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Future Shock Sep 28, 2017

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Why did so many Germans vote for the anti-immigration AFD party? Kate Adie introduces correspondents' stories, insights and analysis from around the world.

Jenny Hill assess the appeal of the right-wing, nationalist and populist AFD which is now the third biggest party in the German parliament. In Antigua, Jake Wallis Simons watches as the island braces itself for another hurricane while islanders on St Maarten complain they have been abandoned by the rest of the world. In Sudan, Sally Hayden explores some of the unintended consequences that two decades of US economic sanctions are having. In India, Angela Saini wonders whether its Silicon Valley - Bangalore - has finally found it creative spirit. And Jake Warren goes fox hunting in Ireland.

Producer: Joe Kent.

Clinging To Hope Sep 23, 2017

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The rescue workers sifting through the rubble in Mexico and the African migrants that refuse to give up on their European dreams. Kate Adie introduces correspondents' stories.

In Mexico City, Rajini Vaidyanathan joins the search for survivors following the earthquake earlier this week. Benjamin Zand follows the deadly migrant route through Niger, Nigeria, and Libya which thousands of people pass along in the hope of reaching Europe. Steve Rosenberg takes a Magical Mystery Tour with the Russian military in Syria. Rosamund Jones visits the Icelandic isle of Grimsey – population 80 people and hundreds of thousands of birds. And Neil Trevithick visits the forests of Myanmar, where people have suffered but wildlife has been left to flourish.

Hard To Read Sep 16, 2017

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A tour of Angela Merkel’s childhood, swapping books with Kurdish fighters and reading the landscape of Gabon. Kate Adie introduces correspondents’ stories.

Jenny Hill visits the town where Angela Merkel grew up as she tries to learn more about the notoriously private politician.

Richard Hall’s repeated trips to the Qandil mountains of Iraq allow him to assess the evolution of the PKK. But is a copy of Hemingway’s ‘For Whom The Bell Tolls’ an appropriate gift for a battle-hardened Kurdish commander fighting IS?

Nick Thorpe meets the migrants trying to cross the Hungary-Serbia border and Robin Banerji visits the Indian city where biryani was invented, or so some locals claim.

And Andy Jones learns how the Baka hunter-gatherers of Gabon are turning their mastery of the country's tropical forests against the poachers who prowl the region.

The Rohingya Running For Their Lives Sep 09, 2017

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Kate Adie introduces correspondents' stories and analysis from around the world - including from the Bangladeshi border, where we meet the Rohingya fleeing violence in Myanmar. Sanjoy Majumder is on the banks of the Naf River as families arrive by the boatload trying to escape Rakhine state.

In Uganda, Ruth Alexander finds out what it’s like to try and build a home and a new life in the country often applauded for its generous policy towards refugees.

In Germany, Damien McGuiness meets the “elite hipsters” of Berlin living in a parallel, English-speaking society.

In Russia, Martin Vennard joins the back to school celebrations on the Day of Knowledge.

And in Colombia, Mark Rickards witnesses an extraordinary race around the country and explores how cycling is helping to bring together a once divided nation.

“That’s the Judicial Process.” Sep 02, 2017

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Kate Adie introduces dispatches by: Yolande Knell in Qaraqosh, who observes Iraq's trials of people accused of fighting for so-called Islamic State; Martin Patience, who takes his leave of Nigeria with mixed emotions after a two-year stay; Matthew Hill in Sri Lanka, who finds that the strains and tensions between those who govern and many of those whom they govern are intensifying; Harriet Constable, who reports from Kenya on the increasingly violent and costly incidence of sand harvesting; and Hywel Griffith visits one of Australia's many micro-nations to meet the white-bearded Prince Paul of Wy to discover why he has set up his own realm.

The Aftermath Aug 26, 2017

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Catalonia's uncertain future, Sierra Leone after the mudslide, Ethiopia embraces industrialisation, Uzbekistan's Soviet era bus shelters and reflections from a Macedonian nail bar

The Calm On Guam Aug 24, 2017

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Despite the threat from North Korea to fire missiles towards Guam, we find a surprising calm on the island. Kate Adie introduces correspondents’ stories from around the world.

From Guam, Rupert Wingfield Hayes has the latest developments in the war of words between the US and North Korea.

Secunder Kermani hears tales of the horrific violence that followed the Partition of India 70 years ago but finds little remorse amongst some of its perpetrators.

Hannah Armstrong visits Cape Verde where European migrants are starting new lives in Africa.

In Cuba, Will Grant finds that the 'battle against bureaucracy', launched by the late Fidel Castro in 1965, is far from over. Simple tasks like paying your rent can still take hours.

And in Swedish Lapland, Elizabeth Hotson goes down to the woods in search of a big surprise, and a bear.

The Calm in Guam Aug 24, 2017

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Despite the threat from North Korea to fire missiles towards Guam, we find a surprising calm on the island. Kate Adie introduces correspondents' stories from around the world.

From Guam, Rupert Wingfield Hayes has the latest developments in the war of words between the US and North Korea.

Secunder Kermani hears tales of the horrific violence that followed the Partition of India 70 years ago but finds little remorse amongst some of its perpetrators.

Hannah Armstrong visits Cape Verde where European migrants are starting new lives in Africa.

In Cuba, Will Grant finds that the 'battle against bureaucracy', launched by the late Fidel Castro in 1965, is far from over. Simple tasks like paying your rent can still take hours.

And in Swedish Lapland, Elizabeth Hotson goes down to the woods in search of a big surprise, and a bear.

Producer: Joe Kent.

From Our Home Correspondent 21/08/2017 Aug 21, 2017

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Mishal Husain presents stories on modern pilgrimage, British Asians' Partition experiences, reviving an ancient festival in Cornwall, a special stonemason and a cow man's reprieve

An Act of Striking Bravado Aug 12, 2017

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Marshal Khalifa Haftar has big ambitions for his army and his country, but what is the military strongman's vision for Libya? Caroline Wyatt introduces correspondents' stories.

Stephen Sackur has some challenging questions for The Marshal in Benghazi, but will he get to ask them?

In Liberia, Olivia Acland visits the Hotel Ducor and reflects on what it reveals about the country. It once attracted world leaders with its 5-star luxury - now it lies in ruins.

For an insight into President Duterte's ongoing war on drugs in the Philippines, Colin Freeman heads to a morgue in Manila and joins some crime reporters on their night shift.

In Italy, Dany Mitzman samples a plate of slippery, squidgy jellyfish. The ‘eat it to beat it’ movement offers a novel, and for some unpalatable, solution to dealing with invasive species.

And, what to say to a border guard? Tim Whewell tries to talk his way into Abkhazia – a largely forgotten corner of the former Soviet Union.

Producer: Joe Kent

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