19 November 2002

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Oil Tanker Sinks
The salvage turns into an environmental disaster as the oil tanker 'Prestige' sinks, spreading thousands more tons of oil across the Spanish coast. We looked at why the seven day operation has gone so badly wrong.

War In Iraq
Our Diplomatic Editor Mark Urban has been asking just how ready British forces are to go to war in Iraq when compared to the US Army. The answer makes disturbing news for Britain's armchair warriors. And Jeremy Paxman talked to former US Defence Secretary William Cohen.

Watch or read the interview with William Cohen

Laughing At The Nazis
In Germany they're finally breaking the taboo against laughing at the Nazis. A German film about Dr Goebbels getting switched with a Jewish concentration camp inmate is about to get its first national TV airing. How are the great German public going to take it?

Holyrood Parliament
And the Scots aren't going to build their Holyrood parliament after all. They've conceded that there's no point in pressing ahead with their plans until they have a clearer idea exactly when the site might be ready and how much it's all going to cost. Jeremy Paxman reported (except for viewers in Scotland).

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