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"title": "Russia invades Ukraine \u2013 History repeating?",
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"title": "Extra: Armed Forces Minister on Ukraine",
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"title": "Them and Us \u2013 Is China trying to divide the world?",
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"title": "\u2018You can\u2019t hug the Russians to death\u2019",
"content": "<p>Ukraine\u2019s government is urging its citizens to stay calm, but preparing its forces for war. BFBS Sitrep asks where we should be looking for signs of a possible Russian invasion, and hears from Ukraine about the mood among the people... including two Britons who have joined the Ukrainian army.<\/p><p>Also as the UK says it could send more troops to Eastern Europe, the deputy head of Estonia\u2019s armed forces gives us his view on the Ukraine Crisis.<\/p><p>The capital of the United Arab Emirates has come under attack from drones and ballistic missiles \u2013 we\u2019ll explain why. And does 10 Downing Street need some military-leadership behind the famous black door to get it back on track?<\/p>",
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mso-fareast-font-family: 'Arial Unicode MS';\">DEATH OF<\/span><\/strong><strong><span style=\"font-size: 10pt; font-family: 'Arial','sans-serif'; mso-fareast-language: EN-GB;\">TALEBAN COMMANDER MULLAH OMAR<\/span><\/strong><\/p>\n<p class=\"MsoNormal\" style=\"margin: 0cm 0cm 0pt; tab-stops: 171.75pt;\"><span style=\"font-size: 10pt; font-family: Arial, sans-serif;\">Shashank Joshi from the Royal United Services Institute<\/span><\/p>\n<p class=\"MsoNormal\" style=\"margin: 0cm 0cm 0pt; tab-stops: 171.75pt;\"><strong><span style=\"font-size: 10pt; font-family: Arial, sans-serif;\">\u00a0<\/span><\/strong><\/p>\n<p class=\"MsoNormal\" style=\"margin: 0cm 0cm 0pt; tab-stops: 171.75pt;\"><strong><span style=\"font-size: 10pt; font-family: Arial, sans-serif;\">UKRAINE TRAINING EXERCISE<\/span><\/strong><\/p>\n<p class=\"MsoNormal\" style=\"margin: 0cm 0cm 0pt;\"><span style=\"font-size: 10pt; font-family: Arial, sans-serif;\">BFBS defence analyst Christopher Lee <\/span><\/p>\n<p class=\"MsoNormal\" style=\"margin: 0cm 0cm 0pt; 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font-family: 'Segoe UI','sans-serif'; color: navy; mso-fareast-language: EN-GB;\">SITREP TRAIL THURS, 23rd JULY<\/span><\/strong><\/p>\n<p class=\"MsoNormal\" style=\"margin: 0cm 0cm 0pt;\"><span style=\"font-size: 10pt; font-family: 'Segoe UI','sans-serif'; mso-fareast-language: EN-GB;\">\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n<p class=\"MsoNormal\" style=\"margin: 0cm 0cm 0pt;\"><span style=\"font-size: 14pt; font-family: 'Arial','sans-serif'; mso-fareast-language: EN-GB;\">Are active IS units operating in a NATO country?<\/span><\/p>\n<p class=\"MsoNormal\" style=\"margin: 0cm 0cm 0pt;\"><span style=\"font-size: 14pt; font-family: 'Arial','sans-serif'; mso-fareast-language: EN-GB;\">\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n<p class=\"MsoNormal\" style=\"margin: 0cm 0cm 0pt;\"><span style=\"font-size: 14pt; font-family: 'Arial','sans-serif'; mso-fareast-language: EN-GB;\">Find out why the Americans are saying that Russia is the No.1 enemy<\/span><\/p>\n<p class=\"MsoNormal\" style=\"margin: 0cm 0cm 0pt;\"><span style=\"font-size: 14pt; 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tab-stops: 171.75pt;\"><span style=\"font-size: medium;\"><span style=\"font-family: 'Arial','sans-serif'; mso-fareast-language: EN-GB; mso-fareast-font-family: 'Arial Unicode MS';\">Former Liberal Democratic leader Paddy Ashdown<\/span><\/span><\/p>\n<p class=\"MsoNormal\" style=\"margin: 0cm 0cm 0pt; tab-stops: 171.75pt;\"><span style=\"font-family: 'Arial','sans-serif';\"><span style=\"font-size: medium;\">\u00a0<\/span><\/span><\/p>\n<p class=\"MsoNormal\" style=\"margin: 0cm 0cm 0pt; tab-stops: 171.75pt;\"><strong><span style=\"font-family: Arial, sans-serif; background-image: initial; background-attachment: initial; background-size: initial; background-origin: initial; background-clip: initial; background-position: initial; background-repeat: initial;\"><span style=\"font-size: medium;\">RUSSIA-US<\/span><\/span><\/strong><\/p>\n<p class=\"MsoNormal\" style=\"margin: 0cm 0cm 0pt; tab-stops: 171.75pt;\"><span style=\"font-family: 'Arial','sans-serif'; mso-fareast-language: EN-GB;\"><span style=\"font-size: medium;\">Michael Evans from The Times<\/span><\/span><\/p>\n<p class=\"MsoNormal\" style=\"margin: 0cm 0cm 0pt; 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mso-layout-grid-align: none;\"><span style=\"font-size: 10pt; font-family: 'Segoe UI','sans-serif';\">\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n<p class=\"MsoNormal\" style=\"margin: 0cm 0cm 0.75pt; mso-layout-grid-align: none;\"><span style=\"font-size: 10pt; font-family: 'Segoe UI','sans-serif';\">Find out what changes lay ahead for the British Army<\/span><\/p>\n<p class=\"MsoNormal\" style=\"margin: 0cm 0cm 0.75pt; mso-layout-grid-align: none;\"><span style=\"font-size: 10pt; font-family: 'Segoe UI','sans-serif';\">\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n<p class=\"MsoNormal\" style=\"margin: 0cm 0cm 0pt; tab-stops: 171.75pt;\"><span style=\"font-size: 10pt; font-family: 'Tahoma','sans-serif';\">It's back to The Somme - but what's the point in all these commemorations?<\/span><\/p>\n<p class=\"MsoNormal\" style=\"margin: 0cm 0cm 0pt; tab-stops: 171.75pt;\"><span style=\"font-size: 10pt; font-family: 'Tahoma','sans-serif'; mso-fareast-language: EN-GB;\">\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n<p class=\"MsoNormal\" style=\"margin: 0cm 0cm 0pt; 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tab-stops: 171.75pt;\"><strong><span style=\"font-family: Arial, sans-serif; background-image: initial; background-attachment: initial; background-size: initial; background-origin: initial; background-clip: initial; background-position: initial; background-repeat: initial;\"><span style=\"font-size: medium;\">\u00a0<\/span><\/span><\/strong><\/p>\n<p class=\"MsoNormal\" style=\"margin: 0cm 0cm 0pt; tab-stops: 171.75pt;\"><span style=\"font-family: 'Arial','sans-serif'; mso-fareast-language: EN-GB; mso-fareast-font-family: 'Arial Unicode MS';\"><span style=\"font-size: medium;\">THURSDAYS at 4:30pm UK TIME on BFBS RADIO 2and at 6:30pm UK TIME on BFBS & UK Bases<\/span><\/span><\/p>\n<p class=\"MsoNormal\" style=\"margin: 0cm 0cm 0pt; tab-stops: 171.75pt;\"><span style=\"font-family: 'Arial','sans-serif'; mso-fareast-language: EN-GB; mso-fareast-font-family: 'Arial Unicode MS';\"><span style=\"font-size: medium;\">\u00a0<\/span><\/span><\/p>\n<p class=\"MsoNormal\" style=\"margin: 0cm 0cm 0pt; 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"content": "<p>(First broadcast on Thursday 4th September 2014 at 4.30pm on BFBS Radio 2)<br \/><br \/>**PAULA MIDDLEHURST IN FOR KATE GERBEAU THIS WEEK**<br \/>\u00a0<br \/>\u00a0<br \/>As NATO gathers in Wales for its most important summit in decades Sitrep looks at the main issues on the agenda; what can\u00a0 Nato do to help solve the Ukraine-Russia crisis and how will the Alliance react to the global threat posed by Islamic State? And, are our leaders up to the challenge?<br \/>Find out in this week\u2019s\/today\u2019s Sitrep; with analysis & reports throughout the programme.<br \/>\u00a0<br \/>PRESENTER: Paula Middlehurst,<br \/>\u00a0<br \/>STUDIO GUEST: BFBS defence analyst Christopher Lee <br \/>\u00a0<br \/>OTHER INTERVIEWS:\u00a0 <br \/>\u00a0<br \/>BFBS reporter James Hirst at the Nato summit in Wales, and <br \/>Bridget Kendall, the BBC\u2019s Diplomatic Correspondent also at the Nato summit, discussing Russia-Ukraine.<br \/>\u00a0<br \/>BFBS reporter Tim Cooper speaking to Sir Christopher Meyer, former British Ambassador to Washington<br \/>\u00a0<br \/>Sir Tony Brenton, former ambassador to Moscow talking to James Hirst.<br \/>\u00a0<br \/>Former Ambassador to Syria Sir Andrew Green discussing the Middle East and IS.<br \/>\u2026\u2026\u2026\u2026\u2026\u2026\u2026\u2026\u2026\u2026\u2026\u2026\u2026\u2026\u2026\u2026\u2026\u2026\u2026\u2026\u2026\u2026\u2026\u2026\u2026\u2026\u2026\u2026\u2026\u2026\u2026\u2026\u2026\u2026\u2026\u2026\u2026\u2026<br \/>THURSDAYS at 4:30 UK TIME on BFBS RADIO 2and at 6:30 UK TIME on BFBS & UK Bases<br \/>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) <br \/>\u00a0Sky Channel 0211<br \/>Alternatively listen again on the website<\/p>",
