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Thursday 3rdÌýMay 2007
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Today's briefing hour: catch up onÌýthe day'sÌýnews, sport and business.
0600-0630
0630-0700

0709
Nicholas Sarkozy and Segolene Royal are fighting a close battle for the French elections.

0718
Dr Alastair McDonnell MP talks about the problems that Northern Ireland mayÌýface when it begins to govern itself again next Tuesday.

0722
Business update with Greg Wood.

0725
The future of theÌýIsraeli Prime Minister Ehud Olmert must be in question this morning after the call for his resignation from his own Foreign Minister yesterday.

0727
Senior adviser to the Met's Operation Trident,ÌýClaudia WebbÌýÌýsuggests thatÌýsocial services should play a role in tackling gang violence.

0728
Sports update with Steve May.

0730
We talk to the detective chief superintendentÌý David Tucker about the investigation into the murder of Paul Kelly who was stabbed to death outside a pub in Bath on New Year's Day.

0735
A growing number of Indian women are being used asÌýegg donors and surrogate mothers for British couples.

0743
Essayist and mathematician Nassim Nicholas Taleb has developed a "black swan theory".

0751
TheÌýthought for the day with Reverend Angela Tilby.

0756
Consul general at the American Embassy in London, John Caulfield and Dr Stefan Halper of the Centre of International Studies at Cambridge talk about whether this week's terrorism trial could lead to tighter restrictions on British people travelling to the United States.

0810
Childcare lawyer, Peter Herbert and Ian Johnstone of the British Association of Social Workers discuss how increasingly more children are being sucked into a violent culture.

0822
We talk to Miri Eisin, spokesperson of the Israel's Prime Minister, about calls for Ehud Olmert's resignation.

0825
Scholar and historian Lisa Jardine and the author Blake Morrison discuss what books best sum up the spirit of the Blair years.

0830
Sports update with Steve May.

0835
Professor at LSE Richard Layard and John Bangs of the National Union of Teachers discuss whether teachers should instruct children in emotional intelligence and happiness.

0840
Business update with Greg Wood.

0845
Police in the West of Scotland are piloting a scheme to use nurses in order to tackleÌýviolent crime.

0850
Composers John Rutter and John Tavener discuss whether one needs to believe in God to write religious music.

0855
Author Nassim Nicholas Taleb puts his "black swan theory" into practice.

0857
Edward Luttwak of the Centre for Strategic and International Studies in Washington thinks that we pay too much attention to the Middle East region.
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Thought for the Day

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The Blunder Clips

Some of Our Less Memorable Moments
These infamous sound clips have risen from the Today vaults again to haunt our newsreaders and presenters. Enjoy!

Can of what John?
John gets confused over the expression, 'opened a can of worms.'
- 18th March 2005
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
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
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
When the technology failsÌýJohn and Jim have to Ad-Lib...
JimÌýintroduces a veryÌýstrange soundingÌý
'Yesterday in Parliament' package.
Ìý- 23thÌýJuly 2004
Paul Burrell sings opera?
Sarah cues in a very odd sounding Paul Burrell clip.
Ìý- 25th October 2003

Sarah decides it's her turn - and interrupts Allan's discussion
-7 June 2002
Waiting
Garry Richardson waits and waits and waits for Brendan Foster.
The Extended Interview

We don’t always have time to play the whole interview on air. Listen to the extended interview here, exclusive to the Today website.

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"?
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.
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)
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.
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.
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)
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
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.
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)
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).
, about the recent increase of religious violence in Nigeria.
(19/05/04)
John Humphrys interviews Prince Hassan of Jordan on the critical situation in Iraq.
(03/05/04).
Jim Naughtie interviews Bob Woodward.ÌýFirst Watergate, now a controversial book into events in the White House pre-Iraq war.
(20/04/04).
Sarah Montague interviews Paul Burrell.
The former royal butler denies betraying Diana, Princess of Wales, insisting his controversial new book was "a loving tribute".
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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