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0709 On May 16th Nicholas Sarkozy will become the next President of France, and he is claiming a mandate for change.
0712 We hear the latest news about missing girl Madeleine from reporter Steve Kingstone.
0715 Business News with Greg Wood.
0717 We speak to Conservative MP Daniel Kawczynski who has raised the question as to whether or not police have enough money to do their jobs properly.
0720 Thousands of people are expected to march through London today calling for a "regularisation" of long term illegal immigrants and asylum seekers. Andrew Bomford reports.
0725 Sports News with Steve May.
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0730 When Trevor Phillips was running the commission for racial equality he warned that this country is sleepwalking to segregation. There's a film on Panorama tonight that suggests he was right. We speak to reporter Vivian White and Professor Kay Hampton, who took over from Trevor Phillips at the CRE.
0735 It is nearly 20 years since a presidential election in France ended with a socialist winner. We speak to Jacques Lang, who served as a minister under the only socialist President the fifth republic has produced, Francois Mitterrand.
0740 Today's Papers
0743听听There has been a 听decline of the Red Squirrel - but a project designed to increase their numbers has been having success in the woods of Northumberland. We speak to Lord听Redesdale, Chairman of the Red Squirrel Protection Partnership.
0745 Thought for the Day with Reverend Alan Billings.
0750 We hear from Sinn Fein president, Gerry Adams and I ask him whether he was encouraged by last week's announcement from the UVF - the Loyalist Paramilitary Group - that they were renouncing violence. |
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0810 We speak to former Labour minister Allan Wilson, the leader of the SNP Alex Salmond and the 大象传媒's political editor there Brian Taylor about the confusion surrounding last Thursday's Scottish election.
0820 There is a big campaign being launched today on behalf of long term illegal immigrants and asylum seekers. The Roman Catholic church is very much involved in the movement and we are joined by the Archbishop of Westminster, Cardinal Cormac Murphy O'Connor.
0825 Sports Update with Steve May.
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0830 The scenes in Paris last night reflected some of the divisions which have emerged across the nation during the election campaign. We speak to Christine Lagarde, currently Trade Minister and a member of Mr Sarkozy's UMP party.
0835 The cassette is dead. Curry's has announced that it's going to stop selling them because no-one's buying cassette players any longer. Sad? Or not? We ask Neil McCormick of the Daily Telegraph and Chris Hawkins of 大象传媒6 music.
0845 Is it safe to leave little children alone? We speak to professor Carolyn Hamilton of the Children's Legal Centre about the circumstances surrounding the abduction of Madeleine McCann.
0842 Business Update with Greg Wood.
0850 One man who may be able to give us an insight into the kind of president France has elected is David Blunkett - Nicholas Sarkozy was his opposite number here when Mr Blunkett was Home Secretary.
0855 We speak to the 大象传媒's Political Editor Nick Robinson about what promises to be a interesting political week. |
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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)
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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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