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Today's briefing hour: Catch up on the day's news, sport and business.Ìý
0600 - 0630
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0709 |
More than a thousand foreign prisonersÌýhave beenÌýreleased without being considered for deportation. We speak to the General Secretary of the Prison Officers Association, Brian Caton, and Richard Bacon, an MP on the Commons Public Accounts Committee. |
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Hear our report onÌýtheÌýChernobyl nuclear power plant thatÌýexploded 20 years ago, in what was then the Soviet Union. We speak to Lucas Mampaey, managing director of the World Association of Nuclear Operators. |
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0721 |
TheÌýbusiness news with Greg Wood. |
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0728 |
David Cameron's new emphasis on the environment may win back some recent Liberal Democrat defectors in the English local elections, but might play less well with some of the Party's traditional supporters. Hear our report. |
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0732 |
Who would put money up for one of the Government's City Academy schools now? We speak to Ruth Kelly about the problems facing them. |
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0736 |
A look at the papers. |
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0742 |
A ceremony will be held today to mark the completion of the UK's tallest residential building.The 560-foot high Beetham Tower in Manchester is over forty-seven storeys. |
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0745 |
Thought For The Day with Reverend Angela Tilby, Vice Principal at Westcott. |
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0750 |
Iran is threatening to stop any cooperation with the UN's nuclear watchdog if it is threatened with sanctions. We talk to Dr Mehrdad Khonsari, a former Iranian diplomat now a campaigner for secular democracy and human rights in Iran, and Dr Ali Ansari, an Iranian expert at St Andrew's University. |
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0810 |
The 91Èȱ¬ Secretary acknowledges that his department failed to follow its own rules in the deportation of foreign criminals. He says that the mistakes and confusion are "extremely serious" but that he will not resign. We speak to the 91Èȱ¬ Secretary, Charles Clarke . |
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0825 |
TheÌýsports news with Garry Richardson. |
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0830 |
The World Cup has given Germany's new Ambassador in London an opportunity to take on the stereotypes that sometimes bedevil attitudes between the countries. We speak to German Ambassador, Wolfgang Ischinger. |
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0837 |
WhatÌýhas happened to geography teaching? Between the year 2000 and 2004 the number of 15 year olds doing the subject at GCSE fell from 37% to 30%. We talk to Alex Standish, who is doing postgraduate research on geography education at Rutgers University in New Jersey, and David Lambert, the chief executive of the Geographical Association. |
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0840 |
Twenty years ago today there was an explosion at Russia'sÌýChernobyl nuclear power station. Lord Walker was Britain's energy secretary at the time and Siobhan Vitelli was studying Russian in Kiev, they tell us their memories of the event. |
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0844 |
TheÌýbusiness update with Greg Wood. |
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0847 |
More demonstrations are expectedÌýin Belarus today as the country marks the 20th anniversary of the Chernobyl nuclear explosion. Despite the protests, President Lukashenko has insisted that he has no intention of changing his ways. Hear our report.Ìý |
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0850 |
We talk to Angela Eagle, former 91Èȱ¬ Office minister, and Michael Howard, a former 91Èȱ¬ Secretary and leader of the opposition, about the mistakes that theÌý91Èȱ¬ Office has made regarding foreign prisoners. |
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Some of Our Less Memorable Moments
These infamous sound clips have risen from the Today vaults again to haunt our newsreaders and presenters. Enjoy!
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Can of what John?
John gets confused over the expression, 'opened a can of worms.'
- 18th March 2005 |
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What is our website and email address John?
John gets confused about all this modern technology and it's David Blunkett Jim!
- 22 December 2004 |
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Who's reading the news Sarah?
Sarah introduces a guest newsreader. And it's catching, asÌýNick Clarke of the World at One demonstrates
- 4/5th October 2004 |
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The boy who likes to say YES!
Sports presenter Steve May is left trying desperately to get his seven year old guest to say something other than yes!
