jacob zuma promise to improve measures such as electricity. >> protesters threw fireworks at police and at least 12 cities. a judge-italy has ordered the prime minister silvio berlusconi to stand trial of charges he paid for sex with an underage dancer and abused his office. he has dismissed the british -- the accusations as groundless and describe this as a plot to remove him from power. our correspondent reports. >> there is now a date in the diary for silvio berlusconi. he will stand trial for having sex with an underage prostitutes. today he wanted to give the impression he was still an effective leader. he was focusing on the vote in tunisia that brought 5000 migrants to an italian island. this is a huge crisis. silvio berlusconi was visiting a potential reception center for migrants while it was announced he would be facing three female judges. the case centers on a young woman named ruby. and she was 17 he attended -- she attended one of his parties. he is accused of intervening to help her when she was investigated for theft. she has denied any sexual contact. his lawyer pointed

jacob zuma and other leaders are in the ivory coast, but looking at trying to convince the previous leader to step down after the disputed elections in the fall. an orbiting around mercury. scientists are keen to learn more about mercury. it is the smallest planets in the solar system and also the closest to the sun. we have this report. >> two, one, and zero, and lift- off. >> in 2004, they went to explore mercury. it is visiting a world that is closer to the sun than any other, temperatures rising to a blistering 400 degrees centigrade. part of the challenge has been to build a space craft that will not melt when it reaches its destination. >> we had to design a thermal protection system, and we came up with this sunshade which is very thin, almost wafer thin, and it keeps the temperatures on the outside the spacecraft about 600 degrees but inside about room temperature. >> in washington, they're working on the final command codes to slow it down. if they get it wrong, the probe will either crashed into the planet or spin off into outer space. there is some tension here because they're m