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Today's briefing hour: catch up on the day's news, sport and business.
0600 - 0630
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07:10 The G8 Summit takes place in Germany today. Our political Editor Nick Robinson speaks to Tony Blair about whether President Putin's recent remarksÌýon nuclear weaponsÌýshould also be on the agenda.
07:15 Announcements that the NHS is in a huge surplus come hand in hand with reports that the NHS is still in huge trouble and worsening. We speak to Professor John Appleby, Chief Economist at the Kings Fund.
07:20 Business News with Greg Wood.
07:23 Ten men vying for the chance to represent the Republican Party in the 2008 General Election were debating last night. We speak to our reporter Justin Webb.
07:25 Sports News with Steve May.
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0730 - 0800
07:30 The last G8 summit in Gleneagles saw promises made to end poverty in Africa. 2 years later have these promises been met? Is aid the right solutionÌýfor Africa? We speak to the actor Bill Nighy who recently returned from a trip to Tanzania, and Paul Collier, former Director of the World Bank.
07:35 Today's papers.
07:40 Tracey Emin is representing Britain at the world's oldest and most high profile international art exhibition, the Venice Biennale, which opens on Sunday. Our correspondent Rebecca Jones took a sneak look at Ms Emin's work.
07:45 Thought for the Day with Reverend Rosemary Lain-Priestly.
07:50 The Conservatives are producing the results of their democratic taskforce, which was set up to produce reformsÌýto restore more faith in politics and increase participation. Its former Chair was Kenneth Clarke, and he joins us.
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0800 - 0830
08:10 The government says it has cut NHS waiting lists and made many long lasting imporvements to the NHS.Ìý But is this really the case? We speak to Dr Jonathon Fielden, Chairman of the BMA Consultants' Committee and the Health Secretary Patricia Hewitt.
08:20 The Spanish opposition leader has called for words to be found to the currently wordless Spanish national anthem. We ask whether we need new verses to our national anthem to reflect our changing political society, and if so what should they be? We spoke to poet Murray Lachlan Young.
08:25 Sports Update with Steve May.
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0830 - 0900
08:30 How are G8 summits set up, and what goes on behind the scenes?ÌýJoining us is Lord Jay who was Head of the Foreign Office when the last summitÌýat Gleneagles in 2005 was held.
08:35 Our reporter Nick Robinson speaks to Tony Blair about whether Russia's recentÌýthreats should be on the G8 agenda.
08:40 Business Update with Greg Wood.
08:45Today turns 50 on the 28th October, and we are looking for people who were born on the first day we broadcast. The Economist Marian Bell is one of those people and shares her memories with our reporter Polly Billington.
08:50 We are eating more "health foods" than we have ever eaten before, but we are still getting fatter. Why is this? We speak to Professor Jane Wardle who runs the Cancer Research Health Behaviour Unit at University College London and Ken Fox, Professor of Exercise and Health Science at Bristol University.
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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 Home Secretary wants to deport back to Algeria. Based on secret intelligence and police investigations, the Home 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 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. |
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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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