Has the UN Failed the World's Poor?

Following the beach attack in Tunisia, a state of emergency has been declared there. We find out what that means. Fifteen years ago, the United Nations decided to mark the new millennium with a series of targets aimed at improving the lives of the world's poorest people. How have they progressed? And, in an effort to reverse its male-dominated image, The Royal Society is to put female scientists in the picture.

(Photo: A child stretches his hand out to receive free food being distributed outside a Hindu temple, in New Delhi, India. Credit: AP/ Manish Swarup)