18/11/2011
170 arrests in Occupy Wall Street protests on Brooklyn Bridge, firefighters tackle flames at old people's home in Sydney, and Berlusconi turns his hand from politics to crooning.
Dotun Adebayo with stories from around the world.
170 people have been arrested as the Occupy Wall Street demonstrations moved onto Brooklyn Bridge. Tara Gadomski was there for us to guage the mood, and we spoke to a demonstrator too. In London people are still camped outside St Paul's cathedral, despite a legal ruling that they should leave. Tina Rothery, from Blackpool, is one of them, and says she feels enlightened by what she's done.
In America a man has been charged with trying to assassinate the President. Oscar Ramiro Ortega-Hernandez is alleged to have fired two shots at the White House - one of which hit a reinforced window. We speak to Joe Weber from the Washington Times to get the latest on this breaking story.
Three elderly people have been killed in a fire at an old people's home in Sydney. Firefighters describe it as very very serious and tragic. We hear from Ian Krimmer from New South Wales fire and rescue. He tells us twenty fire trucks were sent to the scene, and it'll take several days to find out how the fire started.
How do you get people to invest in a bank with a reputation like Northern Rock's? That's the challenge for the bank's new owners, Virgin Money. We asked branding expert, Mark Artus, what advice he'd give them - he thinks Virgin are onto a winner.
And he's only been out of power for a week - but Silvio Berlusconi is already discovering new talents. This time he wants to be a convincing crooner. He's planning to release a CD of love songs. Gerrardo Panno often speaks to us about Italian music for our World Charts slot. Suffice to say he isn't convinced that Silvio is Sinatra.
Plus, in our film phone-in with Leonard Klady, we asked which are your favourite films set completely in the dark.
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