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"content": "<p style=\"margin: 0cm 0cm 0pt; background-position: initial initial; background-repeat: initial initial;\" class=\"MsoNormal\"><span style=\"font-family: Arial; font-size: 10pt; background-position: initial initial; background-repeat: initial initial;\">A new warning over PTSD\u2026are young and disadvantaged soldiers at greater risk?<o:p><\/o:p><\/span><\/p>\n<p style=\"margin: 0cm 0cm 0pt; background-position: initial initial; background-repeat: initial initial;\" class=\"MsoNormal\"><span style=\"font-family: Arial; font-size: 10pt; background-position: initial initial; background-repeat: initial initial;\">\u00a0<o:p><\/o:p><\/span><\/p>\n<p style=\"margin: 0cm 0cm 0pt; background-position: initial initial; background-repeat: initial initial;\" class=\"MsoNormal\"><span style=\"font-family: Arial; font-size: 10pt; background-position: initial initial; background-repeat: initial initial;\">As violence escalates in Iraq, could the \u00a0problems have been avoided.<o:p><\/o:p><\/span><\/p>\n<p style=\"margin: 0cm 0cm 0pt;\" class=\"MsoNormal\"><span style=\"font-family: Arial; 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"title": "Sitrep January 31st 2013",
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"content": "<div><span style=\"font-family: Arial; background: none repeat scroll 0% 0% white; color: black; font-size: 10pt;\" lang=\"EN-US\"><span style=\"font-family: Arial; background: none repeat scroll 0% 0% white; color: black; font-size: 10pt;\" lang=\"EN-US\"><span style=\"font-family: Arial; background: none repeat scroll 0% 0% white; color: black; font-size: 10pt;\" lang=\"EN-US\"><span style=\"font-family: Arial; background: none repeat scroll 0% 0% white; color: black;\" lang=\"EN-US\"><span style=\"font-size: small;\" data-mce-style=\"font-size: small;\" size=\"3\"><\/span><\/span><\/span><\/span><\/span>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify; line-height: 110%; margin: 0cm 0cm 0pt; background: none repeat scroll 0% 0% white;\" class=\"MsoNormal\"><span style=\"font-family: Arial; font-size: 10pt;\" lang=\"EN-US\">What next for Syria as the violence continues to escalate?<\/span><\/p>\n<span style=\"font-family: Arial; background: none repeat scroll 0% 0% white; color: black; font-size: 10pt;\" lang=\"EN-US\"><span style=\"font-family: Arial; 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color: black; font-size: 10pt;\" lang=\"EN-US\"><span style=\"font-family: Arial; background: none repeat scroll 0% 0% white; color: black;\" lang=\"EN-US\"><span style=\"font-size: small;\" data-mce-style=\"font-size: small;\" size=\"3\"><\/span><\/span><\/span><\/span><\/span>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify; line-height: 110%; margin: 0cm 0cm 0pt; background: none repeat scroll 0% 0% white;\" class=\"MsoNormal\"><span style=\"font-family: Arial; font-size: 10pt;\" lang=\"EN-US\">What\u2019s behind the latest trouble in Northern Ireland ?<\/span><\/p>\n<span style=\"font-family: Arial; background: none repeat scroll 0% 0% white; color: black; font-size: 10pt;\" lang=\"EN-US\"><span style=\"font-family: Arial; background: none repeat scroll 0% 0% white; color: black; font-size: 10pt;\" lang=\"EN-US\"><span style=\"font-family: Arial; background: none repeat scroll 0% 0% white; color: black; font-size: 10pt;\" lang=\"EN-US\"><span style=\"font-family: Arial; background: none repeat scroll 0% 0% white; color: black;\" lang=\"EN-US\"><span style=\"font-size: small;\" data-mce-style=\"font-size: small;\" size=\"3\"><\/span><\/span><\/span><\/span><\/span>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify; line-height: 110%; margin: 0cm 0cm 0pt; background: none repeat scroll 0% 0% white;\" class=\"MsoNormal\"><span style=\"font-family: Arial; font-size: 10pt;\" lang=\"EN-US\">\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n<span style=\"font-family: Arial; background: none repeat scroll 0% 0% white; color: black; font-size: 10pt;\" lang=\"EN-US\"><span style=\"font-family: Arial; background: none repeat scroll 0% 0% white; color: black; font-size: 10pt;\" lang=\"EN-US\"><span style=\"font-family: Arial; background: none repeat scroll 0% 0% white; color: black; font-size: 10pt;\" lang=\"EN-US\"><span style=\"font-family: Arial; background: none repeat scroll 0% 0% white; color: black;\" lang=\"EN-US\"><span style=\"font-size: small;\" data-mce-style=\"font-size: small;\" size=\"3\"><\/span><\/span><\/span><\/span><\/span>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify; line-height: 110%; margin: 0cm 0cm 0pt; background: none repeat scroll 0% 0% white;\" class=\"MsoNormal\"><span style=\"font-family: Arial; font-size: 10pt;\" lang=\"EN-US\">Could North Korea\u2019s rocket launch elevate their<span>\u00a0 <\/span>status on the world stage?<\/span><\/p>\n<span style=\"font-family: Arial; background: none repeat scroll 0% 0% white; color: black; font-size: 10pt;\" lang=\"EN-US\"><span style=\"font-family: Arial; background: none repeat scroll 0% 0% white; color: black; font-size: 10pt;\" lang=\"EN-US\"><span style=\"font-family: Arial; background: none repeat scroll 0% 0% white; color: black; font-size: 10pt;\" lang=\"EN-US\"><span style=\"font-family: Arial; background: none repeat scroll 0% 0% white; color: black;\" lang=\"EN-US\"><span style=\"font-size: small;\" data-mce-style=\"font-size: small;\" size=\"3\"><\/span><\/span><\/span><\/span><\/span>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify; line-height: 110%; margin: 0cm 0cm 0pt; background: none repeat scroll 0% 0% white;\" class=\"MsoNormal\"><span style=\"font-family: Arial; background: none repeat scroll 0% 0% white; color: black; font-size: 10pt;\" lang=\"EN-US\">\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n<span style=\"font-family: Arial; background: none repeat scroll 0% 0% white; color: black; font-size: 10pt;\" lang=\"EN-US\"><span style=\"font-family: Arial; background: none repeat scroll 0% 0% white; color: black; font-size: 10pt;\" lang=\"EN-US\"><span style=\"font-family: Arial; background: none repeat scroll 0% 0% white; color: black; font-size: 10pt;\" lang=\"EN-US\"><span style=\"font-family: Arial; background: none repeat scroll 0% 0% white; color: black;\" lang=\"EN-US\"><span style=\"font-size: small;\" data-mce-style=\"font-size: small;\" size=\"3\"><\/span><\/span><\/span><\/span><\/span>\n<p style=\"margin: 0cm 0cm 0pt;\" class=\"MsoHeading9\"><span style=\"font-size: 10pt;\" lang=\"EN-US\">How a mother\u2019s story of her soldier son may help young officers.