Iran successfully test-fired three missiles near the Strait of Hormuz on Monday, capping six days of naval exercises in the Gulf amid rising tensions with the West over its nuclear programme.
Annette Young meets American writer and photojournalist, Derek Henry Flood, who is also the editor of Militant Leadership Monitor, a Jamestown Foundation Publication. They talk about how Washington was slow to respond to the Arab Spring and as a result, how America’s image in the region has taken a battering.
Concern over the proliferation of arms in Libya. Men growing moustaches for prostate cancer throughout the month of November. And a paraglider crashes with an eagle over the Indian Himalayas.
The UN Security Council has urged Libyan authorities to prevent thousands of missiles and other weapons from getting into the hands of armed groups and also called for the destruction of the country’s stockpile of chemical weapons.
A special edition dedicated to Libya following the fall of Muammar Gaddafi. Firstly, a look at the role of radical Islamists in the country’s future. Also, we see how a surge in easily available weapons in Tripoli now raises security concerns. Finally, we take a look around Gaddafi’s luxurious hidden homes.
Papers are leading on secret documents obtained in Libya - from MI6 cooperation with Tripoli to the possibility Chinese companies sought to sell arms to Gaddafi as late as July. China's apparent lust for wealth, meanwhile, gets a slamming in a report on a high suicide rate among the country's super-rich. That's the focus for Monday 5th September 2011.
Morocco's referendum on constitutional change sparks furious demonstrations between its supporters and those who say the reforms are just window dressing. Also, NATO claims that France acted independently when airdropping weapons for Libyan rebels. Finally, we hear from the mother of the young Tunisian man whose death sparked a revolution.
Since the Syrian crisis broke out, the price of weapons has exploded in neighbouring Lebanon. The price of a Kalashnikov has risen from $1,200 to $1,800 in three months. But activists say the Syrians who buy Lebanese weapons are not terrorists, as the regime alleges; rather, they're individuals who want to defend themselves against the repression, which has been extremely violent since the uprising began in mid-March.
After the school shooting near Rio de Janeiro on April 7th, there's been a national debate in Brazil over the use and ownership of firearms. It's legal for Brazilians to own guns, but a current campaign could see all that change.
During his visit to Paris, the leader of the Libyan Transitional National Council, Mustapha Abdel Jalil, gave France 24 an exclusive interview. Mustapha Abdel Jalil met French President Nicolas Sarkozy at the Elysée palace and invited him to Benghazi to support the rebels.
