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The CIA used harsh interrogation techniques in the wake of 9/11, members of the US Senate intelligence committee say, and didn't even get useful results. President Obama says it was torture. The CIA says it wasn't torture, and it was just trying to do its best at a difficult time. Correspondents in London and Washington assess how much damage this has done to the United States' reputation.

Also in the programme: what two high-profile trials tell us about the cavalier violence stalking South Africa; signs that Pakistan and Afghanistan may be edging towards friendliness; and the computer game that has derailed -- at least temporarily -- a British parliamentarian's career.