<\/span><\/p>\n<span style=\"font-family: Arial; background: none repeat scroll 0% 0% white; color: black; font-size: 10pt;\" lang=\"EN-US\"><span style=\"font-family: Arial; background: none repeat scroll 0% 0% white; color: black; font-size: 10pt;\" lang=\"EN-US\"><span style=\"font-family: Arial; background: none repeat scroll 0% 0% white; color: black; font-size: 10pt;\" lang=\"EN-US\"><span style=\"font-family: Arial; background: none repeat scroll 0% 0% white; color: black;\" lang=\"EN-US\"><span style=\"font-size: small;\" data-mce-style=\"font-size: small;\" size=\"3\"><\/span><\/span><\/span><\/span><\/span>\n<p style=\"margin: 0cm 0cm 0pt;\" class=\"MsoHeading9\"><span style=\"font-size: 10pt;\" lang=\"EN-US\"><\/span><span style=\"font-family: Arial; background: none repeat scroll 0% 0% white; color: black; font-size: 10pt;\" lang=\"EN-US\">\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n<span style=\"font-family: Arial; background: none repeat scroll 0% 0% white; color: black; font-size: 10pt;\" lang=\"EN-US\"><span style=\"font-family: Arial; background: none repeat scroll 0% 0% white; color: black; font-size: 10pt;\" lang=\"EN-US\"><span style=\"font-family: Arial; background: none repeat scroll 0% 0% white; color: black; font-size: 10pt;\" lang=\"EN-US\"><span style=\"font-family: Arial; background: none repeat scroll 0% 0% white; color: black;\" lang=\"EN-US\"><span style=\"font-size: small;\" data-mce-style=\"font-size: small;\" size=\"3\"><\/span><\/span><\/span><\/span><\/span>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify; line-height: 110%; margin: 0cm 0cm 0pt; background: none repeat scroll 0% 0% white;\" class=\"MsoNormal\"><span style=\"font-family: Arial; background: none repeat scroll 0% 0% white; color: black; font-size: 10pt;\" lang=\"EN-US\">And why women might make better spies than men..........<\/span><\/p>\n<span style=\"font-family: Arial; background: none repeat scroll 0% 0% white; color: black; font-size: 10pt;\" lang=\"EN-US\"><span style=\"font-family: Arial; background: none repeat scroll 0% 0% white; color: black; font-size: 10pt;\" lang=\"EN-US\"><span style=\"font-family: Arial; background: none repeat scroll 0% 0% white; color: black; font-size: 10pt;\" lang=\"EN-US\"><span style=\"font-family: Arial; background: none repeat scroll 0% 0% white; color: black;\" lang=\"EN-US\"><span style=\"font-size: small;\" data-mce-style=\"font-size: small;\" size=\"3\"><\/span><\/span><\/span><\/span><\/span>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify; line-height: 110%; margin: 0cm 0cm 0pt; background: none repeat scroll 0% 0% white;\" class=\"MsoNormal\"><span style=\"font-family: Arial; background: none repeat scroll 0% 0% white; color: black; font-size: 10pt;\" lang=\"EN-US\">\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n<span style=\"font-family: Arial; background: none repeat scroll 0% 0% white; color: black; font-size: 10pt;\" lang=\"EN-US\"><span style=\"font-family: Arial; background: none repeat scroll 0% 0% white; color: black; font-size: 10pt;\" lang=\"EN-US\"><span style=\"font-family: Arial; background: none repeat scroll 0% 0% white; color: black; font-size: 10pt;\" lang=\"EN-US\"><span style=\"font-family: Arial; background: none repeat scroll 0% 0% white; 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color: black; font-size: 10pt;\" lang=\"EN-US\"><span style=\"font-family: Arial; background: none repeat scroll 0% 0% white; color: black; font-size: 10pt;\" lang=\"EN-US\"><span style=\"font-family: Arial; background: none repeat scroll 0% 0% white; color: black; font-size: 10pt;\" lang=\"EN-US\"><span style=\"font-family: Arial; background: none repeat scroll 0% 0% white; color: black;\" lang=\"EN-US\"><span style=\"font-size: small;\" data-mce-style=\"font-size: small;\" size=\"3\"><\/span><\/span><\/span><\/span><\/span>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify; line-height: 110%; margin: 0cm 6pt 0pt 0cm; background: none repeat scroll 0% 0% white;\" class=\"MsoNormal\"><b><span style=\"font-family: Arial; background: none repeat scroll 0% 0% white; color: black; font-size: 10pt;\" lang=\"EN-US\">OTHER INTERVIEWS:\u00a0<\/span><\/b><b><span style=\"font-family: Arial; background: none repeat scroll 0% 0% white; color: black; font-size: 10pt;\"><\/span><\/b><\/p>\n<span style=\"font-family: Arial; 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"summary": "<p>Award winning Sitrep brings you discussion and analysis on defence, foreign policy and the stories affecting the British Forces. \nPresented by Kate Gerbeau, with expert analysis from Professor Michael Clarke.<\/p>"
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"title": "Sitrep October 5th 2012",
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font-size: x-small;\">Are NATO troops heading for an earlier than expected exit from Afghanistan?<\/span><\/p>\n<h1 style=\"MARGIN: 3pt 12pt 0pt 0cm\"><span size=\"3\" data-mce-style=\"font-size: small;\" style=\"font-size: small;\"><span size=\"4\" data-mce-style=\"font-size: medium;\" style=\"font-size: medium;\"><span face=\"Times New Roman\" data-mce-style=\"font-family: 'Times New Roman';\" style=\"font-family: 'Times New Roman';\"><\/span><\/span><\/span><\/h1>\n<p style=\"margin: 0cm 0cm 0pt;\" class=\"MsoNormal\"><span face=\"Arial\" style=\"font-family: Arial;\"><span size=\"2\" style=\"font-size: x-small;\">\u00a0<o:p><\/o:p><\/span><\/span><\/p>\n<h1 style=\"MARGIN: 3pt 12pt 0pt 0cm\"><span size=\"3\" data-mce-style=\"font-size: small;\" style=\"font-size: small;\"><span size=\"4\" data-mce-style=\"font-size: medium;\" style=\"font-size: medium;\"><span face=\"Times New Roman\" data-mce-style=\"font-family: 'Times New Roman';\" style=\"font-family: 'Times New Roman';\"><\/span><\/span><\/span><\/h1>\n<p style=\"margin: 0cm 0cm 0pt;\" class=\"MsoNormal\"><span size=\"2\" face=\"Arial\" style=\"font-family: Arial; 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"isoDate": "2012-09-27T17:24:15.000000Z",
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"title": "Sitrep September 27th 2012",
"content": "<p><span size=\"3\" data-mce-style=\"font-size: small;\" style=\"font-size: small;\"><span style=\"FONT-FAMILY: Tahoma\"><\/span><\/span><\/p>\n<h1 style=\"margin: 3pt 12pt 0pt 0cm;\"><span size=\"4\" style=\"font-size: medium;\">SITREP\u00a0September 27th <o:p><\/o:p><\/span><\/h1>\n<p><span size=\"3\" data-mce-style=\"font-size: small;\" style=\"font-size: small;\"><span style=\"FONT-FAMILY: Tahoma\"><\/span><\/span><\/p>\n<p style=\"margin: 0cm 0cm 0pt; mso-layout-grid-align: none;\" class=\"MsoNormal\"><span style=\"font-family: Georgia; font-size: 14pt; mso-ansi-language: EN-US;\" lang=\"EN-US\">\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span size=\"3\" data-mce-style=\"font-size: small;\" style=\"font-size: small;\"><span style=\"FONT-FAMILY: Tahoma\"><span style=\"FONT-FAMILY: Georgia; FONT-SIZE: 14pt; mso-ansi-language: EN-US\" lang=\"EN-US\"><\/span><\/span><\/span><\/p>\n<p style=\"margin: 0cm 0cm 0pt; mso-layout-grid-align: none;\" class=\"MsoNormal\"><span style=\"font-family: Arial; mso-bidi-font-size: 8.0pt;\"><span size=\"3\" style=\"font-size: small;\">World leaders converge in New York for the UN General Assembly, but what's the true value of the United Nations?