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15/08/2011 (1300 GMT)

Interviews, news and analysis of the day's global events.

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Mon 15 Aug 2011 13:05GMT

Chapters

  • Iraq

    After months of relative calm, what has prompted the latest bomb attacks in Iraq in which many people have been killed?

    Duration: 02:31

  • Iraq 2

    Our defence correspondent Jonathan Marcus analyses the current situation in Iraq.

    Duration: 02:14

  • Riots

    Britain's politicians set out their ideas about why the riots happened and what to do about them and we speak to the Bishop of Worcester about moral decline.

    Duration: 06:58

  • Iowa Republicans

    Jonny Dymond reports from Iowa on the Republican choice of candidate to stand against President Obama in next year's presidential election.

    Duration: 04:44

  • Secret weapon

    Did British spies during the Second World War really come up with a plan to turn Adolf Hitler into a woman?

    Duration: 04:08

  • Libya

    As rebel forces advance into strategically important towns, Colonel Gaddafi issues a rallying call to his supporters.

    Duration: 04:19

  • Rebranding

    We ask design critic and author Stephen Bailey whether he considers England's image to have been badly damaged by the recent riots and what image we should now be projecting.

    Duration: 05:49

  • Gorbachev

    How did former Russian President Mikhail Gorbachev emerge as the reformer who launched the process that led to the end of the Soviet Union?

    Duration: 05:52

  • Pak helicopter

    Did Pakistan's intelligence service give Chinese engineers access to the wreckage of the American helicopter that was left behind after the raid that killed Osama bin Laden?

    Duration: 02:55

  • Postcard

    How long should a postcard take to arrive at its destination? We speak to a lady who received a card from her late sister-in-law posted in 1954.

    Duration: 04:15

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  • Mon 15 Aug 2011 13:05GMT

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