06/12/2011 (1400 GMT)
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Kabul suicide attack
Terror in Afghanistan, after at least 50 people were killed in a suicide bomb attack at a Shia shrine in Kabul. The Βι¶ΉΤΌΕΔ’s Quentin Somerville reports from Kabul.
Duration: 05:00
China smog emergency
Newshour hears from people in China about the thick smog that has blanketed Beijing and other northern cities over the past few days.
Duration: 06:20
China smog emergency – viewpoint
Isabel Hilton, editor of the website China Dialogue, discusses whether China’s latest smog emergency will make the country more likely to sign up to legally binding greenhouse gas emission reductions.
Duration: 09:01
Durban climate change conference
The Βι¶ΉΤΌΕΔ’s Richard Black reports from the climate change conference in Durban and looks at whether China is preparing to be more flexible than it was at the Copenhagen summit two years ago.
Duration: 12:28
Tim Geithner and the Eurozone
Professor John Peterson of Edinburgh University, a specialist in US-Europe relations, looks at the reasons behind US Treasury secretary Tim Geithner’s whistle-stop tour of Europe.
Duration: 17:28
Is 3D cinema the future?
Will 3D films become the norm or is it just a fad? Martin Scorsese, who has just released his 3D film Hugo, has become a huge fan of the format. The Βι¶ΉΤΌΕΔ’s Vincent Dowd reports.
Duration: 22:58
Russian protests
Newshour hears from Mikhail Tamm, who joined last night’s demonstrations in Moscow, and from the Βι¶ΉΤΌΕΔ’s Moscow correspondent Daniel Sandford.
Duration: 30:20
Significance of Russian protests
Political analyst Dmitri Trenin, of the think tank The Carnegie Moscow Centre, discusses the significance of last night’s protests in Moscow.
Duration: 33:41
Indian music
There are more people under the age of 25 in India than in any other country in the world. The Βι¶ΉΤΌΕΔ’s Rajini Vaidyanathan looks at how they are expressing their confidence through their music.
Duration: 38:15
Russian protests – John McCain interview
US senator John McCain gives his views on the Russian protests.
Duration: 42:18
Russian protests - your comments
Some comments from the Βι¶ΉΤΌΕΔ Russian website on the Moscow protests.
Duration: 42:58
Summits
Carne Ross, of the consultancy Independent Diplomat, and Ivo de Boer, who used to be the UN's climate change envoy, discuss whether major international conferences actually achieve anything.
Duration: 50:05
Florence art dispute
An art researcher in Florence, who is hunting for a lost work by Leonardo da Vinci, has drilled holes in a 16th century fresco. Professor Tomaso Montanari explains why he wants the search to stop.
Duration: 52:58
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