UN Secretary General Ban Ki-moon has been awarded a 10th degree black belt in taekwondo by the World Taekwondo Federation. Anchor Marco Werman talks with Bruce Harris, CEO of USA Taekwondo, the Olympics' national governing body for the sport in the US.
Ambitious goal to end world poverty by 2015 gets even closer.
A leaked document on climate change is causing furor and driving a wedge between rich and poor countries at the worldwide summit in Copenhagen. We talk with Andrew Revkin, of The New York Times and Richie Ahuja of the Environmental Defense Fund.
The United Nations says that in 30 years, there may be no ice left in the Arctic if we don't do more to stop global warming. The Takeaway talks to Janos Pazstor of the UN's Climate Change Support Team and Anthony Russell of the U.S. Coast Guard.
Diplomatic efforts to end the fighting in Gaza are in high gear. For the latest on the troubling situation in Gaza we turn to Laura Trevelyan, the BBC's U.N. correspondent, who joins us while traveling with Ban Ki-Moon from Tel Aviv to Jerusalem.
The Secretary-General of the United Nations, Ban Ki-moon, is calling for an immediate halt to the fighting in Gaza. He began a week-long trip to the region to promote his plans for peace. We are joined by the BBC's Magdi Abdelhadi in Cairo.
'The World' reports on a new United Nations task force created to tackle the global food crisis.