As for

the content, I can tell you that on average people in Zurich have a liberal attitude to this reform."

World News from the BBC

Thousands of people in the American state of Louisiana are being evacuated after floodgates were opened on Saturday to relieve pressure from the swollen Mississippi River. More floodgates are to be opened in the coming days for the first time in several decades. The man-made floods will damage thousands of homes and hundreds of thousands of acres of farmland. Officials say this is the only way to save more populated areas along the river - cities, oil refineries, power stations and the Port of New Orleans.

Police in Colombia say they've captured a man accused of involvement in at least 50 murders. The man, Jesus David Hernandez Grisales, also known as Shorty, is accused of being a professional killer. Vanessa Buschschluter reports.

Jesus David Hernandez Grisales was captured after a four-month investigation. Officers of Colombia's anti-narcotics squad said Mr Hernandez had

gone to great lengths

to avoid being identified. Not only did he carry a fake ID, he also had plastic surgery on his nose and ears; and his fingertips had been

alter

ed, so his prints didn't match those police had on record. But they said there was no doubt the man in their custody was Shorty, whom they accuse of being the hitman for a criminal gang, which

extort

ed money from local businessmen and ran much of the city's drug market.