Western leaders meet Syrian rebels in Rome - but will they give them what they want?

 

Can the MOD make 11 billion pounds worth of cuts over the next ten years?

 

Find out everything you need to know about America’s new Defence Secretary.

 

And after a long campaign the Arctic Convey veterans finally receive the recognition they’ve fought so long for.

 

PRESENTER:  James Hirst

STUDIO GUESTS:  BFBS’s defence analyst, Christopher Lee

 

OTHER INTERVIEWS: 

 

Professor Paul Rogers from the Department for Peace Studies at Bradford University on Syria and defence spending.

 

Professor Malcolm Chalmers from the Royal United Services Institute on defence cuts

 

British Forces News reporter Victoria Smith meets one of the Arctic Convoy veterans.

 

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