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Tuesday 26th JulyÌý2005
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0607
One Briton has been confirmed dead whilst ten are still missing after theÌýbombing in Sharm el Sheikh in Egypt.

0610
TheÌýgovernment is launching a new scheme to improveÌýaccess to GPs in deprived areas.

0615
Business news with Greg Wood.

0626
Sports news with Mary Rhodes.

0631
Tony Blair will meet opposition leaders today to discussÌýtougher anti-terrorism laws.

0634
Neil Bennett reports on the latest developments in the investigation into the attacks on London.

0640
GovernmentÌýeducation policies have been failing children from the poorest homes.

0643
A review ofÌýtoday's papers inÌýthe UKÌýand Beijing.

0646
UN Secretary General Kofi Annan is urging member states to agree on a definition of terrorism.

0653
Hilary AndersonÌýreports fromÌý famine strickenÌýNiger as the firstÌýBritishÌýrelief supplies arrive.

0657
Lord Adebowale, Chief Executive of the charity 'Turning Point', and Paul Hayes, Chief Executive of the National Treatment Agency, discuss the need for greater government measures to combat the rising use of crack cocaine.

0709
Chief Constable Barbara Wilding, chairman of the working group responsible for theÌýshoot-to-kill policy now in operation amongst the Metropolitan Police, defends the measures.

0716
Sunni politicians will rejoin talks to draft Iraq's new constitution in Baghdad today. Dr Barham Saleh, the Iraqi Minister of Planning and former Deputy Prime Minister.

0722
Business update with Greg Wood.

0724
Has theÌýChurch of England changed its policy towards recognising same-sex partnerships? Our Religious Affairs Correspondent Robert Pigott reports.

0727
Sports update with Mary Rhodes.

0732
Kofi Annan's chief of staff, Mark Malloch Brown, discusses proposed reforms of the UN and the much contested search for a UN definition of terrorism.

0744
One of France's top restaurants has closed downÌý- not due to a lack of customers, but because the chef is fed up with the tyranny of his 3-Michelin star rating. Caroline Wyatt reports.

0749
Thought for the Day with Rosemary Lain-Priestley, Priest of St Martin-in-the-Fields.

0753
Dr Tessa Stone, director of the Sutton Educational Trust, andÌýEducation Secretary Ruth Kelly on how to prevent children from the poorest backgrounds from underachieving.

0810
How should the government tackle terrorism? Former Chief of Defence Intelligence Sir John Walker, Paul Whitehouse,Ìýex Chief Constable of Sussex, and Professor Paul Wilkinson, Chair of the Centre for the Study of Terrorism & Political Violence, St Andrew's, form our panel of experts.

0821
Boris Johnson,Tory MP and Editor of the Spectator, turns art critic.

0824
Sports update with Mary Rhodes.

0830
Work and Pensions Secretary David Blunkett has consulted a citizen's jury on howÌýpensions should be reformed. Iain Watson reports.

0840
Business update with Greg Wood.

0842
Roy Bennett, a former white opposition MP who was jailed by Mugabe, and Brendan Boyle, South African Parliamentary Bureau Chief for the Sunday Times, discuss whether South Africa shouldÌýaid Zimbabwe's ailing economy.

0850
TheÌýspace shuttle Discovery is due to lift off today despite heavy criticism andÌýtechnical problems. Pallab Ghosh reports.

0854
Canon Dr Chris Sugden, Executive Secretary of Anglican Mainstream, and Rev Colin Coward, Director of Changing Attitude, discuss the Church of England's stance on gay marriage.
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The Blunder Clips

Some of Our Less Memorable Moments
These infamous sound clips have risen from the Today vaults again to haunt our newsreaders and presenters. Enjoy!

Can of what John?
John gets confused over the expression, 'opened a can of worms.'
- 18th March 2005
What is our website and email address John?
John gets confused about all this modern technology and it's David Blunkett Jim!
- 22 December 2004
Who's reading the news Sarah?
Sarah introduces a guest newsreader. And it's catching, asÌýNick Clarke of the World at One demonstrates
- 4/5th October 2004
The boy who likes to say YES!
Sports presenter Steve May is left trying desperately to get his seven year old guest to say something other than yes!
- 23rd September 2004
When the technology failsÌýJohn and Jim have to Ad-Lib...
JimÌýintroduces a veryÌýstrange soundingÌý
'Yesterday in Parliament' package.
Ìý- 23thÌýJuly 2004
Paul Burrell sings opera?
Sarah cues in a very odd sounding Paul Burrell clip.
Ìý- 25th October 2003

Sarah decides it's her turn - and interrupts Allan's discussion
-7 June 2002
Waiting
Garry Richardson waits and waits and waits for Brendan Foster.
What is Charlotte Green giggling about?
John and Jim share a joke about the weather?
The Extended Interview

We don’t always have time to play the whole interview on air. Listen to the extended interview here, exclusive to the Today website.

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)
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
Part 2
First ´óÏó´«Ã½ 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.
Justin Webb interviews Walter Cronkite who pays tribute to Dan Rather, a 73 year old news presenter in America whose is retiring after 24 years.
(10/03/05)
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).
, about the recent increase of religious violence in Nigeria.
(19/05/04)
John Humphrys interviews Prince Hassan of Jordan on the critical situation in Iraq.
(03/05/04).
Jim Naughtie interviews Bob Woodward.ÌýFirst Watergate, now a controversial book into events in the White House pre-Iraq war.
(20/04/04).
Sarah Montague interviews Paul Burrell.
The former royal butler denies betraying Diana, Princess of Wales, insisting his controversial new book was "a loving tribute".
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.
Hillary Clinton talks toÌýJamesÌýNaughtie
Her questions surrounding theÌýWhite House handling of the Iraq war, plus her years with Bill in that stately building.
Mark Coles interviews Damien Hirst
......about his new exhibition in the small Slovenian capital Ljubljana, including drawings from his teenage years.
James Naughtie interviews Hans Blix:
Hans Blix says allies had motivations other than WMDs for going to war - 6th June 2003.

Los Angeles based psychiatrist, Dr Carol Lieberman, tells us why she’s complained to child protection authorities about Michael Jackson.

Zubeida Malik talked to Prince Turki Al Faisal - the new Saudi Ambassador to Britain before the war in Iraq
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