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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
07:10 G8 leaders have agreed to seek a "substantial reduction" in greenhouse gas emissions. The US has made it clear that it will notÌýsign up to the cuts unless China and India, whose leaders arrive in Germany later this morning, back the deal. We speak to our correspondents James Reynolds and Damian Grammaticus.
07:15 There is speculation of a new cold war between Russia and the West, but President Putin is due to leave his job early next year. So who will take over and what difference will that make to relations? We speak to Sergei Ivanov, who is thought to replace Putin, and our correspondent, Richard Galpin.
07:20 Business News with Greg Wood.
07:23 George Galloway MP and the trustees of his Mariam Appeal charity, are being accused by the Charity Commission of not being sufficiently vigilant about donations to the fund. We speak to Andrew Hind, the Commission's Chief Executive.
07:26 Sports News with Sonia McLaughlan.
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0730 - 0800
07:30 President Bush's plans to bring what the United States says will be justice to prisoners being held in Guantanamo Bay, appear toÌýhave failed. The latest efforts to hold trials for the detainees, saw judges dismiss all charges in the two cases being heard. Our reporter Jon Manel speaks to John Bellinger, legal advisor to Condoleezza Rice in the State Department.
07:35 Post Office workers voted yesterday to strike over pay disputes and job security. However, what was most interesting about the vote was the way it was received by union delegates at the AGM. We speak to John Torode, an industrial journalist.
07:40 Today's papers.
07:45 To qualify as a Munro, a hill must have a peak of 3000 feet. Presently there are 284 Munros in this country, but there could be another addition. We speak to Irving Butterfield, founding President of the Munro Society.
07:50 Thought for the Day with The Chief Rabbi, Sir Jonathan Sacks.
07:53 The refurbishment of the Royal Festival Hall in London is complete, and it will re-open this weekend. We speak to Sir Terence Conran who was involved in the original Festival Hall project in 1951, and Peter Mandelson, the EU commissioner whose grandfather Herbert Morrison had the idea for the festival and the hall.
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0800 - 0830
08:10 Channel 4 was set up to broadcast programmes to balance the populist ITV and offer an alternative to 91Èȱ¬2. But have programmes like Big Brother changed Channel 4's image? We speak to Andy Duncan, Chief Executive of Channel 4.
08:20 26 Americans are due to go on trial in Italy today accused of kidnapping an Egyptian terrorist suspect in Milan. It's the first trial focusing on the CIA practise of extraordinary rendition. Our Security Correspondent Gordon Corera speaks to the Chief Prosecutor.
08:25 Sports Update with Sonia McLaughlan.
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0830 - 0900
08:30 A call for an independent committee to look at the costs and benefits of our membership of the EU will be debated in the House of Lords today. We speak to a eursceptic, Lord Pearson of Rannoch, and Denis MacShane, former Europe Minister.
08:35 Business Update with Greg Wood.
08:40 A survey commissioned by the National Farmer's Union suggests that many of us do not know where much of our food comes from. Sarah Mukherjee our Environment Correspondent explains more.
08:45 An article in the British Medical Journal states that insurance companies should have access to our genetic profiles, so they can offer cheaper premiums for people who are less likely to get ill. We speak to the author,ÌýSoren Holm, from the Cardiff Law School.
08:50 150 charities say they have been "barred" from applying for government money to fund training programmes for disadvantaged people, because of computer problems at the Learning and Skills Council.ÌýAn investigation for this programme has learned that the problems began with aÌýnew online application process. Our Education Correspondent Andrew Bomford explains more.
08:55 What should be done about the use of the "N" word? The debate has been sparked by the use of the word by a housemateÌýon Big Brother. We speak to Zoe Williams who writes for the Guardian, andÌýNick Johnson, Head of Policy at the Commission for Racial Equality.
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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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