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December 26, 2019 The return of the bicycle: How to get around in the 21st century?
Parisians did not wait for this December's mass transit strikes to get in the saddle. In one year, bike use in the French capital is up 54 percent. It's the culmination of years of growing restrictions on cars, the introduction of bike-sharing services, and most recently the construction of bike lanes across the French capital...just in time for March 2020 municipal elections.
43 min
December 24, 2019 Already too late? The argument over 'the great collapse' of humanity
Is it already too late? Is the great collapse already in motion? Even the ominous chants of Extinction Rebellion activists who shut down the heart of London in October sound overly optimistic to those who claim we've already passed the tipping point beyond which the overheating and overpolluting of the planet can only accelerate.
44 min
December 23, 2019 The Golden Age of TV series: Streaming revolution spawns surge in original content
Behold the golden age of television streaming and pass the popcorn. Whether you're in search of that new series to binge-watch or seek out the documentary that will change the conversation on the hot topic of the day, the bidding war between entertainment industry giants has viewers glued to our screens and at prices that can't be beat.
43 min
December 19, 2019 Which Johnson will it be? Conservatives look beyond Brexit after landslide win
For the second time in as many months, UK lawmakers got the knock on the door. The world's longest-running democracy availing itself once again of the pomp of a Queen's speech. The last time, it read like a campaign platform. Now that he's been elected in a landslide win, the prime minister wrote for Elizabeth a manifesto for governing.
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December 18, 2019 US impeachment vote: Trump accused of abusing power, obstructing Congress
To impeach the US president? A vote in the House of Representatives puts Donald Trump on the rack. He is then expected to face a trial in the Senate, where the Republicans have a majority. And Republican Senators like Mitch McConnell have made it known they will not vote against their man Trump. McConnell says he has no intention of being an "impartial juror", as the process demands.
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December 17, 2019 Strikes for Christmas? French unions dig in against Macron pension reform
In France, it's Day 13 of a movement that's set to last if neither the government nor the unions blink. The big march in Paris had those unions united against the government's pension reform plan. Is this the biggest test of Emmanuel Macron's presidency? Has the president, who was able to outlast the Yellow Vests while passing labour reform, rail reform and unemployment insurance reform, overreached this time?
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December 16, 2019 Turning point for India? Modi's citizenship act excludes Muslims
Is it the beginning of the end of India as a secular state? The week began with protesters rallying at New Delhi's India Gate as anger spread to college campuses over last week's passage of the Citizenship Amendment Act, a law decried as anti-Muslim by demonstrators while the Hindu nationalist BJP government insists it's "pro-refugee". Protests against the new bill have been particularly virulent in northeastern Assam state. Is the citizenship act a turning point for India?
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December 14, 2019 Boris Johnson wins biggest Tory majority in decades
British Prime Minister Boris Johnson and his Conservative Party have won the biggest Tory majority since the 1980s after voters handed him a resounding victory in the UK's general election on December 12. We bring you a special edition of the FRANCE 24 Debate, live from London.
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December 12, 2019 UK votes: Final hours of polling in general election
From the Shetland Isles in the north to the Scilly Isles in the southwest, the UK is voting in what has been described as the most important general election since the Second World War. We bring you a special edition of the FRANCE 24 Debate, live from London.
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December 11, 2019 Full steam ahead: Macron unveils pension reform, shrugs off strikes
Emmanuel Macron may have outlasted the Yellow Vest movement. Now he has got the unions against him. The French government's formal rollout of its pension reform plan has prompted a rolling over of strikes - already in their seventh day - and triggering calls for massive demonstrations next Tuesday. Has Macron, who stormed to power in 2017 by bringing together reformers from the left and the right, finally chosen his camp?
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