Children stolen by their parents' killers during Argentina's dictatorship are finally being reunited with their families. Imagine being told your parents are not your real parents. Even worse, the people who raised you had in fact helped to kidnap, torture and murder your real mum and dad. It's the truth facing as many as 500 people born during the late 1970s in Argentina, when the country's military dictatorship detained and killed thousands of political opponents. After their parents 'disappeared', the children were given away to supporters of the dictatorship to raise as their own. Video journalist David O'Shea has been to meet a group of determined grandmothers leading the fight to reunite those children with what's left of their families, and he hears the stories of some of the 101 stolen babies reunited so far.
The images of brutaility on Iran’s streets made headlines around the world a year ago, as huge protests took place in Tehran over the disputed election of President Ahmadinejad. But a new investigation shows that all was not well within the country’s leadership too… three members of Iran’s military elite, who have since fled the country, have told of deep rifts and open dissent in the ranks. They also describe the measures used to crush the protesters, including rape and torture, and the leaders with a plane on standby to get them out of the country if their regime collapsed. The men were tracked down in Turkey and Thailand by UK-based Guardian Films and The Bureau of Investigative Journalism. Click here to see their report by Angus Stickler and click here to replay our live online chat with Producer Chavala Madlena.
The Middle East Peace Crisis has played out very publicly over the years, but the details of a behind-the-scenes world of spying and secrecy are also coming to light. As video journalist Sophie McNeill reports, it’s a tale of undercover assassinations, bugged cars and clandestine meetings. Experts say the disclosures are the unravelling of a huge Israeli spy network in neighbouring countries like Lebanon and Syria. But exactly what can be traced back to the Israeli Government and its Mossad intelligence agency? And what’s their response?
WikiLeaks founder Julian Assange stunned the world this week when he leaked more than 90,000 secret Afghan war files. Dateline's Mark Davis was filming as Assange prepared to release his massive cache of highly classified US documents and as he weathered the media storm that followed. The documents reveal hundreds of civilian casualties, secret hit squads to track and kill Taliban leaders, a steep increase in Taliban attacks, and collusion between Pakistan's intelligence service and the Taliban leadership. Davis first connected with the mysterious whistleblower in Iceland, Norway, Sweden and Australia for a story broadcast in May, called The Whistleblower. This time he has been filming in London where Assange was working with journalists from The Guardian, The New York Times and Germany's Der Spiegel. The release of the documents has rocked the White House and drawn comment from Australia's Prime Minister Julia Gillard. Some of the classified reports refer to Australia's military operations in Afghanistan. In a move that will further shake governments and top military brass around the world, WikiLeaks says they have delayed the release of a further 15,000 reports, but these will eventually be released in full.
They’re known as Argentina’s ‘living dead’… people who’ve become addicted to the drug, paco. They wander the slums of Buenos Aires desperately looking for money and their next fix. Paco is made from the impure waste of cocaine production and sells for less than a dollar a packet. Some addicts need up to a hundred hits a day, with devastating consequences for them and their families. Video journalist David O’Shea meets some of the Mothers Against Paco, who’ve joined forces to try and save their children from the drug and the violent culture that goes with it. And he talks to the director of the film, Paco, about how the problem is moving from the slums to Argentina’s middle classes. But there is also some hope amid the desperation.
The murder of South African white supremacist Eugene Terreblanche has reignited divisions between white and black in a reminder of the country’s bitter struggle over apartheid. Zoé de Bussière reports from Terreblanche's home town of Ventersdorp in the aftermath of the killing, as two black men appear in court charged with his murder. She sees first-hand the hatred between the two communities, which frequently threatens to turn violent.
The number of babies born with severe deformities and children developing leukaemia is rising dramatically in parts of Iraq. US forces used depleted uranium weapons to attack the city in the war, which locals say has left them with this devastating legacy. One report even says the number of such illnesses in Falluja is higher than that recorded after the atomic bombings of Hiroshima and Nagasaki. Walkley Award winning video journalist Fouad Hady returns to his home country to see some of the deformed and desperately ill children, and meets some of the people battling against the odds to rebuild their lives, and their city.
