Please note the transmission times on this BBC World e-newsletter are listed in GMT, rather than   
          customised to your home territory. Many countries will enter or exit Daylight Saving Time
          on Sunday  28th October and in order to avoid confusion, the schedules are issued in GMT for
          this  week only. The regular service will resume next week. We apologise for any inconvenience.

BBC World's Sport Today programme re-launches this week with a fresh look, original title graphics and new music. The changes will bring the passion of fans around the world who watch live sport to the programme by taking graphical inspiration from a big stadium screen. Sport Today will continue to bring viewers unrivalled sports news, results and analysis.

(Duration: 15 minutes)

HARDtalk is BBC World's highly popular hard-hitting interview programme. Its straight talking, no-nonsense style ensures it gets the answers to the questions that matter. Alan Johnston (pictured), the BBC's Gaza correspondent was kidnapped in Gaza by a group known as The Army of Islam on 12 March 2007. Finally freed on 4 July after 114 days in captivity Alan speaks to HARDtalk's Stephen Sackur about his ordeal. 

(Duration: 30 minutes) 

Thu 1 Nov 2007 at 0330~/\+

Repeated: Thu 1 Nov 2007 at 0930; Thu 1 Nov 2007 at 1430; Thu 1 Nov 2007 at 2130

In recent years there has been a growing realisation that the human race is living beyond its means and the current model of development is unsustainable. Disappearing rainforests, diminishing fish stocks from over fishing and toxic emissions are just a few of the things which are placing an increasing burden on the p***t. Twenty years after the Brundtland Report coined the term 'sustainable development', State Of The P***t scours the world asking presidents, ministers, scientists and activists, why making economies 'sustainable' remains so elusive.

(Duration: 30 minutes)

 Wed 31 Oct 2007 at 2030

Repeated: Thu 1 Nov 2007 at 1230 [A.Pa only];  Fri 2 Nov 2007 at 1530

Following the apparent heavy defeat of Prime Minister Jaroslaw Kaczynski's Law and Justice Party in the Polish general election, the Prime Minister elect, Donald Tusk, has vowed to improve relations with Russia and the EU. He is also expected to cut the welfare budget and taxes to create what he calls an "economic miracle", encouraging expatriate Poles to return home. Have Your Say is presented by Emily Buchanan, who is joined by Radoslaw  'Radek' Sikorski (pictured) who was the defence minister in the Law and Justice administration until he quit the party earlier this year. He later joined the Civic Platform and is now in line to become either the defence or foreign minister in the new administration.

(Duration: 55 & 30 minutes)

Sun 28 Oct 2007 at 1930

Repeated: Sun 28 Oct 2007 at 2330 ~/\+

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