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Monday 30th May 2005
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0607
What does France's rejection of the EU constitution mean for Brussels? Our correspondent Tim Franks.

0609
People in Beirut have voted in the first election in 30 years to be held without Syrian troops in Lebanon.

0615
Business news with Greg Wood.

0625
Sports news with Steve May.

0630
Edward Stourton gauges the reaction to France's rejection of the EU constitution.

0635
Terry Stiastny on the political fallout in the UK following France's decision to reject the EU charter.

0637
Iraqi and US troops are preparing for a massive operation to tackle insurgents in Baghdad.

0640
A review of today's papers in both the UK and France.

0646
What does French "No" vote mean for voters in the Netherlands, ahead of Dutch referendum on the EU constitution.

0649
Did the internet help opponents of the new EU treaty in France's Sunday's poll? Internet expert Stanislas Maignant.

0653
Amnesty International says that the plight of women in Afghanistan has not improved much since the fall of the Taliban in 2001.

0709
Vice president of President Chirac's UMP party, Herve Mariton on the outcome of his country's poll on the EU constitution.

0717
Conservative's John Redwood tells us what is at stake for the UK following France's "No" EU vote.

0720
Business news update with Greg Wood.

0722
Independent MP for Istanbul, Emrn Sirin explains the effects of France's vote against the European constitution on Turkey's EU accession.

0725
Sports news update with Steve May.

0732
Does the French "No" vote means the EU constitutional treaty, in its current form, is dead? Peter Mandelson, the EU's trade commissioner.

0744
Labour MEP Glenys Kinnock on what the future holds for the strife-torn Darfur in Western Sudan.

0748
Thought for the day with writer and broadcaster, Oliver McTernan.

0751
Why is class the great British preoccupation? Historian Dr Tristram Hunt and writer James Delingpole.

0810
Ed speaks to a supporter of France's 'No' vote, Jacques Myard and Foreign Secretary Jack Straw on the future of the EU constitution.

0831
Sports news update with Steve May.

0835
Lib Dem leader Charles Kennedy tells us what he thinks went wrong for the supporters of the EU treaty in France.

0841
Business news with Greg Wood.

0845
James Naughtie talks to author Hari Kunzru about race, Englishness and why immigration should never have been an election issue.

0850
Conservative's Bill Cash, journalist Patrice de Bear and Dominique Moisi from the French Institute of International Relations on consequences of France's rejection of the EU treaty.
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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, as Nick 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 fails John and Jim have to Ad-Lib...
Jim introduces a very strange sounding 
'Yesterday in Parliament' package.
- 23th July 2004
Paul Burrell sings opera?
Sarah cues in a very odd sounding Paul Burrell clip.
- 25th October 2003
Interruption
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.
Laughing matter
What is Charlotte Green giggling about?
Weathermen
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.

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, in Rome about the funeral of the Pope John Paul II.
(08/04/05)
Part 1
Part 2
First BBC interview of Moazzam Begg, former Guantanamo Bay detainee. Mr Begg speaks to our reporter Zubeida Malik about his ordeal and how he continues to campaign 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 whose 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).
Jim Naughtie interviews the Nigerian High Commissioner in Britain, Dr Christopher Kolade, 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. First 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 to 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 to James Naughtie
Her questions surrounding the White 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.
James Naughtie interviews Hans Blix:
Hans Blix says allies had motivations other than WMDs for going to war - 6th June 2003.
Michael Jackson complaint
Los Angeles based psychiatrist, Dr Carol Lieberman, tells us why she’s complained to child protection authorities about Michael Jackson.
Saudi ambassador on war
Zubeida Malik talked to Prince Turki Al Faisal - the new Saudi Ambassador to Britain before the war in Iraq
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