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Tuesday 31stÌýJanuary 2006Ìý
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0607
George W. Bush gives his State of the Union speech today.

0609
How impressed wasÌýHamas by the demands from the world's big powers that it should renounce violence and recognise the state of Israel?

0615
TheÌýbusiness news with Greg Wood.

0626
TheÌýsportsÌýnews with Steve May.

0632
China and Russia have decided to support the decision thatÌýIran should be referred toÌý the UN Security Council over its nuclear programme.

0634
The government's bill on racial and religious hatred is back in the Commons.

0637
There is a big conference on the future ofÌýAfghanistan in London today.

0640
A major rescue operation is underway in the English Channel following a collision between a chemical tanker and another large ship.

0645
The review of today's papers both from Britain and Kenya.

0650
A look atÌýyesterday in Parliament with Susan Hulme.

0654
What are the arguments regarding the white paper on education.

0709
A former US State Department official, Mark Fitzpatrick and Ali Pahlavan from the Iran News newspaper discuss the steps that the International Atomic Energy Agency might take to discourage Iran from pursuing its nuclear programme.

0712
Baroness Finlay talks about the new campaign group opposing doctor-assisted suicide.

0717
TheÌýÌýbusinessÌýupdate with Greg Wood.

0720
What will the content of George W. Bush's state of the union speech be?

0724
Sports update with Steve May.

0730
We talk toÌýAlberto Fernandez from the State Department in Washington and Ghazi Ahmed Hamad from the Hamas newspaper Al Resala about the position of Hamas in the world politics.

0738
Derek Glover has had his hearing returned when skiing in the Italian Dolomites.

0745
Thought for the day with Elaine Storkey - Senior Research Fellow at Wycliffe Hall, Oxford.

0750
We talk to the Afghanistan's president Hamid Kharzai about the conference in London which will decide what sort of support international donors will give to Afghanistan in the future.

0810
The comedian Rowan Atkinson and Paul Goggins, the Home office minister, talk about the proposed racial and religious hatred bill.

0820
The nominations for theÌýOscars are due to be announced today and tipped for a place on the shortlist is The Constant Gardener.

0826
TheÌýsportsÌýupdate with Steve May.

0830
The former British High Commissioner to Kenya, Sir Edward Clay,Ìýhas accusedÌýthe president of the World Bank, Paul Wolfowitz, of "feeding the pig ofÌý corruption" in Kenya.

0849
We talk to the head of the World Trade Organisation, Pascal Lamy, about the negotiations between the EU, US, China, Brazil and India.

0843
Business update with Greg Wood.

0856
Which 10Ìýbooks should every child have read by the time they leave school?

0854
The Government is making it compulsory for flocks of over 50Ìýchickens to be registered by the end of February.

0858
The Financial Times commentator and assistant editor, Martin Wolf and Pam Woodall from the Economist discuss the retirement of Alan Greenspan as head of the United States central bank.
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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.

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.
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.
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 who 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.
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