22/06/2011 (1300 GMT)
Belfast riots; Obama to withdraw Afghan troops and Βι¶ΉΤΌΕΔ journalist detained in Tajikistan
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Belfast
Does the outbreak of rioting in Northern Ireland pose a real threat to the country’s peace process? Michael Copeland is an Ulster Unionist member of the Northern Ireland Assembly for East Belfast.
Duration: 08:31
Obama
President Obama is expected to announce the withdrawal of up to 10,000 US troops from Afghanistan by the end of this year. Newshour hears from the former Commander of British Forces in Afghanistan.
Duration: 12:58
World Service
The British Foreign Office has announced the results of its review into the funding cuts at the Βι¶ΉΤΌΕΔ World Service. The director of the World Service, Peter Horrocks, discusses its future.
Duration: 17:28
Megacities: Tianjin
Martin Patience reports on how the local authorities in one of China’s fastest-growing cities, Tianjin, plan to cope with all the new arrivals.
Duration: 21:48
Urunboy Usmonov
Βι¶ΉΤΌΕΔ journalists in London have held a vigil to demand the release of one of our colleagues, Urunboy Usmonov, who has been detained by the security services in Tajikistan.
Duration: 33:30
Power of Asia
Newshour's Claire Bolderson is in Portland Oregon, where she has been discovering that the Chinese are developing quite an appetite for American goods.
Duration: 42:58
Syria
The Syrian Foreign Minister Waleed Moallem has accused Europe of flagrant intervention in Syrian affairs. The British Ambassador to Syria, Simon Collis, gives his reaction to these comments.
Duration: 49:11
Glastonbury
England’s famous Glastonbury Music festival returns this weekend. Newshour brings together a festival veteran and a Glastonbury virgin to find out how a first-timer can cope with the sensory overload.
Duration: 52:57
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