Norwegian journalist Paul Refsdal risked his life to become the first Westerner to film behind Taliban lines in Afghanistan, and see the war between the allied forces and the insurgency from the Taliban’s viewpoint. Now Dateline brings you his remarkable story, as Paul witnesses several ambushes of US troops on the Khyber Pass, and films celebrations over the death of a US soldier. But he also captures a human side of the Taliban, as insurgents relax, pray, eat together, and look after the children of Taliban commander, Dawran. Paul comes under threat himself too, as a US gunship attacks and he’s kidnapped by one of the Taliban group which took him in.
Many people would probably dismiss Dutch politician Geert Wilders as a right-wing extremist for his anti-Islam manifesto, in which he says Islam is retarded and vows to ban the Koran. But his ‘Freedom Party’ has come from the fringe of politics to gain significant support in the Dutch Parliament, increasing its seats to 24, placing him in a position where he could now decide the future of Holland’s government. Like Australia, the Netherlands has a hung parliament. At first the parties said they wouldn’t negotiate with Wilders, but after two months of failed talks, he may now have the deciding vote on who rules the country. Video journalist Mark Davis tries to get inside the mind of this controversial politician as he works under 24 hour protection to spread his word in the Netherlands, and prepares to travel to the United States to pass on his anti-Islam message at the September 11th anniversary in New York.
As India prepares a show of wealth at the Commonwealth Games, Dateline reports on the poor who say they're missing out in the race for riches. India is preparing to welcome the world to the Commonwealth Games in Delhi, but behind the show of wealth, at what's being dubbed the most expensive games in history, Dateline's Yalda Hakim discovers a different story. Thousands of slums have been demolished and the residents moved to outside the city, while the poor earn a few dollars a day building luxurious apartments for competitors, which will eventually sell for up to a million dollars. Out in the slums of Mumbai, Yalda finds children as young as five combing polluted rivers and dirty alleyways for junk they can sell to survive, amid claims that money has been diverted away from schemes to fight poverty to pay for the games.
It has to be one of the world’s worst jobs… digging the tunnels under the border between the Gaza Strip and Egypt to smuggle supplies across the border into the Palestinian enclave. With the constant threat of bombs and collapse, French filmmaker Alexis Monchovet follows Palestinian tunnel workers as they work in the dead of night to move bag after bag of goods through the narrow winding passageways. The trade continues even though the Israeli blockade has been partially lifted and the crossing from Egypt into Gaza opened since nine activists were killed on a recent peace flotilla. Israel often bombs and destroys the tunnels, but the workers somehow manage to smile through as they build more and keep the goods and their own black market economy moving.
Killer comets, global tsunamis and super volcanoes might sound like the stuff of science fiction, but some people in the United States are taking such threats to the planet extremely seriously. Video journalist David Brill has been to meet the Kramer family in California, who've already bought space in an underground shelter, ready for the 'cataclysmic disaster' they believe could happen when a 'galactic alignment' takes place in 2012. He also meets shelter owner, Robert Vicino, whose website counts down the seconds to the end of the world, and offers space in his hotel-style solution to survival for tens of thousands of dollars per person. Others are approaching the future differently, believing the biggest threats we're facing are problems that we've caused ourselves. Richard Heinberg is one of the world's foremost peak oil experts, who warns that we're addicted to fossil fuels and must adapt before they run out. David takes us to a Los Angeles suburb to meet the Dervaes family of so-called 'urban homesteaders'. They've already adapted and are living self-sufficiently and almost entirely off-grid. But are they all being over cautious, or will the rest of us be under prepared?
Meet the parajumpers risking their lives to rescue seriously wounded soldiers from the Afghan battlefield. When soldiers are injured on the frontline in Afghanistan, it's the para jumpers that have to go in by helicopter and rescue them from the battlefield. It's a nightmare job - retrieving horribly injured colleagues, while coming under more attack themselves. Sean Smith from The Guardian spent a month and a half in Afghanistan, seeing first-hand what they have to go through and getting a no holds barred look at life on the frontline. He also followed United States marines on foot patrol, in 55 degree heat and under frequent attack; they're trying to reach Pakistan to secure the border, but it's taken them a year to move just 20 kilometres.