<o:p><\/o:p><\/span><\/span><\/p>\n<p><span size=\"3\" data-mce-style=\"font-size: small;\" style=\"font-size: small;\"><span style=\"FONT-FAMILY: Tahoma\"><span style=\"FONT-FAMILY: Georgia; FONT-SIZE: 14pt; mso-ansi-language: EN-US\" lang=\"EN-US\"><\/span><\/span><\/span><\/p>\n<p style=\"margin: 0cm 0cm 0pt; mso-layout-grid-align: none;\" class=\"MsoNormal\"><span style=\"font-family: Arial; mso-bidi-font-size: 8.0pt;\"><span size=\"3\" style=\"font-size: small;\">\u00a0<o:p><\/o:p><\/span><\/span><\/p>\n<p><span size=\"3\" data-mce-style=\"font-size: small;\" style=\"font-size: small;\"><span style=\"FONT-FAMILY: Tahoma\"><span style=\"FONT-FAMILY: Georgia; FONT-SIZE: 14pt; mso-ansi-language: EN-US\" lang=\"EN-US\"><\/span><\/span><\/span><\/p>\n<p style=\"margin: 0cm 0cm 0pt; mso-layout-grid-align: none;\" class=\"MsoNormal\"><span style=\"font-family: Arial; mso-bidi-font-size: 8.0pt;\"><span size=\"3\" style=\"font-size: small;\">Water cannons are fired during a three way wrangle over islands in the far East, but what does it say about China's military plans?<o:p><\/o:p><\/span><\/span><\/p>\n<p><span size=\"3\" data-mce-style=\"font-size: small;\" style=\"font-size: small;\"><span style=\"FONT-FAMILY: Tahoma\"><span style=\"FONT-FAMILY: Georgia; FONT-SIZE: 14pt; mso-ansi-language: EN-US\" lang=\"EN-US\"><\/span><\/span><\/span><\/p>\n<p style=\"margin: 0cm 0cm 0pt; mso-layout-grid-align: none;\" class=\"MsoNormal\"><span style=\"font-family: Arial; mso-bidi-font-size: 8.0pt;\"><span size=\"3\" style=\"font-size: small;\">\u00a0<o:p><\/o:p><\/span><\/span><\/p>\n<p><span size=\"3\" data-mce-style=\"font-size: small;\" style=\"font-size: small;\"><span style=\"FONT-FAMILY: Tahoma\"><span style=\"FONT-FAMILY: Georgia; FONT-SIZE: 14pt; mso-ansi-language: EN-US\" lang=\"EN-US\"><\/span><\/span><\/span><\/p>\n<p style=\"margin: 0cm 0cm 0pt; mso-layout-grid-align: none;\" class=\"MsoNormal\"><span style=\"font-family: Arial; 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font-size: 14pt;\" lang=\"EN-US\"><\/span><\/span><\/span><\/p>\n<p style=\"margin: 0cm 0cm 0pt;\" class=\"MsoNormal\"><span style=\"font-family: Arial; font-size: 14pt;\" lang=\"EN-US\">Could an independent Scotland defend itself without help from the UK<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-size: small;\" data-mce-style=\"font-size: small;\" size=\"3\"><span style=\"font-family: Tahoma;\"><span style=\"font-family: Georgia; font-size: 14pt;\" lang=\"EN-US\"><\/span><\/span><\/span><\/p>\n<p style=\"margin: 0cm 0cm 0pt;\" class=\"MsoNormal\"><span style=\"font-family: Arial; font-size: 14pt;\" lang=\"EN-US\">\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-size: small;\" data-mce-style=\"font-size: small;\" size=\"3\"><span style=\"font-family: Tahoma;\"><span style=\"font-family: Georgia; font-size: 14pt;\" lang=\"EN-US\"><\/span><\/span><\/span><\/p>\n<p style=\"margin: 0cm 0cm 0pt;\" class=\"MsoNormal\"><span style=\"font-family: Arial; font-size: 14pt;\" lang=\"EN-US\">Is Afghanistan set to become cricket\u2019s next powerhouse?<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-size: small;\" data-mce-style=\"font-size: small;\" size=\"3\"><span style=\"font-family: Tahoma;\"><span style=\"font-family: Georgia; 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mso-ansi-language: EN-GB; mso-bidi-language: AR-SA\"><\/span><\/span><\/span><\/span><\/span><\/span><\/p>\n<p style=\"margin: 0cm 0cm 0pt;\" class=\"MsoNormal\"><span style=\"font-family: Arial; font-size: 10pt; mso-bidi-font-size: 12.0pt;\">\u00a0<o:p><\/o:p><\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"FONT-FAMILY: Arial\" data-mce-style=\"font-family: Arial;\" face=\"Arial\"><span style=\"FONT-FAMILY: Noteworthy; FONT-SIZE: 12.5pt\"><span style=\"FONT-FAMILY: Arial; COLOR: #000000; FONT-SIZE: x-small\" data-mce-style=\"font-family: Arial; color: #000000; font-size: x-small;\" color=\"#000000\" face=\"Arial\" size=\"2\"><span style=\"FONT-FAMILY: Tahoma\" data-mce-style=\"font-family: Tahoma;\" face=\"Tahoma\"><span style=\"COLOR: black\"><span style=\"FONT-FAMILY: Tahoma; FONT-SIZE: 10pt; mso-fareast-font-family: 'Times New Roman'; mso-fareast-language: EN-US; mso-ansi-language: EN-GB; mso-bidi-language: AR-SA\"><\/span><\/span><\/span><\/span><\/span><\/span><\/p>\n<p style=\"margin: 0cm 0cm 0pt;\" class=\"MsoNormal\"><span style=\"font-family: Arial; font-size: 10pt; mso-bidi-font-size: 12.0pt;\">And find out why the Dalai Lama has been to Aldershot today\u2026.. <o:p><\/o:p><\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"FONT-FAMILY: Arial\" data-mce-style=\"font-family: Arial;\" face=\"Arial\"><span style=\"FONT-FAMILY: Noteworthy; FONT-SIZE: 12.5pt\"><span style=\"FONT-FAMILY: Arial; COLOR: #000000; FONT-SIZE: x-small\" data-mce-style=\"font-family: Arial; color: #000000; font-size: x-small;\" color=\"#000000\" face=\"Arial\" size=\"2\"><span style=\"FONT-FAMILY: Tahoma\" data-mce-style=\"font-family: Tahoma;\" face=\"Tahoma\"><span style=\"COLOR: black\"><span style=\"FONT-FAMILY: Tahoma; FONT-SIZE: 10pt; mso-fareast-font-family: 'Times New Roman'; mso-fareast-language: EN-US; mso-ansi-language: EN-GB; mso-bidi-language: AR-SA\"><\/span><\/span><\/span><\/span><\/span><\/span><\/p>\n<p style=\"margin: 0cm 0cm 0pt;\" class=\"MsoNormal\"><span style=\"font-family: Arial; font-size: 10pt; mso-bidi-font-size: 12.0pt;\">\u00a0<o:p><\/o:p><\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"FONT-FAMILY: Arial\" data-mce-style=\"font-family: Arial;\" face=\"Arial\"><span style=\"FONT-FAMILY: Noteworthy; FONT-SIZE: 12.5pt\"><span style=\"FONT-FAMILY: Arial; COLOR: #000000; FONT-SIZE: x-small\" data-mce-style=\"font-family: Arial; color: #000000; font-size: x-small;\" color=\"#000000\" face=\"Arial\" size=\"2\"><span style=\"FONT-FAMILY: Tahoma\" data-mce-style=\"font-family: Tahoma;\" face=\"Tahoma\"><span style=\"COLOR: black\"><span style=\"FONT-FAMILY: Tahoma; FONT-SIZE: 10pt; mso-fareast-font-family: 'Times New Roman'; mso-fareast-language: EN-US; mso-ansi-language: EN-GB; mso-bidi-language: AR-SA\"><\/span><\/span><\/span><\/span><\/span><\/span><\/p>\n<p style=\"margin: 0cm 0cm 0pt;\" class=\"MsoNormal\"><span style=\"font-family: Arial; font-size: 10pt; mso-bidi-font-size: 12.0pt;\">\u00a0<o:p><\/o:p><\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"FONT-FAMILY: Arial\" data-mce-style=\"font-family: Arial;\" face=\"Arial\"><span style=\"FONT-FAMILY: Noteworthy; FONT-SIZE: 12.5pt\"><span style=\"FONT-FAMILY: Arial; COLOR: #000000; FONT-SIZE: x-small\" data-mce-style=\"font-family: Arial; color: #000000; font-size: x-small;\" color=\"#000000\" face=\"Arial\" size=\"2\"><span style=\"FONT-FAMILY: Tahoma\" data-mce-style=\"font-family: Tahoma;\" face=\"Tahoma\"><span style=\"COLOR: black\"><span style=\"FONT-FAMILY: Tahoma; FONT-SIZE: 10pt; mso-fareast-font-family: 'Times New Roman'; mso-fareast-language: EN-US; mso-ansi-language: EN-GB; mso-bidi-language: AR-SA\"><\/span><\/span><\/span><\/span><\/span><\/span><\/p>\n<p style=\"margin: 3pt 3pt 0pt;\" class=\"MsoNormal\"><strong><span style=\"font-family: Arial; color: black; font-size: 10pt; mso-bidi-font-size: 12.0pt;\">PRESENTER<\/span><\/strong><span style=\"font-family: Arial; color: black; font-size: 10pt; mso-bidi-font-size: 12.0pt;\">:\u00a0 Kate Gerbeau<\/span><span style=\"font-family: Arial; color: black; font-size: 10pt; mso-fareast-font-family: 'Arial Unicode MS'; mso-bidi-font-size: 12.0pt;\"><o:p><\/o:p><\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"FONT-FAMILY: Arial\" data-mce-style=\"font-family: Arial;\" face=\"Arial\"><span style=\"FONT-FAMILY: Noteworthy; FONT-SIZE: 12.5pt\"><span style=\"FONT-FAMILY: Arial; COLOR: #000000; FONT-SIZE: x-small\" data-mce-style=\"font-family: Arial; color: #000000; font-size: x-small;\" color=\"#000000\" face=\"Arial\" size=\"2\"><span style=\"FONT-FAMILY: Tahoma\" data-mce-style=\"font-family: Tahoma;\" face=\"Tahoma\"><span style=\"COLOR: black\"><span style=\"FONT-FAMILY: Tahoma; FONT-SIZE: 10pt; mso-fareast-font-family: 