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with Jonathan Wheatley

欧债危机“毒汁蔓延” 欧元前行“步履蹒跚”

The euro has fallen sharply on the international money markets because of concern about the debt crisis in Greece, where fresh austerity measures have still not gone through parliament. The euro hit a new low against the Swiss franc, and since Wednesday it's fallen by more than three cents against the dollar. Here's our economics correspondent Andrew Walker.

传众议员安东尼韦纳因性丑闻将宣布辞职

The married American congressman Anthony Weiner, who sent sexually explicit messages to several women, has resigned. There had been calls for him to go since he admitted sending a photo of himself in underpants to a teenager. At a

rowdy

news conference, the Democrat politician, who'd previously refused to stand down, apologised for his mistakes and the embarrassment he had caused.

"I hope to be able to continue the work that the citizens of my district elected me to do to fight for the middle class and those struggling to make it. Unfortunately the distraction that I have created has made that impossible. So today I am announcing my resignation from Congress."

扎瓦希里正式接班 成为“基地老大”

Al-Qaeda has vowed to continue what it called its holy war against the United States, Israel and their allies under its new leader Ayman al-Zawahiri. He was the second-in-command to Osama Bin Laden, who was killed in an American raid in Pakistan last month. Here's our security correspondent Frank Gardner.