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There's been another big explosion at the nuclear power plant damaged by the Japanese earthquake. Also in the programme, are the official youth unemployment figures wrong, and if so, how many young people are really out of work? 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 Adam Shaw. Seijiro Takeshita, director of Mizuho Financial Group, looks at the effect the earthquake has had to the Japanese stock market and central bank, Euan Stirling, Investment Director at Standard Life Investments, looks at the markets, and David Sayer, Global Head of Retail Banking at KPMG, discusses the current state of the banks. 0653 A new documentary tells the story of the venture capitalists in Silicon Valley who took the risks on ideas such as the silicon chip and genetic engineering. Its executive producer Paul Holland
explains the idea behind the film.
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Japan is struggling to cope with the devastation caused by Friday's earthquake and resulting tsunami.
Sayaka Matsumoto of the Japanese Red Cross and Matthew Wingate, senior emergencies manager at Save the Children, discuss the problems the country face in the aftermath. 0713 A report
has played down fears of a "lost generation" due to youth unemployment.
John Philpott, chief economist at the Chartered Institute of Personnel and Development, who published the report, explains why. 0717 Japan is mobilising a massive rescue operation as it struggles to come to terms with the worst natural disaster in living memory. Sayaka Matsumoto of the Japanese Red Cross and Matthew Wingate of Save the Children,
attempt to assess the scale of the humanitarian crisis.
0721 Business news with Adam Shaw. 0724 The former president of Pakistan, General Pervez Musharraf, has told the BBC he
was never told that Britain disapproved of torture
nor that it insisted that other countries should not carry it out on Britain's behalf. BBC journalist Peter Taylor, who interviewed him, outlines the British response to his claims. 0727 Sport news with Rob Bonnet. 0735 The
terrible devastation caused by the tsunami in Japan
is now being seen on the ground as the clear up begins. Today reporter Andrew Hosken has been to Sendai to witness it first hand. 0741 Paper review. 0743 Rescue teams from around the world have descended on Japan to help in the search for survivors. Roy Wilshere, from the UK International Search and Rescue Team,
outlines its response to the disaster.
0747 Thought for The Day with Dr Indarjit Singh, director of the network of Sikh organisations. 0750 Six leading health organisations say they cannot back the government's Alcohol Responsibility Plan which is launched tomorrow. Dr Vivienne Nathanson of the British Medical Association, and Health Secretary Andrew Lansley,
debate the proposals.
0810 The Japanese Prime Minister, Naoto Kan, says the country is facing its worst crisis since the Second World War as it struggles to cope with a nuclear emergency and the devastation caused by Friday's earthquake and tsunami. Today presenter James Naughtie
reports from Sendai City.
0817 A book outlining the death of the highest-ranking British officer to be killed in action since the Falklands, Lt Col Rupert Thorneloe, is to be published this week after the original run was destroyed halted by the MOD. It author, Toby Harnden,
explains the ministry's objections to his original work.
0821 A Japanese nuclear plant, stricken by Friday's quake and tsunami, has been hit by a second explosion, while a third reactor has lost its cooling system. The BBC's Chris Hogg
describes the current situation in Tokyo.
0826 Sport news with Rob Bonnet. 0832 Rebel forces are withdrawing from Brega, a town less than 150 miles from Benghazi as Colonel Gaddafi strengthens his grip on Libya. The BBC's Jon Leyne reports from the oil town, and Foreign Secretary William Hague explains whether the international community are prepared to intervene. 0845 Business news with Adam Shaw. 0850 Sendai has been badly hit by the earthquake and resulting tsunami, with sections of the town completely obliterated. Today's Andrew Hosken reports from what is left of the city. 0855 Japan's ambassador to the UK has said that Japan has been "devastated" by the 9.0 magnitude earthquake that struck on Friday. Keiichi Hayashi told Today presenter James Naughtie that
his nation had been "humbled and awed" by the power of nature.
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