Iranian police have clashed with opposition supporters in the latest sign that the fall-out from the election continues. We’ll do our best to speak to all sides to find out what they’ve seen, and what they want. (Though I’ll admit that finding an English-speaking Iranian policeman who’s prepared to speak to us may be beyond even our producers.) If you have any questions as well as comments, please post them here.
“Never in 17 years of climate negotiations have so many different countries made so many pledges,” – words of UN climate negotiator Yvo de Boer. 192 countries are attending, and some scientists say it’s the most important summit to take place. Continue reading ‘Copenhagen: Is this the most important summit?’
Mark and I are running a World Service News presentation course on Thursday and we’re looking for people who’d be happy to be interviewed. It won’t be broadcast and should take about 10 minutes on the phone between 1500-1640GMT on Thursday. If you’d like to help out, please drop me a line. It’d really be appreciated.
Group A:South Africa, Mexico, Uruguay, France
Group B: Argentina, South Korea, Nigeria, Greece
Group C: England,USA, Algeria, Slovenia
Group D: Germany, Australia, Ghana, Serbia
Group E: Netherlands, Denmark, Japan, Cameroon
Group F: Italy, New Zealand, Paraguay, Slovakia
Group G: Brazil, North Korea, Ivory Coast, Portugal
Group H: Spain, Honduras, Chile, Switzerland
It’s underway but the bulk of the draw should fall in our time (between 18-19GMT). BBC Sport has live coverage now. Give us your reaction as the names come out of the hat. Here’s what we’ve planned.
The hunt for the world’s most wanted man has got a new lead.
Osama bin Laden is still alive and in Afghanistan… that’s according to information provided by a Taliban detainee in Pakistan. He had not met bin Laden himself, but met a man who had.
Continue reading ‘Has the west done enough to find this man?’
Are you sitting comfortably? Now have a look at this image posted on aviation blog, Flightglobal.com.
The image was reportedly taken by a disgruntled American Airlines cabin crew member, wanting to bring to attention a growing problem.
As waistlines increase, should obese passengers feel the squeeze on their wallets too? Most airlines will charge passengers extra for excess weight on luggage, so why not apply the same principle to heavier passengers?
Continue reading ‘Big debate: too fat to fly?’
The fallout from Tiger Woods’ admission that he had “let (his) family down” with “trangressions” has been spectacular. He’s had 12,000 comments on his website’s “comment on current events.” Newspapers are filled with articles pontificating about whether we expect too much of Tiger, and how it’s going to effect his sponsorship deals. Meanwhile, websites are running profiles of the women alleged to have been involved with the golfer. It all raises a number of questions about how we deal with celebrity, and how this particular celebrity deals with us. Continue reading ‘On air: Do we have a right to judge Tiger Woods?’
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