for future conflicts
 
There’s been more army job losses – but what’s life really like for those who’ve taken redundancy?
 
And the importance of  Exercise Askari Thunder in Kenya
 

PRESENTER: Kate Gerbeau
STUDIO GUEST: BFBS’s Defence Analyst Christopher Lee

 
OTHER INTERVIEWS: 
Deputy Commander of the international forces in Afghanistan, Lieutenant General Nick Carter
 
BFBS reporter in Camp Bastion Geoff Meade
 
 
BFBS reporter Tim Cooper interviews legal commentator Joshua Rosenberg
 
Journalist Paul Osbourne discusses the impact of redundancies on those affected
 
BFBS’s Ali Gibson reports from Kenya on  Exercise Askari Thunder
 
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You can listen on BFBS Radio 2 at 1630 (UK time) and at 1830 (UK time) on BFBS (via webb, App & DAB in the UK and on FM in Scotland, Colchester, Salisbury Plain, Aldershot, Catterick & Blandford Forum)
 
Alternatively listen again on the website
 
 


 
 
Mary Wilton
BFBS Radio
Office: +44 (0)1494 878712
Mobile: +44 (0)7966 387318
Email:    [email protected]
 
DAB Digital Radio in the UK
Sky Guide Number 0211
Freesat Channel 786
On-air around the Forces' world
or at www.bfbs.com/radio
 
 

>>> Mary Wilton 13/06/2013 14:57 >>>

There’s more calls for international support in Afghanistan post 2014, and criticism from a former military intelligence officer who says Britain should never have gone..
 
What’s behind the protests in Turkey?
 
As the humanitarian crisis in Syria deepens what more can the international community do?
 
Plus: who’s been snooping on your emails?  Find out in Sitrep (later) today
 
PRESENTER: Kate Gerbeau
STUDIO GUEST: BFBS’s Defence Analyst Christopher Lee
 
 
OTHER INTERVIEWS: 
 
Frank Ledwidge author of  ‘Investment In Blood’ - The True cost of Britain's Afghan War
 
 Middle East expert Hazhir Temourian, talking about the trouble in Turkey and forthcoming elections in Iran
 
Richard Norton Taylor who writes on defence and security affairs for The Guardian.
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You can listen on BFBS Radio 2 at 1630 (UK time) and at 1830 (UK time) on BFBS (via webb, App & DAB in the UK and on FM in Scotland, Colchester, Salisbury Plain, Aldershot, Catterick & Blandford Forum)
 
Alternatively listen again on the website

As Afghan forces take control of security in Afghanistan Britain’s most senior commander there tells Sitrep that the future of the country is in the hands of it’s people…
 
The Supreme Court has ruled human rights do apply on the battlefield but what does that mean for future conflicts
 
There’s been more army job losses – but what’s life really like for those who’ve taken redundancy?
 
And the importance of  Exercise Askari Thunder in Kenya
 

PRESENTER: Kate Gerbeau
STUDIO GUEST: BFBS’s Defence Analyst Christopher Lee

 
OTHER INTERVIEWS: 
Deputy Commander of the international forces in Afghanistan, Lieutenant General Nick Carter
 
BFBS reporter in Camp Bastion Geoff Meade
 
 
BFBS reporter Tim Cooper interviews legal commentator Joshua Rosenberg
 
Journalist Paul Osbourne discusses the impact of redundancies on those affected
 
BFBS’s Ali Gibson reports from Kenya on  Exercise Askari Thunder
 
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You can listen on BFBS Radio 2 at 1630 (UK time) and at 1830 (UK time) on BFBS (via webb, App & DAB in the UK and on FM in Scotland, Colchester, Salisbury Plain, Aldershot, Catterick & Blandford Forum)
 
Alternatively listen again on the website
 
 


 
 
Mary Wilton
BFBS Radio
Office: +44 (0)1494 878712
Mobile: +44 (0)7966 387318
Email:    [email protected]
 
DAB Digital Radio in the UK
Sky Guide Number 0211
Freesat Channel 786
On-air around the Forces' world
or at www.bfbs.com/radio
 
 

>>> Mary Wilton 13/06/2013 14:57 >>>

There’s more calls for international support in Afghanistan post 2014, and criticism from a former military intelligence officer who says Britain should never have gone..
 
What’s behind the protests in Turkey?
 
As the humanitarian crisis in Syria deepens what more can the international community do?
 
Plus: who’s been snooping on your emails?  Find out in Sitrep (later) today
 
PRESENTER: Kate Gerbeau
STUDIO GUEST: BFBS’s Defence Analyst Christopher Lee
 
 
OTHER INTERVIEWS: 
 
Frank Ledwidge author of  ‘Investment In Blood’ - The True cost of Britain's Afghan War
 
 Middle East expert Hazhir Temourian, talking about the trouble in Turkey and forthcoming elections in Iran
 
Richard Norton Taylor who writes on defence and security affairs for The Guardian.
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You can listen on BFBS Radio 2 at 1630 (UK time) and at 1830 (UK time) on BFBS (via webb, App & DAB in the UK and on FM in Scotland, Colchester, Salisbury Plain, Aldershot, Catterick & Blandford Forum)
 
Alternatively listen again on the website

As the international community continues to agonise over Syria, find out about one man’s personal experience of the conflict.
 
Is national security being but at risk by a Chinese telecoms company working in Britain?
 
