23/09/2009
Douglas Alexander, Secretary of State for International Development, announces UK government will pledge $1 billion to pay for healthcare in the world's poorest countries.
The International Development Secretary Douglas Alexander tells Rhod Sharp about a major UK government announcement on global healthcare. And after the US and China address the United Nations on climate change, are we any closer to a deal at Copenhagen?
In an Up All Night exclusive we hear from Nora Shourd the mother of one of three American hikers who have been detained in Iran since July. Plus, the esteemed 大象传媒 correspondent Humphrey Hawksley on the limits of democracy around the world and news of two adoption scandals - one in Egypt and one in Vietnam.
Cash Peters fills us in on the latest goings-on in the world of American TV.
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Douglas Alexander: "We need high-level political involvement"
The Secretary of State for International Development from New York on Copenhagen.
Duration: 06:18
Humphrey Hawksley on democracy's flaws
The esteemed 大象传媒 foreign affairs correspondent on his new book, Democracy Kills.
Duration: 25:13
Fresh hope for three American hikers
They've been detained in Iran for three months. Now Ahmadinejad will request leniency.
Duration: 03:03
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