A New Arms Race between Russia and the West?

Senior Western figures have spoken out against Russian plans to strengthen the country's nuclear arsenal with forty new intercontinental ballistic missiles. The US Secretary of State, John Kerry, said it was hard to tell what lay behind President Putin's announcement on the issue, but people were right to be concerned about its implications. The Nato Secretary-General, Jens Stoltenberg, called the move dangerous and destabilising. Russia has reacted furiously to US plans to bolster its military presence in east European Nato countries.

The US Food and Drug Administration has said trans fat must be eliminated from the country's food chain within three years. It is the final fall from grace for an additive once thought to be the cheaper, healthy alternative to saturated fat. Trans fat is found in many foods - popcorn, french fries, biscuits, even coffee whitener. But how are Americans reacting to the ban?

Will a proposed trans-Amazon railway mean the destruction of indigenous people's way of life? Newsday speaks to Sarah Shenker, a campaigner at Survival International.

(Photo: Russian President Vladimir Putin attends opening of Army-2015 International military show. Credit: AP)