in Sweden, the police and the media have now been accused of covering up a spate of sexual assaults on women by large groups of men at a music festival in August. Once again the perpetrators are thought to be from an immigrant background but the story was allegedly ignored by the leading Dagens Nyheter newspaper because, and we can only say allegedly at this point, an editor at the newspaper rejected the tip off as a fabrication by the right-wing, anti-immigration, Sweden Democrat party.  Well for more BBC World Service Newsday spoke to the Sweden Democrats MP Kent Ekeroth in Stockholm:

Sweden Ekeroth

We've spent part of the last week talking about the sexual assaults on women in the German city of Cologne by gangs of young migrant men. There are now allegations something similar happened months ago in Sweden which was again under-reported by police and media. 

Well, IS there a problem with young men of immigrant background in regard to sexual assault?  Dr Valerie Hudson is the author of a recent article called "Europe's Man Problem," and is a professor at Texas A&M University. 
Bilkisu Labaran of the BBC World Service asked her how recent immigration into Europe might be effecting the gender balance.

Gender Hudson

Now for those of you listening in the Netherlands we wish you today a happy King's Day celebration. In the Dutch capital Amsterdam later today, more than a million people dressed in the bright orange colours of the royal house are expected to take to the streets. 

Called 'Koningsdag' in Dutch, this is one of the world's largest street parties and a good few beers are expected to be downed, with the unfortunate consequence of all that being a torrent of urine washing down the city's sewers. Well, being the conscientious and sustainable folk that they are, the Dutch have decided not to let this go to waste.   

To tell us more, is Stefan Mol, Sustainability Advisor for Waternet, Amsterdam's water board.

Dutch festival will see the recycling of urine

In the United States, Donald Trump has said he now considers himself the Republican Party's presumptive nominee for the presidency. Leon Wolf of the conservative political blog, RedState, gives his reaction to the latest round of primaries.

Newsday - Red State

Here at Heathrow, a recent incident here flagged up some potential dangers for that incoming and outgoing flight traffic.  An object believed to be a drone, hit a British Airways passenger jet on approach for landing..... and the situation has raised concerns over the safety of civil aviation. 

The flight, carrying 132 passengers landed safely and was cleared by engineers for its next journey but the authorities here are investigating the incident ... certainly the policing of drone-infested skies presents a new challenge to law enforcement agencies. Well one company working to counter this threat is Blighter Surveillance Systems - and we can speak now to it's Chief Executive, Mark Radford:

Drone Security over Heathrow airport

Here at Heathrow, a recent incident here flagged up some potential dangers for that incoming and outgoing flight traffic. An object believed to be a drone, hit a British Airways passenger jet on approach for landing..... and the situation has raised concerns over the safety of civil aviation.

The flight, carrying 132 passengers landed safely and was cleared by engineers for its next journey but the authorities here are investigating the incident ... certainly the policing of drone-infested skies presents a new challenge to law enforcement agencies. Well one company working to counter this threat is Blighter Surveillance Systems - and we can speak now to it's Chief Executive, Mark Radford:

BBC Newsday - Blighter

Listen to @MaxBoot 's reaction to #Trump foreign policy speech: 'an ignorant, racist, buffon, not qualified to be president' on #BBCWorldService

Max Boot on Trump's foreign policy

A spectacular fall from grace for #DennisHastert as explained by @joshgerstein of @politico on @BBCWorldService #Newsday

Dennis Haster's fall from grace

In recent weeks we've heard a lot about the political crisis in South Africa - protests against the President Jacob Zuma, angry scenes in parliament and demonstrators taking to the streets. It was freedom day yesterday in South Africa - celebrating the democratic breakthrough in the country in 1984. But how much is there to celebrate now? We are joined in the studio by Tony Leon was the founding leader of the Democratic Alliance party in South Africa, he served as the official opposition leader from 1999 to 2007, facing off against none other than the country's first black president, Nelson Mandela. 

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