Meet the Iranian lawyer, forced into exileafter defendinga womansentenced todeath by stoning. The most well-known political exile in the world right now has to be Mohammad Mostafaei, the Iranian lawyer who spoke out against Tehran's plans to stone an allegedly adulterous woman to death. But as he fought for Sakineh Mohammadi Ashtiani's life, he found himself forced to flee his beloved Iran and President Ahmadinejad's regime in an effort to save himself and his young family. Now exiled in Norway, he speaks to video journalist Yalda Hakim about saving scores of people from execution in Iran, his journey of survival and his plans to continue fighting for the rights of Iranian women and children.
Dateline gets unique access to a school for young defectors from repressive North Korea, who arrive without the skills needed to survive in the modern world. There are 20,000 defectors from North Korea in South Korea, but escape from the repressive communist regime in the North is only the start of their battle for a better life. As video journalist Amos Roberts discovers, defectors arrive without the skills they need to survive in one of the world's most technologically advanced and competitive societies. Amos was given unique access to a special school set up for young defectors to help them adjust. They talk about their old lives in North Korea - stories of famine, public executions and dramatic escapes; and the challenges of their new lives - relentless study and an uncertain future. We also revisit one of Dateline's most celebrated stories, a report 10 years ago about defectors living in hiding in China, and catch up with a woman who has now made it to South Korea. Her family is reunited and she feels safe for the first time - but is life in the South all she hoped it would be?
The Sydney Morning Herald's Paul McGeoughasksif Iraq's oil reserves will shape its future for the better, orcause more problems for the fragile country. Can the huge reservoirs of oil under Iraq bring it prosperity and security at last? Or will it further divide the country between those who have the oil and wealth, and those that don't? Sydney Morning Herald Chief Correspondent Paul McGeough tries to find the answers in a special guest report for Dateline. He's been speaking to those in charge of turning round the country and its oil industry, and meeting the ordinary Iraqis struggling with chronic electricity, gas and water shortages, all in scorching 50 degree heat. They all tell of a crumbling infrastructure, security concerns, corruption and still no government at the top to get things moving - locals describe themselves as 'powerless' in every sense.
A dozen villages have been swallowed up by a volcano of mud in Indonesia, but four years on from the start of the eruption, the dispute over what's causing it bubbles on. Some experts say a drilling accident at a nearby gas site has caused gas to constantly push mud to the surface from a depth of 3,000 metres, but the energy giant Lapindo Brantas blames an earthquake. The company was cleared of responsibility by Indonesia's Supreme Court last year, but was still ordered to pay compensation. People in East Java though say they've seen little help. Video journalist Adrian Brown visits the vast lake of mud, which can even be seen from space, to hear the blame game that's left villagers living in makeshift huts and an ecological disaster that seems to be growing bigger by the day.
Burma's election on 7th November has been described by world leaders as a 'sham', 'deeply flawed' and 'lacking credibility', and Dateline has arranged for hidden cameras in Burma to capture vision and interviews to prove it. Over two months, the Democratic Voice of Burma gathered evidence of elaborate election rigging to ensure the military maintains power; strict controls and surveillance of political parties and meetings; and punishment for anyone speaking out in opposition. This is on top of the ban on foreign journalists entering Burma, which meant video journalist Evan Williams had to meet his contacts in Thailand to put together his report. He also follows the efforts by human rights groups to broadcast to people inside Burma to try and break the military's control of information and ultimately its 50 year rule.
In June this year, hundreds of people were killed and thousands were displaced in ethnic clashes in the Central Asian region of Kyrgyzstan. The violence prompted Kuranda Seyit, an Australian with Uzbek heritage, to travel to Kyrgyzstan to find out more about the killings. He discovered burned-out buildings, scores of fresh graves, and obtained secretly-filmed video of violent attacks, which he smuggled back to Australia. Kuranda spoke to Dateline about his journey, and provided us with the hidden-camera footage for a view of what happened.
