Inside the Americas

On July 20, 1969, Neil Armstrong made history by becoming the first man ever to walk on the Moon. To mark the 50th anniversary of the first lunar landing, Inside the Americas comes to you from Cape Canaveral in Florida, home to the Kennedy Space Center. Our team was given 24 hours of exclusive access to NASA.

This week, talks between the Venezuelan government and opposition got back underway in Barbados. The negotiation comes as Venezuela's ongoing economic crisis is provoking a serious health crisis. The country has seen a surge in medicine prices, with severe shortages and the health system going bankrupt. That's pushing more and more people towards non-traditional medicine and healers. FRANCE 24's Roméo Langlois and Jorge Benezra report from Venezuela.

The economic crisis in Venezuela is having a devastating impact on people across all levels of society. But there is one silver lining: the number of murders and kidnappings are dropping as the crisis is hitting the country's criminal gangs hard. FRANCE 24’s team in Caracas spoke to several felons about what has changed.

This week, a devastating picture of a migrant father and daughter, drowned face down in the water of the Rio Grande, shocked the American public. The image highlighted the risks thousands of Central American families are taking in their quest for a better life. The photo came on the heels of a scandalous report out of a US detention centre in Texas. The Democratic-held House has passed a $4.5 billion border bill to help migrant children, but it still has to get past the Republican-held Senate.

This week, Donald Trump kicked off his re-election campaign with a rally in Orlando, Florida. The US president spent much of his speech attacking the press, the political establishment and the Mueller investigation into Russian election interference. He called on his supporters to "keep America great" by rejecting the "radical socialism" of his opponents.

As Donald Trump lines up a new immigration agreement with Mexico after pressuring it with tariffs, we take a look at just how the US president makes deals. Experts are divided on whether Trump's tactics are effective.

The US president is in Europe for a trip focused on both history and politics. The ostensible reason for the visit: the D-Day landings, which are being commemorated this week. But Donald Trump is also having meetings with European leaders, with Brexit dominating his talks with Britain's Theresa May. For more on Trump's trip, we talk to Jeremy Ghez, a professor of international affairs at HEC Paris.

Las Vegas may be best known as a gamblers' paradise, but the city itself is now undergoing a bit of a makeover. Sin City's coffers aren't filling up as much as they used to and that's pushed local authorities to hedge their bets on sports. They're constructing a massive stadium and are now sponsoring football, baseball and ice hockey teams. We take a closer look.

The United States is in the middle of its tornado season, with repeated events of severe weather affecting the South and Midwest in particular. But why are these areas most prone to tornadoes? And why at this time of year? We take a closer look.

A California court has handed an unprecedented $2 billion in damages to a couple who say their cancer was caused by popular weedkiller Roundup. That weedkiller is made by Monsanto, a company that now belongs to agrochemical giant Bayer. It was the third successive defeat by Bayer in US courts. It's also the highest award to date by a jury after the key element in Roundup, glyphosate, was linked to cancer.