Defense Secretary Robert Gates was recently in Kabul, Afghanistan, addressing growing anger from people who believe the United States is responsible for civilian deaths in the country. Earlier this month, a strike on the western province of Herat led to seven civilian deaths, according to the United States — as many as 90, according to the United Nations and Afghanistan's government. Gates is now traveling to London to push a plan where U.S. Central Command, not NATO, would lead forces in the fight against the Taliban.
Listen Add to Playlist

Do you want to battle climate change effectively? Then put down that cheeseburger! The Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations estimates that direct emissions from meat production account for about 18 percent of the world's total greenhouse gas — roughly equivalent to the amount from cars and trucks. Are there really global benefits for going meat-free?
Listen Add to Playlist

Angola underwent first democratic elections in 16 years, but already many feel there is something amiss. Amidst reports that people were bussed in from neighboring Congo to vote, the opposition party is calling for a recount as additional reports of voters receiving handouts of cash, alcohol and cars from the ruling party continue to circulate. Richard Howitt is the EU Observer in Angola and was monitoring the elections first hand.
Listen Add to Playlist

Europe is still reverberating from the Georgian conflict as French President Nicolas Sarkozy prepares to visit Russia this week. Edward Lucas from the Economist tells us why we should be careful with the language we use to describe the tensions between Russia and the West. It’s not the old Cold War; it’s a New Cold … What?
Listen Add to Playlist

President Bush says Moscow's apparent violation of a cease-fire agreement puts its aspirations for global acceptance at risk. Secretary of State Condoleeza Rice is visiting Tbilisi but not Moscow, while President Bush is promising to "rally the free world in the defense of a free Georgia."
Listen Add to Playlist

Guest: NATALIA ANTELAVA, BBC correspondent, reporting from Georgia
Listen Add to Playlist

Guest: Steven Eke, Russian Affairs Analyst for the BBC
Listen Add to Playlist

A few years ago, the International Olympics Committee knocked softball off the list of 2012 sports, though its popularity has been growing since 1996, its first Games. For girls around the world, the Olympics will forever be a dream.
Listen Add to Playlist

Guest: Caroline Wyatt, BBC correspondent in Moscow.
Listen Add to Playlist

Guests: Stephen Eke, BBC Russian Affairs Analyst, and James Collins, a former U.S. ambassador to Russia.
Listen Add to Playlist

The International Olympic Committee has overturned an earlier decision banning Iraq from this year's Olympics. The latest move came after last-minute talks during which Iraq promised to hold free elections for its national Olympic committee under international observation.
Listen Add to Playlist

A BBC World Service investigation found that Keirin, a cycling event at the Olympics secured its place at the games with a payment of $3 million to Union Cycliste Internationale (UCI). Reporter Matt McGrath joins The Takeaway to explain.
Listen Add to Playlist

Guest: Helen Fawkes, BBC correspondent, in Belgrade, Serbia
Listen Add to Playlist

Guest: Stephen Erlanger, The New York Times
Listen Add to Playlist

AFP/Getty Images

After 13 years on the run from the law, one of the world’s most wanted men, former Bosnian Serb leader Radovan Karadzic, is behind bars. Karadzic had twice been indicted by the United Nations war crimes tribunal and accused of 16 counts of genocide.
Listen Add to Playlist

Sudan is responding to reports that the International Criminal Court will issue an arrest warrant for Sudanese President Omar al-Bashir on charges of genocide and crimes against humanity in Darfur.
Listen Add to Playlist

Taliban insurgents penetrated an American base in Afghanistan's eastern Kunar province Sunday, killing nine and wounding at least 19 soldiers. The attack underscores concerns that militants are growing in strength in the tribal areas at the Pakistan–Afghanistan border.
Listen Add to Playlist

The International Criminal Court is expected to issue a warrant for the arrest of Sudan's president, Omar Hassan al-Bashir Monday on charges of genocide and crimes against humanity in the country's Darfur region. More than 200,000 people have died in a militia-driven ethnic conflict in Darfur since 2003. The ICC says al-Bashir has sponsored the militias while Sudan says an indictment would violate the country's sovereignty. If the warrant is issued, Bashir will be the first sitting head of state to be indicted by the court.
Listen Add to Playlist

Guest: Sheryl Gay Stolberg, New York Times
Listen Add to Playlist

A decision expected later today could radically expand the number of top-level domain names available on the Web. Many governments anticipate a more global World Wide Web experience sensitive to cultural identity while many others fear the potential for confusion and online fraud.
Listen Add to Playlist

High global food prices have pushed the country even closer to the brink of famine by exacerbating the devastating effects of violence, displacement and chaos. The United Nations has declared a wide swath of central Somalia a humanitarian emergency, the final stage before a full-blown famine.
Listen Add to Playlist