Anna Budd

My radio feature, ‘Sara’s Spirit’ is now available for you to listen on BBC Sounds. Check it out! 🧡✨ bbc.co.uk/sounds/play/m0…

Very interesting conversation: thanks Radical with Amol Rajan - Irrational Humans: How Our Behaviour Shapes the Economy (Professor Richard Thaler) - BBC Sounds bbc.co.uk/sounds/play/m0…

“It is inevitably going to increase.” Gaia Vince, author of Nomad Century, says we need to plan for mass migration caused by climate change and embrace the benefits of immigration. Listen to Radical with @AmolRajan on @BBCSounds

Thank you @choppen5 for joining us.

"It's critical to keep understanding that the threat of nuclear weapons has never left us." Charles Oppenheimer, grandson of 'the father of the atomic bomb' J Robert Oppenheimer, warns the world faces 'a much more dangerous and unstable situation' than ever before. #R4Today

"We need to face that the modern world is getting more dangerous." As 80 years is marked since an atomic bomb was dropped on Hiroshima, former defence secretary Sir Ben Wallace tells #R4Today the UK is 'one of the few countries in Europe that's gone backwards' on its resilience.

The First Minister of Scotland is due to meet President Trump this week during his private visit to Ayrshire and Aberdeenshire. @JonnyDymond asks John Swinney if he's 'blown his chances' of influencing Trump because of previous critical comments. #R4Today

Joint statement on Gaza from AFP, AP, BBC News and Reuters bbc.co.uk/mediacentre/st…

"The challenge for many organisations is just making it a priority... recognising the urgency." Richard Horne, National Cyber Security Centre CEO, speaks to #R4Today after it said it was dealing with at least one ransomware attack a day.

Laugh, frown and ponder - and a very good conversation with Nick Robinson from BBC. Thanks for having me.

“Is Donald Trump indifferent to the fate of Europe?” @bbcnickrobinson asks German Chancellor Friedrich Merz, who says Europe have been ‘free riders’ of the US in the past. #R4Today

Do you miss Britain in the heart of the European Union, @bbcnickrobinson asks Germany's chancellor. "I do," replies Friedrich Merz. #R4Today

“The threat is Russia… Far beyond Ukraine.” German Chancellor Friedrich Merz warns that President Putin poses a threat to the ‘political order of Europe’. #R4Today

I’ve been speaking to Germany’s new leader⁩ Freidrich Merz on the day ⁦⁦@bundeskanzler⁩ & ⁦@Keir_Starmer⁩ sign the first Friendship Treaty between the UK & Germany. Listen tomorrow on ⁦@BBCr4today⁩ from 6am

New Labour MP Cat Eccles tells @BBCWorldatOne that the welfare climbdown is “too little, too late”. More experienced rebel ringleaders say the government’s concessions will get them over the line on Tuesday — but can what’s happened in the 2024 intake be put back in the bottle?

What will we do without your infectious laugh! You’ll be so missed ❤️ what a privilege to work alongside you on your last morning x

I wish people would read the detail: the framework of access to an abortion – including the need for two doctors’ signatures, and the time limits at which terminations can be carried out – will *remain the same* and doctors who act outside the law will still face the threat of prosecution. The issue is that the women - almost always vulnerable as a result of domestic abuse and violence, human trafficking and sexual exploitation or women who have given birth prematurely - will no longer be at risk of being thrown into cells.

“It’s not survival of the cutest, it’s an accurate reflection of what happens in nature.” Host of Springwatch, Chris Packham, addresses complaints that hit the nature programme this week after an episode featured graphic scenes involving owls and nightjars. #R4Today

“We’re going to see their wicked sides.” Sir Stephen Fry, Alan Carr, Celia Imrie and Tom Daley will all be on the Celebrity Traitors. Paul Gorton, a traitor in the second season, tells #BBCWato there will be 'fireworks'.

“The poor…those at the margins of society…they know that the Pope understands them.” Gabriela Flores Zavala, trustee of Catholic international development charity CAFOD, rejoices at the appointment of Pope Leo XIV. #R4Today

#R4Today comes live today from Kyiv with @annaefoster presenting there and @JustinOnWeb in London. The city’s mayor - Vitali Klitschko – tells us Ukraine might need to temporarily cede territory to Russia to achieve peace. Listen live @BBCRadio4 and @BBCSounds.