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  • Turkey - Australia - Cameroon
    Turkey this week took the unusual step of stopping all trade with Israel, an exchange worth 6.8-billion euro. In Australia regional and national leaders met to discuss what has been described as an "epidemic" of violence against women. In Cameroon there is concern for the health of refugees who fled the country to escape terror group Boko Haram.
    15 min
  • NIGERIA - SLOVAKIA - MOROCCO
    Ten years ago, 276 girls were kidnapped in Nigeria by the Islamic terrorist group, Boko Haram, the trauma of the incident continues to be felt. In Slovakia a crowd-funding campaign to raise money for artillery shells for Ukraine exceeded its target in less than two days. And in Morocco it is 50 years since the annexation of Western Sahara.
    17 min
  • CANARIES - DENMARK - UK
    This weekend thousands of people marched in the Canary Islands to call on authorities to change the model of tourism - they say their limit has been reached. In Denmark questions are being raised about the cause of a fire which ravaged one of Copenhagen's oldest buildings, and in London Elvis is being brought back to life in hologram form.
    17 min
  • LEBANON -PRAGUE - INDIA
    In Lebanon, Palestinian refugees who have been there for decades still harbour hopes of returning to their homes. Slovakia’s closely-fought presidential election was won last week by Peter Pellegrini, an ally of the country’s populist prime minister Robert Fico, and in India measures to curb attacks by stray dogs have been criticised as ineffective
    16 min
  • PRAGUE - CAMEROON - TURKEY
    A spate of bear attacks in Slovakia has been raised as a problem ahead of this weekend’s presidential election. In Cameroon aid agencies have been trying to provide alternative employment to women who carry out female genital mulitation procedures, and in Turkey the local elections have seen the emergence of a new right wing party.
    16 min
  • Sudan - Canada - USA
    The United Nations has warned that 340 days of conflict in Sudan has led to one of the worst humanitarian crises in recent memory. The rush of visitors to Niagra Falls, to watch a Solar Eclipse, has led to a state of emergency in the area. And in the US, the battle between Disney, and the former US Presidential candidate Ron De Santis continues.
    17 min
  • Tunisia - India - USA
    An Imam who after living in France for nearly 40 years was expelled after making unacceptable remarks about the french flag. India's government is appealing to Russia to return almost 100 citizens who were lured to fight in Ukraine, and the US government is investing in rail travel to encourage people to use public transport instead of their car.
    17 min
  • Tunisia - Australia - Denmark
    The biggest fraud trial in Danish history started this week, in Australia the government could face many false imprisonment claims after the High Court ruled that it was unlawful to indefinitely hold a person in immigration detention, and in Tunisia the children of political prisoners were in Geneva to ask the UN Human Rights Council for help
    16 min
  • Kenya - Portugal - UK
    Rights groups and campaigners in Kenya are now calling for urgent action and for femicide to be recognized as a criminal offence in its own right, protests in Portugal at plans to address water shortages, and further disruption for UK travellers entering the EU
    17 min
  • Lebanon - Canada - Turkey
    We go to Camp Shamrock in Southern Lebanon where 332 Irish peacekeepers are stationed, lawmakers in Canada are coming after car thieves after surging numbers of auto thefts across the country, and we highlight Turkey's inter-cultural side with a visit to Taksim Square
    16 min

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