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0607 | Michael Jackson has been ordered to give himself up to Californian authorities investigating child molestation. Daniella Relph isÌýour correspondent in California. | |
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0610 | The international atomic energy agency is meeting today to talk about Iran and its nuclear progrmme. Our correspondent in Vienna is Bethany Bell.
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0615 | Greg Wood has a round-up of today's business news. | |
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0632 | This is one of the key days during the state visit of President Bush.. Many protesters will be marching through the streets of London.ÌýOur diplomatic correspondent is Mike Wooldridge. | |
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0635 | A tense day ahead for the Government as it tries to tie up two important pieces of legislation on the last day of this session of Parliament. Our correspondent is Norman Smith. | |
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0638 | Are our inner city secondary schools getting better? Not according to the chief inspector of schools. ÌýOur education correspondent is Kim Catcheside.
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0640 | Today's World Press Review comes from James Reynolds in Jerusalem.
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0645 | It's the final day of the Parliamentary session today but there's gridlock between the Lords and the Commons.ÌýThe main sticking points are over eliminating some trials by jury andÌýcreating foundation hospitals. Our parliamentary correspondent is Robert Orchard.
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0650 | The Prince of Wales and the deputy prime minister John Prescott are talking together today about architecture - and there's an exhibition of "new urbanism" as its known in the U.S at the Princes Foundation. One of the speakers atÌýthe opening today is the Mayor of Milwaukee, John Norquist. | |
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0654 | If you enjoy watching shooting stars, this is the week to do it. Dr Robert Massey of the Royal Observatory explains why... | |
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0709 | Foundation hospitals have survived... by 17 votes - although the government has a majority in the House of Commons of 161. The Bill is even less popular in the Lords who sent it back to the Commons.Ìý What will happen next? Health Minister, John Hutton and Shadow Health Minister, Tim Yeo.
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0714 | The organisers of today's protests against President Bush's visit claim that tens of thousands of people will take to the streets in London today. Lyndsey German of the Stop the War coalition. | |
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0719 | One of the goverment's big claims is that education has improved. The Chief Inspector, David Bell is making a speech tonight and he's worried about the decline in secondary schools over the last ten years. | |
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0724 | Police in California are waiting for Michael Jackson - the reclusive pop star - to hand himself over to authorities. He's facing multiple child sex abuse charges. It's still unclear exactly where Michael Jackson is, but his lawyers say the accusations are scurrilous. Daniella Relph reports. | |
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0730 | U.S Ìýforces in Iraq are continuing their crackdown against insurgents - although President Bush has said that American soldiers will not be driven out of Iraq, many are now saying the U.S under-estimated the guerilla response. ÌýPeter Biles and Dr Anthony Cordesman. | |
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0740 | Peter Donaldson has a review of today'sÌýpapers. | |
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0745 | Two 12-year-old schoolgirls are £1200 richer after spending more than a year sticking torn up banknotes together. Rachel Aumann and Maisie Balley found the notes in a rubbish bin near their homes in Brighton. | |
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0750 | The bill on foundation hospitals scraped throughÌýthe commons last night - but only because of the votes of Scottish MPs. And Scotland will NOT have foundation hospitals. Their own parliament doesn't want them. Ann McKechin is one of the Scottish MPs who voted with the government. Dr Ian Gibson voted against. | |
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0755 | Britain at Six photo competition - Chris Hornsea describes his photograph of Reading station. | |
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0810 | President Bush is in London and will face protests today from members of the public opposed to the war and subsequent occupation of Iraq. Senator George Mitchell isÌýauthor of a middle east peace plan in the Clinton years - and is in London. | |
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0821 | Michael JacksonÌýis in big trouble. He faces multiple counts of molesting children and could go to jail for years. But whatever happens in the American courts, can his career survive yet another scandal? Conor McNicholas isÌýeditor of the NME andÌýJane Dexter has stayed at his Neverland home. | |
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0825 | AÌýnew book published today attempts to fill in the missing sex scenes in the novel Pride and Prejudice. The former Booker Prize winner AS Byatt has dismissed "Pride and Promiscuity" by Arielle Eckstut's as "intrusive and crass". | |
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0830 | ForÌý15 yearsÌýSaman Abdul Majid worked as a translator for Saddam Hussein. Now he's left Iraq and has written a book about it all. We also speak to veteran politician Tony Benn.
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0840 | Why does Ethiopia suffer multiple famines? Mike Thomson has been investigating why much of the devastation is not prevented. | |
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0850 | President Bush stressed the need for democracy in the middle-east during his visit to the UK yesterday. What should western democracies do about it? Dr Youssef Choueri of Exeter University and Warren Hoag, the London bureau chief for the New York Times. | |
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