BFBS Radio Sitrep

After 10 hours of debate Prime Minister David Cameron got the green light to extend the air campaign to Syria – but what’s the end game?

America tops up its special forces in the Middle East,

And Nato gets a new member - Montenegro has joined the alliance but how will Russia react?

PRESENTER THIS WEEK: Kate Gerbeau

Studio guest: BFBS Defence Analyst Christopher Lee

OTHER INTERVIEWS:

SYRIA

Kate Gerbeau interviews Prime Minister, David Cameron

SYRIA

James Hirst interviews the Defence Secretary Michael Fallon

COMMONS DEBATE

Former Foreign Secretary, Dame Margaret Beckett.

US SPECIAL FORCES

BFBS Defence Analyst Christopher Lee

MONTENEGRO JOINS NATO

Jonathan Eyal, International Director at the Royal United Services Institute

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

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PRESENTER KATE GERBEAU

SITREP TRAIL THURS, 19th November

The PM tell us why Britain should bomb Syria but can he secure the vote?

Plus: Reflections on this week’s Defence review

The diplomatic fall out between Russia and Turkey,

Are Al Qaeda a bigger long term threat than ISIS?

And is Climate Change the world’s biggest enemy?

PRESENTER TIM COLLINS

SITREP TRAIL THURS, 19th November

After the Paris terror attacks - how can we beat ISIS and if we do, how will we manage the peace?

Find out what’s likely to be in next week’s Defence and Security Review .

Could cyber-attacks bring Britain to a standstill inside three days?

and why the biggest long term threat is climate change.

PRESENTER KATE GERBEAU

SITREP TRAIL THURS, 5th   November

After four years of war in Syria can this weekend’s Vienna talks bring hope?

The Defence Review – are we about to find out who gets what and how much it'll cost.

Is the Chancellor trying to hi-jack Trident from the MoD?

Why the Cyber geeks in Southampton could be potential recruits for GCHQ.

And, Inside the Glasshouse - what's life really like inside Colchester's military prison?

PRESENTER KATE GERBEAU

SITREP TRAIL THURS, 5th   November

Terror in Sinai, was it a bomb that bought the plane down?

Will the Commons ever hold a vote to go into Syria?

What’s in the Snooper’ Charter and how will affect British Forces?

And, why a former Army Chief says the NHS should be spending more money on mental health.

Sitrep speaks to NATO's Secretary General about Russia, Syria and Ukraine.

How anti-extremists are hoping to stop radicalisation through the arts.

What HMS Ocean is doing on Exercise Trident Juncture in the Mediterranean Sea.

The Commando Doctor who is making Battlefield Medicine work in peacetime.

And MI5 tells us why our emails have to be bugged.

PRESENTER THIS WEEK: Paula Middlehurst

Studio guest: Christopher Lee & Russia Analyst Martin McCauley

OTHER INTERVIEWS:

NATO Secretary General Jens Stoltenberg

BFBS reporter James Hirst

Nato, Russia & Syria

Russia Analyst Martin McCauley as well as our own defence analyst Christopher Lee

NATO Exercise Trident Juncture

Commander of the helicopter carrier, assault ship and Royal Navy Flagship, HMS Ocean.

Countering radicalisation through the arts

Nazish Khan i- Quilliam's Arts Practitioner/Researcher

World Extreme Medicine Conference

Surgeon Commander Dr Jamie Philips

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.

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.

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 75^TH 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 enough
The 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.

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PRESENTER THIS WEEK: Paua Middlehurst
STUDIO 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

Presenter TIM COOPER

Is the British army becoming a training force not a fighting force?

The Ukraine training promise from the Defence Secretary.

Op Shader one year on - has it made a difference?

70 years since VJ DAY - commemorations take place.

And why is JAPAN choosing now to look at changing its military engagement rules?

Presenter Kate Gerbeau
 
Find out about MoD plans for a deployment to Libya.

Concerns are raised over the forthcoming Defence Review.
Plus, the Navy’s new Type 26 frigate goes into production
And 70 years on – the U.S. bombing of Hiroshima is remembered.

SITREP TRAIL THURS, 30th JULY

The US moves its front line from Germany to Turkey and the war against ISIS gets closer.

Mullah Omar, the man who invented the Taleban, is officially dead, or is he?

Plus: Robot Wars. What's the possibility of a Terminator - style conflict?

And Lord Richards, the former chief of the defence staff, reflects on 70 years of Forces broadcasting in Germany

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PRESENTER THIS WEEK: Kate Gerbeau

STUDIO GUEST:           BFBS defence analyst Christopher Lee

OTHER INTERVIEWS: 

IS/TURKEY/NATO

Shashank Joshi from the Royal United Services Institute

DEATH OFTALEBAN COMMANDER MULLAH OMAR

Shashank Joshi from the Royal United Services Institute

UKRAINE TRAINING EXERCISE

BFBS defence analyst Christopher Lee

ROBOT WARS

Noel Sharkey, Professor of Artificial Intelligence and Robotics at the University of Sheffield

Defence cuts

BFBS defence analyst Christopher Lee

BFBS Germany - 70 Years

BFBS reporter, Patrick Eade  & Lord Richards,former Chief of Defence Staff

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.

(First broadcast on Thursday 23^rd July 2015 at 4.30pm)

SITREP TRAIL THURS, 23rd JULY

Are active IS units operating in a NATO country?

Find out why the Americans are saying that Russia is the No.1 enemy

And what the Defence Committee has to say in their latest report…

Plus, as millions of refugees escape conflict in the Middle East what can the international community do to help?

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PRESENTER THIS WEEK: Kate Gerbeau

STUDIO GUEST:    BFBS defence analyst Christopher Lee

OTHER INTERVIEWS: 

IS/TURKEY/NATO

Former Liberal Democratic leader Paddy Ashdown

RUSSIA-US

Michael Evans from The Times

DEFENCE COMMITTEE

BFBS defence analyst Christopher Lee

REFUGEES

Ariane Rummery from The United Nations High Commissioner for Refugees 

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.