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Today's briefing hour: Catch up on the day's news, sport and business.
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The government will set out today its plans for changing the system of coroners. We speak to the Constitutional Affairs Minister, Harriet Harman, and the chairman of the BMA, Dr Michael Wilks. |
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0712 |
A British soldier has been killed and two have been seriously injured in a battle with the Taleban in southern Afghanistan. |
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0717 |
TheÌýbusiness news with Greg Wood. |
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0720 |
Len Duvall, who chairs the Metropolitan Police Authority, says he wants a report from the Metropolitan Police about exactly how and why the Forest Gate raid took place.Ìý |
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0725 |
TheÌýsports news with Gary Richardson. |
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According to this morning's papers, John Reid has ruffled some feathers at theÌýÖ÷²¥´óÐã Office over a new slogan on "repect". We speak to Louise Casey, director of the government's respect task force, and David Davis, the Shadow Ö÷²¥´óÐã Secretary. |
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0740 |
Japan seems to be well placed to take control of theÌýInternational Whaling Commission when it holds its annual general meeting later this week. Some environmentalists have accused the Japanese of buying votes with the promise of economic aid. |
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0745 |
Thought for the Day with Clifford Longley, a religious commentator. |
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There have been more calls for America to closeÌýGuantanamo Bay after three detainees there killed themselves. We have been speaking to Josh Colangelo-Bryan, a lawyer for a Guantanamo detainee, and Cully Stimson, US Deputy Assistant Secretary of Defense for Detainee affairs. |
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0810 |
The Mayor of London, Ken Livingstone, speaks about the growing pressure on the Met Police, following the raid in Forest Gate. |
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0820 |
What should be done about the fact that native red squirrels are under threat from grey squirrels? The Scottish Conservative party MSP, Murdo Fraser,Ìýwants a bounty to be paid for every grey squirrel to be caught or killed. Andrew Tyler is director of Animal Aid. |
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0826 |
TheÌýsports news with Gary Richardson. |
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The weekend's events in Gaza have provided a grim backdrop to today's meeting between Tony Blair and his Israeli counterpart Ehud Olmert.ÌýZvi Ravner is the deputy Israeli ambassador in London. |
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0840 |
British theatre triumphed last night in New York. At the Tony Awards - Broadway's equivalent of the Oscars - the Alan Bennett play The History Boys was a topÌý prizewinner. It took home six trophys. |
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0842 |
TheÌýbusiness news with Greg Wood. |
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0845 |
American and BritishÌýattempts to deal withÌýterrorism are creating more problems than they are solving according to a report from the think tank The Oxford Research Group. One of the authors of the report is Paul Rogers. |
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According to newspaper reports, Ministers are considering givingÌýfish oil supplements to schoolchildren to improve their behaviour and studying performance. Dr Alexandra Richardson is director of the charity Food and Behaviour Research, and John Flockton is the headmaster of Newhall primary school in Bradford. |
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The Commission for Rural Communities will be making their case about the difficulties for people living in the countryside today. They will be showing a film to ministers and MPs called Hidden Voices - Rural disadvantage. The soundtrack to it was written by Steve Knightley . |
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A statement from the IPCC in response to our interview with Ken Livingstone. |
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The Church of England wants the government to take more effort supporting and training teachers in how they should organise collective worship in schools. We are joined by the Bishop of Dover the Right Reverend Stephen Venner, and by John Dunford, General Secretary of the Association of School and College leaders.
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Some of Our Less Memorable Moments
These infamous sound clips have risen from the Today vaults again to haunt our newsreaders and presenters. Enjoy!
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Can of what John?
John gets confused over the expression, 'opened a can of worms.'
- 18th March 2005 |
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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 |
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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 |
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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 |
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When the technology failsÌýJohn and Jim have to Ad-Lib...
JimÌýintroduces a veryÌýstrange soundingÌý
'Yesterday in Parliament' package.
Ìý- 23thÌýJuly 2004 |
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Paul Burrell sings opera?
Sarah cues in a very odd sounding Paul Burrell clip.
Ìý- 25th October 2003 |
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Sarah decides it's her turn - and interrupts Allan's discussion
-7 June 2002 |
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Waiting
Garry Richardson waits and waits and waits for Brendan Foster. |
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Waiting
Garry Richardson waits and waits and waits for Brendan Foster. |
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Waiting
Garry Richardson waits and waits and waits for Brendan Foster. |
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We don’t 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.ÌýA 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 thatÌýthe Ö÷²¥´óÐã Secretary wants to deport back to Algeria. Based on secret intelligence and police investigations, the Ö÷²¥´óÐã 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, inÌýRome about the funeral of the Pope John Paul II.
(08/04/05)
Part 1
Part 2 |
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First Ö÷²¥´óÐã interview of Moazzam Begg, former Guantanamo Bay detainee. Mr Begg speaksÌýto our reporter Zubeida Malik aboutÌýhis ordeal and how heÌýcontinues toÌýcampaign 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.ÌýFirst 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 toÌý 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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