BFBS Sitrep

SITREP TRAIL THURS, 22nd October (TIM COOPER presenting)   This week in Sitrep - The story of migrants in Cyprus, Cyber security fears behind the Chinese deal to build the UK's new Nuclear power station. The United Nations is 70 years old on Saturday - but do we expect too much? NATO's biggest exercise in ten years takes to Land, Sea and Air. But who's the enemy? Plus The Paras get their Pegasus back and what it takes to be a poppy seller.

SITREP TRAIL THURS, 15th October (Kate Gerbeau presenting)   American troops are to stay longer in Afghanistan as the security situation gets worse. In Syria – the USA and Russia talk airspace while Lord Robertson says Britain should carry out airstrikes there. Israel, is another Gaza war on the way? And Trident - the SNP say it must still go.

SITREP TRAIL THURS, 8th October (Kate Gerbeau presenting)   Nato demands Russia to stop its Syrian operation- but will they take any notice? And, as tensions rise in Europe, the UK is sending troops to the Baltics Why America must rethink total withdrawal plans in Afghanistan, Sitrep speaks to the journalist that went to see one of America’s most wanted in Moscow Plus: Rugby - England are out but Britain's defence forces scrum down for triumph.

  SITREP TRAIL THURS, 24th September   Find out what needs to happen in the next Defence Review to make our Forces more efficient.   America and Russia go head to head on what happens next in Syria,   Plus, British troops teaching the Kurds how to beat IS and get streetwise,   And 75 years of the George Cross - the people's decoration.    PRESENTER THIS WEEK: Kate GerbeauSTUDIO GUEST: BFBS defence analyst Christopher Lee OTHER INTERVIEWS:    DEFENCE POLICYRichard Norton Taylor who writes for The Guardian on defence and security,   SYRIA/PUTIN/UNProfessor Joshua Landis from the Department of Middle East Studies at the University of Oklahoma   PESHMERGA BFBS presenter Charlene Guy speaking to some of the soldiers who have been working on the ground in Iraq, training Kurdish Peshmerga fighters.   GEORGE CROSS 75TH ANNIVERSARYBFBS reporter Claire Sadler   THURSDAYS at 4:30pm UK TIME on BFBS RADIO 2 and at 6:30pm UK TIME on BFBS & UK Bases   You can listen on BFBS Radio 2 at 1630 (UK time) and at 1830 (UK time) on BFBS (via web, App & DAB in the UK and on FM in Scotland, Colchester, Salisbury Plain, Aldershot, Catterick & Blandford Forum) Sky Channel 0211Alternatively listen again on the website, or download the Sitrep Podcast.      

Presenter Kate Gerbeau   SITREP TRAIL THURS, 17th September   Why the man at the top of MI5 has spoken publicly about why they need to read our emails. Frederick Forsyth tells Sitrep why he’s backing the campaign to clear the guilty Royal Marine. Plus the best of the new defence innovations at the DSEI exhibition And the Battle of Britain remembered:     PRESENTER THIS WEEK: Kate Gerbeau STUDIO GUEST:           BFBS defence analyst Christopher Lee OTHER INTERVIEWS:    MI5 BFBS defence analyst Christopher Lee   MARINE A Best-selling author Frederick Forsyth   DSEI Will Inglis reporting on the A400M   PLUS INTERVIEW ON THE FOLLOWING   Dr Markus Jung head of Rheinmetal's Direct Energy Weapon Programme, discussing their new laser gun   BAe Systems,head of Cyber Threat Intelligence, Adrian Nish.   Swiss Company RUAG discussing its new ‘snipers’ bullet.   BATTLE OF BRITAIN 75TH ANNIVERSARY   BFBS defence analyst Christopher Lee

Was the RAF drones strike against IS in Syria legal and is there more to come? Find out why Russia is increasing its military presence in the region. A new report warns against cuts in UK security. Is the IRA still active in Northern Ireland? And what will a new leader of the Labour Party mean for defence, security and foreign affairs in Parliament?     PRESENTER THIS WEEK: Kate Gerbeau STUDIO GUEST: BFBS defence analyst Christopher Lee OTHER INTERVIEWS:    SYRIA (Drones) Sir William Patey   SYRIA /RUSSIA The Times Diplomatic Editor Roger Boyes   DFEENCE CUTS BFBS reporter James Hirst has been speaking to RUSI's research director, Professor Malcolm Chalmers.   N IRELAND Northern Ireland writer and commentator Chris Ryder   Labour leadership BBC World Service Political Correspondent Rob Watson   THURSDAYS at 4:30pm UK TIME on BFBS RADIO 2 and at 6:30pm UK TIME on BFBS & UK Bases   You can listen on BFBS Radio 2 at 1630 (UK time) and at 1830 (UK time) on BFBS (via web, App & DAB in the UK and on FM in Scotland, Colchester, Salisbury Plain, Aldershot, Catterick & Blandford Forum) Sky Channel 0211   Alternatively listen again on the website, or download the Sitrep Podcast.

The Migrant crisis, how should the UK respond and is Europe doing enoughThe Libyan campaign – who was right, the chiefs of staff or the politicians?Afghan Interpreters - what Price should we pay now the war is over.Plus why China’s military are on parade and it’s Merchant Navy Day, but who remembers?  

Nato’s Exercise Swift Response gets underway in Europe as China and Russia show off their military might in the Sea of Japan. What’s behind the Taliban’s push into a former British stronghold in Afghanistan? Can improved relations between the West and Iran help the Syrian crisis? And how a little bit of Shakespeare is helping injured soldiers.   ---------------------------PRESENTER THIS WEEK: Paua MiddlehurstSTUDIO GUEST: BFBS defence analyst Christopher Lee & Tim Marshall, foreign affairs and international analyst.

Presenter Paula Middlehurst   SITREP TRAIL THURS, 20th August   The Chilcot report, what’s behind claims of political pressure on the inquiry team?   Is there a new ‘Cold War’ emerging between Russia & the West?   The Battle of Britain’s Hardest Day remembered,     And the US army get ready for an historic day