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Airs Saturday, July 21, 2012 at 4:30 p.m. on KPBS TV

A former U.N. arms inspector's report on a smuggling ring headed by A.Q. Khan, the former head scientist for Pakistan's nuclear program, says Khan and his partners obtained detailed designs for a sophisticated nuclear weapon in hopes of selling the plans — which may have been passed to Iran, North Korea or terrorist groups.

How can we make a sustainable energy future if we don't know the history of our energy consumption? We speak to Glaciologist Dr. Richard Alley about the new PBS series "Earth-The Operators' Manual."

As fighting escalates in Sudan, attention is focusing on the country propping up the Khartoum government by purchasing most of its oil: China. Sudan is the home to China's largest overseas energy investment. And despite its public disavowals, China now has a vested interest in the outcome of the fighting there.

Historic shops in Syria's largest city burned as rebels and government fighters continue to battle for control of Aleppo. Activists estimate 30,000 people have been killed so far. NPR's Deborah Amos and Andrew Tabler of the Washington Institute for Near East Policy weigh in on the crisis in Syria.

Airs Saturday, July 14, 2012 at 4:30 p.m. on KPBS TV

U.S. warships carrying aid for Myanmar's cyclone survivors will turn back after the country's military rulers failed to give them access. But an aid worker on the ground in the capital, Yangon, says a French aid ship was being unloaded Thursday, bringing life-saving supplies.

The United States and France announce support for a U.N. report that implicates Syrian officials in the assassination of former Lebanese Prime Minister Rafik Hariri. U.S. Ambassador John Bolton says the two nations are working on a resolution that will demand Syria's cooperation as the inquiry proceeds.

As an African Union peacekeeping force in the Darfur region faces a Sept. 30 pullout date, the international diplomatic community has decisions to make about Sudan. Susan Rice, an Assistant Secretary of State for African Affairs under President Clinton, and a senior fellow at the Brookings Institution, sizes up the situation.

Rep. Virgil Goode (R-VA) has stirred much debate after criticizing an incoming congressmen's decision to use the Quran in a private, unofficial swearing-in ceremony. Goode said it points to the need for a change in immigration policy, and wrote a letter warning of an influx of Muslims if tighter immigration policies aren't enacted.