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0700 - 0730
07:10 Foot and Mouth is back after a diagnosis at a farm in Surrey. We speak to David Shukman, our Environment Correspondent, and Hugh Pennington, Professor Emeritus of Microbiology at Aberdeen University.
07:15 The Prison Officers Association has raised concerns about the activities of the radical muslim cleric Abu Qatada. We speak to our correspondent Kurt Barling.
07:20 Today's papers.
07:23 Heathrow Airport has faced much criticism this week. We speak to the Chief Executive of Heathrow, Tony Douglas, and our correspondent Mike Thompson is given a special tour of Terminal 5 by BAA's Director for Business strategy, Mike Foster.
07:25 The Phoenix Mission to Mars is due to set off today to look for signs of life. We speak to Dr Tom Pike one of the mission scientists, from Imperial College, London.
07:27 Sports news with Garry Richardson.
0730 - 0800
07:30 News with Chris Aldridge.
07:32 There are听strong concerns about the activities of Abu Qatada,听a radical Muslim cleric.听We are joined by Steve Gough, Vice Chairman of the Prison Officers Association, and Irfan Chisit who leads Friday prayers at a prison in Rochdale.
07:38 Today's papers.
07:42 Farmers this morning are living once again with the threat of foot and mouth. Peter Kendall, President of the National Farmers Union is with us.
07:45 We look at the trialling of sheepdogs following the recent death of Phil Drabble, the long-serving presenter of One Man And His Dog.
07:48 Thought for the Day with Reverend Rob Marshall, an Anglican Priest.
07:52 Following heavy rain lasting 20 days, 20 million people have been displaced by flooding in northern India, Bangladesh and Nepal. We speak to our correspondent Damian Grammaticus, and Davendra Tak, the Red Cross representative in Dehli.
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08:10 The current听foot and mouth outbreak will be seen against the background of the 2001 crisis. We speak to Sir Brian Follett who chaired a Royal Society inquiry into the 2001 outbreak, and the Chief Veterinary Officer, Debby Reynolds.
08:20 John Smeaton, the airport baggage handler who helped to apprehend Kafeel Ahmed who drove a car bomb at the Glasgow Airport terminal, has met the prime minister at Downing Street.
08:25 Sports update with Garry Richardson.
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0830 - 0900
08:30 The reputation of Heathrow Airport has taken a battering this week. We speak to Derek Jewson an aviation analyst, and Mark Bullock the Managing Director of Heathrow Airport.
08:40 Today's papers.
08:42 COBRA, the Civil Contingencies Committee, meets in Downing Street this morning to consider the foot and mouth outbreak. We speak to Paul Ibbot, who farms just outside the exclusion zone where the disease was identified, and the Cabinet Office Minister Ed Miliband.
08:48 Leaders of the rebel groups in Darfur are meeting in Tanzania to try and resolve the differences between them. We speak to the UN Secretary General's special envoy to Darfur, Jan Eliasson, and Chris Bain the Chief Executive of the Catholic Relief Agency CAFOD.
08:53 The government has given the United States permission to upgrade its listening station at Menwith Hill in Yorkshire. We speak to听James O'Halloran, Editor of Jane's Land-Based Air Defence, and Labour MP Peter Kilfoyle, a former Defence Minister.
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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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