30/07/2010
Old opponents, King Abdullah of Saudi Arabia and President Bashar al Assad of Syria are meeting in the Lebanese capital Beirut today.
Old opponents, King Abdullah of Saudi Arabia and President Bashar al Assad of Syria are meeting in the Lebanese capital Beirut today. The meeting comes as speculation mounts that the Shiite militia Hezbollah will be implicated in the assassination of the former Lebanese Prime Minister Rafik al Hariri by a UN investigation in to his death.
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Syria Saudi Lebanon
Jim Muir reports on the preventative diplomacy going on in Beirut today.
Duration: 09:40
Pakistan floods
Lyse Doucet reports from north west Pakistan where more than 250 people have died.
Duration: 03:03
Bookseller of Kabul
The author who has had to pay damages for inaccurately portraying the life of the family she lived with.
Duration: 08:19
Russia heat
Richard Galpin reports on the problems caused by the heatwave in Russia.
Duration: 03:51
Sri Lanka
After the attack on a private TV and radio station in Colombo we ask who is responsible.
Duration: 04:10
China oil spill
A report on the grim conditions faced by volunteers mobilised to clean up the pollution.
Duration: 04:30
US economy
What do the newly released figures tell us about the United States economy?
Duration: 03:10
Turkey Iran sanctions
Why Turkey favours a diplomatic solution rather than sanctions on Iran.
Duration: 05:00
Japan not oldest man
The man purported to be Tokyo's oldest living male resident is in fact a mummified body.
Duration: 03:08
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