BBC News with Nick Kelly. The two main candidates in the US presidential election are back in the campaign trail, focusing on vital states in the west of the country. As the race enters its final 10 days, opinion polls suggest that Democratic contend...
BBC News with Lopaco Tary Iceland has become the first western country since the 1970s to have to ask the International Monetary Fund for emergency financial help. The IMF has agreed in principle to give Iceland a loan of two billion dollars over the...
BBC News with John Jason. The Head of Colombia's Intelligence Services, Maria del Pilar Hurtado, has resigned after admitting that her agents spied on left-wing political opponents of President Alvaro Uribe. Ms. Hurtado said she was stepping down to...
BBC News with Jerry Schmitt The White House is bringing world leaders to Washington next month for a summit to discuss the global economic crisis. The governments of 20 developed and developing countries will assess the progress made so far in dealin...
This is the download from the BBC, for more information, ... go to BBCworlds service. Com/podcasts Hi, this is 6 minute English and Im Yvonne Archer. Im Callum Robertson, hello. Hello, Callum. In this weeks program, English words that are often mispr...
BBC News with John Jason. President Bush has suggested that Americans are now beginning to feel more positive about their economic prospects. During a meeting with business leaders in Louisiana, Mr. Bush said people's attitudes had changed from near...
If, for instance, you look at what's known as global dimming, so you look at how much sun essentially is reaching the planet. In the West, there is much more sun reaching the planet now than there was several decades ago. In China, we are seeing a re...
BBC News with Joe Macintosh. President Bush says he is looking forward to hosting a summit of leaders from developed and developing countries to address the global financial crisis. He was speaking at Camp David where he is meeting the French leader...
BBC News with Mike Cooper. Foreign journalists in China will continue to enjoy the extra reporting rights that were introduced for the Olympic Games. At a late night news conference minutes before the freedoms were due to expire, a foreign ministry s...
BBC News with Charles Caro. The United States has confirmed that it's considering a draft agreement with Iraq which could see US troops withdrawn from the country in three years time. No details have been released but officials said that the draft pr...
