The trains are running between North Korea and South Korea for the first time in a half century. But South Koreans are thrilled to see new steel rails crossing the world's most fortified border. The World's Matthew Bell reports on what North and South Korea hope to gain from a symbolic rail link

Anchor Lisa Mullins speaks with Mark Regev, spokesman for Israel's Ministry of Foreign Affairs, about the battle raging between Israel and the Palestinian Hamas Movement in Gaza. Some are speculating that Hamas may be engaging Israel in violence in order to help unify the two warring Palestinian groups.

Gaza is in the grips of more violence today. Israel pounded Hamas militants with airstrikes today, stepping into the battle between the warring Palestinian factions Fatah and Hamas that has been raging all week. The chaos is fostering fears of an all-out civil war. Anchor Lisa Mullins gets the latest from the BBC's Rushdi Abu Alouf in Gaza City.

The World's Marco Werman plays us excerpts from a new CD highlighting the work of French actors who've made the switch from film set to recording studio.

Today's answer is the Mexican state of Tamaulipas.

The World's Adeline Sire reports on French film-maker Francis Veber. He's known in France as the creator of hit comedy movies. Nine of his French hits have been re-made for the US market. Veber's films usually tell the tale of an unlikely hero -- an average guy who has to extricate himself from tricky situations.

Our daily geography puzzler.

Democratic presidential candidate Barak Obama spent some of his formative years in Indonesia. He lived in Jakarta with his mother and step-father and went to Indonesian grade schools. Reporter Trish Anderton visits Obama's old neighborhood to see how his experiences there may have shaped his outlook.

Aceh is the only Indonesian province to be governed by Islamic Shariah law. In fact a new Islamic religious police force was recently formed in the capital Banda Aceh. Correspondent Jocelyn Ford recently went out on patrol with them and sent us a report.

Media mogul Rupert Murdoch recently announced that his company is going green. Murdoch's News Corporation will try to cut its own greenhouse gas emissions to zero by 2010. Anchor Lisa Mullins finds out more from the BBC's Environment Analyst Roger Harrabin.