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0700 - 0730
0709 In Gloucestershire a man has been arrested for impersonating a fire-fighter during the flooding. Bob Walker reports.
0712 In Afghanistan, the Taliban continues to hold 22 South Korean Christian Aid workers, and it has again threatened to kill them all.
0715 When an event like the Tour de France becomes mired in scandal what effect does it have on its sponsorship? We speak to the head of sponsorship at Rabobank, Helen Crielaard.
0718 Today's Papers.
0720 A five metre whale which had become trapped in the River Orwell near Ipswich, has been killed this morning to relieve it of it any suffering. We speak to Tim Wass of the RSPCA, one of the rescue crew which spent most of the night at the river.
0725 Sports News with Rob Nothman.
0730 - 0800
0730 Prosecutors in Australia have dropped charges against the indian doctor Mohammed Haneef in connection with the failed bomb attacks here. Phil Mercer reports.
0735 Today's Papers.
0740 This year is the 100th anniversary of the birth of the scout movement. And Prince William opens the World Scout Jamboree today at Hylands Park in Chelmsford. We speak to 2 of the 40,000 scouts who have travelled from around the world to the event.
0745 Thought for the Day with Rob Marshall, and Anglican Priest.
0750 The Red Mosque in Islamabad has been at the centre of a series of violent events over the past month. We ask our correspondent, Dan Issacs, what is the reason for this.
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0810 We hear from a resident in Sheffield about what has happened since the floods hit. We are also joined by Hilary Benn who discusses whether or not the floods are likely to affect public attitude to climate change.
0820 Trevor Horn, Lol Cr猫me, Steve Lipson, Chris Braide and Ash Soan, some of the most revered producers and song-writers, are forming a band called The Producers. They are about to release their first single and Mark Coles met up with them in the recording studio as they rehearsed.
0825 Sports Update with Rob Nothman.
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0830 - 0900
0830 Ten teenagers have been killed in six months as a result of gun crime. We are joined by Wanoo Seshmi, Director of the From Boyhood to Manhood Foundation and Graham Robb, Interim chair of the Youth Justice Board for England and Wales.
0835 Today's Papers.
0840 Are there pairs of books that you should read together? It's the thinking behind a new series by Vintage Classics which has twinned a contemporary writer's work with a classic author. We ask author AS Byatt and critic DJ Taylor.
0845 Academics and historians are being asked to become special constables in the Art and Antiques squad, so their expertise can be used on the front line of an illegal trade worth tens of millions of pounds a year.
0850 Is enough being done to help families with the care of relatives who suffer from Alzheimers disease? We speak to Clive Evers, the director of Knowledge, the Alzhemiers Society.
0855 We discuss the possibility of Gordon Brown calling an election this autumn.
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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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Baroness Sally Morgan Interview
Tony Blair's former Director of Political and Government Relations, Baroness Sally Morgan has given a rare, interview to Today to mark the Prime Minister's departure.
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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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