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0607 | Ahead of the G8 summit, we look at some of the economic problems plaguing Africa. | |
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0609 | Iranian and European politicians are in talks today over Iran's suspected nuclear programme and possible sanctions by the UN security council. | |
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0615 | Business news with Greg Wood. | |
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0626 | Sports news with Steve May. | |
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0632 | To mark Africa Day, Jim Naughtie and Mike Thomson discuss the situation in the Nigerian capital of Abuja, whilst Nick Miles updates us on the latest in Zimbabwe. | |
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0635 | The government will publish their controversial Bill introducing ID cards today, whilst the Tories will set out proposals to change the way they elect a leader. | |
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0638 | A review of today's papers from the UK and Nigeria. | |
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0640 | Yesterday in Parliament with David Wilby. | |
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0645 | The Energy Minister, Malcolm Wicks, pledges that 10% of our electricity will be produced by renewable energy by 2010, which will mean doubling the number of wind turbines across the country. | |
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0650 | Somaliland's Foreign Minister, Edna Ismail, explains how the country has been successfully developed without any foreign aid. | |
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0709 | Last night, proposals to change the way Tory leaders are chosen were met with fury by the 1922 Committee. Damian Green, former Shadow Education Secretary, explains why the backbench MPs object. | |
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0712 | Basil Omiyi, Managing Director of Shell Nigeria, explains what they are doing to combat the corruption that prevents most Nigerians from benefiting from the second biggest oil reserves in Africa. | |
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0716 | Business update with Greg Wood. | |
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0719 | A new report from the Nuffield Council on Bioethics calls for moves towards a consensus in the debate on animal testing. Mel Broughton, of the Stop Primate Experimentation at Cambridge coalition, explains why some animal rights protesters are sceptical. | |
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0724 | Sports update with Steve May. | |
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0732 | Are attemts to curb corruption, which has stunted economic progress in Nigeria, succeeding? General Ishola Williams, Vice President of Transparency In Nigeria, and Nuhu Ribadu, who chairs the president's Economic and Financial Crimes Commission. | |
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0742 | Femi Kuti, son of the legendary pioneer of Afrobeat music, Fela Kuti, discusses his father's legacy. | |
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0745 | Thought for the Day with Archbishop John Onaiyekan, the Roman Catholic Archbishop of Abuja. | |
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0750 | The leader of the Liberal Democrats, Charles Kennedy, discusses their performance in the election and taxation policy. | |
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0810 | Following the EU pledge to double aid to developing countries, the Chancellor, Gordon Brown, discusses the aims of the Africa Commission and the G8 summit. | |
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0820 | Peter Oborne, of the Spectator and Daily Mail, has written an open letter to the people of New Zealand, anticipating the arrival of an unlikely member of the British and Irish Lions rugby squad... Alastair Campbell. | |
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0827 | Sports update with Steve May. | |
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0833 | Mike Thomson reports from Nigeria on the religious tensions between Christians and Muslims that are hampering political reform. The Archbishop of Kaduna, Josiah Idowu Fearon, discusses the Chruch in Africa. | |
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0842 | Business update with Greg Wood. | |
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0848 | Did the British kill Heinrich Himmler? Historical writers Martin Allen and Peter Padfield question the orthodox account of his suicide. | |
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0853 | Jim Naughtie reflects on the state of Nigeria from the capital, Abuja. | |
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