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Is the eurozone deal to shore-up Greece generous enough? Lucian Freud, one of Britain's most highly regarded artists, has died. Also on the programme, if you set out to become a highbrow cultural connoisseur, how long would it take?

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0615
Business news with Dominic Laurie, on the eurozone's bold rescue package and whether it will be enough to stop rot in the region. Download the podcast

0650
It appears that some monkeys may be cleverer than we thought, crafting tools out of twigs to clean their toenails. Riccardo Pansini, who produced the research on Mandrills, explains what a monkey can really manage to do.

0709
Global stock markets have risen on reports that eurozone leaders have reached a provisional agreement on tackling the Greek debt crisis. Ralph Silva, a banking analyst for SRN, and Bill Cash MP, a prominent eurosceptic, consider the impact on the UK and whether it is being brought closer to the union.

0714
Two more patients have died as a result of contaminated saline solution at Stepping Hill Hospital in Stockport, bringing the total number of deaths there to five. Laura Yates reports from the hospital.

0717
Business news with Dominic Laurie.

0720
Amnesty International has strongly condemned a secret new anti-terrorism law being drawn up by the Saudi authorities which it says will criminalise legitimate political dissent. Security correspondent Frank Gardner reports.

0725
Why do British people enjoy camping so much? Matthew De Abaitua, author of The Art of Camping, discusses the philosophy of the tent.

0727
Sports news with Rob Bonnet.

0733
A group of scientists has recommended that there should be more control over future research that uses human material, such as genes or cells, to test therapies on animals. Tom Feilden explains the concerns and Martin Bobrow, professor emeritus of Medical Genetics at the University of Cambridge, discusses them.

0738
Paper review.

0741
Two former News International executives have said James Murdoch was mistaken in what he said to MPs at the recent parliamentary hearing. Business editor Robert Peston reports.

0747
Thought for the day with Catherine Pepinster, editor of the Tablet.

0750
Lucian Freud, one of the country's most highly regarded artists, has died aged 88. Friend and art critic William Feaver and Sue Tilley, who was painted by Freud in Benefits Supervisor Sleeping, discuss Freud and his work.

0810
Eurozone leaders have agreed to ease Greece's debt burden and make the private sector pay for some of the cost. Economics editor Stephanie Flanders looks at the credibility of the plan. And Sir John Gieve, former deputy governor of the Bank of England, considers whether changes to the European Financial Stability Facility (EFSF) will prevent further crises.

0818
Close to half the population of Somalia has been displaced from their homes due to a combination of the lengthy civil war and the worst drought for 20 years. East Africa correspondent Will Ross has been to the capital Mogadishu, where tens of thousands of people have been fleeing in recent weeks.

0820
Nicolas Sarkozy has apparently been on a culture drive in an attempt to prove he is no low-brow president. Ross Leckie, author of Bluffer's Guide to Classics, and Julia Hobsbawm, head of the ideas and networking business Editorial Intelligence, debate whether cultural credentials can be acquired quite so quickly.

0825
Sports news with Rob Bonnet.

0830
A third of those working in Birmingham Hodge Hill have no qualification at all, but in Brent North in London just one in 50 people have no qualification. Terry Molloy, head of Claremont High School in Brent, and Liam Nolan, head teacher of Perry Beeches Secondary School in Birmingham, discuss the cause and effect of the qualifications divide.

0837
Business news with Dominic Laurie.

0840
Four men who campaigned for the right to play football whilst being held at South Africa's Robben Island prison during Apartheid are to be honoured for the sense of comradeship they brought to their fellow inmates. Marcus Soloman and Sedick Isaacs describe their experience.

0845
Did yesterday's eurozone summit provide a long-term solution for Greece? How will voters in France and Germany react? Peter Bofinger, one of the "five wise men" economic advisers to the German government, looks at whether leaders have made substantial progress.

0850
The value of scrap metal has risen dramatically in recent years and criminal gangs are cashing in. Siobhan Tighe investigates.

0855
Sir Nicholas Serota, director of the Tate galleries, reflects on the death of Lucian Freud.

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