20 September 2014 Last updated at 05:17
China's Special Forces go through intense training to ensure that the top soldiers of a country that views itself as the world's rising superpower can be as versitile as possible.
Scottish referendum: Politicians ponder Scotland's future
Politicians in England and Scotland are set to consider how the UK will be governed in the future after voters rejected Scottish independence.
In Manchester, delegates at Labour's conference gather as the party forms its response to the "No" vote fallout.
Former Prime Minister Gordon Brown is to speak in Fife on the lessons to be drawn from the referendum campaign.
And the SNP faces a change of leadership after First Minister Alex Salmond announced he is to stand down.
Thursday's result has already seen significant disagreement over the timing and extent of further devolution.
A year after Westgate, Nairobi traders are desperate for tourists to return
As efforts to get justice for victims continue in Kenya, economic effects of al-Shabaab attacks have hit mall traders hard
With stalls heaving under the weight of brilliant red African dresses, traditional masks, assorted artefacts, bracelets and leather goods, the Maasai market is one of the most popular stops for tourists seeking mementoes of an east African safari.
But as Kenya prepares to mark a year since the deadly Westgate mall attack in Nairobi, shoppers are few and far between and business is slack – a palpable sign of the economic impact of the biggest terror attack in the region in 15 years.
"It is the worst situation I have seen in the 13 years I have been in this trade," said Geoffrey Mwange, a 40-year-old father of two seated next to his stand of wooden carvings of the big five animals that usually draw hundreds of thousands of tourists to game parks every year. "Almost allthe tourists are gone and I'm now having to take loans here and there to stay afloat and to pay the three workers at my workshop."
Migrants a concern for Germans and Swedes, polls reveal
Polls in both countries reveal tougher stance on foreign nationals
Derek Scally
Sweden and Germany seem like the last places in Europe where populist, anti-immigration politics could take root: Sweden because of its liberal social identity, Germany because of its burdened history.
Neither country was hard-hit by the recent economic crisis yet, in both countries, taking a hard line against immigration now seems a political formula with potential. That was the lesson on Sunday evening when results in German and Swedish elections showed dramatic leaps into double digits for parties hoping to radicalise debate.
The Sweden Democrats (SD) became that country’s third-largest party, more than doubling its support to 12.9 per cent while the Alternative für Deutschland (AfD) polled 10 and 12 per cent respectively in state elections in Thuringia and Brandenburg.
Mexico shootout or massacre? Witness accounts challenge military's take.
Reports by Esquire Mexico and the Associated Press have painted a very different picture of a June incident that killed 22 people.
A dramatic shootout in the mountains of southern Mexico that left 22 people dead this summer led the government to paint the military as heroes, protecting citizens from the criminal gangs that have spread across parts of the country.
But the government’s account of being drawn into a shootout that left all suspected gang members dead, but only injured one soldier, raised eyebrows. And this week, Esquire Mexico and the Associated Press published stories with witness accounts from the June 30 shootout, casting the government’s account of the event into greater doubt and deepening mistrust.
The question of police and military accountability resonates globally – from the United States in the aftermath of the Michael Brown shooting in Ferguson, Mo., to nations in conflict, like Somalia, where peacekeepers were recently accused of coercing sexual favors from displaced people in exchange for humanitarian aid.
Are Myanmar's reforms backsliding? |
Critics say the government is going full-steam ahead on economic recovery at the expense of human rights. |
Yangon, Myanmar - When Barack Obama became the first sitting US president to visit Myanmar in November 2012, the country's leadership unveiled an ambitious reform agenda that promised to set the country on what Obama called a "remarkable journey" towards democracy.
The 11-point plan set out by Myanmar President Thein Sein in 2012, called for the release of some 2,500 political prisoners, wrongfully jailed in the 60 years of authoritarian rule, by the end of 2013. It would also work towards achieving a ceasefire with ethnic groups embroiled in war with the government for more than half a century by January 2013, allow international humanitarian aid to reach conflict-affected areas and allow blacklisted people such as journalists and critics to freely enter and leave the country.
Despite an initial effort that saw some of these undertakings partially realised when the reformist government took power in 2011, the majority of reforms promised by the Thein Sein government have been left largely unfulfilled.
China's Special Forces In Hong Kong Go Through A Ridiculous Training Regimen
China's People's Liberation Army Special Operations Force is responsible for commando and counter-terrorism operations, and specializes in rapid-reaction combat. For the past two years, Chinese special forces units have taken first place at the annual Warrior Competition in Jordan against 18 countries, including the US and Russia.
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