'Times New Roman'; mso-fareast-language: EN-US; mso-ansi-language: EN-GB; mso-bidi-language: AR-SA\"><\/span><\/span><\/span><\/span><\/span><\/span><\/p>\n<p style=\"margin: 0cm 3pt 0pt;\" class=\"MsoNormal\"><span style=\"font-family: Arial; color: black; font-size: 10pt; mso-bidi-font-size: 12.0pt;\">\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"FONT-FAMILY: Arial\" data-mce-style=\"font-family: Arial;\" face=\"Arial\"><span style=\"FONT-FAMILY: Noteworthy; FONT-SIZE: 12.5pt\"><span style=\"FONT-FAMILY: Arial; COLOR: #000000; FONT-SIZE: x-small\" data-mce-style=\"font-family: Arial; color: #000000; font-size: x-small;\" color=\"#000000\" face=\"Arial\" size=\"2\"><span style=\"FONT-FAMILY: Tahoma\" data-mce-style=\"font-family: Tahoma;\" face=\"Tahoma\"><span style=\"COLOR: black\"><span style=\"FONT-FAMILY: Tahoma; FONT-SIZE: 10pt; mso-fareast-font-family: 'Times New Roman'; mso-fareast-language: EN-US; mso-ansi-language: EN-GB; mso-bidi-language: AR-SA\"><\/span><\/span><\/span><\/span><\/span><\/span><\/p>\n<p style=\"margin: 0cm 3pt 0pt;\" class=\"MsoNormal\"><span style=\"font-family: Arial; color: black; font-size: 10pt; mso-bidi-font-size: 12.0pt;\"><\/span><strong><span style=\"font-family: Arial; color: black; font-size: 10pt; mso-bidi-font-size: 12.0pt;\">STUDIO GUEST<\/span><\/strong><span style=\"font-family: Arial; color: black; font-size: 10pt; mso-bidi-font-size: 12.0pt;\">:\u00a0 BFBS\u2019s defence analyst, Christopher Lee<strong><o:p><\/o:p><\/strong><\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"FONT-FAMILY: Arial\" data-mce-style=\"font-family: Arial;\" face=\"Arial\"><span style=\"FONT-FAMILY: Noteworthy; FONT-SIZE: 12.5pt\"><span style=\"FONT-FAMILY: Arial; COLOR: #000000; FONT-SIZE: x-small\" data-mce-style=\"font-family: Arial; color: #000000; font-size: x-small;\" color=\"#000000\" face=\"Arial\" size=\"2\"><span style=\"FONT-FAMILY: Tahoma\" data-mce-style=\"font-family: Tahoma;\" face=\"Tahoma\"><span style=\"COLOR: black\"><span style=\"FONT-FAMILY: Tahoma; FONT-SIZE: 10pt; mso-fareast-font-family: 'Times New Roman'; mso-fareast-language: EN-US; mso-ansi-language: EN-GB; mso-bidi-language: AR-SA\"><\/span><\/span><\/span><\/span><\/span><\/span><\/p>\n<p style=\"margin: 0cm 3pt 0pt;\" class=\"MsoNormal\"><span style=\"font-family: Arial; color: black; font-size: 10pt; mso-bidi-font-size: 12.0pt;\">\u00a0<o:p><\/o:p><\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"FONT-FAMILY: Arial\" data-mce-style=\"font-family: Arial;\" face=\"Arial\"><span style=\"FONT-FAMILY: Noteworthy; FONT-SIZE: 12.5pt\"><span style=\"FONT-FAMILY: Arial; COLOR: #000000; FONT-SIZE: x-small\" data-mce-style=\"font-family: Arial; color: #000000; font-size: x-small;\" color=\"#000000\" face=\"Arial\" size=\"2\"><span style=\"FONT-FAMILY: Tahoma\" data-mce-style=\"font-family: Tahoma;\" face=\"Tahoma\"><span style=\"COLOR: black\"><span style=\"FONT-FAMILY: Tahoma; FONT-SIZE: 10pt; mso-fareast-font-family: 'Times New Roman'; mso-fareast-language: EN-US; mso-ansi-language: EN-GB; mso-bidi-language: AR-SA\"><\/span><\/span><\/span><\/span><\/span><\/span><\/p>\n<p style=\"margin: 0cm 3pt 0pt;\" class=\"MsoNormal\"><b><span style=\"font-family: Arial; color: black; font-size: 10pt; mso-bidi-font-size: 12.0pt;\">Interviews<\/span><\/b><span style=\"font-family: Arial; color: black; font-size: 10pt; mso-bidi-font-size: 12.0pt;\"><o:p><\/o:p><\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"FONT-FAMILY: Arial\" data-mce-style=\"font-family: Arial;\" face=\"Arial\"><span style=\"FONT-FAMILY: Noteworthy; FONT-SIZE: 12.5pt\"><span style=\"FONT-FAMILY: Arial; COLOR: #000000; FONT-SIZE: x-small\" data-mce-style=\"font-family: Arial; color: #000000; font-size: x-small;\" color=\"#000000\" face=\"Arial\" size=\"2\"><span style=\"FONT-FAMILY: Tahoma\" data-mce-style=\"font-family: Tahoma;\" face=\"Tahoma\"><span style=\"COLOR: black\"><span style=\"FONT-FAMILY: Tahoma; FONT-SIZE: 10pt; mso-fareast-font-family: 'Times New Roman'; mso-fareast-language: EN-US; mso-ansi-language: EN-GB; mso-bidi-language: AR-SA\"><\/span><\/span><\/span><\/span><\/span><\/span><\/p>\n<p style=\"margin: 0cm 3pt 0pt;\" class=\"MsoNormal\"><span style=\"font-family: Arial; color: black; font-size: 10pt; mso-bidi-font-size: 12.0pt;\">Sir Andrew Green, former ambassador to Syria<o:p><\/o:p><\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"FONT-FAMILY: Arial\" data-mce-style=\"font-family: Arial;\" face=\"Arial\"><span style=\"FONT-FAMILY: Noteworthy; FONT-SIZE: 12.5pt\"><span style=\"FONT-FAMILY: Arial; COLOR: #000000; FONT-SIZE: x-small\" data-mce-style=\"font-family: Arial; color: #000000; font-size: x-small;\" color=\"#000000\" face=\"Arial\" size=\"2\"><span style=\"FONT-FAMILY: Tahoma\" data-mce-style=\"font-family: Tahoma;\" face=\"Tahoma\"><span style=\"COLOR: black\"><span style=\"FONT-FAMILY: Tahoma; FONT-SIZE: 10pt; mso-fareast-font-family: 'Times New Roman'; mso-fareast-language: EN-US; mso-ansi-language: EN-GB; mso-bidi-language: AR-SA\"><\/span><\/span><\/span><\/span><\/span><\/span><\/p>\n<p style=\"margin: 0cm 3pt 0pt;\" class=\"MsoNormal\"><span style=\"font-family: Arial; color: black; font-size: 10pt; mso-bidi-font-size: 12.0pt;\">\u00a0<o:p><\/o:p><\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"FONT-FAMILY: Arial\" data-mce-style=\"font-family: Arial;\" face=\"Arial\"><span style=\"FONT-FAMILY: Noteworthy; FONT-SIZE: 12.5pt\"><span style=\"FONT-FAMILY: Arial; COLOR: #000000; FONT-SIZE: x-small\" data-mce-style=\"font-family: Arial; color: #000000; font-size: x-small;\" color=\"#000000\" face=\"Arial\" size=\"2\"><span style=\"FONT-FAMILY: Tahoma\" data-mce-style=\"font-family: Tahoma;\" face=\"Tahoma\"><span style=\"COLOR: black\"><span style=\"FONT-FAMILY: Tahoma; FONT-SIZE: 10pt; mso-fareast-font-family: 'Times New Roman'; mso-fareast-language: EN-US; mso-ansi-language: EN-GB; mso-bidi-language: AR-SA\"><\/span><\/span><\/span><\/span><\/span><\/span><\/p>\n<p style=\"margin: 0cm 3pt 0pt;\" class=\"MsoNormal\"><span style=\"font-family: Arial; color: black; font-size: 10pt; mso-bidi-font-size: 12.0pt;\">Professor Eric Grove of Salford University on Trident<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"FONT-FAMILY: Arial\" data-mce-style=\"font-family: Arial;\" face=\"Arial\"><span style=\"FONT-FAMILY: Noteworthy; FONT-SIZE: 12.5pt\"><span style=\"FONT-FAMILY: Arial; COLOR: #000000; FONT-SIZE: x-small\" data-mce-style=\"font-family: Arial; color: #000000; font-size: x-small;\" color=\"#000000\" face=\"Arial\" size=\"2\"><span style=\"FONT-FAMILY: Tahoma\" data-mce-style=\"font-family: Tahoma;\" face=\"Tahoma\"><span style=\"COLOR: black\"><span style=\"FONT-FAMILY: Tahoma; FONT-SIZE: 10pt; mso-fareast-font-family: 'Times New Roman'; mso-fareast-language: EN-US; mso-ansi-language: EN-GB; mso-bidi-language: AR-SA\"><\/span><\/span><\/span><\/span><\/span><\/span><\/p>\n<p style=\"margin: 0cm 3pt 0pt;\" class=\"MsoNormal\"><span style=\"font-family: Arial; color: black; font-size: 10pt; mso-bidi-font-size: 12.0pt;\">\u00a0<o:p><\/o:p><\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"FONT-FAMILY: Arial\" data-mce-style=\"font-family: Arial;\" face=\"Arial\"><span style=\"FONT-FAMILY: Noteworthy; FONT-SIZE: 12.5pt\"><span style=\"FONT-FAMILY: Arial; COLOR: #000000; FONT-SIZE: x-small\" data-mce-style=\"font-family: Arial; color: #000000; font-size: x-small;\" color=\"#000000\" face=\"Arial\" size=\"2\"><span style=\"FONT-FAMILY: Tahoma\" data-mce-style=\"font-family: Tahoma;\" face=\"Tahoma\"><span style=\"COLOR: black\"><span style=\"FONT-FAMILY: Tahoma; FONT-SIZE: 10pt; mso-fareast-font-family: 'Times New Roman'; mso-fareast-language: EN-US; mso-ansi-language: EN-GB; mso-bidi-language: AR-SA\"><\/span><\/span><\/span><\/span><\/span><\/span><\/p>\n<p style=\"margin: 0cm 3pt 0pt;\" class=\"MsoNormal\"><span style=\"font-family: Arial; color: black; font-size: 10pt; mso-bidi-font-size: 12.0pt;\">British Forces News reporter Will Inglis interviewing Major General Carew wilks, Director Land Equipment.