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February 26, 2020 New Delhi riots: religious intolerance in Narendra Modi's India
While the visiting US President was hailing Indian Prime Minister Modi as a "defender of religious freedom", lynch mobs were gearing up for a third night of rioting, the worst Delhi has seen in decades. What had started Sunday as clashes over the Hindu nationalist government's new citizenship law has since turned into a full-blown anti-Muslim rampage. With police accused of standing idle, opposition parties are calling for the resignation of Home Secretary Amit Shah. We'll measure the government's response so far and ask how India can prevent repeats of the intercommunal rampages.
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February 25, 2020 Virus without borders: health emergency tests faith in governments
Could the coronavirus outbreak lay bare a whole different kind of challenge for humanity? An unforeseen virus, rattling markets and governments the planet over. The World Health Organization stopping just shy of calling it a global pandemic. Thanks to globalization it has traveled the world over in two short months. And governments are left wondering what to do. Ban air travel? Shut the borders, and call into question the open borders so dear to the European Union? Our panel looks at the official figures and weighs the facts at hand.
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February 24, 2020 Trump and Modi: what brings together U.S. and India's Leaders?
One's the son of a real estate tycoon, the other of a tea seller. Their personal tastes and lifestyles are radically different but it's what Donald Trump and Narendra Modi have in common that has the whole world watching the US president's visit to India. While we can compare their America First and Make in India visions as they haggle over trade and military contracts, this warm reception in India is much more than was the Howdy Modi rally hosted by Trump in Texas last September.
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February 21, 2020 Germany shooting: Gunman kills nine in suspected racist attack
Europe is reeling from the latest racist mass murder. Nine people were gunned down at shisha bars in a small town near Frankfurt in Germany. A 43-year-old man left a note at his home to explain his motives. He also killed his own mother before taking his own life. While the investigation at the scene continues, questions are being asked about how such a massacre can take place. The spotlight falls on the rise of the far right, an increase in racist rhetoric and hate attacks.
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February 19, 2020 France and Muslims: What will Macron's declaration change?
France is digesting the controversial recommendations made by President Emmanuel Macron. Essentially the president is calling to combat Islamist separation in France - the sense that a religion can separate a person from the lifestyle and values of France, where church and state are separated by law. But will Macron's words in the eastern city of Mulhouse get to the heart of the matter?
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February 18, 2020 Climate greenwash? Amazon's Bezos pledges $10 billion to save the planet
The climate is never out of the headlines. Whether it's another storm wreaking havoc, with heavy rain, wind and flooding; or hot, dry conditions leading to wildfires that burn out of control. The climate is a many-layered debate. Emmanuel Macron recently relaunched his climate credentials with an announcement at Chamonix, on the Sea of Ice glacier that's melting more and more each winter. And such "greenwashing", as it has been dubbed, is not limited to politicians.
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February 17, 2020 Griveaux scandal: Online leak sparks outrage, political earthquake
We discuss the right to a private life away from the glare of the media. The case of French politician Benjamin Griveaux has put this issue in the headlines. Griveaux, a close political ally of President Emmanuel Macron, pulled out of the race to be Paris mayor after a sex tape was circulated online - allegedly of the candidate masturbating while messaging another woman who was not his wife.
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February 13, 2020 Green promises: Macron's proposals to save Europe's melting glaciers
It's 580 steps atop the roof of Europe, a stairway to hell if humanity does not act fast. French President Emmanuel Macron started his day up the mountain at the famed Sea of Ice that gives onto the continent's highest peak, Mont Blanc. As he contemplated the glacier that has receded in thickness by 120 metres in just one century, he used the photo op - one month before municipal elections - to press new measures to go green. We review what was announced at a special cabinet meeting on Wednesday.
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February 12, 2020 Which way for the Democrats? Sanders wins New Hampshire as moderate vote splits
It may be the same winner in New Hampshire as four years ago, but rest assured, Tuesday night proved no two US presidential races are alike. Bernie Sanders was all smiles after again finishing tops in the Granite State. Four years ago, the senator from neighbouring Vermont romped home with 60 percent of the vote. This time, despite a formidable army of volunteers, the 78-year-old Democratic Socialist barely garnered a quarter of the vote, while he was neck-and-neck with Pete Buttigieg.
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February 12, 2020 Can it be contained? Coronavirus tests faith in China's crisis management
On a global scale, truly just how lethal is the current outbreak of coronavirus? With the death toll now topping one thousand, it has killed more than the SARS flu of 2003. But is it really more contagious? We are still unsure of the science, partly because the virus is so new, partly because China - where the outbreak originated - now has a serious credibility problem.
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