Today - 23/07/2008

Presented by James Naughtie and Evan Davis. Including: Doctors will face annual assessments and will be expected to renew their licences every five years under proposals from Chief Medical Officer Liam Donaldson. Devon GP David Jenner and Claire Rayner, president of the Patients' Association, offer their opinions. Cattle egrets, a species of heron normally associated with African countries, have successfully bred in the UK for the first time. Jon Kay reports from their nesting site. While working on the Pirates of the Caribbean films, Johnny Depp became fascinated by pirate culture and music and came up with the idea of an album of sea shanties. An all-star cast including Lou Reed, Bono and Sting collaborated. The project is now being brought to life on stage. Arts correspondent Rebecca Jones reports. Thought for the Day with The Right Reverend James Jones, Bishop of Liverpool. The arrest of Radovan Karadzic recalls the Balkan crises of the mid 1990s, when European powers had to decide whether to intervene or mediate. Robert Cooper, adviser to EU foreign affairs chief Javier Solana, discusses the ethics of humanitarian intervention. According to an article appearing in the Trends in Cognitive Science, scientists can learn from magicians about human cognition. Psychologist and magician Dr Gustav Kuhn, author of the study, discusses his findings. Senator Barack Obama is in the Middle East. Republicans are claiming that the interviews he is giving for American television are unfair to their presidential candidate John McCain. ABC television news anchor Charlie Gibson discusses whether Obama is getting favourable treatment.