Talking points 1st August

Your moderators while we are away from the office are Mike in the US and Bob in Australia….enjoy….

On air: Is the UN impotent?

The outgoing head of UN peacekeeping has said that the UN has “reached the outer limits of its ability to police world trouble spots”. They say they’ll never be able to put together a force for Somalia and the one for Darfur is struggling.

On air: Should all births be natural?

WHYS regular Lydia in Canada got in touch with a great talking point idea. I asked her to write a blog post which is faithfully reproduced below… 

Should home births be banned? Should elective Caesarian-sections be outlawed?

When it comes to giving birth, how do we best balance the wishes of the mother and the preference of medical personnel?

Beijing bound

My last day in before heading off to run the World Service news coverage of the Olympics.  It’ll be my 4th time of covering the Games and don’t think for a second i don’t realise how privileged i am to be able to say that.

 

Talking points 31 July

Good morning, good evening and good night,

Thank you Will for moderating overnight. Who wants to do it tonight? Let us know.

A couple of stories struck me this morning as I decided what to wear…

The outgoing head of UN peacekeeping has said that the UN has “reached the outer limits of its ability to police world trouble spots”