<o:p><\/o:p><\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"FONT-FAMILY: Arial\" data-mce-style=\"font-family: Arial;\" face=\"Arial\"><span style=\"FONT-FAMILY: Noteworthy; FONT-SIZE: 12.5pt\"><span style=\"FONT-FAMILY: Arial; COLOR: #000000; FONT-SIZE: x-small\" data-mce-style=\"font-family: Arial; color: #000000; font-size: x-small;\" color=\"#000000\" face=\"Arial\" size=\"2\"><span style=\"FONT-FAMILY: Tahoma\" data-mce-style=\"font-family: Tahoma;\" face=\"Tahoma\"><span style=\"COLOR: black\"><span style=\"FONT-FAMILY: Tahoma; FONT-SIZE: 10pt; mso-fareast-font-family: 'Times New Roman'; mso-fareast-language: EN-US; mso-ansi-language: EN-GB; mso-bidi-language: AR-SA\"><\/span><\/span><\/span><\/span><\/span><\/span><\/p>\n<p style=\"margin: 0cm 3pt 0pt;\" class=\"MsoNormal\"><span style=\"font-family: Arial; color: black; font-size: 10pt; mso-bidi-font-size: 12.0pt;\">\u00a0<o:p><\/o:p><\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"FONT-FAMILY: Arial\" data-mce-style=\"font-family: Arial;\" face=\"Arial\"><span style=\"FONT-FAMILY: Noteworthy; FONT-SIZE: 12.5pt\"><span style=\"FONT-FAMILY: Arial; COLOR: #000000; FONT-SIZE: x-small\" data-mce-style=\"font-family: Arial; color: #000000; font-size: x-small;\" color=\"#000000\" face=\"Arial\" size=\"2\"><span style=\"FONT-FAMILY: Tahoma\" data-mce-style=\"font-family: Tahoma;\" face=\"Tahoma\"><span style=\"COLOR: black\"><span style=\"FONT-FAMILY: Tahoma; FONT-SIZE: 10pt; mso-fareast-font-family: 'Times New Roman'; mso-fareast-language: EN-US; mso-ansi-language: EN-GB; mso-bidi-language: AR-SA\"><\/span><\/span><\/span><\/span><\/span><\/span><\/p>\n<p style=\"margin: 0cm 3pt 0pt;\" class=\"MsoNormal\"><span style=\"font-family: Arial; color: black; font-size: 10pt; mso-bidi-font-size: 12.0pt;\">Major General John Moore-Bick, secretary general of the Forces Pension Society<o:p><\/o:p><\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"FONT-FAMILY: Arial\" data-mce-style=\"font-family: Arial;\" face=\"Arial\"><span style=\"FONT-FAMILY: Noteworthy; FONT-SIZE: 12.5pt\"><span style=\"FONT-FAMILY: Arial; COLOR: #000000; FONT-SIZE: x-small\" data-mce-style=\"font-family: Arial; color: #000000; font-size: x-small;\" color=\"#000000\" face=\"Arial\" size=\"2\"><span style=\"FONT-FAMILY: Tahoma\" data-mce-style=\"font-family: Tahoma;\" face=\"Tahoma\"><span style=\"COLOR: black\"><span style=\"FONT-FAMILY: Tahoma; FONT-SIZE: 10pt; mso-fareast-font-family: 'Times New Roman'; mso-fareast-language: EN-US; mso-ansi-language: EN-GB; mso-bidi-language: AR-SA\"><\/span><\/span><\/span><\/span><\/span><\/span><\/p>\n<p style=\"margin: 0cm 3pt 0pt;\" class=\"MsoNormal\"><span style=\"font-family: Arial; color: black; font-size: 10pt; mso-bidi-font-size: 12.0pt;\">\u00a0<o:p><\/o:p><\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"FONT-FAMILY: Arial\" data-mce-style=\"font-family: Arial;\" face=\"Arial\"><span style=\"FONT-FAMILY: Noteworthy; FONT-SIZE: 12.5pt\"><span style=\"FONT-FAMILY: Arial; COLOR: #000000; FONT-SIZE: x-small\" data-mce-style=\"font-family: Arial; color: #000000; font-size: x-small;\" color=\"#000000\" face=\"Arial\" size=\"2\"><span style=\"FONT-FAMILY: Tahoma\" data-mce-style=\"font-family: Tahoma;\" face=\"Tahoma\"><span style=\"COLOR: black\"><span style=\"FONT-FAMILY: Tahoma; FONT-SIZE: 10pt; mso-fareast-font-family: 'Times New Roman'; mso-fareast-language: EN-US; mso-ansi-language: EN-GB; mso-bidi-language: AR-SA\"><\/span><\/span><\/span><\/span><\/span><\/span><\/p>\n<p style=\"margin: 0cm 33pt 0pt 3pt; mso-outline-level: 2;\" class=\"MsoNormal\"><span style=\"font-family: Arial; color: black; font-size: 10pt; mso-bidi-font-size: 12.0pt;\">British Forces News reporter <strong><span style=\"font-weight: normal;\">Tim Cooper at Aldershot<\/span><\/strong><\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"FONT-FAMILY: Arial\" data-mce-style=\"font-family: Arial;\" face=\"Arial\"><span style=\"FONT-FAMILY: Noteworthy; FONT-SIZE: 12.5pt\"><span style=\"FONT-FAMILY: Arial; COLOR: #000000; FONT-SIZE: x-small\" data-mce-style=\"font-family: Arial; color: #000000; font-size: x-small;\" color=\"#000000\" face=\"Arial\" size=\"2\"><span style=\"FONT-FAMILY: Tahoma\" data-mce-style=\"font-family: Tahoma;\" face=\"Tahoma\"><span style=\"COLOR: black\"><span style=\"FONT-FAMILY: Tahoma; FONT-SIZE: 10pt; mso-fareast-font-family: 'Times New Roman'; mso-fareast-language: EN-US; mso-ansi-language: EN-GB; mso-bidi-language: AR-SA\"><\/span><\/span><\/span><\/span><\/span><\/span><\/p>\n<p style=\"margin: 0cm 33pt 0pt 3pt; mso-outline-level: 2;\" class=\"MsoNormal\"><span style=\"font-family: Arial; color: black; font-size: 10pt; mso-bidi-font-size: 12.0pt;\"><strong><span style=\"font-weight: normal;\"><o:p><\/o:p><\/span><\/strong><\/span>\u00a0<\/p>\n<p><span style=\"FONT-FAMILY: Arial\" data-mce-style=\"font-family: Arial;\" face=\"Arial\"><span style=\"FONT-FAMILY: Noteworthy; FONT-SIZE: 12.5pt\"><span style=\"FONT-FAMILY: Arial; COLOR: #000000; FONT-SIZE: x-small\" data-mce-style=\"font-family: Arial; color: #000000; font-size: x-small;\" color=\"#000000\" face=\"Arial\" size=\"2\"><span style=\"FONT-FAMILY: Tahoma\" data-mce-style=\"font-family: Tahoma;\" face=\"Tahoma\"><span style=\"COLOR: black\"><span style=\"FONT-FAMILY: Tahoma; FONT-SIZE: 10pt; mso-fareast-font-family: 'Times New Roman'; mso-fareast-language: EN-US; mso-ansi-language: EN-GB; mso-bidi-language: AR-SA\"><\/span><\/span><\/span><\/span><\/span><\/span><\/p>\n<p style=\"margin: 0cm 45pt 0pt 3pt; mso-outline-level: 2; mso-margin-top-alt: auto; mso-margin-bottom-alt: auto;\" class=\"MsoNormal\"><i><span style=\"font-family: Arial; color: black; font-size: 10pt; mso-fareast-language: EN-GB; mso-bidi-font-size: 12.0pt; mso-font-kerning: 18.0pt;\">You can listen on BFBS Radio 2 at 1630 (UK time) and on BFBS Radio at 1830 (UK time)<\/span><\/i><span style=\"font-family: Arial; color: blue; font-size: 10pt; mso-bidi-font-size: 12.0pt; mso-font-kerning: 18.0pt;\"><o:p><\/o:p><\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"FONT-FAMILY: Arial\" data-mce-style=\"font-family: Arial;\" face=\"Arial\"><span style=\"FONT-FAMILY: Noteworthy; FONT-SIZE: 12.5pt\"><span style=\"FONT-FAMILY: Arial; COLOR: #000000; FONT-SIZE: x-small\" data-mce-style=\"font-family: Arial; color: #000000; font-size: x-small;\" color=\"#000000\" face=\"Arial\" size=\"2\"><span style=\"FONT-FAMILY: Tahoma\" data-mce-style=\"font-family: Tahoma;\" face=\"Tahoma\"><span style=\"COLOR: black\"><span style=\"FONT-FAMILY: Tahoma; FONT-SIZE: 10pt; mso-fareast-font-family: 'Times New Roman'; 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"content": "<p><span style=\"font-size: small;\" size=\"3\"><span style=\"font-family: Arial; color: black;\"><strong><\/strong><\/span><\/span><span style=\"font-family: Times New Roman;\" data-mce-style=\"font-family: Times New Roman;\" face=\"Times New Roman\"><span style=\"font-size: small;\" data-mce-style=\"font-size: small;\" size=\"3\"><\/span><\/span><\/p>\n<p style=\"margin: 0cm 0cm 0pt;\" class=\"MsoNormal\">The Americans are bringing forward the withdrawal of troops from Afghanistan \u2013 but is it more to do with President Obama\u2019s election strategy than a secure Afghanistan?