13/09/2011 (1300 GMT)
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Kabul attacks
Taliban fighters have launched a coordinated attack on the embassy district of the Afghan capital, Kabul. A witness describes what he saw and the Βι¶ΉΤΌΕΔ’s Quentin Sommerville reports from near the scene.
Duration: 04:36
Kabul attacks: eyewitness account
Gunfire is continuing around a building in Kabul where some of the attackers are believed to have taken refuge. A British woman, who is close to the building, describes what she can see and hear.
Duration: 07:41
Italy’s economy
Government officials in Italy have confirmed that they have been holding talks with Chinese officials, apparently in the hope that China might buy large quantities of Italian government bonds.
Duration: 12:28
Erdogan in Egypt
The Turkish Prime Minister Recep Tayyip Erdogan is in Cairo today at the start of a visit to Egypt, Tunisia and Libya. Jonathan Head reports on what Mr Erdogan has been saying during his visit.
Duration: 16:52
Erdogan in Egypt: analysis
At the start of the Turkish Prime Minster’s tour of three North African Arab states, two regional analysts, Fadi Hakura and Maha Azzam, discuss the significance of the visit.
Duration: 23:00
Iran US hikers
Two Americans jailed in Iran last month for spying are to be released. Their lawyer says an Iranian appeal judge has agreed to grant them bail, as the Βι¶ΉΤΌΕΔ’s James Reynolds reports.
Duration: 29:21
Pakistan floods: was Sindh province prepared?
Were the Pakistani local authorities prepared for this year's floods? Newshour interviews Shajir Shamoon, the head of the Provincial Disaster Management Authority in Sindh, the worst hit province.
Duration: 32:01
Pakistan floods: latest from Sindh province
Over the past two weeks, nearly 300,000 people have lost their homes in Pakistan in floods caused by heavy monsoon rains. The Βι¶ΉΤΌΕΔ’s Aleem Maqbool reports from Sindh province.
Duration: 34:06
Japan’s exclusion zone
The Βι¶ΉΤΌΕΔ's David Shukman visits one of the areas that were contaminated by radiation after the Fukushima nuclear disaster in Japan. Radiation levels in this area have now dropped.
Duration: 37:46
Eliza Manningham-Buller
The Βι¶ΉΤΌΕΔ’s Gordon Corera reports on why the former head of the British security agency MI5, Eliza Manningham-Buller, is now speaking out about torture, Colonel Gaddafi and terrorism.
Duration: 42:59
Kenya kidnap
The police in Kenya are still searching for a British tourist who is believed to have been kidnapped from a beach resort close to the border with Somalia. The Βι¶ΉΤΌΕΔ’s Will Ross has visited the resort.
Duration: 48:11
Lie detector
Professor Hassan Ugail, of Bradford University, is one of a team of British scientists who have developed a new form of lie detector which monitors tiny changes in facial expressions.
Duration: 51:31
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