The Palestinian President Mahmoud Abbas has accused Israel of following a deliberate policy of ethnic cleansing of Palestinians. Speaking to the U.N. General Assembly, Mr. Abbas said Israel was demolishing Palestinians' homes in the occupied territories and preventing construction of new ones while continuing to build and expand Jewish settlements on Palestinian land.
Also at the U.N. the Prime Minister of Israel Benjamin Netanyahu has told the General Assembly that what it called the Iranian nuclear threat puts the future of the world at stake. Mr. Netanyahu said a red line must be drawn.
Scientists in the U.S. say they've developed a new kind of electronics which can dissolve naturally. They believe it could have a major impact on medicine. Our science correspondent Malcolm Grary reports.
The conventional approach to developing electronics is to build devices that last as long as possible. This new method seeks to produce circuitry made from silicon magnesium and silk that physically vanishes in a controlled manner. The researchers believe the new technology can be used to create medical implants that could monitor organ activity and deliver drugs. After a set period they would dissolve with no ill effects.
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The Nigerian senators called on President Goodluck Jonathan to make a personal call to King Abdullah of Saudi Arabia to try to end the crisis between the two countries over the Islamic pilgrimage of Hajj. The Saudi has deported more than 170 Nigerian women who had arrived without (a) male escort. A further 1,000 women were under detention until they can be sent home.