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February 06, 2018 Julian Assange: From whistleblower to middleman?
The WikiLeaks founder is staying put inside the Ecuadorian embassy in London after a local court refused to lift the arrest warrant against him. The statute of limitations has run out on Swedish sex assault charges against Julian Assange but UK authorities still want him for jumping bail and ducking into the embassy back in 2012. His attorneys worry more broadly whether the UK will want to extradite him to the US over the leak of classified documents. What's become of Assange? Produced by Charles WENTE, Tatiana REITER and Van MEGUERDITCHIAN.
45 min
February 05, 2018 #MeToo and the French: Have attitudes on sex and power changed?
Since the Weinstein scandal broke back in October in the US, women are certainly speaking out. Last month in France, the argument raged over a petition where some - including actress Catherine Deneuve - defended men's "right to bother" women. It was the #MeToo movement that inspired one woman and then a second to press cases against Europe's most prominent Islamic scholar, Tariq Ramadan. What does this case teach us? Will others follow? Produced by Michele BARBERO, Tatiana REITER and Van MEGUERDITCHIAN.
45 min
February 01, 2018 Africa's education challenge: How to keep girls in school?
Emmanuel Macron is in Dakar this Friday to co-host, alongside Senegal's President Macky Sall, a Global Partnership for Education Financing Conference. Public spending for education in the developing world is much lower than in developed nations. Keeping boys and especially girls in school is key. If all the girls in the world who don't go to school were a country, they would be the world's tenth most populous nation. What will it take to fix this problem? Produced by Charles WENTE, Tatiana REITER and Van MEGUERDITCHIAN.
45 min
January 31, 2018 Good Trump, Bad Trump: US president touts unity... and divisive immigration plan
"Tonight I call upon all of us to set aside our differences, to seek out common ground". It's not always what you hear from Donald Trump, but he did use those words in his State of the Union address. Trump's overture came before a Congress where a battle now awaits on immigration. Will the nativist core of his electorate drive the agenda on selected immigration, curbs on welcoming family members of migrants... and closing the border on more than people but also on free trade arrangements? Produced by Charles WENTE, Maya-Anaïs YATAGHÈNE & Laure FOURQUET.
43 min
January 30, 2018 Kenya's bitter divide: Government retaliates against opposition 'inauguration'
In Nairobi, the opposition has staged a symbolic presidential oath for its leader Raila Odinga after boycotting the re-run of a presidential election. The initial August poll had been cancelled because of irregularities. The government of Uhuru Kenyatta pulled the plug on private television stations covering Tuesday's ceremony. That's raising alarm bells in a nation where politics may be broken, but where the free press has long thrived. How to change that dynamic? Produced by Charles WENTE, Alessandro XENOS, Van MEGUERDITCHIAN.
45 min
January 29, 2018 Yemen on the brink: Civil war, famine and a growing separatist movement
With Yemen's capital Sana'a already under the control of Houthi militias, now there's fighting in the second city Aden. Southern separatists - backed by the UAE - are locking horns with Saudi-backed government forces. Both Riyadh and the Emiratis are urging restraint. Is this a very localized dispute triggered by a demonstration ban? Or is there trouble among coalition partners who for three years have been fighting Iran-aligned Houthi militias with little to show for it? Produced by Daniel BARNEY, Alessandro XENOS, Van MEGUERDITCHIAN.
41 min
January 25, 2018 Prison or the presidency? Brazil's Lula defies corruption charges
Lula's lost a battle but insists he'll win the war. Brazil's charismatic former president is vowing to fight on after appellate judges upheld his bribery conviction. Polls show that even with other legal cases pending, Luiz Inacio Lula da Silva remains the clear frontrunner in the Workers Party's bid to regain the presidency in October. Will he be allowed to stand? Is he the best Brazil can come up with in these times of recession and scandal? Produced by Daniel BARNEY, Alessandro XENOS, Tatiana REITER and Van MEGUERDITCHIAN.
45 min
January 25, 2018 Beyond the Paradise Papers: Can global tax avoidance be stopped? (part 2)
It costs governments $240 billion every year, but can global tax avoidance be stopped? After scandals like the Paradise Papers, why has more not been done to make the rich and big business pay what they owe? Watch our special debate with a panel of high-profile guests, hosted by FRANCE 24's business editor Stephen Carroll, at the World Economic Forum in Davos. Click here to watch the first part of the debate.
25 min
January 25, 2018 Beyond the Paradise Papers: Can global tax avoidance be stopped? (part 1)
It costs governments $240 billion every year, but can global tax avoidance be stopped? After scandals like the Paradise Papers, why has more not been done to make the rich and big business pay what they owe? Watch our special debate with a panel of high-profile guests, hosted by FRANCE 24's business editor Stephen Carroll, at the World Economic Forum in Davos. Click here to watch the second part of the debate.
18 min
January 24, 2018 Macron in Davos: French president pleads for more ambitious Europe
"France is back". Emmanuel Macron drew applause in Davos with that line. The French president was definitely playing to a friendly audience as he pitched his country and his continent to the captains of globalisation in Davos. He also pleaded for a global compact to make growth more ethical and pointedly called on the US and China to sign a deal to regulate taxes. But do his words match his deeds? What are the French president's answers to growing inequality at home? Produced by Daniel BARNEY, Tatiana REITER, Alessando XENOS and Van MEGUERDITCHIAN.
46 min

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