28/07/2011 (1300 GMT)
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China crash
Martin Patience reports from eastern China where earlier today, the Chinese Premier Wen Jiabao visited the site of Saturday’s deadly high speed rail crash.
Duration: 05:10
China crash 2
Dr. Zeng Biao, a Chinese blogger based in the UK, is critical of the way Wen Jiabao's government has handled the crash.
Duration: 07:52
China crash 3
Has the speed and scale of China’s rail expansion put passengers at risk? Simon Rabinovitch is a Financial Times correspondent in Beijing.
Duration: 12:58
UK immigration
A British citizen is challenging new immigration rules that require her Indian husband to speak basic English, before being allowed to join her in the UK.
Duration: 19:57
Afghanistan attack
In another day of violence in Southern Afghanistan, insurgents carried out suicide bombings in Tarin Kowt, the capital of Uruzgan Province.
Duration: 22:58
Film piracy
In a landmark case, six leading Hollywood studios have won a battle to force British internet service provider BT to block access to a website, which provides links to pirated films.
Duration: 33:16
Nuclear veterans
The Supreme Court in London is considering the cases of nine British servicemen, who took part in nuclear weapons tests in the 1950s. They claim that exposure to radioactivity made them ill.
Duration: 38:09
Balochistan
The NGO Human Rights Watch has called on Pakistan's government to investigate a series of extra judicial killings in Balochistan.
Duration: 42:58
Palestinian raid
Palestinian police have raided the house of Mohammed Dahlan, a former senior official with the Fatah political party, in one of their biggest security operations in the West Bank for years.
Duration: 46:38
US debt
The Βι¶ΉΤΌΕΔ’s Mark Mardell examines how the rise of the conservative Tea Party movement and the election of a new breed of "freshman" politicians have created sharp political divisions in the US Congress.
Duration: 51:44
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