Politics

Fukushima operator gives first glimpse of fuel rod removal

The operator of the crippled Fukushima nuclear plant offers the first glimpse of the operation to remove its fuel rods, the most dangerous job since the runaway reactors were brought under control two years ago. Duration: 00:42

Nov 19, 2013

Call for Zimbabwe diamond sanctions to be lifted

South Africa calls on countries to lift outstanding sanctions against Zimbabwean diamond producers, at the opening of the Kimberley Process plenary meeting in Johannesburg. Duration: 01:10

Nov 19, 2013

Food continues to pour in as typhoon victims struggle

UN World Food Programme (WFP) says food for 1.9 million people has been dispatched to communities hit by Typhoon Haiyan – and more is arriving every day. Duration: 01:30

Nov 19, 2013

Honduras candidate says 'respect election results'

The candidate for Honduras' ruling National Party, Juan Orlando Hernandez, calls for the results of the country's upcoming general elections to be respected. Duration: 00:59

Nov 19, 2013

Scores of wounded flood Beirut hospitals after deadly blast

A double suicide bombing outside the Iranian embassy in Beirut killed at least 23 people on Tuesday, in an attack claimed by an Al-Qaeda-linked jihadist group. Duration: 00:52

Nov 19, 2013

Virgin Airlines flies 'too fat to fly' Frenchman to London

A young, clinically obese Frenchman who was stranded in the United States because he was deemed too heavy to fly finally took a plane to Britain on Tuesday, one step closer to going home. Duration: 00:42

Nov 19, 2013

UN climate talks Filipino delegate continues hunger strike

As UN climate talks enter their final week, Naderev Sano, a member of the Philippines Climate Change Commission Philippines, has reached the eighth day of a hunger strike he launched "in solidarity" with his countrymen. Duration: 01:10

Nov 19, 2013

Cameroon parish prays for abducted French priest

Father Georges Vandenbeusch's glasses are still lying abandoned on his desk, a reminder of the sudden kidnapping of the French priest a few days ago near Cameroon's border with Nigeria by Islamist group Boko Haram. Duration: 00:48

Nov 19, 2013

Shebab suicide attack against Somali police kills 16

At least 16 people were killed when Somalia's Shebab insurgents attacked a police station Tuesday, with a suicide car bomber blasting open the compound before commandos entered spraying gunfire, an army officer said. Duration: 00:49

Nov 19, 2013

Patriarch urges Christians to stay in Syria

Gregory Laham, the Syrian patriarch of the Melkite Greek Catholic church has called on his fellow Christians to stay in Syria, despite the brutal conflict raging in the country. Duration: 01:03

Nov 19, 2013

Hundreds in Egypt mark anniversary of army protests

Dozens of supporters and opponents of the army gathered in Cairo's Tahrir Square Tuesday to mark the anniversary of anti-military protests, amid mounting anger over a memorial to those killed in Egypt's uprising. Duration: 00:42

Nov 19, 2013

Style queen Isabella Blow's wardrobe on show in London

Stylist, muse, mentor or simply an eccentric aristocrat with a penchant for wearing lobsters -- late British fashion editor Isabella Blow was hard to pin down, but most agree she was extraordinary. Duration: 00:58

Nov 19, 2013

At least one dead, 50 feared trapped in S.Africa mall collapse

One person was killed and as many as 50 were feared trapped after the roof of an under-construction mall collapsed near the South African city of Durban Tuesday, officials said. Images. Duration: 00:34

Nov 19, 2013

Brazil signs deal to boost investments in nuclear power

The French nuclear group Areva obtained a contract worth 1.25 billion euros with the Brazilian electrician Eletrobras Eletronuclear to complete the unfinished construction of the Angra 3 reactor in Brazil. Duration: 00:52

Nov 19, 2013

Gettysburg marks 150th anniversary of Lincoln address

The Gettysburg Address, Abraham's Lincoln's undying call for a "new birth of freedom" at the bloody turning point of the US Civil War, turned 150 years old Tuesday. Duration: 01:08

Nov 19, 2013