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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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0711 |
President Mahmoud Ahmedinajad, of Iran, accuses the United States and Britain ofÌýmanipulating the UN to further their own ends. |
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0715 |
The home secretary, John Reid, willÌýtell Muslims in Britain today that they shouldÌývolunteer any suspicions theyÌýhave of people they think might be involved with terrorism. |
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0720 |
Business News with Rebecca Marston. |
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0722 |
We speak to Derek Tonkin, former UK ambassador to Thailand, about the bloodless coup in Thailand. |
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0725 |
Age Concern has said that people nearing retirement may need to sell their homes to pay for nursing bills. |
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0728 |
Sports News with Garry Richardson. |
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0730 |
We speak to Richard Caborn, Sports Minister and Richard Corbett, MEP, about the Panorama programme last night which looked into allegations of corruption in football. |
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AÌýcampaign is being launched today to try and cut the number of casualties on our roads. |
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0745 |
Thought for the Day with Dr Indarjit Singh - Editor of the Sikh Messenger. |
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0750 |
We speak toÌýLord Paddy Ashdown about his views on "global insecurity". |
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0810 |
Road safety campaigners and bereaved families want learner drivers to have lessons for up to 12 months to get more experience and cut accidents. |
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0820 |
Two hundred year old seeds have been sown at Kew Gardens and they are growing beautifully. |
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0830 |
Sports Update with Garry Richardson. |
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0835 |
While scientists believe they've won the argument on climate change, on stem cells, and even MMR, the GM debate stands out as an unmitigated disaster. |
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0840 |
The Royal Society, has written to the American oil giant Exxon Mobil challenging it to stop funding groups which deny the scientific consensus on climate change. |
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0845 |
Adam and Ian on the Archers are theÌýlongest running gay couple in soapdom, according to research from Gay Times. |
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0850 |
Business Update with Rebecca Marston. |
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0855 |
The jazz musician, Abram Wilson, will lead a protest outside theÌýThe Music of Black Origin Awards about the lack of jazz award in the ceremony. |
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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)
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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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