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or text us on 84844. 0709 Neighbouring countries have watched events in Tunisia nervously, with some apparently not covering the crisis on their news channels as they are so
worried about the implications for their own countries.
Our Middle East editor Jeremy Bowen explains. 0711 After weeks of protest, the president of Tunisia has been ousted. BBC correspondent Wyre Davies
reviews yesterday's dramatic events.
0717 The United Nations is generally thought to have been created after the Second World War, but it is now claimed that
it was created in 1942 to defeat Hitler.
Dan Plesch, an international security expert and author of the new book America, Hitler and the UN, explains how he unearthed the findings. 0721 Three former Anglican bishops
will be ordained into the Catholic priesthood
at Westminster Cathedral later this morning. Religious correspondent Robert Pigott examines the background to the move. 0723 Sport news with Rob Bonnet. 0730 BP and Russia's biggest oil company Rosneft announced a major deal yesterday to search for oil and gas in Russia's Arctic region. Business editor Robert Peston speaks to BP's chief executive Bob Dudley
about the importance of the agreement.
0735 Paper review. 0738 The Bedford and Kempston group, led by Mark Lehain, had been planning to open a free school in September but has had to delay his plans as he has not found a site. Today' Sanchia Berg
reports on the group's continuing fight to become established.
0741 More than 2,000 British tourists were evacuated from Tunisia yesterday amid the protests, with another three thousand Brits still in the country. Tourist Mark Gibbons
was one of those who got out yesterday.
0746 Thought for the Day with the Reverend Rob Marshall, an Anglican Priest. 0749 Hundreds of people have died from recent flooding and mudslides in Brazil, with more at risk due to continuing rain. Our correspondent Paulo Cabral reports from the worst hit area Teresopolis, and Brazilian ambassador to Britain Roberto Jaguaribe
explains the problems his country faces.
0810 Residents from villages across England are meeting in Warwickshire today to discuss how to
stop travellers and gypsies building on green-belt land
without proper planning permission. Jake Bowers, a Romany journalist on Travellers' Times and the Environment Secretary Caroline Spelman debate the issue. 0819 During the Labour leadership contest Ed Miliband stated that Nick Clegg would have to resign if Labour would ever consider a coalition with the Liberal Democrats. Our political correspondent Tim Reid explains
why he will be taking a different approach today.
0821
Major Dick Winters,
American hero of World War II and on whom the TV series Band of Brothers was based, died this week aged 92. Colonel Cole C Kingseed, former chief of Military History at the US Military Academy at West Point reminisces about his late friend. 0825 Sport news with Rob Bonnet. 0833 BP's deal with Russia's biggest oil company Rosneft includes the Russian firm taking five percent of BP's profits, with 9.5% going the opposite direction. John Hopfmeister, the former president of Shell, discusses if the agreement
will damage BP's ability to operate in other countries.
0844 After World War II England faced a major housing crisis, with families being put into emergency prefab housing called homes. Our reporter Tom Bateman has been finding out what life is like
for people who live today in temporary 1940s homes.
0848 Tunisia's president of 23 years Ben Ali, stood down yesterday after weeks of protesting in the country. The BBC's Wyre Davis explains the reasons behind the protests, and the former British ambassador to Libya Oliver Miles and Alastair Burt, Foreign Office minister,
discuss the implications for neighbouring countries.
0850 The recent flooding in Australia has been the worst in a century. The author Alex Miller
reflects on the impact as people return to what is left of their homes.
0853 Scientists have found the
first rocky, earth-like planet orbiting a distant star,
one of many exciting new discoveries in astronomy recently. Our science correspondent Tom Feilden reports on why so much is being discovered and Lord Martin Rees, Astronomer Royal, explains what the future holds.
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