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Today's briefing hour: catch up on the day's news, sport and business.
0600 - 0630
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0700 - 0730
0709 The planning laws are going to be changed to make it easier for people who want to improve their homes. John Andrew reports.
0712 We ask Diantha Parker of Chicago Public Radio if she thinks the evidence of David Radler against Conrad Black was convincing.
0715 We hear more from the diary of Dr Mona el-Farra a doctor who lives and works in Gaza.
0720 Today's Papers.
0723 Yesterday in Parliament.
0725 Sports News with Garry Richardson.
0730 - 0800
0730 We speak to Robert Cooper, former foreign policy adviser to Tony Blair about how Gordon Brown's relationship with President Bush might differÌýfrom Tony Blair's.
0735 Today's Papers.
0745 The FA Cup Final will be played at the new Wembley Stadium today, but is the cost of a day out at the stadium too much? We ask Tony Russell, founder of Fans First, a football supporters campaign group.
0750 Thought for the Day with Reverend Roy Jenkins - Baptist Minister in Cardiff.
0755 Planning permission will no longer be needed for relatively modest changes to homes - small extensions, conservatories, wind turbines. We speak to Lord Bruce Lockhart and Barbara Want. |
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0800 - 0830
0810 The former American President Jimmy Carter has written a book which is particularly critical of Israeli and American policy. It's called "Palestine : Peace not Apartheid " We ask him why he used the word "apartheid"
0820 Gordon Brown wants to change the constitution or at least to have a bill of rights. So, on the basis of that, we've been asking you what you think should be included in it.
0825 Sports Update with Garry Richardson.
0830 - 0900
0830 Prime Minister Tony Blair is in Baghdad this morning. James Shaw reports and we speak to Canon Andrew White.
0835 Today's Papers.
0840 We hear the essay written by Dave Nellist, who was a Labour MP for years, on why Gordon Brown automatically becoming the next Prime Minister proves the party is no longer the voice of the working class.
0845 On Cup Final day there's a lot of talk about the new Wembley, and about the prices. We are joined by Adrian Bevington of the Football Association.
0852 We are joined by Richard Curtis who will be presented the Life Time Achievement Award by BAFTA tomorrow. |
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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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