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Questions are being asked about the way police and the intelligence services handled an anti-terrorist raid on a house in east London.Ìý Two brothers arrested during the operation, Mohammed Abdul Kahar and Abul Koyair, were last night released without charge. |
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The armed wing of the Palestinian militant group -- Hamas -- has said it fired rockets at Israel early today. Hamas has threatened to renew its attacks inside Israel after seven civilians were killed on a beach in Gaza, apparently by an Israeli shell.Ìý We speak to Ghazi Hamad, who is a spokesman for Hamas
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The Chairwoman of the Human Fertilisation and Embryology Authority says people getting IVF treatment should have better service.Ìý We speak to Dame Suzi Leather, who is making a speech to mark National Infertility Day. |
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The Sports news with Garry Richardson |
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A petition is being organised to persuade Tony Blair to bring British troops back from Iraq... by families of soldiers serving there. Their organisation is Military Families Against the War. We speak to it's chair, Linda King, whose 21 year-old son is in Iraq, and Sammie Crane, who chairs the Army Families Federation. |
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Our Correspondent, Jane Peel, speaks to us from frankfurt with a World Cup update. |
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Thought for the Day with Christina Rees, Member of the General Synod in the Church of England |
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Mikhail Gorbachevis in this country at the moment launching a leukemia charity.ÌýIt is named after his wife Raisa who died of the disease,Ìýwe asked him what inspired him to write to Mr Blair about the risks of nuclear power.
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This time last week the first doubts were being raised about the massive police raid on that house in east London.ÌýThose concerns will inevitably be fuelled by the decision last night to release the two men who were arrested in the raid. We talk to Assad Rehman, chair of Ìýthe Newham monitoring project and has been working with the men's family and Murad Qureshi,Ìýof the Metropolitan Police Authority.
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Why did the Israelis shell a crowd of civilians on a beach in Gaza yesterday?ÌýWe speak to Mark Regev,the spokesman at the Israeli foreign ministry. |
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A look at yourÌýletters and e-mails |
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We talk to Peter Jill iver is the Associate Editor of the Oxford English Dictionary.
- and he gives us the answer to what "Kicks something into the long grass" means
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The Sports news with Garry Richardson |
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There has been much rejoicing over the killing of Mussab al-Zarqawi in Iraq this week, though not from all quarters. One man with more reason to celebrate than mostÌýis Michael Berg. His son, Nick, was serving with the American army in Iraq, captured by Zarqawi's men and murdered. But Mr Berg was NOT celebrating Zarqawi's death. We spoke to Mr Berg and to William Shawcross.
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There was one of those stories his week that makes you wonder about our humanity. An eight year-old girl, Cait Atkins, was knocked down by a car at Aylesbury in Buckinghamshire as she was trying to cross the road. The driver didn't stop. Nor did half a dozenÌýother drivers who must have seen her crawling in agony to the side of the road, blood pouring from her injuries.ÌýWhat does this ghastly incident tell us about ourselves? Our Reporter Polly Billington has been to Aylesbury. |
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Mr Neil McClure, who is a former chair of Swansea Football Club, has a problem Kelvin MacKenzie, former editor of the Sun and by Catherine Blundell, Editor of Brides magazine give some advice! |
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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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Waiting
Garry Richardson waits and waits and waits for Brendan Foster. |
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Waiting
Garry Richardson waits and waits and waits for Brendan Foster. |
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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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