August 15th, News BBC Radio 4 6.30 a.m.

 

A report into

An increase in

To release  a document

To highlight

To disarm

A deal between

In the forefront

A show of strength

To deploy troops

To be under way

To risk + …ing

To tear oneself apart

Cherished belief

An attack on

To give assurances

To restore calm

To loot

The onslaught

To continue unabated

To launch a fresh appeal

Sales figures

To reflect renewed confidence in

 

The annual report into football disorder is expected to show an increase in the number of arrests when it is released later this morning. The document produced by the National Criminal Intelligence Service NCIS will say the trouble now mostly happens away from football grounds and highlights how hooligans are using the internet and mobile forms to become more organised.

NATO ambassadors will be meeting later today to discuss sending 3,500 troops to Macedonia to disarm ethnic Albanian rebels. The meeting follows a deal between Macedonian and Albanian leaders. British troops are expected to be in the forefront of the operation.

Israel has mounted what appears to have been a show of strength by deploying tanks near Palestinian controlled territory in the West Bank. Israeli state television said last night that a military operation near Bethlehem was under way but the army later denied this.

The former Conservative Party Michael Anchrem is warning the Tories that they risk tearing themselves apart if they elect the pro-European Kenneth Clarke rather than Ian Duncan Smith as their new leader. Writing in the Daily telegraph, Mr Anchrem says keeping the Pound remains one of the Conservatives most cherished beliefs.

Reports from Zimbabwe say that attacks on white owned farms by government militants have been continuing in the northwest of the country. The authorities had given assurances that large numbers of police officers had been deployed to the Chenoy (?) region to restore calm. But farmers say about a hundred farms have been looted as the onslaught continues unabated.

Police on both sides of the Irish border will launch a fresh appeal for information today in their hunt for the terrorists who carried out the Omagh bombing. Today is the third anniversary by the Real IRA which killed 29 people.

Supermarkets say sales figures appear to suggest that more shoppers are choosing lamb and beef. The stores believe renewed confidence in British meet after BSE and the outbreak of foot and mouth disease.