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Today's briefing hour: Catch up on the day's news, sport and business.
0600-0630
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0709 |
Police in Jamaica open a murder probe into the death of ex-England cricketer and Pakistan coach Bob Woolmer. |
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0712 |
Which is the most dangerous drug; alcohol, ecstasy or LSD? |
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0715 |
Anti-terrorism police begin questioning three men arrested over 7 July suicide bombings in London.
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0718 |
The business news with Greg Wood. |
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0728 |
The sports news with Garry Richardson. |
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0730 |
A firm responsible for tagging and tracking offenders has failed to monitor some criminals for weeks, a 91Èȱ¬ undercover investigation has found. |
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0735 |
The British Army in Basra believes that most of the violence against the UK's forces in the city is being orchestrated by Iranian elements. |
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0740 |
A look at today's papers. |
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0745 |
The Rolling Stones have announced their first UK Festival date for over 30 years. |
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0750 |
Thought for the day with the Chief Rabbi, Sir Jonathan Sacks. |
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Should Britain now apologise for its past involvement in the slave trade? |
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0810 |
We speak to our Sports Editor, Mihir Bose, andÌýPH Mir,ÌýPakistani journalist, about the news that Bob Woolmer, ex-England cricketer and Pakistan coach, was strangled. |
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0820 |
We take a look at the week that was for the Chancellor, Gordon Brown. |
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Are British theatres driving audiences away by being dull?ÌýWe speakÌýto Playwright Anthony Neilson and theatre critic, Michael Billington. |
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0828 |
Sports update from Garry Richardson. |
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0830 |
A ceremony to be held this weekend in Berlin, to mark the 50th anniversary of the Treaty of Rome , is causing controversy amongst those it is supposed to be bringing together. |
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Business update with Greg Wood. |
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0840 |
It is a year since Norman Kember was rescued from his kidnappers in Iraq - and he's written a book about his experience. |
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Australian musician, poet, author and sometimes actor Nick Cave talks to our reporter Nicola Stanbridge about his new project Grinderman. |
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0850 |
A new collection of Einstein's political writing is coming out which suggest his political thought was as subtle as his scientific work. |
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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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