And Sitrep explores the relationship between defence and space & talks to European Space Agency Astronaut and former Army Pilot, Major Tim Peake
 
 
PRESENTER:  Kate Gerbeau
STUDIO GUEST: BFBS’s Defence Analyst Christopher Lee
 
OTHER INTERVIEWS: 
 
Photo-journalist & former soldierPaul Conroy, talks about his new book on Syria.
 
James Blitz, Defence and Security Editor at the Financial Times discusses Cyber warfare
 
European Space Agency Astronaut Major Tim Peake
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You can listen on BFBS Radio 2 at 1630 (UK time) and at 1830 (UK time) on BFBS (via webb, App & DAB in the UK and on FM in Scotland, Colchester, Salisbury Plain, Aldershot, Catterick & Blandford Forum)
 
Alternatively listen again on the website

As the international community continues to agonise over Syria, find out about one man’s personal experience of the conflict.
 
Is national security being but at risk by a Chinese telecoms company working in Britain?
 
And Sitrep explores the relationship between defence and space & talks to European Space Agency Astronaut and former Army Pilot, Major Tim Peake
 
 
PRESENTER:  Kate Gerbeau
STUDIO GUEST: BFBS’s Defence Analyst Christopher Lee
 
OTHER INTERVIEWS: 
 
Photo-journalist & former soldierPaul Conroy, talks about his new book on Syria.
 
James Blitz, Defence and Security Editor at the Financial Times discusses Cyber warfare
 
European Space Agency Astronaut Major Tim Peake
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You can listen on BFBS Radio 2 at 1630 (UK time) and at 1830 (UK time) on BFBS (via webb, App & DAB in the UK and on FM in Scotland, Colchester, Salisbury Plain, Aldershot, Catterick & Blandford Forum)
 
Alternatively listen again on the website

There’s more calls for international support in Afghanistan post 2014, and criticism from a former military intelligence officer who says Britain should never have gone..
 
What’s behind the protests in Turkey?
 
As the humanitarian crisis in Syria deepens what more can the international community do?
 
Plus: who’s been snooping on your emails?  Find out in Sitrep (later) today
 
PRESENTER: Kate Gerbeau
STUDIO GUEST: BFBS’s Defence Analyst Christopher Lee
 
 
OTHER INTERVIEWS: 
 
Frank Ledwidge author of  ‘Investment In Blood’ - The True cost of Britain's Afghan War
 
 Middle East expert Hazhir Temourian, talking about the trouble in Turkey and forthcoming elections in Iran
 
Richard Norton Taylor who writes on defence and security affairs for The Guardian.
………………………………………………………………………………………
 
You can listen on BFBS Radio 2 at 1630 (UK time) and at 1830 (UK time) on BFBS (via webb, App & DAB in the UK and on FM in Scotland, Colchester, Salisbury Plain, Aldershot, Catterick & Blandford Forum)
 
Alternatively listen again on the website

There’s more calls for international support in Afghanistan post 2014, and criticism from a former military intelligence officer who says Britain should never have gone..
 
What’s behind the protests in Turkey?
 
As the humanitarian crisis in Syria deepens what more can the international community do?
 
Plus: who’s been snooping on your emails?  Find out in Sitrep (later) today
 
PRESENTER: Kate Gerbeau
STUDIO GUEST: BFBS’s Defence Analyst Christopher Lee
 
 
OTHER INTERVIEWS: 
 
Frank Ledwidge author of  ‘Investment In Blood’ - The True cost of Britain's Afghan War
 
 Middle East expert Hazhir Temourian, talking about the trouble in Turkey and forthcoming elections in Iran
 
Richard Norton Taylor who writes on defence and security affairs for The Guardian.
………………………………………………………………………………………
 
You can listen on BFBS Radio 2 at 1630 (UK time) and at 1830 (UK time) on BFBS (via webb, App & DAB in the UK and on FM in Scotland, Colchester, Salisbury Plain, Aldershot, Catterick & Blandford Forum)
 
Alternatively listen again on the website

Is the detention centre in Camp Bastion Britain’s Guantanamo Bay?
 
How will the lifting of the EU arms embargo affect the Syrian conflict?
 
Will the MoD meet the Treasury’s demands for cuts to the defence budget?
 
Plus,  Henry VIII's flagship, the Mary Rose, comes to life in  a new museum in Portsmouth
 
And …discover which toys were influenced by war over the last 200 years
 
 
PRESENTER: CLAIRE SADLER standing in for Kate Gerbeau
STUDIO GUEST: BFBS’s Defence Analyst Christopher Lee
 
OTHER INTERVIEWS: 
 
BFBS Reporter Will Inglis reporting from Camp Bastion on the suspected Afghan insurgents.
 
International Affairs analyst Martin McCauley from university College London discusses the Camp Bastion detainees and the Syrian conflict.
 
BFBS Reporter Liz Mullen on defence cuts to the MoD police
 
BFBS reporter Tim Cooper visits the new Mary Rose Museum
 
V&A’s Museum of Childhood, curator Sarah Wood discusses the museum’s “War Games” exhibition
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You can listen on BFBS Radio 2 at 1630 (UK time) and at 1830 (UK time) on BFBS (via webb, App & DAB in the UK and on FM in Scotland, Colchester, Salisbury Plain, Aldershot, Catterick & Blandford Forum)
 
Alternatively listen again on the website