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0709 There's a huge manhunt under way for the would-be bombers. Danny Shaw reports.
0712 Gordon Brown's govt is complete: the junior reshuffle is over, and Gordon Brown can look happily at the opinion polls this morning for the first time for some months.
0715 Today's Papers.
0717 There will be more rain this weekend. But will there be more floods? Sarah Sturdey reports.
0720 Yesterday in听Parliament.
0725 Sports News with Rob Nothman.
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0730 It has not been a good few weeks for Mr Cameron. He's meeting some resistance from the more traditional wing of the party. We speak to Edward Leigh, President of the Cornerstone Group of Conservative MPs.
0735听The ban on smoking in public places in England comes into effect tonight and it's created a problem for the singer Joe Jackson who left New York in 2003 when the smoking ban came into effect and moved to London. Steve Rosenberg speaks to him.听
0740 Today's Papers听
0742 So far Sarah Brown has kept a low profile but will she be able to maintain that now that she is the Prime Minister's wife? Iain Watson speaks to some of those who know her.
0745 Thought for the Day with Canon David Winter.
0750 Retailer Comet claims to show that half of us don't recycle any electrical goods, and 1 in 5 isn't aware that they can be recycled. We speak to Bob Darke, Commercial Director at Comet.
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0810 We have been told over and over again that another terrorist attack on London would happen, but it doesn't stop it coming as a nasty shock when it is attempted. We are joined by Ed Hussain, who's written a widely acclaimed book based on his own experience as a radical Muslim, and the mayor of London Ken Livingstone.
0820 30 years ago this month Bob Marley & The Wailers released the album Exodus. Did Bob Marley's music help effect change? Our reporter Nicola Stanbridge looks back with one of his close friends and two of Bob Marley's sons, now also musicians.
0825 Sports Update with Rob Nothman.
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0830 American-led forces say they've killed 26 militants in a series of raids in Baghdad. They believe the militants have close ties with Iranian terrorists. Andrew North reports.
0835 Today's Papers.
0840 An essay by Mark Mardell on the treaty agreed last Saturday by European leaders.
0845 We talk about the weather as symbolic of our human dramas. It recurs throughout literature and we've often seen great portents in the skies. We are joined by author Tom Fort and John Mullan, professor of English literature at University College London.
0850 Training for women's boxing has begun in Afghanistan. The project is sponsored by a peace group who say it will give women more self-respect, and reclaim boxing as a sport in a country scarred by conflict. David Loyn reports.
0855 Gordon Brown's government is now complete. A younger Cabinet - no Prescott, Reid, Hewitt or Beckett - and some outsiders with no ties to the Labour Party. We are joined by Roy Hattersley and David Steel.
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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.
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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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