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Sony Pictures has cancelled the release of its comedy 'The Interview' about a plot to assassinate the North Korean leader, after the FBI warned movie chains that people might be in danger if they went… Audio

The United States and Cuba are taking historic steps to end a more than 50-year standoff. Audio

Another Bush is considering a tilt at America's top job. Audio

Police in Pennsylvania are still searching for a man suspected of killing six family members in a shooting spree in near Philadelphia. Audio

The families of nine people killed in the attack on the Sandy Hook primary school in the United States are suing the makers of the military style rifle the gunman used. Audio

A manhunt is underway in Pennsylvania following shootings in three separate locations that have left six people dead. Audio

The Sony hacking scandal Audio

A suspect in five killings has barricaded himself in a home outside the American city of Philadelphia, we cross now to Washington and our correspondent Priscilla Huff. Audio

The head of the CIA has responded to the damning report accusing it of torturing prisoners in the wake of 9/11, admitting that some interrogators have used "harsh" and "abhorrent" tactics in the past… Audio

A former CIA officer says a Senate report into interrogation techniques used after the September 11 terror attacks does not tell the whole story. Audio

The UN and human rights groups have called for the prosecution of US officials involved into the "brutal" CIA interrogation of al-Qaeda suspects. Audio

Sleep deprivation, humiliation, beatings, water boarding -- some of the interrogation techniques used by the CIA to question suspected terrorists, set out in a new US Senate committee report. Audio

Senior Staff Attorney for the National Security Project of the American Civil Liberties Union, Marcellene Hearn, discusses the potential domestic, political, and global fall-out from the Senate… Audio

Security expert Dr Paul Buchanan from 36th Parallel Assessments discusses a scathing report from the Senate Intelligence Committee which says the CIA routinely misled both the White House and Congress… Audio

A United States report into the CIA's controversial interrogation methods after the 9/11 attacks has found the techniques were not only ineffective, but their use was misrepresented to the government.

A large United States-based financial services company has taken a near 5-and-a-half percent stake in the accounting software firm, Xero. Audio

The US Government has reinforced security for its staff and facilities around the world, ahead of the release of a Senate report expected to criticise the CIA's controversial interrogation methods. Audio

Our foreign correspondent Luiza Savage. Audio

The Oscar-winning filmmaker, Peter Jackson, is receiving a star on Hollywood's Walk of Fame this morning. Audio

A well known critic of the New York Police says the media coverage of two high profile killings of unarmed black men at the hands of white officers, has it all wrong. Audio