Focus

By FRANCE 24 English

Our Focus programme brings you exclusive reports from around the world. Every day at 8:45am Paris time.

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April 03, 2019 Could Spain's far-right Vox party become kingmaker?
In less than a month, voters in Spain will head to the polls for an early general election. The vote could see a far-right party, Vox, enter the national parliament for the first time since Spain returned to democracy in 1975. Formed in 2013, Vox failed to make an impact on Spanish politics until last December, when it gained 12 seats in the Andalusian parliament. So how did it make such a breakthrough, and could it do the same nationwide? Our correspondents report.
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April 02, 2019 The price of insulin is killing Americans
The price of insulin in the United States is so high that many diabetics are having to ration their doses of the life-saving hormone. This has led to the deaths of at least six diabetics over the past three years, according to civil rights groups. Our correspondents Jessica Le Masurier and Céline Bruneau report.
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April 01, 2019 Little hope for Ukrainian prisoners in Russian jails
One of the main issues in Ukraine's ongoing presidential campaign is how to deal with Russia. A key concern is the fate of prisoners. Russia has detained a large number of Ukrainian citizens for what Ukraine says are political reasons. Kiev says it would like to organise a prisoner swap, but Moscow appears unwilling to negotiate. Our correspondents report from Ukraine and Russia.
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March 29, 2019 One year after March of Return, many Gazans still determined to protest
It's been a year since the March of Return in Gaza. The demonstration, perceived by Israel by a hostile attempt to breach into its territory, was bloodily suppressed. Despite this, many Gaza residents still take part in protests along the border every Friday. They are demanding a right to reclaim territory lost to Israel during the 1948-49 war, and the end to the Israeli-Egyptian blockade on Gaza. Our correspondent went to meet them.
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March 29, 2019 No joke: Comedian Zelenskiy leads race to Ukrainian presidency
Ukrainians headed to the polls on Sunday for the first round of presidential elections. Many are disappointed in incumbent Petro Poroshenko for his failure to address corruption. They don't think much of his more traditional rival, former premier Yulia Tymoshenko, either. Instead, the frontrunner in the polls is Volodymyr Zelenskiy, a comedian who wrote and starred in a TV series in which an ordinary guy gets himself elected president. Life could soon imitate art, as Gulliver Cragg reports.
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March 28, 2019 'Revolution of smiles': Paris diaspora actively supporting Algerian protest movement
As a mass, peaceful protest movement continues in Algeria, Franco-Algerians have been gathering at the Place de la République every Sunday in Paris to demonstrate against the ailing Algerian president and those who keep him in power. Algeria's "Revolution of smiles", as its members are calling it, aims for a total overhaul of the system that's been in place for the past two decades. Our reporters met with Paris-based activists from different walks of life.
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March 27, 2019 Cameroon's Anglophone separatist conflict hits economy hard
In Cameroon's English-speaking regions, an armed conflict pitting separatists against security forces has been going on for more than two years. Hundreds of people have been killed and hundreds of thousands more forced to flee. The conflict is now affecting the country's economy. Vast plantations have been left to rot, workers have lost their livelihoods and Cameroon's exports are in decline. Our correspondents report.
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March 26, 2019 How the French Air Force helped defeat the IS group in Syria
US President Donald Trump and the Syrian Democratic Forces (SDF) have announced that the village of Baghouz has been re-captured from the Islamic State (IS) group. It was the last enclave controlled by the group in Syria. In order to quash the jihadists, the SDF have relied on the international US-led coalition, which provided air support. French forces played a strategic role, notably thanks to their airbase in nearby Jordan. Our regional correspondent Antoine Mariotti met up with them.
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March 25, 2019 Turkey: Kurdish New Year gets political in Diyarbakir
The Turkish city of Diyarbakir, dubbed the country's Kurdish capital, is a strong support base for the pro-Kurdish HDP party. But after the last election, more than 90% of HDP mayors were replaced by technocrats, after a decision by President Erdogan. The same could happen for this year's polls on March 31. On Nowruz, the Kurdish New Year, politics and culture came together in the form of an HDP rally, where voters turned out to show support for their embattled party. Our correspondents report.
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March 22, 2019 Junta-ruled Thailand heads to the polls
On Sunday March 24, Thai citizens will head to the polls for general elections - the first vote in the kingdom in eight years. While these elections are a step towards democracy, the military, which took power in a 2014 coup, still has a firm grip on power. Whatever the results, the new constitution automatically grants it control over a third of parliament. Nevertheless, politicians calling for the end of military rule are speaking out in relative freedom. Our correspondents report.
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The podcast currently has 1,500 episodes available.