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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: Gordon Brown launches his campaign to become Labour leader and Prime Minister today.
0714: The National Clinical Director for Mental Health, Professor Louis Applepy wants reforms in mental health.
0717: The Chinese stock market is ballooning, but is it stable? Business editor Robert Peston.
0720: A political row is erupting over Paul Wolfowitz' position as head of the World Bank; Nick Cosgrove has the business news.
0723: Can British mercenary Simon Mann escape extradition to Equatorial Guinea? MP Henry Bellingham is a friend and supporter.
0725: Sports news with Garry Richardson.
0730 - 0800
0732:Mike Thomson has his last and most disturbing report from the Congo where he spoke to a young woman who was abducted by Hutu militia. You may find parts of this interview disturbing.
0740: A look at today's papers.
0743: Why Children should drink at home.
0750: Thought for the Day with Catherine Pepinster, Editor of the Tablet.
0753: The Portuguese police are believed to changing the focus of their investigation into the disappearance of Madeleine McCann. |
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0800 - 0830
0810: Farewell's to Blair are mingled with questions about the near-inevitable Brown premiership. Condoleeza Rice has been talking about the imminent loss of America's closest ally and Jack Straw is Gordon Brown's campaign manager.
0824: The Hammer Horror is to rise from the dead.
0829: Garry Richardson has the sports news.
0830 - 0900
0832: The costs of the government's ID card scheme are now £2bn higher than it's original estimate. Patrick Dunleavy, professor of Political science and Public policy and Labour MP David Winnick.
0836: In light of Mike Thomson's week of troubling reports from the Democratic Republic of Congo, how effective can the the International Criminal Court really be? Fatou Bensouda is deputy prosecutor.
0841: Nick Cosgrove has news of an inspiring story in the business news.
0844: A film made in 1966 about The Battle of Algiers is considered so influential it is shown to American troops heading for Iraq.
0850: How is the news of Tony Blair's imminent departure being received around the world? |
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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
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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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