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0709 | The American Secretary of State Condoleezza Rice spends another day with the foreign secretary Jack Straw in the north-west of England today, acknowledging some differences over the conduct of the war in Iraq. | | | |  |
0714 | 13 Conservative lenders provided 16 million pounds for the Tory coffers. The list was published yesterday. But missing were the names of up to ten other lenders - several of them foreign - who had provided between them 5 million pounds but had wanted their names to remain private. One of those people happy to have his name published is Graham Facks-Martin, a retired farmer from Cornwall who lent the party fifty thousand pounds. | | |
0719 | Jacques Chirac, the French President, says he intends to press ahead with a labour law that has provoked street protests by millions of people. On television last night Mr Chirac addressed the nation, saying he understood the employment concerns of young people and would make changes to the law, amending two of its most contentious reforms. | | |
0721 | Baseball is America's pastime and the new season is about to start. But there's a shadow is hovering over the boys of summer as they prepare for the start of the season. There are allegations of the widespread use of steroids by players. | | |
0723 | The sports news with Mary Rhodes. | | |
0730 | The Serious Organised Crime Agency, or SOCA, which brings together the services of the National Crime Squad, the National Criminal Intelligence Service and parts of Customs and immigration is operational from today. But there's concern among some rank and file officers about how the new organisation will work, and how it will be staffed. Alan Gordon, Vice Chairman of the Police Federation of England and Wales and the new president of ACPO, Ken Jones, join the programme. | | |
0740 | The US Secretary of State, Condoleezza Rice, spent yesterday in Liverpool and Blackburn. Our reporter, Polly Billington, watched the reaction of the locals to Condi's entourage. | | |
0745 | Thought for the Day with the Reverend Rob Marshall, an Anglican Priest. | | |
0750 | Ambulance services have response times set by the Department of Health. They have been set at 19 minutes or rural areas and 14 minutes in urban areas for call-outs which are deemed to be serious but not life-threatening. Now the urban figure is being changed to 19 minutes too. Peter Bradley, the chief executive of the London Ambulance Service, and Jonathan Fox of the Association of Professional Ambulance Personnel, join us. | | | | |
0810 | The US Secretary of State, Condoleezza Rice, and the Foreign Secretary, Jack Straw, talk to the programme about the situation in Iraq. | | |
0830 | The sports news with Mary Rhodes, who talks us through her London Marathon preparations. | | |
0840 | 13 British people are reported amongst the dead in Bahrain after a crowded pleasure boat capsized off the coast killing 57. Seventy people have been rescued, but some passengers are still missing. The authorities in Bahrain have begun an investigation. We speak to the British Ambassador in Bahrain, Robin Lamb. | | |
0845 | A look at your letters and emails from the past few days. | | |
0850 | The growing campaign to save Radio 4's UK theme tune has brought about a partial reprieve. The 5 minute medley of tunes at 5.30am every morning is to be rearranged with music reflecting Britain's place in Europe. The BBC has confirmed that the change will happen on April 24. Our reporter Nicola Stanbridge has had an exclusive preview of the music. | | |
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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. A 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"?
| | | | Mouloud Sihali Interview
Mouloud Sihali from Algeria, North Africa, is one of the suspected terrorists that the 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. | | | | 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. | | | | 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.
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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 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). | | | | 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. | | |
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