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24/09/2011 (1200 GMT)

Fighting in Gadaffi's stronghold Sirte as the NTC troops advance on the city; Myths and legends surrounding the White Hart deer; and 'Mafia State', corruption, politics and the FSB in Russia.

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  • Escaping the war

    In Libya, Colonel Gaddafi's loyalist stronghold of Sirte remains cut off from the outside world. But some civilians have managed to get out of the town this week. Mike Thomson speaks to one of them.

    Duration: 06:32

  • Rebels advance in Sirte

    Alastair Leithead is travelling with anti-Gaddafi forces down the coastal road towards Sirte from the east. They've now reached the Sirte where they are facing shelling from Gaddafi loyalists.

    Duration: 10:04

  • Tantawi testifies in Mubarak trial

    Egypt's interim leader, Field Marshall Mohamad Hussain Tantawi, has testified at the trial of the former Egyptian president Hosni Mubarak. Bethany Bell reports from Cairo.

    Duration: 13:00

  • Secrets of the SAS

    A secret World War II diary of the British special forces unit, the SAS, has been kept hidden since 1946. Now it's being published for the first time to mark the 70th anniversary of the regiment.

    Duration: 19:35

  • The legend of the white hart

    In England, a recent sighting of the extremely rare white hart - a white red deer stag - has prompted debate about the legend behind its name. Dr Diane Purkiss from Oxford University joins Newshour.

    Duration: 23:00

  • Putin set to return as president

    The Russian president Dmitry Medvedev has said current prime minister Vladimir Putin should run for president in 2012. The announcement follows months of speculation, as Steve Rosenberg reports.

    Duration: 29:16

  • Mafia state

    Former Moscow correspondent for the Guardian newspaper Luke Harding is the first western reporter to be expelled from Russia since the Cold War. He recounts his experience in his latest book.

    Duration: 34:53

  • Yemen unrest

    Troops loyal to the Yemeni President Ali Abdullah Saleh have killed at least 20 people in an assault in the capital, Sanaa. British journalist Tom Finn reports from a field hospital.

    Duration: 42:00

  • UN Palestine vote

    The Palestinian request to join the United Nations as a full member state is not unprecedented - the modern state of Israel was created after a vote at the UN, back in 1947, as Paul Moss reports.

    Duration: 50:00

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