BBC World Service - Newshour

30/10/2012 (1400 GMT)

The aftermath of Superstorm Sandy; Hollywood in China; 5-year-old takes on carjackers

Hurricane Sandy approaches US east coast; Pakistan's interior minister visits Malala

US braces for Hurricane Sandy; Iraqis living in Syria return home; Steve Jobs' yacht

US braces for Sandy; the threat to Mecca; child abuse: a mother's account.

Arrest in Savile abuse case, suicide attack on Nigerian church, and the threat to Mecca.

Amplats rehires 12,000 miners; Burma's Rohingyas attacked; Hans Werner Henze remembered.

Burma's Rohingyas attacked, Frankenstorm bears down on US, calling time on cold callers.

Berlusconi sentenced for tax fraud; Snake found on plane; Can Romney win the women's vote?

Wen Jiabao family billions; Syria ceasefire violations; and is there really a heaven?

Will the Syrian ceasefire be observed? Dirty politics in Florida; Beethoven's lost hymn