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07/10/2014

Latest on battles against IS close to the Turkish border. Margaret Hassan's sister criticises government hostage policy. British Army takes on Ebola. Tackling cold school dinners.

News and current affairs presented by Martha Kearney.

Fighting between IS militants and Syrian Kurds is reported to have spread to a southern district of the town of Kobane on the Turkish border. We'll hear the latest.

After the brother of murdered hostage Alan Henning complained the family felt 'gagged' by the foreign office during his detention, we'll hear from the sister of Margaret Hassan, who was murdered by kidnappers in Baghdad ten years ago.

The British Army is about to head out to Sierra Leone to tackle the Ebola outbreak. Brigadier Kevin Beaton tells us what they'll be doing.

Liberal Democrat minister David Laws gives us his reaction to the party leadership's defeat over airport policy at their annual conference. Plus the difficulty of tackling cold school dinners.
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