Tackling forest fires

Wildfires around the world are becoming more and more frequent and intense. We join firefighters on the ground in southern France and hear what they're doing to tackle the problem from a 45m high tower right in the heart of the Landes du Medoc forest. We speak to the head of the region's fire brigade and a volunteer fireman.

After months of street protests in Sudan intermittently curtailed by extreme violence on the part of the military government and its paramilitary allies, a new, semi-civilian government is to be sworn in this weekend. We hear from Dr Sara Abd-al-Jalil, a representative of the Sudan Professionals' Association.

Following changes to the US tax code and the phenomenal profitability of companies like Apple, many US companies have been boosting their value by using share buy backs. The BBC's Ed Butler has been looking at the issue.

(Photo: a control tower. Credit: BBC)