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FridayÌý17thÌýFebruary 2006Ìý
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0607
Israeli ministers meet this morning to discuss how to approach Hamas' victory at the Palestinian election.

0609
Billy-Jo Jenkins natural father has spoken to our reporter Sanchia Berg.Ìý

0615
Business news with Rebecca Marston.

0626
Sports news with Steve May.

0640
TheÌýNational Audit Office raises doubts over Government claims that efficiency programmes have saved £5 billion.

0645
The review ofÌýtoday's papersÌýin the UK, Paris and Delhi.

0648
Yesterday in Parliament and MPs are off on holiday again.Ìý

0634
A report for the Howard League paints an appalling picture of life for children in Britain's penal system.

0651
Aid workers have discoveredÌýtens of thousands of people in remote areas of Pakistan who have not yetÌýreceived aid since the earthquake four months ago.

0655
Tony Blair is in Berlin with Germany's chancellor Angela Merkel this morning.

0631
Northern Ireland secretary Peter Hain thinksÌýGuantanamo Bay should be closed.Ìý

0709
A UN report has claimed that what goes on at the US detention centreÌýGuantanamo Bay amounts to torture. Michael Gapes is the labour chairman of the Foreign Affairs Select Committee.

0715
How does a country deal with an elected authority run by an organisation dedicated to its destruction? That's the question Israel will be tackling this morning.ÌýÌý

0719
AÌýbusiness update with Rebecca Marston

0722
Sinn Fein holds its annual conference today. What will they make ofÌýMPs here having voted in favour of a new law making it a crime to glorify terrorism?

0733
For the third time Sion Jenkins has been acquitted of the murder of his step daughter Billy Jo Jenkins. Her natural father, Bill Jenkins has spoken candidly to our reporter Sanchia Berg about his surprise and disappointment at what had not been presented to the jury.

0747
Thought for the day with the Right Reverend James Jones, Bishop of Liverpool.

0742
The famousÌýAustralian magnate Kerry Packer was remembered in grand, if not rather ironic style last night at the Sydney Opera House.

0750
In this countryÌý2,700 children are being held in penal institutions and according to a new report they are being treated appallingly.

0810
Archbishop Desmond Tutu has been very critical of Britain's way of dealing with the threat from terrorism and he too, along with Kofi Annan and many others, supports the mounting pressure to close Guantanamo Bay.

0822
Bury Council in Lancashire are a little short of cash, so they're selling off a famous painting, a Lowry, but some people including Robert Bibby,Ìýleader of the Conservatives on the council disprove, the council's chief executive is Mark Sanders.

0831
A landlord established some thirty years ago, to house refugees from war zones in Africa, is being accused of inflicting slum conditions, abuse and intimidation upon his tenants.

0835
AÌýbusiness update withÌýRebecca Marston.

0838
The government claims to have saved £5 billion through efficiency measures, but theÌýNational Audit Office isn't so sure.ÌýTheresa Villiers and Des Browne.

0844
A satellite study of theÌýGreenland ice cap shows that it is melting far faster than scientists had thought. President of the American Association for the Advancement of Science, Dr Gilbert Omenn explains the significance of this research.Ìý

0855
TheÌýChief Rabbi Jonathan Sacks has condemnedÌýa decision by the Church of England to review its investment in the company Caterpillar Inc, as a direct result of the use its equipment by Israel in the occupied Palestinian territories. Jeff Barak of the Jewish Chronicle and Keith Malcouronne representing SYNOD discuss.
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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!

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.
What is Charlotte Green giggling about?
John and Jim share a joke about the weather?
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.

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)
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.
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.
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)
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
First Â鶹¹ÙÍøÊ×Ò³Èë¿Ú 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.
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)
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).
, about the recent increase of religious violence in Nigeria.
(19/05/04)
John Humphrys interviews Prince Hassan of Jordan on the critical situation in Iraq.
(03/05/04).
Jim Naughtie interviews Bob Woodward.ÌýFirst Watergate, now a controversial book into events in the White House pre-Iraq war.
(20/04/04).
Sarah Montague interviews Paul Burrell.
The former royal butler denies betraying Diana, Princess of Wales, insisting his controversial new book was "a loving tribute".
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.
Hillary Clinton talks toÌýJamesÌýNaughtie
Her questions surrounding theÌýWhite House handling of the Iraq war, plus her years with Bill in that stately building.
Mark Coles interviews Damien Hirst
......about his new exhibition in the small Slovenian capital Ljubljana, including drawings from his teenage years.
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