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TuesdayÌý22ndÌýJanuaryÌý2008
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Israel is allowing fuel and medical supplies throughÌýthe blockade of Gaza, for one day.

0715 The business news.

0720 Kofi Annan and the Ugandan President are travelling to Kenya to mediate in the row caused by the presidential election.Ìý

0724 The EU reform treaty has clearedÌýthe first Commons hurdle, but there are more to come. We ask Liberal Democrat leader Nick Clegg how his party will vote.

0728 The sports news.

0730-0800

0730
Cooking has been made compulsory inÌýsecondary schools in England, for girls and boys.

0736
The paper review.

0739
The Prime Minister has arrived back from his trip to China and India. Our political editor Nick Robinson analyses the strategy and performance of the PM abroad.

0745
Thought for the day with The Right Reverend Tom Butler.Ìý

0750 The EU warnedÌýAmerica that it must make carbon cuts or extra fees will be imposed on American goods coming into Europe.


0800-0830

0810
ÌýAround the world, stock markets have plunged.ÌýWill the stock market in London follow Asia and continue to fall today?

0825
The Oscar nominations are out later today, but with the Hollywood writers' strike, will the Academy Awards go ahead?

0827
The sports news.


0830-0900

0830
ÌýThe schools secretary Ed Balls tells us how compulsory cookery classes will improve the health of young people.

0835 The EU Reform Treaty clearedÌýthe first parliamentary hurdle last night when the Commons voted to approve the bill in principle.ÌýWill it fully go through?
0837 The business update.

0839
ÌýPublic money will be used to prop up Northern Rock: Does this mean that the risks are borne by the public, but the rewards all go to the bankers themselves?

0845 Three National Trust sites in Northern Ireland are believed to be under threat from rising sea levels because of climate change.

0850 An exhibition of French and Russian art willÌýopen at the Royal Academy despite threats of cancellation for fear of ownership claims. We speak toÌýsome of the claimants whoÌýsay the paintings were stolen from their families in RussiaÌýby the Bolsheviks.
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Thought for the Day

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The Blunder Clips

Some of Our Less Memorable Moments
These infamous sound clips have risen from the Today vaults again to haunt our newsreaders and presenters. Enjoy!

Jim crashes the pips
James Naughtie keeps going on and on and on until Continuity cuts him off.
- 9th January 2008
Can of what John?
John gets confused over the expression, 'opened a can of worms.'
- 18th March 2005
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
Who's reading the news Sarah?
Sarah introduces a guest newsreader. And it's catching, asÌýNick Clarke of the World at One demonstrates
- 4/5th October 2004
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
When the technology failsÌýJohn and Jim have to Ad-Lib...
JimÌýintroduces a veryÌýstrange soundingÌý
'Yesterday in Parliament' package.
Ìý- 23thÌýJuly 2004
Paul Burrell sings opera?
Sarah cues in a very odd sounding Paul Burrell clip.
Ìý- 25th October 2003

Sarah decides it's her turn - and interrupts Allan's discussion
-7 June 2002
Waiting
Garry Richardson waits and waits and waits for Brendan Foster.
The Extended Interview

We don’t always have time to play the whole interview on air. Listen to the extended interview here, exclusive to the Today website.

(26/11/07)
The legendary Jazz saxophonistÌýtalks about his time in prison, phone calls withÌýJohn Coltrane,Ìý9/11 and the ambitions of a Jazz survivor.
(17/11/07)
James Naughtie interviews asks the President of Pakistan when he willÌýlift his country's state of emergency and what he is doing to tackle Islamist Terrorism.
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