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0700-0730
0709 One firefighter is dead in the fire at a warehouse near Stratford upon Avon
0714 A British student has been murdered in Italy.
0719 The floods in Tobasco in Mexico have covered 70% of the land area of the state. "New orleans was small compared with this," says the governor of the state.
0721 The latest market jitters are heightening concerns that the American economy may be heading for a recession.
0725ÌýÌýWhat have theÌýJury in the inquest into the death of Diana, Princess of Wales learned this week?
0730-0800
0730Ìý The Conservatives say that the National Health Service needs to be freed from "suffocating bureaucracy".
0735 ÌýWhatÌýis happening to our butterflies? They're disappearing.
0740Ìý This week, celebrations are under way to mark the centenary of the writing of the lyrics to the unofficial unofficial jewish anthem, Hava Nagila.
0745 Thought for the Day with Brian Draper.
0750 HM Revenue and Customs have admitted losing a CD containing the personal details of customers of Standard Life.
0755 The chairman of the Bar Council Geoffrey Vos talks to us about barristers being in the same category as highly valued public servants. |
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0800-0830
0810 The General Secretary of the Fire Brigades UnionÌýtalks aboutÌýthe fire in a warehouse in WarwickshireÌýin which at least one firefighter has died
0814ÌýThe National Trust is threatening to buy up sites where some of the Governments 3 million new houses may be built.Ìý We speak to their Chairman, Sir William Proby.
0825 King Abdullah of Saudi Arabia has returned home after a state visit. ÌýThe Foreign Office Minister Kim Howells said that despite religious and political differences, the two countries should work more closely.
0828 The Sports News with Steve May
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0830-0900
0830ÌýShares in banks took another hammering on the stock markets yesterday.Ìý Should we be worried?Ìý
0840 Are we losing the art of storytelling?
0845Ìý There are very strict rules at the Ö÷²¥´óÐã these days and we have to own up immediately if we get anything wrong? Well we did. Yesterday. Or rather, Barry Cryer did.
0850 The Really Terrible OrchestraÌýare in concert in London. We talk to the founder, writer Alexander McCall Smith.
0855 Should the head of any organisation resign when something goes wrong?
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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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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.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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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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