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 |  |  |  |  0607 | The man who killed the British backpacker, Peter Falconio, has been sentenced. Phil Mercer reports from Australia. |  |  |  0609 | Two thirds of NHS and private hospitals in England fail to meet cleaning standards, inspections reveal. |  |  |  0614 | The business news with Greg Wood. |  |  |  0626 | The sports news with Garry Richardson. |  |  |  0632 | The people of Iraq begin voting in an election to choose their government for the next four years. |  |  |  0634 | Charles Kennedy pledges to stay as leader of the Liberal Democrats. |  |  |  0637 | Europe's leaders are meeting in Brussels today to try to thrash out a budget deal. James Naughtie is there. |  |  |  0641 | The paper reviews from Britain and Iran. |  |  |  0647 | A look at the events Yesterday in Parliament. |  |  |  0652 | Badgers may be culled to halt TB. Trevor Lawson from the Badger Trust and Anthony Gibson of the NFU. |  |  |  |  |  0709 | An interim report by Sir Michael Lyons into local government finance has suggested charging residents for everyday council services, in addition to the existing council tax. |  |  |  0714 | Iraqis are electing their first full-term government since the US-led invasion in 2003.
|  |  |  0717 | The Transport Secretary Alistair Darling on why we could be seeing fewer speed cameras in future. |  |  |  0721 | The business news with Greg Wood. |  |  |  0722 | EU leaders are gathering in Brussels in an attempt to reach a deal on the EU budget. Tim Franks reports. |  |  |  0727 | The sports news with Garry Richardson. |  |  |  0733 | Why do so many hospitals still have "unacceptable" levels of cleanliness? |  |  |  0742 | We've been asking who runs Britain? Could the answer be Shakespeare? |  |  |  0744 | Thought for the Day with Oliver McTernan - writer and broadcaster. |  |  |  0748 | Can Charles Kennedy stay in his job? We ask the Liberal Democrat Party President, Simon Hughes. |  |  |  |  |  0810 | Lt Gen Nick Houghton, the most senior British general in Iraq, on the election in Iraq. |  |  |  0824 | Home Truths has gone...we talk about that and what should replace it in the schedules. |  |  |  0829 | The sports news with Garry Richardson. |  |  |  0835 | Who runs Britain? Yesterday we explored the influence of Europe. Today, we look at our own politicians. |  |  |  0850 | A business update with Greg Wood. |  |  |  0853 | More from James Naughtie who is in Brussels for the start of the EU summit. |  |  |
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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.
 |  |  | 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. |  |  |  | 50th anniversary of Waiting for Godot by Samuel Beckett. 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, 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.
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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".
|  |  |  | 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. |  |  |
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