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David Cameron is to pledge a "social fight-back" to confront the moral collapse that he blames for the rioting in England. Detectives are investigating the fatal stabbings of six people, three of them children, at a flat in Jersey. Also on today's programme, the author of the bestseller One Day on the new film of his book. To speed up the loading time for this running order, we have replaced the audio with links. To hear the reports, interviews and discussions, just click on the links. Get in touch via
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or text us on 84844. 0615 Business news with Dominic Laurie, on Japan's deepening recession and how eurobonds might work.
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0650 Radio 4's Document programme is
to reveal how strained the relationship between London and Washington really was during the 1970s,
when the Heath government announced plans to enter into the common market. The BBC's Mike Thomson reports on why the Americans stopped sharing some special intelligence and even spoke about withdrawing troops from Europe. 0655 More than 3,000 people are likely to be charged in connection with last week's riots. Legal affairs Clive Coleman
describes the difference between the charges of riot and violent disorder.
0709 Syrian military boats have
attacked the town of Latakia, killing more than 20 people
just one day after world leaders demanded an immediate end to its campaign against opposition in the country. Reverend Nadim Nassar, an Anglican priest in the city, describes the situation. 0714 David Cameron is expected to say in a speech today that the recent riots across some cities in England have been "a wake-up call for our country" and that "our security fight-back must be matched by a social fight-back". Home affairs correspondent Mark Easton
explores the pros and cons of a zero tolerance approach to street violence.
And Karyn McCluskey, director of Scotland's Violence Reduction Unit, considers the consequences. 0717 Business news with Dominic Laurie. 0720 Childhood abuse
doubles the risk that someone will suffer serious conditions such as clinical depression in later life,
and means they are less likely to respond to treatment, according to a new study. Dr Andrea Danese of the Institute of Psychiatry at Kings College London, who led the research, explains the findings. 0727 Sports news with Rob Bonnet. 0733 Six people, including three children, have been killed in
a multiple stabbing in St Helier in Jersey.
BBC correspondent Robert Hall has spoken to the police, who have arrested a 30-year-old man. 0736 Republican Party members gathered in Iowa over the weekend for their
first informal vote on who should challenge President Barack Obama next year.
North America correspondent Jonny Dymond reports. 0738 Paper review. 0741 England are the best Test-playing side in cricket, reaching number one in the rankings after taking a 3-0 series lead over India. Times writer Matthew Syed and Telegraph journalist Jim White discuss
if the team is talented enough to remain at the top.
0747 Thought for the Day with Canon Dr Alan Billings, an Anglican priest. 0750 The government is
being warned that there will be huge demand for unfilled university places this year
through the clearing system and that around 50,000 well qualified students could miss out. Education correspondent Gillian Hargreaves reports on the pressures on the system just three days before A-level results are published in England, Wales and Northern Ireland. And Mary Curnock Cook, chief executive of UCAS, responds to criticisms. 0810 David Cameron says it is time for a zero tolerance approach to tackling gang culture, a method successfully used against gang leaders in Glasgow by Strathclyde Police. Scotland correspondent Colin Blane has been looking at
what lessons can be learned from Glasgow.
And Work and Pensions Secretary Iain Duncan Smith
explains what the government can do to prevent riots in the future.
0825 Sports news with Rob Bonnet.
0831 It is 20 years this week since an attempted Soviet coup tried and failed to stop the reforms of President Mikhail Gorbachev, which lead to the end of the Soviet Union and over 70 years of communist empire. Diplomatic correspondent Bridget Kendall
spoke to Mikhail Gorbachev about his historic decision to reform the USSR.
0838 Lawyers for the former Egyptian president Hosni Mubarak say they will call 1,600 defence witnesses in his trial, which resumes today. Middle east editor Jeremy Bowen
reports from Cairo on a crucial test for the new Egypt.
0841 A US historian wants to clear up the speculation that Edmund Hillary and Sherpa Tenzing, commonly recognised as the first men to reach the summit of Mount Everest,
may have been beaten to the top some 29 years earlier by George Mallory and Andrew "Sandy" Irvine.
Tom Holzel explains his mission to locate Irvine's body and camera. 0846 Business news with Dominic Laurie. 0850 The book One Day by David Nicholls, which two years ago sold more than one million copies in the UK alone and has been translated into 40 languages, is set to be turned into a movie. Arts correspondent Rebecca Jones reports on
the cinema's love affair with adapting well-known novels.
0855
How difficult is it for columnists to deal with the online comments section?
Journalist Sam Delaney, who has written for the Guardian, The Sun and various other papers, and Guardian journalist Deborah Orr discuss what writers make of the reaction to their work.
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