<span>\u00a0 <\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-family: Times New Roman;\" data-mce-style=\"font-family: Times New Roman;\" face=\"Times New Roman\"><span style=\"font-size: small;\" data-mce-style=\"font-size: small;\" size=\"3\"><\/span><\/span><\/p>\n<p style=\"margin: 0cm 0cm 0pt;\" class=\"MsoNormal\">\u00a0<\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-family: Times New Roman;\" data-mce-style=\"font-family: Times New Roman;\" face=\"Times New Roman\"><span style=\"font-size: small;\" data-mce-style=\"font-size: small;\" size=\"3\"><\/span><\/span><\/p>\n<p style=\"margin: 0cm 0cm 0pt;\" class=\"MsoNormal\">And what does it mean for British Forces in the region<\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-family: Times New Roman;\" data-mce-style=\"font-family: Times New Roman;\" face=\"Times New Roman\"><span style=\"font-size: small;\" data-mce-style=\"font-size: small;\" size=\"3\"><\/span><\/span><\/p>\n<p style=\"margin: 0cm 0cm 0pt;\" class=\"MsoNormal\">\u00a0<\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-family: Times New Roman;\" data-mce-style=\"font-family: Times New Roman;\" face=\"Times New Roman\"><span style=\"font-size: small;\" data-mce-style=\"font-size: small;\" size=\"3\"><\/span><\/span><\/p>\n<p style=\"margin: 0cm 0cm 0pt;\" class=\"MsoNormal\">As Prince William prepares for his time in the South Atlantic,<span>\u00a0 <\/span><b>tensions remain <\/b>strained between the British and Argentine governments, but what do the Falkland Islanders themselves make of it all?<span>\u00a0 <\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-family: Times New Roman;\" data-mce-style=\"font-family: Times New Roman;\" face=\"Times New Roman\"><span style=\"font-size: small;\" data-mce-style=\"font-size: small;\" size=\"3\"><\/span><\/span><\/p>\n<p style=\"margin: 0cm 0cm 0pt;\" class=\"MsoNormal\"><span><\/span>\u00a0<\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-family: Times New Roman;\" face=\"Times New Roman\"><span style=\"font-size: small;\" size=\"3\"><\/span><\/span><\/p>\n<p style=\"margin: 0cm 0cm 0pt;\" class=\"MsoNormal\"><span style=\"font-family: Times New Roman;\" face=\"Times New Roman\"><span style=\"font-size: small;\" size=\"3\"><span><\/span><span style=\"font-family: 'Times New Roman'; 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font-size: 10pt;\"><span style=\"color: #000000;\" data-mce-style=\"color: #000000;\" color=\"#000000\"><span style=\"font-family: Times New Roman; font-size: small;\" data-mce-style=\"font-family: Times New Roman; font-size: small;\" face=\"Times New Roman\" size=\"3\"><span style=\"font-family: Arial; color: navy; font-size: 10pt;\"><span style=\"font-family: Times New Roman; font-size: small;\" data-mce-style=\"font-family: Times New Roman; font-size: small;\" face=\"Times New Roman\" size=\"3\"><\/span><\/span><\/span><\/span><\/span><\/span><\/p>\n<p style=\"margin: 0cm 0cm 0pt;\" class=\"MsoNormal\"><span style=\"color: #000000;\" color=\"#000000\">The extraordinary story of the Arab Spring\u2026..will history judge it a success or failure?<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span><span style=\"font-family: 'Tahoma','sans-serif'; font-size: 10pt;\"><span style=\"color: #000000;\" data-mce-style=\"color: #000000;\" color=\"#000000\"><span style=\"font-family: Times New Roman; font-size: small;\" data-mce-style=\"font-family: Times New Roman; 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font-family: Arial; font-size: x-small;\" face=\"Arial\" size=\"2\" color=\"#000000\">Michael Codner, director of military sciences at the Royal United Services Institute<\/span><\/strong><\/span><\/p>\n<p style=\"margin: 0cm 9pt 0pt 0cm;\" class=\"MsoNormal\"><span style=\"color: #000000; font-size: x-small;\" size=\"2\" color=\"#000000\"><i><span style=\"font-family: Arial; font-size: 10pt;\"><\/span><\/i><\/span>\u00a0<\/p>\n<p style=\"margin: 0cm 9pt 0pt 0cm;\" class=\"MsoNormal\"><span style=\"color: #000000;\" color=\"#000000\"><i><span style=\"font-family: Arial; font-size: 10pt;\">BFBS's <strong>reporter Geoff Meade<\/strong><\/span><\/i><\/span><\/p>\n<p style=\"margin: 0cm 9pt 0pt 0cm;\" class=\"MsoNormal\"><span style=\"color: #000000;\" color=\"#000000\"><i><span style=\"font-family: Arial; font-size: 10pt;\">.................................................................................................................................................................<\/span><\/i><\/span><\/p>\n<p style=\"margin: 0cm 9pt 0pt 0cm;\" class=\"MsoNormal\"><span style=\"color: #000000;\" color=\"#000000\"><i><span style=\"font-family: Arial; 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"content": "<p><span style=\"FONT-FAMILY: 'Tahoma','sans-serif'; FONT-SIZE: 10pt\"><span style=\"COLOR: #000000\" data-mce-style=\"color: #000000;\" color=\"#000000\"><span style=\"FONT-FAMILY: Times New Roman; FONT-SIZE: small\" data-mce-style=\"font-family: Times New Roman; font-size: small;\" size=\"3\" face=\"Times New Roman\"><span style=\"FONT-FAMILY: Arial; COLOR: navy; FONT-SIZE: 10pt; mso-bidi-font-size: 12.0pt\">\u00a0<\/span><\/span><\/span><\/span><\/p>\n<p style=\"margin: 0cm 0cm 0pt;\" class=\"MsoNormal\"><span style=\"font-family: Times New Roman; font-size: small;\" size=\"3\" face=\"Times New Roman\">The US and NATO ends their mission in Iraq \u2013 but have they achieved what they set out to do?<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"FONT-FAMILY: 'Tahoma','sans-serif'; FONT-SIZE: 10pt\"><span style=\"COLOR: #000000\" data-mce-style=\"color: #000000;\" color=\"#000000\"><span style=\"FONT-FAMILY: Times New Roman; FONT-SIZE: small\" data-mce-style=\"font-family: Times New Roman; 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font-size: small;\" size=\"3\" face=\"Times New Roman\">What are the implications for European defence initiatives given the current financial climate?<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"FONT-FAMILY: 'Tahoma','sans-serif'; FONT-SIZE: 10pt\"><span style=\"COLOR: #000000\" data-mce-style=\"color: #000000;\" color=\"#000000\"><span style=\"FONT-FAMILY: Times New Roman; FONT-SIZE: small\" data-mce-style=\"font-family: Times New Roman; font-size: small;\" size=\"3\" face=\"Times New Roman\"><span style=\"FONT-FAMILY: Arial; COLOR: navy; FONT-SIZE: 10pt; mso-bidi-font-size: 12.0pt\"><\/span><\/span><\/span><\/span><\/p>\n<p style=\"margin: 0cm 0cm 0pt;\" class=\"MsoNormal\"><span style=\"font-size: small;\" size=\"3\"><span style=\"font-family: Times New Roman;\" face=\"Times New Roman\">\u00a0<o:p><\/o:p><\/span><\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"FONT-FAMILY: 'Tahoma','sans-serif'; FONT-SIZE: 10pt\"><span style=\"COLOR: #000000\" data-mce-style=\"color: #000000;\" color=\"#000000\"><span style=\"FONT-FAMILY: Times New Roman; FONT-SIZE: small\" data-mce-style=\"font-family: Times New Roman; font-size: small;\" size=\"3\" face=\"Times New Roman\"><span style=\"FONT-FAMILY: Arial; COLOR: navy; FONT-SIZE: 10pt; mso-bidi-font-size: 12.0pt\"><\/span><\/span><\/span><\/span><\/p>\n<p style=\"margin: 0cm 0cm 0pt;\" class=\"MsoNormal\"><span style=\"font-family: Times New Roman; font-size: small;\" size=\"3\" face=\"Times New Roman\">And\u2026.. find out why the Jolly Roger is flying high at Portsmouth<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"FONT-FAMILY: 'Tahoma','sans-serif'; FONT-SIZE: 10pt\"><span style=\"COLOR: #000000\" data-mce-style=\"color: #000000;\" color=\"#000000\"><span style=\"FONT-FAMILY: Times New Roman; FONT-SIZE: small\" data-mce-style=\"font-family: Times New Roman; font-size: small;\" size=\"3\" face=\"Times New Roman\"><span style=\"FONT-FAMILY: Arial; COLOR: navy; FONT-SIZE: 10pt; mso-bidi-font-size: 12.0pt\"><\/span><\/span><\/span><\/span><\/p>\n<p style=\"margin: 0cm 0cm 0pt;\" class=\"MsoNormal\"><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-family: 'Tahoma','sans-serif'; 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"summary": "<p>Award winning Sitrep brings you discussion and analysis on defence, foreign policy and the stories affecting the British Forces. \nPresented by Kate Gerbeau, with expert analysis from Professor Michael Clarke.<\/p>"
