Talking points June 4

Good Morning, it’s Priya for the second time this week with some suggestions for today’s programme. Thank you ZK for watching the blog overnight and all of you for continuing the conversation while we were all asleep.

YOU SOLVE THE FOOD CRISIS

So, the Food Summit continues in Rome. World Leaders are attmepting to come up with solutions, although a fair few of you think that it is little more than a talking shop. So, what are your solutions?

On Air : Does your private sex life have any bearing on your public life ?

Max Mosley has won a vote of confidence from Formula 1’s governing body despite the revelations that he had an alleged Nazi-style orgy with 5 prostitutes.

Talking points 3 June

Hello all, Priya here. Thank you Brett, Will and everyone for looking after this post so lovingly overnight.

Chloe suggested a story about child protection that you can read below.

WORLD HUNGER

I was thinking about food prices and world hunger. It’s back. All those wannabe beauty queens who wanted to eradicate world hunger will look on with horror.

Prices are going up, and basic staples are beyond the means of more and more people worldwide, althought he brunt of it is in poorer nations.

AIDS in Africa–your questions to the UN

AIDS is likely to cause one in six deaths in Africa by 2015. The continent’s most prominent policy-makers are meeting in Uganda at a major conference. We’re interviewing the UN’s top man on AIDS in the region, Peter Piot. What do you want to ask him? Post your questions and we’ll put them to him.

How do you stop world hunger?

Global food prices are at their highest for thirty years. The UN says 800 million people don’t have enough to eat on a daily basis. It’s the biggest threat currently facing the world and many of our leaders are in Rome talking about it; probably over a meal or two. But what’s the answer to the global food crisis?