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World at One: 19/12/2014

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19/12/2014

BBC Radio 4 - World at One, 19/12/2014

Mixed picture in war against Islamic State in Iraq. Presented by Mark Mardell.

Iraqi army struggling in Anbar, Kurds lift siege of Mount Sinjar, record emergency admissions in England, Labour writes to cabinet secretary on special advisers. With Mark Mardell.

Iraqi army struggling against Islamic State in Anbar - Quentin Sommerville reports from front line. Kurds lift siege of Mount Sinjar - we hear from chairman of Defence Select Committee Rory Stewart, a former diplomat in Iraq. 

Record number of emergency admissions at hospitals in England. 

Labour writes to Cabinet Secretary over concerns that government special advisers have come under pressure to get involved in campaigning in by-elections. We hear from shadow minister Lucy Powell and former Conservative MP Paul Goodman. 

Rory Cellan-Jones on a test version of Skype's Translator tool; Lithuania prepares to join the euro; and we remember Mandy Rice-Davies who's died at 70. 

Presented by Mark Mardell.

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