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"content": "<p><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"color: #0000ff; font-size: xx-small;\" color=\"#0000ff\" size=\"1\"><\/span><\/p>\n<p style=\"margin: 0cm 9pt 0pt 0cm;\" class=\"MsoNormal\"><\/p>\n<p style=\"margin: 0cm 0cm 0pt;\" class=\"MsoNormal\"><span style=\"font-family: 'Tahoma','sans-serif'; font-size: 10pt;\"><span style=\"color: #000000;\" color=\"#000000\"><span style=\"font-family: Times New Roman; font-size: small;\" face=\"Times New Roman\" size=\"3\"><span style=\"font-family: Arial; color: navy; font-size: 10pt;\">There\u2019s criticism of our policy in Afghanistan but is it really all tactics without strategy?<\/span><\/span><\/span><\/span><\/p>\n<p style=\"margin: 0cm 0cm 0pt;\" class=\"MsoNormal\"><span style=\"font-family: 'Tahoma','sans-serif'; font-size: 10pt;\"><span style=\"color: #000000;\" color=\"#000000\"><span style=\"font-family: Times New Roman; font-size: small;\" face=\"Times New Roman\" size=\"3\"><span style=\"font-family: Arial; color: navy; font-size: 10pt;\"><\/span><\/span><\/span><\/span>\u00a0<\/p>\n<p style=\"margin: 0cm 0cm 0pt;\" class=\"MsoNormal\"><span style=\"font-family: 'Tahoma','sans-serif'; font-size: 10pt;\"><span style=\"color: #000000;\" color=\"#000000\"><span style=\"font-family: Times New Roman; font-size: small;\" face=\"Times New Roman\" size=\"3\"><span style=\"font-family: Arial; color: navy; font-size: 10pt;\"><\/span><span style=\"font-family: Arial; color: navy; font-size: 10pt;\">And who and what are behind the latest attacks this week?<\/span><\/span><\/span><\/span><\/p>\n<p style=\"margin: 0cm 0cm 0pt;\" class=\"MsoNormal\"><span style=\"font-family: 'Tahoma','sans-serif'; font-size: 10pt;\"><span style=\"color: #000000;\" color=\"#000000\"><span style=\"font-family: Times New Roman; font-size: small;\" face=\"Times New Roman\" size=\"3\"><span style=\"font-family: Arial; color: navy; font-size: 10pt;\"><\/span><\/span><\/span><\/span>\u00a0<\/p>\n<p style=\"margin: 0cm 0cm 0pt;\" class=\"MsoNormal\"><span style=\"font-family: 'Tahoma','sans-serif'; font-size: 10pt;\"><span style=\"color: #000000;\" color=\"#000000\"><span style=\"font-family: Times New Roman; font-size: small;\" face=\"Times New Roman\" size=\"3\"><span style=\"font-family: Arial; color: navy; font-size: 10pt;\"><\/span><span style=\"font-family: Arial; color: navy; font-size: 10pt;\">Find out why they\u2019re demonstrating in Moscow<\/span><\/span><\/span><\/span><\/p>\n<p style=\"margin: 0cm 0cm 0pt;\" class=\"MsoNormal\"><span style=\"font-family: 'Tahoma','sans-serif'; font-size: 10pt;\"><span style=\"color: #000000;\" color=\"#000000\"><span style=\"font-family: Times New Roman; font-size: small;\" face=\"Times New Roman\" size=\"3\"><span style=\"font-family: Arial; color: navy; font-size: 10pt;\"><\/span><\/span><\/span><\/span>\u00a0<\/p>\n<p style=\"margin: 0cm 0cm 0pt;\" class=\"MsoNormal\"><span style=\"font-family: 'Tahoma','sans-serif'; font-size: 10pt;\"><span style=\"color: #000000;\" color=\"#000000\"><span style=\"font-family: Times New Roman; font-size: small;\" face=\"Times New Roman\" size=\"3\"><span style=\"font-family: Arial; color: navy; font-size: 10pt;\"><\/span><span style=\"font-family: Arial; color: navy; font-size: 10pt;\">Why mass immigration is a danger to us all<\/span><\/span><\/span><\/span><\/p>\n<p style=\"margin: 0cm 0cm 0pt;\" class=\"MsoNormal\"><span style=\"font-family: 'Tahoma','sans-serif'; font-size: 10pt;\"><span style=\"color: #000000;\" color=\"#000000\"><span style=\"font-family: Times New Roman; font-size: small;\" face=\"Times New Roman\" size=\"3\"><span style=\"font-family: Arial; color: navy; font-size: 10pt;\"><\/span><\/span><\/span><\/span>\u00a0<\/p>\n<p style=\"margin: 0cm 0cm 0pt;\" class=\"MsoNormal\"><span style=\"font-family: 'Tahoma','sans-serif'; font-size: 10pt;\"><span style=\"color: #000000;\" color=\"#000000\"><span style=\"font-family: Times New Roman; font-size: small;\" face=\"Times New Roman\" size=\"3\"><span style=\"font-family: Arial; color: navy; font-size: 10pt;\"><\/span><span style=\"font-family: Arial; color: navy; font-size: 10pt;\">Plus, what\u2019s the attraction of describing war?\u00a0 We find out from one RAF Sgt.<\/span><\/span><\/span><\/span><\/p>\n<p style=\"margin: 0cm 9pt 0pt 0cm;\" class=\"MsoNormal\"><span><span style=\"color: #000000;\" color=\"#000000\"><span style=\"font-family: Times New Roman; font-size: small;\" face=\"Times New Roman\" size=\"3\"><\/span><\/span><\/span><\/p>\n<p style=\"margin: 0cm 3pt 0pt;\" class=\"MsoNormal\"><span style=\"font-family: Arial; color: navy; font-size: 10pt;\">\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n<p style=\"margin: 0cm 9pt 0pt 0cm;\" class=\"MsoNormal\"><\/p>\n<p style=\"margin: 0cm 3pt 0pt;\" class=\"MsoNormal\"><\/p>\n<p style=\"margin: 3pt 3pt 0pt 0cm;\" class=\"MsoBlockText\"><strong><span style=\"color: #000000;\" color=\"#000000\"><span style=\"font-family: Arial;\" face=\"Arial\"><span style=\"font-size: 12pt;\">PRESENTER<\/span><span style=\"font-size: x-small;\" size=\"2\">:<span>\u00a0 <\/span>Kate Gerbau<\/span><\/span><\/span><\/strong><\/p>\n<p style=\"margin: 3pt 3pt 0pt 0cm;\" class=\"MsoBlockText\"><strong><\/strong>\u00a0<\/p>\n<p style=\"margin: 0cm 9pt 0pt 0cm;\" class=\"MsoNormal\"><span><strong><span style=\"font-size: small;\" size=\"3\"><span style=\"color: #000000;\" color=\"#000000\"><span style=\"font-family: Arial;\" face=\"Arial\">STUDIO GUESTS:<span>\u00a0 <\/span><span style=\"font-size: x-small;\" size=\"2\">BFBS\u2019s defence analyst, Christopher Lee\u00a0<\/span><\/span><\/span><\/span><\/strong><\/span><\/p>\n<p style=\"margin: 0cm 9pt 0pt 0cm;\" class=\"MsoNormal\">\u00a0<\/p>\n<p style=\"margin: 0cm 9pt 0pt 0cm;\" class=\"MsoNormal\"><span><strong><span style=\"font-size: small;\" size=\"3\"><span style=\"color: #000000; 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"content": "<p>SITREP TRAIL 10th November<\/p>\n<p><span lang=\"EN-GB\"><span style=\"FONT-SIZE: xx-small\" data-mce-style=\"font-size: xx-small;\" size=\"1\"><\/span><\/span><\/p>\n<p><\/p>\n<p><span lang=\"EN-GB\"><span style=\"FONT-SIZE: xx-small\" data-mce-style=\"font-size: xx-small;\" size=\"1\"><\/span><\/span><\/p>\n<p>It\u2019s the end of an era as British troops in Germany prepare for a long march-out.<\/p>\n<p><span lang=\"EN-GB\"><span style=\"FONT-SIZE: xx-small\" data-mce-style=\"font-size: xx-small;\" size=\"1\"><\/span><\/span><\/p>\n<p><\/p>\n<p><span lang=\"EN-GB\"><span style=\"FONT-SIZE: xx-small\" data-mce-style=\"font-size: xx-small;\" size=\"1\"><\/span><\/span><\/p>\n<p>How worried should we be about Iran\u2019s nuclear weapons programme?<\/p>\n<p><span lang=\"EN-GB\"><span style=\"FONT-SIZE: xx-small\" data-mce-style=\"font-size: xx-small;\" size=\"1\"><\/span><\/span><\/p>\n<p><\/p>\n<p><span lang=\"EN-GB\"><span style=\"FONT-SIZE: xx-small\" 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