World at One - 27/04/2009

National and international news with Shaun Ley. The outbreak of swine flu has reached Europe. Officials in Madrid say a Spanish man contracted the virus on a trip to Mexico. EU officials have warned travellers to postpone non-essential travel to infected areas in the USA and Mexico. Interviews with Professor Nigel Dimmock of Warwick University, former Head of the Civil Contingencies Secretariat in the Cabinet Office Mike Grannatt and Chief Medical Officer for England, Professor Sir Liam Donaldson. Gordon Brown, who is visiting Afghanistan and Pakistan, has described the region as a 'crucible of terrorism'. Interviews with Professor Malcolm Chalmers from the Royal United Services Institute, Matt Waldman of Oxfam and International Development Secretary Douglas Alexander.