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Today's briefing hour: Catch up on the day's news, sport and business.
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Nicholas Sarkozy and Segolene Royal have veryÌýdifferent ideas about what sort of country France should be. But whose ideals will win out? Caroline Wyatt reports. |
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Barclays has agreed merger terms with the leading Dutch bank, ABN. Robert Peston reports. |
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There are concerns that there areÌýpossible health risks associated with Wi-Fi networks used in schools. We speak to Philip Parkin. |
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0716 |
Business News with Greg Wood. |
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There is a sigh of relief from many on the left in France thatÌýÌýSegolene Royal did not suffer the fate of her predecessor in the last presidential election. We are joined by Pervenche Beres. |
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0727 |
Sports News with Steve May. |
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0730 |
GMTV viewers have beenÌýdefrauded out of millions of pounds via telephone competitions it is impossible for some of them to win. We speak to Panorama reporter Declan Lawn. |
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0736 |
We ask Conservative leader David Cameron what he means when he says we are becoming anÌýirresponsible society and that there needs to be massive changes. |
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Today's Papers. |
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Can Nicholas Sarkozy overcome his reputation as a politician who divides rather than unites? We ask his close advisor Jean-Francois Cope. |
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Thought for the Day with Reverend Dr Colin Morris. |
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Scottish Water acknowledges that it was a "catastrophe" at its pumping station that causedÌýÌýmillions of gallons of raw sewage to pour into the Firth of Forth near Edinburgh over the weekend. |
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As Tony Blair's colleagues struggle to find someone to challenge Gordon Brown for the primiership David Miliband has refused to pick up theÌýBlairite standard that some wanted to thrust into his hands, we ask him why. |
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As Nicholas Sakozy and Segolene Royal move forward to the final round of the French elections we hear from former French Prime Minister Jean Pierre Raffarin and find out how Sakozy might go aboutÌýdispelling his reputaion as a frightening figure. |
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Sports Update with Steve May. |
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Last week we interviewed the finalists for the National Short Story Prize. Today the winner is announced. Nicola Stanbridge reports from BAFTA. |
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Business Update with Greg Wood. |
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After recent stories about neo-natal care and premature babies, Hilary Watt, the grandmother of one such little girl, got in touch through our Listener Panel.ÌýPolly BillingtonÌýwent to meet her and her family. |
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Television is said to be "the greatest unacknowledged health threat of our time". We are joined by Dr Aric Sigman whose research it is and Sally Gimson, Campaigns Officer at the National Family and Parenting Institute. |
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We speak to Pierre Rousselin Foreign Editor of Le Figaro and Anne-Elizabeth Moutet from the French radio station France Info about the torrid fortnight in prospect for French politics. |
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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)
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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.
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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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