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Today's briefing hour: catch up on the day's news, sport and business.
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07:10 A 91Èȱ¬ investigation has found that a Saudi Prince received aÌýbillion pounds in secret payments from BAE Systems, with authorisation from the British government. Labour MP Roger Berry, Chair of the Parliamentary Committee that scrutinises our arms exports, joins us.
07:13 91Èȱ¬ Secretary John Reid will be announcing new anti-terrorist measures at lunchtime today. What likelihood is there that these will get backing? We hear from our correspondent Iain Watson, and we speak to Nick Clegg, Liberal Democrats 91Èȱ¬ Affairs spokesman.
07:20 Business News with Greg Wood.
07:23 On the 28th October this year, Today will beÌý50 years old. We are asking for the people who share our birthday to get in touch so that we can build up a picture of the last fifty years, through their eyes. Dorothy Sheridan, Director of the Mass Observation Archive, explains what we can learn from such exercises.
07:26 Sports News with Sonia McLaughlan.
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0730 - 0800
07:30 Is carbon trading really the way to confront the threat of global warming? The Week Magazine is organising a series of debates on the issue of climate change. We speak to two of its participants, James Smith, Chairman of Shell UK, and Professor Tom Burke, Imperial and University Colleges London.
07:35 Today's papers.
07:40 A new list of plants and insects which need protecting is going to be released. We speak to our reporter Sarah Mukherjee.
07:45 Thought for the Day with Professor Mona Siddiqui, University of Glasgow.
07:50 Interest rates may go up again today in the reaction to a slip in the market yesterday. Lord George, former Governor of the Bank of England, explains more.
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0800 - 0830
0810 The 91Èȱ¬'s Panorama programme has found evidence that hundreds of millions of pounds in secret payments have beenÌýpassed from BAE Systems toÌýa Saudi Prince,Ìýwith the knowledge and authorisation of the Ministry of Defence. We speak to ourÌýBusiness Editor, Robert Peston, and to Sir Malcolm Rifkind, former Defence Secretary.Ìý
08:15 The 91Èȱ¬ Secretary John Reid will be outlining proposals for a new counter-terrorism bill later in the Commons today. We speak to Lord Carlile, independent reviewer of anti-terror legislation and Joshua Rozenberg, Legal Editor of the Daily Telegraph.
08:26 Sports Update with Sonia McLaughlan.
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0830 - 0900
08:30 Peter Hain, Cabinet Minister, believes the Labour Party has lost support because it has been careless, indifferent and offensive toÌýits natural supporters by chasing headlines in the right-wing press.
08:40 Business Update with Greg Wood.
08:45 President Bush has been sending more troops to Iraq, despite much opposition. Today, Mr Bush's own "war adviser", General Douglas Lute, will tell Congress that he was one of those who was sceptical about it. We speak to Brigadier General Kevin Bergner from the U.S army.
08:55 In Australia,a landmark deal has been struck between aborigines, and a local gas refinery which wants to offset some of its carbon emissions. Our reporter Andrew Harding explains.
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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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