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October 11, 2016 Locker Room Gate: The End of the Republican Party? (part 2)
Some have described it as a car accident happening in slow motion. After the release of a video in which US Republican Presidential Nominee Donald Trump described seeking sex with a married woman and making obscene comments about women, the Republican Party is unravelling fast. In response, senior party officials are walking away from Trump, including House Speaker, Paul Ryan. So where does this leave the Republicans and will they be able to save a seemingly fast-sinking ship? Click here for PART ONE.
Produced by Charles WENTE, François WIBAUX and Christopher DAVIS.
25 min
October 10, 2016 Low Road to the White House: The fallout from second Clinton-Trump debate (part 1)
It was a debate, but hardly what you'd call presidential. There was no handshake as Donald Trump and Hillary Clinton went straight for the jugular - everything from effectively painting Trump as a racist, sexist bigot to him threatening to throw Clinton in jail. Polls suggest Trump's losing ground on Clinton, but how reliable are the polls in an election year unlike any other? Click here for PART TWO.
Produced by Charles WENTE, François WIBAUX and Christopher DAVIS.
18 min
October 10, 2016 Low Road to the White House: The fallout from second Clinton-Trump debate (part 2)
It was a debate, but hardly what you'd call presidential. There was no handshake as Donald Trump and Hillary Clinton went straight for the jugular - everything from effectively painting Trump as a racist, sexist bigot to him threatening to throw Clinton in jail. Polls suggest Trump's losing ground on Clinton, but how reliable are the polls in an election year unlike any other? Click here for PART ONE.
Produced by Charles WENTE, François WIBAUX and Christopher DAVIS.
26 min
October 06, 2016 U.N. fit for purpose? Antonio Guterres becomes new Secretary General (part 1)
As Antonio Guterres formally gets the backing of the UN Security Council to become the next head of the United Nations, we’re asking if he’s the right person for the job. Given the situation in Syria, the refugee crisis and the deep divisions between the US and Russia, is the UN’s mission for peace still even achievable? Does the UN still have a meaningful role to play in today's world? Click here for PART TWO.
Produced by Charles WENTE, Fraçois WIBAUX and Van MEGUERDITCHIAN.
18 min
October 06, 2016 U.N. fit for purpose? Antonio Guterres becomes new Secretary General (part 2)
As Antonio Guterres formally gets the backing of the UN Security Council to become the next head of the United Nations, we’re asking if he’s the right person for the job. Given the situation in Syria, the refugee crisis and the deep divisions between the US and Russia, is the UN’s mission for peace still even achievable? Does the UN still have a meaningful role to play in today's world? Click here for PART ONE.
Produced by Charles WENTE, Fraçois WIBAUX and Van MEGUERDITCHIAN.
26 min
October 05, 2016 How to Save Afghanistan? Kunduz attack upstages Brussels donor conference (part 1)
15 years of US-led intervention, nearly 40 years of conflict, and yet Afghanistan seems no closer to peace. A donor conference to raise funds for the country has been overshadowed by a fresh offensive on the northern city of Kunduz. The Taliban have been chased from the town centre but the fight's ongoing and US air power's been enrolled to help flush out the insurgency. We ask about the timing of this attack, days after the signing of a peace deal with long-time warlord Gulbuddin Hekmatyar. Click here to watch PART TWO.
Produced by Charles WENTE, Francois WIBAUX and Van MEGUERDITCHIAN.
18 min
October 05, 2016 How to Save Afghanistan? Ghani under pressure at home and abroad (part 2)
15 years of US-led intervention, nearly 40 years of conflict, and yet Afghanistan seems no closer to peace. A donor conference to raise funds for the country has been overshadowed by a fresh offensive on the northern city of Kunduz. The Taliban have been chased from the town centre but the fight's ongoing and US air power's been enrolled to help flush out the insurgency. We ask about the timing of this attack, days after the signing of a peace deal with long-time warlord Gulbuddin Hekmatyar. Click here to watch PART ONE.
Produced by Charles WENTE, Francois WIBAUX and Van MEGUERDITCHIAN.
26 min
October 04, 2016 What is Aleppo? World ignores destruction of Syria's largest city (part 2)
What will remain of Aleppo when the dust settles? After a black Monday for US-Russia relations that saw Washington once and for all sever Syria truce talks and Moscow suspend a bilateral deal to decommission weapons-grade plutonium, forgotten is talk of red lines like in 2013. So what about calls for a humanitarian aid corridor? One US presidential candidate, libertarian Gary Johnson, recently asked: "What is Aleppo?" Our panel responds. Click here for PART ONE.
Produced by Charles WENTE, Yena LEE and Van MEGUERDITCHIAN.
27 min
October 04, 2016 'What is Aleppo?' World ignores destruction of Syria's largest city
What will remain of Aleppo when the dust settles? After a black Monday for US-Russia relations that saw Washington once and for all sever Syria truce talks and Moscow suspend a bilateral deal to decommission weapons-grade plutonium, the talk of 'red lines' like in 2013 has ceased. So what about calls for a humanitarian aid corridor? One US presidential candidate, libertarian Gary Johnson, recently asked: "What is Aleppo?" Our panel responds. Click here for PART TWO.
Produced by Charles WENTE, Yena LEE and Van MEGUERDITCHIAN.
20 min
October 03, 2016 Colombia Votes No: Referendum rejects FARC peace deal (part 1)
Is it back to civil war for Colombia? Or was Sunday's shock rejection of the deal to end 60 years of fighting with FARC rebels the prelude to a better bargain? We'll ask why voters failed by a narrow margin to approve the agreement. Where does it leave a Marxist guerrilla movement that for now insists it's still sticking by the deal? And what next for President Santos? Does he resign à la David Cameron after Brexit or can he forge a consensus with the no camp? Click here for PART TWO.
Produced by Michele BARBERO, François WIBAUX and Van MEGUERDITCHIAN.
16 min

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