BFBS Sitrep

On the anniversary of the outbreak of World War 11 today's Sitrep presents your personal guide to one hundred years of  the days war broke out, plus a global round up of the world's hotspots

Today we're looking at famous speeches and the leaders who made them . Famous military leaders have played with words to inspire troops, indeed, nations. We all know famous ones like 'fight them on the beaches',. 'Never in the history of so many' etc. But are words that valuable?  Find out in this special edition of Sitrep.

Do you think Britain should have nuclear warheads? Should the UK renew Trident? Is it just a military question? What about the morality of the mushroom? Hear what the experts say with Christopher Lee  and guests.

Why are the political knives out for General Dannatt? And why is Washington gunning for the UK’s X-file hunter?

General Dannatt’s latest salvo at government on Afghanistan but will MOD & Number Ten dodge the real issues? And....just  how good are British forces in Helmand?

Everyone’s talking helicopters for Helmand...but isn’t that a smokescreen. Isn’t the real story this: we’re in the wrong war. Strategy’s being written on the hoof. True or false? Answers in Sitrep with Christopher Lee and guests .

In Sitrep today: Afghanistan: men & equipment. Politics gone mad or incompetent military planning?  Who’s right?  Who’s wrong? Prisoner handling...why it’s so easy to break the rules;  Is the CIA still in the assassination business?  And...does the first sea lord have to be a physicist and ... Do commanders talk too much and do we believe politicians or the military?  That’s all in today’s Sitrep...

In Sitrep today: Afghanistan – why the MOD thinks we have to be told why we’re there; Drone Warfare – does it do what the brochures says it does; is the proposed MOD Green Paper a con; arms control – is it all a myth or an invention of the weapons trade; why the Met’s counter-terrorism budget can’t escape cuts; the Pope & the UN and ...how highly does Gordon Brown rate the Defence Secretary?  All...

No money so no defence. Is that the no-brainer for the next ten years in the MOD? Plus: Foreign media students in a top London college....what are they after? And, is it really possible to persuade disaffected Muslims to give terrorism a miss?

Caring for service men and women in need - why can't MOD get it right? Plus: More body-bags in Iraq & Afghanistan - why the figures don't impress the British media. That's all in today's Sitrep with Christopher Lee and guests.

In Sitrep today.....Iran – is this really the end of the Islamic Revolution & do western governments really want that anyway?   And in spite of the rhetoric, America & UK are having to think how they learn to live with North Korea’s bomb   Plus...why Mossad is telling Israelis to keep off Facebook, the public outcry over the private Iraq war inquiry....And......is the pen really mightier than the...

In today’s Sitrep..... AFGHANISTAN: Just 18 months to win the war; Interrogation: what are the rules & who breaks them?  . IRAN: voting starts in the morning. Who will win? NORTHERN IRELAND: Why the Omagh bombers are not behind bars ARMS SALES: who are the big spenders? KOREA: Has the Dear Leader beaten us all at our own game  and Balkan hide & seek: why Radovan Karadzic was always one step ahead...

Does the White House really know where it’s going in the Middle east?  Could we really be heading for a war with North Korea? Does Israel really think war with Iran is inevitable? And do we really need a 65th anniversary D-Day bash - or is it all cynical politics?  Find out in this week's Sitrep with Christopher Lee and guests

British troops have pulled out of Iraq. Was it all worth it? And after Iraq, what does the rest of the world think of us? Aliens from a colonial time machine? American poodles? Or...the professionals who got it right and didn't outstay their welcome? How others see us ... And would we do it ever again? That's this week's special edition of Sitrep with Christopher Lee and guests.

In today’s Sitrep..... dozens killed & wounded in Baghdad bombings – but does the great British public care anymore? Why has President Obama fallen into the torture chamber of US politics? Did MI5 cock-up or simply fail to cope over the July 2005 `London bombings? Why do governments slag off the Israelis over the failure of any movement in the Middle East peace process? The answers in Sitrep with...

Why does the MoD have such problem with its equipment; do warriors get enough exercise; why the government won’t allow Iraqi interpreters into the UK; the real reason why Washington has sacked the ISAF general; the real reason why Pakistan is at long last facing up to Taliban; why the UN is front-runner for the 2009 Really Useless award; And piracy – how is the ransom money handed over, by whom an...

This week's programme looks at the future of Devonport Naval Base, as well as the growing crisis in the border regions of Pakistan...

Iraq dominates this week, but Christopher Lee and guests also look at Britain's new policy on Afghanistan and Pakistan...