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March 08, 2017 WikiLeaks' CIA data dump: National security and invasion of privacy (part 2)
The sting of the latest WikiLeaks revelations will be felt well beyond the likes of Samsung and WhatsApp. They highlight the uneasy relationship between an internet that's largely shaped in Silicon Valley and US spy agencies. Is Russia a player in the revelations? It's the first big data dump on the watch of a new president who seemed to praise WikiLeaks on the campaign trail. Will people simply shrug off this invasion of privacy as the new normal? Click here for PART ONE.
Produced by Charles WENTE, François WIBAUX and Laure FOURQUET.
27 min
March 07, 2017 Escalation: North Korea takes on all comers (part 2)
The United States and South Korea are rolling out a missile defence shield days after Pyongyang fired more test rockets, this time onto the Sea of Japan. Pyongyang’s angry and jittery over annual joint military exercises by Seoul and Washington. Nerves are particularly frayed because Pyongyang's not the only place that's hard to read these days. There's China and a US State Department that's gone mostly quiet since Donald Trump took office. What to make of the muted response from Washington?
26 min
March 07, 2017 Escalation: North Korea takes on all comers (part 1)
The United States and South Korea are rolling out a missile defence shield days after Pyongyang fired more test rockets, this time onto the Sea of Japan. Pyongyang’s angry and jittery over annual joint military exercises by Seoul and Washington. Nerves are particularly frayed because Pyongyang's not the only place that's hard to read these days. There's China and a US State Department that's gone mostly quiet since Donald Trump took office. What to make of the muted response from Washington?
19 min
March 06, 2017 Can Europe switch gears? Growing calls for a 'multi-speed' E.U. (part 1)
With Putin to the East, Trump to the West and Brexit on the way, the leaders of Germany, Italy and Spain came together at the Palace of Versailles at a mini-summit hosted by France's president. Do the continent's four biggest powers choose the option of putting European integration into overdrive with much closer ties on defense, trade and a common view on borders? When the dust settles, what will the EU look like? Click here for PART TWO.
Produced by Charles WENTE, François WIBAUX and Laure FOURQUET.
18 min
March 06, 2017 Can Europe switch gears? Growing calls for a 'multi-speed' E.U. (part 2)
With Putin to the East, Trump to the West and Brexit on the way, the leaders of Germany, Italy and Spain came together at the Palace of Versailles at a mini-summit hosted by France's president. Do the continent's four biggest powers choose the option of putting European integration into overdrive with much closer ties on defense, trade and a common view on borders? When the dust settles, what will the EU look like? Click here for PART ONE.
Produced by Charles WENTE, François WIBAUX and Laure FOURQUET.
27 min
March 02, 2017 France's Food Fight: Presidential candidates divided over farming crisis (part 1)
A French presidential candidate can forget a birthday or a wedding anniversary... but not the annual Paris agriculture fair. It's the ultimate photo op for a nation that's proud of its peasant roots. But the land of haute cuisine is also a land of pesticides and factory farming. Is sustainable farming sustainable for the farmer, and affordable for the consumer? Can French farming reinvent itself? Click here for PART TWO.
Produced by Yann PUSZTAI, François WIBAUX and Christopher DAVIS.
18 min
March 02, 2017 France's Food Fight: The growing divide between factory and organic (part 2)
A French presidential candidate can forget a birthday or a wedding anniversary... but not the annual Paris agriculture fair. It's the ultimate photo op for a nation that's proud of its peasant roots. But the land of haute cuisine is also a land of pesticides and factory farming. Is sustainable farming sustainable for the farmer, and affordable for the consumer? Can French farming reinvent itself? Click here for PART ONE.
Produced by Yann PUSZTAI, François WIBAUX and Christopher DAVIS.
26 min
March 01, 2017 "I will not yield" - Fillon defiant despite deepening 'fake jobs' probe (part 1)
Beware the Ides of March. After being placed under formal investigation by magistrates, conservative presidential candidate François Fillon pledged to stay in the race. Will he be charged or can he bounce back after revelations that family members earned big money on his parliamentary payroll without any evidence of their work? Far-right leader Marine Le Pen is also embroiled in a payroll scandal, this one at the European parliament, and is flatly refusing to answer the police questions. Click here for PART TWO.
Produced by Charles WENTE, François WIBAUX and Christopher DAVIS.
18 min
March 01, 2017 "I will not yield" - Fillon defiant despite deepening 'fake jobs' probe (part 2)
Beware the Ides of March. After being placed under formal investigation by magistrates, conservative presidential candidate François Fillon pledged to stay in the race. Will he be charged or can he bounce back after revelations that family members earned big money on his parliamentary payroll without any evidence of their work? Far-right leader Marine Le Pen is also embroiled in a payroll scandal, this one at the European parliament, and is flatly refusing to answer the police questions. Click here for PART ONE.
Produced by Charles WENTE, François WIBAUX and Christopher DAVIS.
27 min
February 28, 2017 Spending blitz: Trump unveils $54 billion hike in the military spending (part 1)
Why the huge hike in defense spending? That's the 54-billion dollar question ahead of Donald Trump's first speech to a joint session of Congress. The new US president ran as the nominee of a Republican party that had mostly been against big spending ever since the Iraq war blew up the national budget. How will his plans go down with Tea Party supporters, and what exactly are his plans? Produced by Alessandro XENOS, Yi SONG and Laure FOURQUET.
19 min

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