Adam Brookes

Adam Brookes is a former BBC foreign correspondent whose debut thriller novel, Night Heron, has just been published. The jumping-off point for the story is one of Adam's real-life experiences as a… Audio

US officials say a second oil platform near the site of a sunken rig in the Gulf of Mexico has been evacuated as the oil from the damaged facility comes dangerously close. Audio

The whistleblower website WikiLeaks has posted a graphic video of a US military Apache helicopter strike in Baghdad three years ago. Audio

President Obama has announced plans to open up large new areas of America's offshore waters to oil and gas drilling. Audio

The Whitehouse says President Obama will announce within the next few days his decision on whether to send tens of thousands of extra troops to Afghanistan. Audio

In Washington President Barack Obama has been setting out why the United States and China need to co-ordinate their economic policies. Audio

The American President Barack Obama has marked the 40th anniversary of the first lunar landing by praising the astronauts of the Apollo Eleven mission for inspiring a generation of scientists and… Audio

The budget plan will make sweeping changes to the kind of weapons the Pentagon buys. Audio

On the international space station the crew were forced to take cover in an escape capsule to avoid a piece of flying debris. Audio

Today it became clear the proposal faces a lot of hurdles and a lot of skepticism from politicians on both sides. Audio

George Bush has announced that he's lifting a long running presidential ban on drilling for oil in United States coastal waters. Audio

US officials are deeply concerned Tehran is planning to develop nuclear weapons. Audio

The US the government has begun handing out a hundred billion dollars in tax rebates to people across the country. Audio