Sitrep 27th October 2016

*** TIM COOPER PRESENTS TODAY *** SITREP TRAIL THURS, 27th October NATO expresses concern at Russian aggression and the UK is deploying more forces to eastern Europe – what’s the significance of the latest announcements? Iraqi forces continue to push towards Mosul - but what will happen after the city is retaken? The met office celebrates 100 years of military weather forecasting ….. And Ian Hislop speaks about his play based on a newspaper created by soldiers at the Battle of the Somme. PRESENTER THIS WEEK: Tim Cooper Studio guest: BFBS Defence Analyst Christopher Lee NATO BALTICS Tony King, Professor in War Studies at the University of Warwick UKRAINE or Andrew Foxall is Director of the Russia Studies Centre at The Henry Jackson Society MOSUL Dr Lina Khatib - Head of the Middle East Programme at Chatham House MET OFFICE Catherine Ross, Archivist at the Met Office WIPERS TIMES Ian Hislop THURSDAYS at 4:30pm UK TIME on BFBS RADIO 2 and at 6:30pm UK TIME on BFBS & UK Bases You can listen on BFBS Radio 2 at 1630 (UK time) and at 1830 (UK time) on BFBS (via web, App & DAB in the UK and on FM in Scotland, Colchester, Salisbury Plain, Aldershot, Catterick & Blandford Forum) Sky Channel 0211 Alternatively listen again on the website, or download the Sitrep Podcast.