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27/05/2010

The government outlines plans for welfare reforms to get people off benefits and back to work, but will they succeed? We examine the existing schemes in Birmingham and London.

The government outlines plans for welfare reforms to get people off benefits and back to work, but will they succeed? We examine the existing schemes in Birmingham and London.

President Obama announces a delay in further exploration of off-shore oil and introduces tighter rules for the oil industry.

What chance of breaking a deadlock on the spread of nuclear weapons? We report live from the UN.

Three women who worked as sex workers have been murdered in Bradford - what can be done to improve the safety of prostitutes?

The World Tonight with Roger Hearing.

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