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World at One: 06/10/2014

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06/10/2014

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Cable attacks Conservative 'obsession with spending cuts'. Presented by Martha Kearney.

Cable attacks Conservative 'obsession with spending cuts'. Syrian Kurdish town Kobane in danger of falling to IS. Dewani trial opens in South Africa. Presented by Martha Kearney.

Business Secretary Vince Cable attacks Conservative "obsession with spending cuts" - and tells us the Liberal Democrats won't go along with Tory plans for a further £25bn of savings in the next parliament. While Martha Kearney gauges the mood of activists at the LibDem conference in Glasgow.

The besieged Syrian Kurdish town of Kobane appears to be in serious danger of falling to Islamic State fighters. Paul Adams has the latest from the Turkish side of the border. The former head of the armed forces, General Lord Richards, warns that air strikes alone won't be enough to defeat IS - and that hardline Taliban fighters from Afghanistan could link up with IS militants.

The trial has opened in South Africa of the British businessman, Shrien Dewani: he's pleaded not guilty to murdering his wife, Anni, on their honeymoon four years ago.

Jon Manel and Henry Dimbleby visit a school in Gloucestershire that's experienced difficulties implementing Nick Clegg's flagship policy of free lunches for 4 to 7-year-olds in England.

And the Sun's managing editor, Stig Abell, tells us why the police's use of the Regulation of Investigatory Powers Act poses a "really serious risk to the freedom of the press".

Presented by Martha Kearney.

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