Today - 06/07/2009

Presented by John Humphrys and Evan Davis. Latin America expert Victor Bulmer-Thomas discusses whether the interim government in Honduras will eventually have to accept ousted President Manuel Zalaya's return. Correspondent Chris Hogg reports on ethnic violence in western China. Tom Feilden reports on the investigation into the tower block fire in Camberwell. Correspondent Andrew Hosken and political editor Nick Robinson discuss the current state of quangos and examine efforts by previous governments to cut their numbers. TUC General Secretary Brendan Barber discusses whether a freeze on public sector staff would help Britain's economic recovery. Moscow correspondent Richard Galpin reports on how the US hopes to reset its relationship with Russia. Thought for the Day with Rabbi Lionel Blue. Jenny Jones, of the London Assembly, and RIBA President Sunand Prasad discuss the concerns about the safety of tower blocks. Conservative Leader David Cameron discusses how a Conservative government would cut the 790 quangos, which currently cost 35 billion pounds a year. Expert Michael Dillon discusses the historical background to the riots by Muslim Uighurs in the capital of the China's Xinjiang region. Rebecca Jones reports from the opening of Antony Gormley's Fourth Plinth art project, One and Other. Environment analyst Roger Harrabin discusses climate change with the former British Prime Minister Tony Blair. David Loyn reports on how the UK is to spend one billion pounds on aid for nations emerging from conflict. US President Barack Obama is visiting Moscow for what is being billed as a 'reset' summit with his Russian counterpart Dmitry Medvedev. Russian ambassador to the UK Yuri Fedotov, discusses what Russians are looking for from the summit. In the 17th century pilgrims flocked to America. Dr Susan Hardman Moore discusses her thesis that one in four pilgrims gave up on the new world to return to the old. Robert Pigott reports on how the world's oldest surviving bound Bible has been digitised and is being offered online to the public. Author Richard Ehrman, deputy chairman of the think-tank Policy Exchange, discusses the idea of a demographic crunch caused by an increasingly aged population combined with a low birth rate.