Beauty for Ashes 45 - Afghanistan, Earthquakes; and the Blooming Australian Desert

This week we look at the Solar Eclipse; Earthquakes in Colombia and Indonesia; Is there famine in Gaza?  Islam in Tajikistan;  Country of the Week - Afghanistan; Islam in the US and the UK; Swedish injustice;  Ireland's anti-semitism grounds planes; German swimming pool apartheid; Australia's Maoist school children; Miatta Fahnbulleh's private school hypocrisy; fraud within the UK education,  health and justice systems; Edwina Currie suggests government provided brothels for illegal immigrants; Italian works of art recovered; Ritchie Blackmore feud with Deep Purple ends after 33 years;  Top ten classical - no. 9;  the death of Jason Arday; The great Isaiah Scroll; good news from Australia about the environment; Song of the Week - where do you go to my lovely? Feedback; 'prophetess' Katie Souza claims that her eggs have been harvested by Aliens; the Final Word - Psalm 63.

with music from  Elton John; Carole King; Aryana Sayeed ;  Pink Floyd; Don McLean; Deep Purple; Shostakovich;   NEEDTOBREATHE;  Peter Sarstedt;  and Wes Bayliss.