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0607 |
The polls are open in Rwanda's first presidential election since the genocide in 1994.ÌýIshbel Matheson is in Kigali.
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0610 |
The President of Iran is demanding an apology from Britain for the arrest of one of its former diplomats in connection with a terrorist bombing. Miranda Eeles is our Correspondent in Tehran.
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0615 |
Greg Wood has a round up of today's business news. |
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0632 |
The International Committee of the Red Cross is cutting back its operations in Iraq because of the security situation.ÌýValerie Jones is in Baghdad.
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0635 |
The Hutton Inquiry should expectÌýan interesting week of evidence.Ìý Sean Curran is our political correspondent. |
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0637 |
Israeli forces have carried out more targeted killings in Gaza following last week's suicide bomb by a Hamas member. James Reynolds is in Jerusalem.
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The planet Mars is closer to us now than it has been in 60,000 years. Robin Scagell is from the Society of Popular Astronomy.
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0653 |
The RAC says many drivers don't understand the strength of some alcoholic drinks when they're deciding whether it's safe to drive. Nicola Thunhurst of the RAC. |
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0709 |
The International Red Cross is withdrawing some of its staff from Baghdad after it received warnings it could be the target of terrorist attacks. Nada Doumani speaks for the ICRC. |
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0713 |
Israeli helicopter gunships have killed four members of Hamas in a rocket attack in Gaza City. It follows last week's suicide bombing in Jerusalem.Ìý James Reynolds on whether the 'roadmap' can be salvaged. |
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Scotland Yard is putting a limit on the time officers spend with the paedophile unit because of the effect the work can have on them - but the policy is being criticised by some inside and outside the police. Mike Hames headed the unit for five years up to 1994. |
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0724 |
Mike May went blind at the age of three, but hasÌýhad his sight restored forty years later - following stem cell surgery.WhenÌýhis sight returned, his vision was that of a three year old - not a normal adult - and he's learning how to see more. |
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0732 |
The people of Rwanda have started voting for their next president. It's the first election since the genocide in 1994 when three quarters of a million people lost their lives. Glenys Kinnock has been monitoring the democratic procedure on behalf of the EU. |
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0745 |
Peter Donaldson has a review of today's papers. |
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0753 |
Are Bagpipes bad for your health? Yes - according to 'Piper & Drummer' magazine. No - according to Jim Banks from the Piping Centre in Glasgow. |
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0756 |
Political Correspondent, Sean Curran looks over the documents published on the Hutton Inquiry website - we also ask how damaging could this week be for the government? John Rentoul is Tony Blair's biographer and Menzies Campbell, the Liberal DemocratÌýÌýForeign Affairs spokesman. |
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0810 |
The weekend saw three more British soldiers killed in Basra. So what are the implications for British forces still serving in Iraq? We speak to Conservative Defence spokesman, Bernard JenkinÌýand Stephen White, Assistant Chief ConstableÌýin N. Ireland who has just arrivedÌýto train the Iraqi police.
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0823 |
A woman in Paisley kick-started 'compensation-culture' over seventy years ago. Has it now gone too far? Chief Executive of the Law Society, Janet Paraskeva and Peter Hitchens. |
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0831 |
Robert Harris is known for his bestsellers Fatherland, Enigma and Archangel. Now he has a new thriller out called... Pompeii. In it he recreates one of the greatest natural disasters in history - the eruption of Mount Vesuvius - Even though the story is set 2000 years ago,ÌýÌýhe thinks it's his most modern novel to date.
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0836 |
In 1936 King Edward VIII abdicated to marry the American divorcee Wallis Simpson. The reaction of the government and the press was one of utter disgrace - but what was the popular feeling for the king's scandalous love affair? In a new book Susan Williams claims support amongst ordinary people was widespread. Biographer Phillip Ziegler is not so sure. |
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Around a million people are expected on the streets of West London today for the final day of the Notting Hill Carnival. There have been 62 arrests so farÌý- will there be more? Deputy Assistant Commissioner, Andy Trotter is in charge of policing the event.
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The security situation in Iraq is difficult and dangerous.Ìý Many are now asking whether this was inevitable - whether the idea that a quick peace could be secured was always fanciful - or could it have been different? Al Muhsen Hamid is the Arab League ambassador in London and ÌýLord Wright of Richmond is a former head of the diplomatic service.
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Motoring groups are warning travellers to avoid the end-of-Bank Holiday rush today by setting off before - or after - the late afternoon peak. Pippa Sparks is from the 91Èȱ¬ Travel Centre. |
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