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07:10 Ford has told MP's it's putting Jaguar and Land Rover up for sale.
07:18 The Government's proposing to tighten the law governing rights for women in private clubs.
07:23 The International Committee of the Red Cross says conflict is spreading in Afghanistan and civilians are suffering unbearably. We speak to Pierre Kraehenbuehl, the ICRC's Director of Operations.
07:27 The business news with Simon Jack.
07:29 The sports news with Sonja McLaughlan.
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0730 - 0800
07:30 Inflation figures announced later this morning are expected to show that food prices are again rising faster than the overall cost of living. We speak to Lord Haskins.
07:34 A look at today's papers.
07:37 The security services release a file to the National Archives that "unlocks" the double agents of the second world war.
07:45 Thought for the Day with Dr Indarjit Singh.
07:50 We speak to Tessa Jowell, Secretary of State for Culture, Media and Sport, about the IOC's three day inspection of London's preparations for 2012 and that controversial logo.
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0800 - 0830
08:10 The car company Ford told MP's last night that it will sell it's UK car companies Jaguar and Land Rover.ÌýWe speak to, former Chief Executive of Jaguar, Geoffrey Robinson and former Managing Director of Rover.
08:20 We hear from one of the sisters of Banaz Mahmod, killed by her father and uncle in an "honour killing", about life in the Iraqi Kurdish community here.
08:25 A sports update with Sonja McLaughlan.
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0830 - 0900
08:30 One of the world's greatest Jazz musicians, the pianist Hank Jones, is 89 next month and about to release a new album.
08:35 A business update with Simon Jack.
08:40 We look at whether Lewis Hamilton, who today sits on top of the world driver's championship after his victory in the Canadian Grand Prix on Sunday, is a black man in a white sport?
08:45 Our business editor, Robert Peston, reports that the recent fall in the US Treasury bond market is likely to have a bigger effect on mortgage payments, share values and pensions.
08:50 Proposals are published today which would force private clubs -- such as golf clubs -- to give equal rights to women members. Vivien Saunders OBE is a former British Womens' golf champion who owns three golf courses in Cambridgeshire.
08:55 MI-5 has released files to the national archives allowing some of its agents in the Second World War to be identified. We ask if it is ever acceptable for the governmentÌýto reveal a spy's identity? |
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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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