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Last broadcast on Sun, 18 Jul 2010, 09:30 on BBC Radio 5 live.
Synopsis
Aid to Afghanistan is going up by 40%. Akmal Dawi, a humanitarian expert with the UN in Kabul says it will be wasted.
Prof Sir David King - former chief scientific adviser to the government on climate change, nuclear power, the government's relationship with science, and why BP should have seen the leak in the Gulf of Mexico coming.
The 5 live Forum discuss the UK's special relationship with the US, and the point of the temporary immigration cap.
Chapters
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Chapter 1
Professor Sir David King on Iraq and climate change
The former chief scientific adviser to the Government talks about what he believes were the real reasons behind the Iraq war, and why he feels climate change is still the biggest threat to mankind.
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Chapter 2
"I was accused of being a communist"
Continuing our interview, Prof King tells of his campaigning against apartheid in South Africa, his championing of nuclear power, and why BP and the US should have seen the leak in the gulf coming.
Broadcast
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Sun 18 Jul 201009:30
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