Today - 03/01/2009

Presented by Edward Stourton and Sarah Montague. Edward Stourton reports on the conflict in Gaza. Chris Gunness of the UN Relief Agency and correspondent Mike Sergeant discuss the death of a senior Hamas figure in an Israeli airstrike. Roland Buerk reports on Sri Lanka's efforts to take control of Tamil Tiger rebel territory. Rory Cellan-Jones reports on the young entrepreneurs determined to start technology companies despite the economic crisis. Jim McNeill discusses his third attempt to reach the Northern Pole of Inaccessibility. Analyst Mikhail Kroutikhin discusses the dispute between Russia and the Ukraine over oil routes. Edward Stourton gives an eyewitness account of attacks in Gaza. Huw Williams talks to some of the Israeli airmen who have bombed Gaza about the moral complexities of their job. Thought for the day with the Rev Roy Jenkins. Prof Jonathan Spencer and Suren Surendiran of the British Tamils' Forum discuss Kilinochchi in Sri Lanka, occupied by Tamil Tiger rebels for a decade. Nick Clegg discusses his first year in charge of the Lib Dem party. Gill Hoffman, of the Jerusalem Post, and Griff Witte, of the Washington Post, discuss the relevance of the elections in the US and Israel for the situation in Gaza. Ed Stourton reports from Gaza on the 'worsening humanitarian crisis'. BBC producer Hamada Abu Qammar and Middle East editor Jeremy Bowen discuss the conflict. Astronomer Royal Professor Lord Rees discusses the 400th anniversary of Galileo's first use of a telescope. The former legal adviser to Mahmoud Abbas, Diana Buttu, discusses the conflict in Gaza. Sir Roy Strong, former director of the V&A, discusses his view that children don't know how the UK and its institutions work with history teacher Peter Hyman.