- 23rd September 2004 |
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When the technology failsÌýJohn and Jim have to Ad-Lib...
JimÌýintroduces a veryÌýstrange soundingÌý
'Yesterday in Parliament' package.
Ìý- 23thÌýJuly 2004 |
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Paul Burrell sings opera?
Sarah cues in a very odd sounding Paul Burrell clip.
Ìý- 25th October 2003 |
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Sarah decides it's her turn - and interrupts Allan's discussion
-7 June 2002 |
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Waiting
Garry Richardson waits and waits and waits for Brendan Foster. |
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What is Charlotte Green giggling about?
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John and Jim share a joke about the weather? |
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We don’t always have time to play the whole interview on air. Listen to the extended interview here, exclusive to the Today website.
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Don De Lillo Interview
The American writer Don de Lillo who wrote Underworld and is one of the biggest figures in modern American literature - has become a classic. A Penguin classic.ÌýA great accolade, but usually one reserved for the dead. John interviewed him and asked what it's like to be thought of as a "classic"?
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Mouloud Sihali Interview
Mouloud Sihali from Algeria, North Africa, is one of the suspected terrorists thatÌýthe 91Èȱ¬ Secretary wants to deport back to Algeria. Based on secret intelligence and police investigations, the 91Èȱ¬ Secretary has deemed Sihali a threat to the Nation's security. Last year Mouloud Sihali was found not guilty of being a part of a so called released Ricin plot. |
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The nominations for the Oscars were announced yesterday, and The Constant Gardener is tipped for a place on the shortlist. It stars Ralph Fiennes who picked up an Evening Standard Film Award this week for his role in the film. Polly Billington spoke him and to the author, John le Carre, about the film and its chances at the Oscars. (31/01/06) |
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Edward Stourton interviews the President of Mexico, Vincente Fox, and Tom Shannon, the United States Under Secretary of State with responsibility for the Americas, on the Summit of the Americas in Argentina and the prospect of a free trade agreement for the region.
President Vincente Fox.
Under Secretary of State Tom Shannon. |
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The uncut interview with Sir Peter Hall, the first director to stage the play in 1955, with the last surviving member of the original main cast, Timothy Bateson who played 'lucky', and playwright Ronald Harwood. |
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Jim Naughtie speaks to the Archbishop of Kaduna, Josiah Idowu Fearon, about the Anglican Church in Africa and tensions between Christians and Muslims. (25/05/05) |
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Edward Stourton interviews Monsignor Charles Burns, a retired head of the Vatican's Secret Archives, inÌýRome about the funeral of the Pope John Paul II.
(08/04/05)
Part 1
Part 2 |
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First 91Èȱ¬ interview of Moazzam Begg, former Guantanamo Bay detainee. Mr Begg speaksÌýto our reporter Zubeida Malik aboutÌýhis ordeal and how heÌýcontinues toÌýcampaign for five Britons still there to be freed. |
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Justin Webb interviews Walter Cronkite who pays tribute to Dan Rather, a 73 year old news presenter in America who is retiring after 24 years.
(10/03/05) |
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Tony Blair speaks to Jim at the British Embassy in Washington, following his controversial Rose Garden press conference with Bush. The Iraq war, the Middle East and the first hints of an EU constitution referendum u-turn. (17/04/04). |
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, about the recent increase of religious violence in Nigeria.
(19/05/04) |
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John Humphrys interviews Prince Hassan of Jordan on the critical situation in Iraq.
(03/05/04). |
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Jim Naughtie interviews Bob Woodward.ÌýFirst Watergate, now a controversial book into events in the White House pre-Iraq war.
(20/04/04).
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Sarah Montague interviews Paul Burrell.
The former royal butler denies betraying Diana, Princess of Wales, insisting his controversial new book was "a loving tribute".
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General James L. Jones
During his visit toÌý London - the Supreme Commander of Nato talks to James Naughtie about the threat posed to NATO by a stronger EU military force. |
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