World, Have Your Say (News)

  • Genres: News, Interviews
  • Location: London, United Kingdom
  • Language: English
  • Networks: BBC
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WHYS: Why can't we take our eyes off Tiger?

Wed, Dec 9 Listen
Tiger Woods is the most viewed, read and shared story on the internet today. So why are we doing this? Are we enjoying his fall from grace? Do you see it as entertainment and each new story is a twist in the plot? Lots of you are saying 'this isn't important', but millions of are taking close interest. So if you've read, watched or listened to this story - and I know plenty of you have - be honest, and tell us why you're doing it.

WHYS: Do sceptics deserve to be a part of the climate change debate?

Tue, Dec 8 Listen
It's time to remove climate change sceptics from the debate many of are telling us. You say this is a fringe minority discredited by scientists and undeserving of any attention or credibility. Yet if we don't include the sceptics - another group of you claim we're part of a conspiracy to shut down the climate change debate. Regardless of whether you agree with them or not, do sceptics deserve to be part of this discussion? Or should they be cold-shouldered by journalists and policy makers...

WHYS: Copenhagen Summit and Iran Protests

Mon, Dec 7 Listen
The Copenhagen summit finally gets underway, with a promise to write history.. but as the negotiations begin, has climate change become the latest battleground of the left and right ? And is that undermining the response to the issue? Sketchy reports from Iran suggest dozens of people have been arrested in anti-government protests not just in Tehran but all over the country.....we'll try to shed some light on the situation from some of you there

WHYS: 04 Dec 09: World Cup groups as they come out of the hat

Fri, Dec 4 Listen
32 countries are in the hat and we'll be live in Cape Town. You'll get every detail of the draw as it happens.

WHYS: 04 Dec 09: South Africa is hosting the World Cup. Do their experience

Fri, Dec 4 Listen
You'll get every detail of the draw as it happens, including which group gets burdened with unseeded big-hitters like France, Portugal and Ivory Coast.

WHYS: Dec 3 2009 Do we have the right to judge Tiger Woods?

Thu, Dec 3 Listen
The golfer admits he has transgressed, and apologises to his fans. But if, as he argues, it's his family's business alone, why are so many people disappointed with the sports star? Should we just leave Tiger Woods alone?

WHYS: Did President Obama convince you?

Wed, Dec 2 Listen
Yesterday we conisdered the numbers involved. Now, after the speech, we know the reasoning, the strategy and the endgame. But questions keep being asked- Is it a mistake to tell the Taliban when US troops will start coming home? Can enough be achieved in under two years of full troop capacity? Will NATO's difficulties in getting its members to provide more troops going to undermine the military push?What form will the support promised to Pakistan take?

WHYS: 1 December 2009: Has President Obama got it right on Afghanistan?‏

Tue, Dec 1
President Obama is set to confirm that 30,000 more US servicemen and women will be deployed. It is, supporters argue, the only way to defeat the Taliban, keep the country democratic and prevent Islamist militants establishing a permanent base. What does the world think about this?

WHYS: 31 Mar 09: The G174

Tue, Mar 31 Listen
Two days to go til the g20 and we've a summit of our own -- the G174 summit -- a gathering for all those countries who weren't invited to help reshape the world's economy.

WHYS: 13 March 2009, Why are there so many Climate Change deniers in teh wo

Fri, Mar 13 Listen
The worst-case scenarios on climate change envisaged by the UN two years ago are already being realised,Yet still individuals and countries around the world are failing to do enough to try to reverse the effects.Do you feel you're doing enough?

WHYS: 24 Feb: Has Guantanamo proved its worth?

Tue, Feb 24 Listen
Slowly but surely Camp Delta at Guantanamo Bay is closing. British resident Binyam Mohamed became the latest inmate to leave this week and within a year, at President Obama's request, the facility will be closed. Seven years since it was created, you're debating if Camp Delta has proved its worth? Or did it only success in bringing disgrace to America and creating more enemies of the West...

WHYS: 19 Dec 08 A four state solution in the Middle East?

Fri, Dec 19 2008 Listen
On the day that the Hamas ceasefire ends leading British commentator Jonathan Freedland argues there may be a different way of looking at the Middle East problem ; never mind a two state solution, isn't it a 4 state problem ?

WHYS: 18 Dec 08 Are there countries the world doesn't care about?

Thu, Dec 18 2008 Listen
On the day the UN contacts 50 nations to ask them to send a force into Somalia and only two say they will help should we just accept that there are some countries the rest of the world simply doesn't care about ?

WHYS: 26th November 2008: Should we be snooping on our neighbours?

Wed, Nov 26 2008 Listen
Yesterday a man was given 25 life sentences for repeatedly raping his two daughters over more than two decades, and fathering nine children by them. So what is going wrong with society that allows these crimes to go undetected for so long?

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