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Tuesday, 11 December, 2007

  • Newsnight
  • 11 Dec 07, 05:50 PM

Return To Baghdad

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Tonight we have a fascinating about the dramatic changes brought to one area of South Baghdad by the recent US troop "surge鈥. Seven months after his first visit, Mark Urban returns to Doura with the 30 men of 2nd Platoon, 12th Infantry of the US Army.

Where once there was chaos and frequent killings, now a degree of normality has been restored. Mark goes on patrol, sees the sectarian peace walls, speaks to Sunnis and Shias, and considers whether the security gains brought by the "surge" can be sustained. We also hear from the troops on the ground as they end their 15 month tour of duty. Was the loss of their comrades in arms worth the relative peace now secured in Doura?

Climate Change

As the climate talks in Bali stutter forwards, the EU is stressing that any future deal on climate change will fail unless it is seen to be fair. The new polluters India and China object to the current system of measuring emissions on a countrywide basis because they say it disguises the fact that their emissions per person are comparatively low. In the case of India, one twentieth the level of the average American.

Many delegates say that per capita emissions should become part of any final deal, so what are the facts? We have a series of films from around the world, and an interview with the environment secretary Hilary Benn, live from Bali.

Algerian Attack

We'll also look at who was behind today's terror attack in Algeria - just how big a threat is Al Queda in North Africa?

Prospects for Tuesday, 11 December

  • Newsnight
  • 11 Dec 07, 10:54 AM

Today鈥檚 output editor is Dan Kelly 鈥 here鈥檚 his morning e-mail to the production team.

Good morning.
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Seven months after his first visit, Mark Urban returns to al-Doura with US 2nd Platoon. After "the surge" of troops in Baghdad the change in al-Doura has been dramatic. Mark goes on patrol, sees the sectarian peace walls, speaks to Sunnis and Shias, and considers whether the security gains brought by the surge policy can be sustained.

We have a film from Roger Harrabin about the per capita emissions of developed and developing world countries. We have a live interview with the Environment Secretary Hilary Benn, and we hope to have a wider discussion about the chances of success at the conference.

We need to keep an eye on Afghanistan, too...

Time to change the law?

  • Newsnight
  • 11 Dec 07, 10:25 AM

We continue our series of daily debates on alcohol, ahead of Thursday鈥檚 special programme, .

Today we want to focus on whether the government has got it right with drinking legislation. Consider three areas:

drunkwoman_203.jpg24 hour licensing, which is now just over two years old. Has this brought us any closer to the drinking culture of our continental cousins, or merely aggravated the already high incidents of binge drinking and anti-social behaviour?

Consider also whether the minimum drinking age is still appropriate? In an effort to tackle teenage drinking, should the age be raised from 18 to 21, perhaps? Or should it be lowered?

And what of advertising? Should there be a threshold of, say, 9pm before we see alcohol being advertised on TV, or should it go the way of tobacco and be banned entirely?

Is it time to change the law?

You can now watch the second in our series of extracts from Rain In My Heart, Vanda鈥檚 story. .

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