Politics

Brazil to auction coveted Libra oilfield

Some 200 employees of the Brazilian state oil giant Petrobras demonstrated outside the company headquarters Thursday to demand the suspension of Monday's planned auction of pre-sale oil concessions for the giant Libra oilfield. Duration: 00:59

Oct 18, 2013

Delhi a hub for Indian trafficking trade

Tens of thousands of children are known to be trafficked within South Asia every year and New Delhi has become a hub in the illegal trade of young girls being sold into prostitution, forced marriage and domestic labour. Duration:02:29

Oct 18, 2013

Elite French winemakers seek elusive Chinese blend

Some of the world's top winemakers are looking to China to plant their vineyards as the country makes a bid to overcome its reputation for bad quality viticulture. Duration:02:17

Oct 18, 2013

Japan typhoon rescue efforts continue

On the typhoon-battered Japanese island Oshima, the Japan Coast Guard keep searching for survivors and bodies. Duration: 00:52

Oct 18, 2013

Birth control may be a bitter pill, stroke survivor warns

Marion Larat is the first woman in France to take the German pharmaceutical company Bayer to court over newer-generation birth control pills that caused her to have a stroke and left her severely handicapped. Duration: 02:02

Oct 18, 2013

Bushfires ravage communities in Australia

Residents face scenes of devastation as bushfires ravage communities and destroy "hundreds" of homes in southeastern Australia, leaving one man dead with dozens of blazes still out of control. Duration: 00:59

Oct 18, 2013

London artist creates major works from tiny objects

London artist Joe Black is currently holding his first solo exhibition. Black uses hundreds of small common objects such as test tubes, toy soldiers and badges to create large works. Duration: 01:36

Oct 18, 2013

Japanese minister visits controversial war shrine

A cabinet minister is among scores of Japanese parliamentarians who pay tribute at a controversial war shrine in Tokyo, in a move likely to anger China and South Korea. Duration: 00:44

Oct 18, 2013

Rescuers find bodies after Laos air crash

Rescuers in Laos continue to find bodies after a plane plummeted into the Mekong River, killing all on board, in the country's worst known air disaster. Duration: 00:39

Oct 18, 2013

French court jails Somali pirates for 2009 hijack

French court has sentenced three Somali pirates to up to 12 years in prison for the 2009 hijacking of a French yacht which prompted a rescue operation by elite forces in which the skipper died. Duration: 00:55

Oct 18, 2013

Moscow demonstration in support of Greenpeace activists

Supporters of the thirty Greenpeace activists being detained in Murmansk in Russia gathered in the Russian capital Friday in a show of solidarity. Duration: 01:02

Oct 18, 2013

Surveillance footage shows horror of Kenya mall siege

More surveillance footage is released of the attack on Nairobi's Westgate Mall by Somalia's Al-Qaeda-linked Shebab rebels, who killed at least 67 people in a four-day siege. Duration: 01:17

Oct 18, 2013

Thousands of French students protest foreign pupil deportations

Thousands of French high school students continue to protest against the deportation of foreign pupils after the high-profile eviction of a 15-year-old Roma girl. Duration: 01:16

Oct 18, 2013

Norwegians shocked by Somalia terror connection

Al-Qaeda operative Ikrimah al-Muhajir is one of the world's most wanted terrorists. A Kenyan report says he is suspected of planning attacks in Africa including the Nairobi mall siege. News of his activities causes shock in Norway, where he spent several years. Duration: 00:54

Oct 18, 2013

Josef Koudelka, photographer of the Prague Spring

An exhibition opens in Bucharest of works by photographer Josef Koudelka, famous for his depections of the repression of the Prague Spring. Duration: 01:40

Oct 18, 2013