Thailand

The Khmer Rouge regime’s four most senior members get ready to stand trial. Also, we meet Thailand’s militia who are on the prowl for prose criticising their King. Finally, a blur of national pride as the Beijing-Shanghai bullet train makes its debut.

Mixed reactions in the wake of an announcement that foreign powers have begun peace talks with the Taliban. Also, one year on from the deadly anti-government protests that shook Bangkok, Thailand prepares for tense elections. Finally, 50 km off Japan's devastated coast, a site of beauty and history that hopes to make the World Heritage List.

We look at how far the death of Osama Bin Laden has impacted on anti-American sentiment in Pakistan. Also, two months after the start of Japan’s nuclear crisis, we take a closer look at what is going on inside the Fukushima Daiichi plant. Finally, in Thailand, autistic children are offered therapy sessions with elephants.

This week, we'll be looking at the real risk of radiation. First, the level of control being taken to ensure that food from Japan is fit for consumption. A quarter of a century after the Chernobyl accident you'll also see how children born over a decade after the disaster are still suffering from the radioactive fallout and finally a look at the less dramatic scale radiations most of us are subjected to and why the French nuclear watchdog is sounding the alarm over x.rays in hospitals.