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Today's briefing hour: Catch up on the day's news, sport and business.
0600-0630
0630-0700
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The date for a referendum on whether the Palestinian people recognise the state of Israel should be declared later today. |
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Donald Findlater from the "Stop It Now" helpline talks about the type of calls they receive regarding sexual abuse. |
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0717 |
Business update with Greg Wood. |
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0721 |
Andrew Marsh from the Consumer Council for Water talks about the water shortage in connection with the government's plans to build new homes in the South East. |
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0731 |
Sports update with Steve May. |
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The Carnegie Commission represented by听Dame Diana Brittan says rural communities should be encouraged to stand on their own feet and live without subsidy. |
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0745 |
A team of US astronomers have released sounds from the space. |
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0748 |
The thought for the day with the editor of the Sikh Messenger, Dr Indarjit Singh. |
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We speak to a chairman of Shell UK James Smith and David Miliband听, the environment secretary,听about the increasing pressure from business leaders on the Prime Minister to get tougher with tackling climate change. |
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The chairman of the House of Lords committee, Lord Selborne听 and Yvette Cooper, the minister for housing and planning, look at whether there is enough water for the thousands of new homes the government plans to build. |
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0816 |
We speak to Sam Moore from the sixties group Sam and Dave. |
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0829 |
Sports update with Steve May. |
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Directors of听airports operator BAA have backed a takeover by Spanish building group Ferrovial despite the rival bidder US bank Goldman Sachs' claims that it offered more money. |
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Lord McAlpine is听holding the听largest ever auction of ethnic textiles tomorrow. |
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Business update with Greg Wood. |
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0845 |
The Times columnist and restaurant critic Giles Coren and Dr Ian Campbell from the charity Weight Concern discuss whether overweight people should pay higher tax. |
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Henry Allingham, Britain's oldest man, is 110 today.
See the pictures. |
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The spokesman for the Aldersgate Group,听Adrian Wilkes and Michael Roberts from CBI discuss whether the Prime Minister should get tougher on climate change targets. |
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Some of Our Less Memorable Moments
These infamous sound clips have risen from the Today vaults again to haunt our newsreaders and presenters. Enjoy!
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Can of what John?
John gets confused over the expression, 'opened a can of worms.'
- 18th March 2005 |
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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 |
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Who's reading the news Sarah?
Sarah introduces a guest newsreader. And it's catching, as听Nick Clarke of the World at One demonstrates
- 4/5th October 2004 |
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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 |
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When the technology fails听John and Jim have to Ad-Lib...
Jim听introduces a very听strange sounding听
'Yesterday in Parliament' package.
听- 23th听July 2004 |
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Paul Burrell sings opera?
Sarah cues in a very odd sounding Paul Burrell clip.
听- 25th October 2003 |
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Sarah decides it's her turn - and interrupts Allan's discussion
-7 June 2002 |
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Waiting
Garry Richardson waits and waits and waits for Brendan Foster. |
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Waiting
Garry Richardson waits and waits and waits for Brendan Foster. |
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Waiting
Garry Richardson waits and waits and waits for Brendan Foster. |
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We don鈥檛 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.听A 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 that听the Home Secretary wants to deport back to Algeria. Based on secret intelligence and police investigations, the Home 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, in听Rome about the funeral of the Pope John Paul II.
(08/04/05)
Part 1
Part 2 |
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First 大象传媒 interview of Moazzam Begg, former Guantanamo Bay detainee. Mr Begg speaks听to our reporter Zubeida Malik about听his ordeal and how he听continues to听campaign 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.听First 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 to听 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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