BBC News with David Austin.
Almost 200 nations at UN climate talks in Qatar have agreed to extend until 2020 the only legally-binding agreement for combating global warming, the Kyoto Protocol. The treaty had been due to expire at the end of this month. Roger Harabin reports.
There were cheers from delegates for the Qatari chairmen, a former head of the oil cartel OPEC. He emerged as an unlikely hero when he ruthlessly crushed a Russian attempt to delay the conference in a wrangle for better terms. It's been a long fortnight with diplomats tiding up remnants of the existing Kyoto Climate Protocol to clear the path for negotiations on a new deal binding rich and poor nations alike in tackling climate change that's due to be signed by 2015. One landmark move was an agreement acknowledging the need to recompense poor nations for irreparable damage.
The former Italian Prime Minister Silvio Berlusconi has confirmed he will attempt to return to power at the general election to be held next year. Allen Johnston reports.
Over the last few days, it became clear that Mr. Berlusconi would be attempting a comeback and now he's confirmed it. Speaking to reporters in Milan, he said he was returning to the frontline of party politics out of a sense of responsibility to the country. However, Mr. Berlusconi's many opponents will see his effort to return to power in a cynical light. They will argue that he is simply intent on staying in the political game in order to be able to defend his personal business and other interests.