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Today's briefing hour: catch up on the day's news, sport and business.
0600 - 0630
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07:10 More than a hundred thousand children in England are excluded from school. Why are so many out of education, and what are the consequences? We speak to Jean Johnson, Chief Executive of the Inclusion Trust and Mick Brooks, General Secretary of the National Association of Head Teachers.
07:13 On the morning of 5th June 1967, the Israeli airforce went in to action against Egypt's. Within hours, the course of war had been set. We look at how 4 decades later, the ructions of that week long war that are still shaking us.
07:20 President Putin has said he'll aim Russian missiles at targets in Europe for the first time since the end of the Cold War ,if the US installs a missile defence shield in eastern Europe. Our diplomatic correspondent James Robbins explains more.
07:25 Business News with Greg Wood.
07:28 Sports News with Garry Richardson.
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0730 - 0800
07:30 The Palestinian economy is collapsing, despite a huge influx of foreign aid. Its government is dominated by the radical Islamist Hamas faction. We speak to Salam Fayyad, Palestinian Authority's Minister of Finance, to ask whether forty years after the six-day war, the prospect of a future Palestinian state is not just economically but politically bankrupt.
07:38 Could one solution for the lack of NHS dentists be for newly trained dentists to have to spend a certain amount of time working for the NHS, before taking on private patients? We are joined by Joyce Robins, Co-Director of Patient Concern and Peter Ward, Chief Executive of the British Dental Association.
07:40 Today's papers.
07:43 Laurie Anderson, the American performance artist and composer, celebrates her 60th birthday this week. To mark thisÌýshe is re-releasing her debut album 'Big Science' (June 18th). She speaks to our reporterÌýNicola Stanbridge.
07:45 Thought for the Day with Clifford Longley, a Religious Commentator.
07:48 The Prime Minister will be attending a conference on Islam in Cambridge today.ÌýOne Muslim Labour peer, Lord Ahmed, is accusing the Prime Minister of "hijacking " the conference and preventing mainstream British Muslims from taking part. We speak to Lord Ahmed and Catrina Laing, Project Manager for Cambridge University's Inter-Faith Programme.
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0800 - 0830
08:10 40 years on from the Arab-Israeli war, the Middle East is still living with the unresolved consequences of that week of war. We hear from Israel's Deputy Prime Minister, Shimon Peres, on how events have unfolded since 1967.
08:20 President Putin has said he'll aim Russian missiles at targets in Europe if the US installs a missile defence shield in eastern Europe. We speak to Sergey Karaganov, from the Department of International Economics and Foreign Affairs, State University Moscow.
08:25 Sports Update with Garry Richardson.
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08:30 The Oxford Task Force has judged the government's environment and energy policy as "an incoherent hotch-potch." We speak to it's Chair, Lord Patten.
08:38 Business Update with Greg Wood.
08:40 How do you cast a baddie in a book? We speak to Gareth Roberts, author of Dr Who novels, and Anthony Horowitz, children's author.
08:45ÌýOur Middle East Editor Jeremy Bowen has written a book called "Six Days...How The 1967 War Shaped The Middle East." He joins us.
08:48 The Six Day War might only have lasted six days, but we are still living with the aftermath today. We speak to Ari Shavit, columnist with Ha'aretz newspaper in Israel, Gamal Soltan, Professor of Political Science at the American University in Cairo, and Dr Marwan Kabalan, Political Analyst at the University of Damascus.
08:55 At Reading station this morning, the Bishop of Reading is giving out egg-timers to commuters to remind them that slowing down is important.
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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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