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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. Lebanese Minister of Economy and Trade, Sami Haddad and Virginia de la Guardia of the International Committee of the Red Cross give us the insight into the biggest internal conflict in Lebanon since the end of the civil war 17 years ago.
0716.ÌýEditor of the website Conservative91Èȱ¬, Tim Montgomerie tells us how agitated the party is about grammar schools.
0719. Business update with Greg Wood.
0722. Iran is secretly forging an alliance with al Qaida and Sunni militias in Iraq to try to force the Americans out. We talk to the Conservative MP and former soldier Patrick Mercer.
0726. Sports update with Garry Richardson.
0730 - 0800
0732. An Iraqi doctor describes how the situation in his country has deteriorated over the past few months.
0740. A 91Èȱ¬ survey suggests that as many as 50,000 NHS staff have not undergone criminal records checks. We talk to Dame Mary Marsh of the NSPCC.
0745. An exhibition opens at the Science Museum to mark hundred years of Bakelite, the first synthetic material to be invented.
0749. The thought for the day with the writer Rhidian Brook.
0752. The director of public prosecutions may announce today that charges are being brought in the case of Alexander Litvinenko, poisoned in London last Autumn. We talk to Andrei Kortunov,Ìýformer foreign affairs advisor to the Russian Duma. |
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0800 - 0830
0810. Conservative leader David Cameron talks about his party's discontent over grammar schools.
0823. Fighting is still going on in Northern Lebanon this morning between Lebanese government forces and militants.
0826. Sports update with Garry Richardson.
0830 - 0900
0831. Professor of philosophy at Birkbeck College, A C Grayling and Janet Radcliffe Richards of University College London discuss the impact of the restoration of the ship Cutty Sark.
0837. The Government agency Remploy might have to close many of its factories.
0841. Business update with Greg Wood.
0844. The author of the novel The Kite Runner about Afghan boys, Khaled Hosseini is now publishing a novel about Afghan women.
0848. Daily Telegraph's music critic Neil McCormick and Anthony Wilson, the founder of Factory Records, discuss the future of music labels.
0853. In the last week the 91Èȱ¬ has reported on a vast frozen island, which has split from the Artic ice pack - some scientists say it is further evidence of global warming.
0856. Former chief analyst in the Prime Minister's strategy unit, David Halpern debates on whether grammar schools are good for children's education. |
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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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