As UN peacekeepers begin preparations for leaving their largest and most expensive mission - in the Democratic Republic of Congo - there are sharply differing views on how well-equipped that African nation is to fend for itself against violent militia groups there. The Congolese government has requested that United Nations peacekeepers withdraw in 2011, but many fear that the withdrawal of the 'Blue Helmets' will lead to an escalation of fighting in a conflict that has already led to the deaths of more than five million people. Reporter Sam Benstead, from the UK-based ORTV, travelled to Congo to see for himself how well prepared the country is for the UN's departure. His report raises the question: can Congo really stand alone or could the UN's departure push the country towards a new humanitarian catastrophe?
Replay Dateline's 2010 interview with two of the Bali Nine, as they speak publicly for the first time about their crimes and facing the death penalty Two of the Bali Nine have been speaking publicly for the first time; just days ahead of final hearings on whether their death sentences for drug trafficking will be carried out. Dateline reporter Mark Davis gained exclusive access to Myuran Sukumaran and Andrew Chan in the 'death tower' at Indonesia's Kerobokan Prison. They talk openly about their lives then and now, what they think of their crimes, and the prospect of facing death by firing squad. Mark also hears first-hand of the heartache for their families back in Australia, as they wait to hear if their pleas for clemency will be granted. Mark's report was one of the finalists in the 2011 Logie Awards, in the category of Most Outstanding Public Affairs Report.
Just a few kilometres from the gleaming centre of Paris, live some of France's 400,000 Roma people, or gypsies, but for how much longer? French President Nicolas Sarkozy wants to clear them off the streets and out of the country - they're being forcibly removed from their illegal campsites and paid to return to their native Romania or Bulgaria. But the move has prompted worldwide criticism and accusations of ethnic cleansing. 95% of them hold French citizenship, but are excluded from working and claiming benefits, and they ask where they're supposed to go and how they're supposed to survive. Filmmaker Alexis Monchovet has been out on the streets of Paris to capture their struggle against poverty and persecution, in a story narrated by Victoria Strobl.
Dateline video journalist Nick Lazaredes has an international tale of intrigue that's worthy of a spy novel; It concerns a nondescript Maltese cargo vessel called the MV Arctic Sea, which was reportedly hijacked off Sweden and later disappeared. But if it was really carrying nothing more than a load of Finnish timber, why was the Russian Navy sent to find it? Could Israeli forces have intercepted it, concerned that weapons on board were being taken from Russia to the Middle East to be used against them? And how did it end up off Cape Verde in West Africa, when it should have been heading for Algeria?
Video journalist Mark Davis’s unprecedented access to WikiLeaks founder Julian Assange continues, with an exclusive interview for Dateline with the Australian whistleblower. He tells Mark he believes the Gillard Government is secretly providing the United States with information about Australians working with the whistleblowing group. WikiLeaks' role in sparking the turmoil in Egypt and Tunisia and his soured relations with The New York Times and The Guardian also come under scrutiny. And he speaks about this week’s extradition hearing in London, over Sweden’s request to question him over sexual assault allegations, which he strenuously denies. So what’s next for the man who’s become the face of WikiLeaks?
Yemen is addicted to chewing the narcotic leaf khat, but is it having too much influence on the country's economy, environment and future? Is Yemen a nation under the influence of drugs? Narcotic khat leaves are part of everyday life; the entire country slows down each afternoon as people young and old chew the leaves to gain a legal high. In the markets of the capital Sana'a, Fouad Hady finds rows of stalls selling bags of the leaves, while in the countryside entire farms have been given over to growing them. According to some estimates, the amount of locally grown food has dropped from 95% to just 8% in recent decades, alongside a worrying drop in the water table to irrigate the growing plants. As well as economic and environmental concerns, opponents are also highlighting the social effects, with increased illness and dependence even among children. But in a country so hooked on khat, will anyone be able to turn the concerns into action? Or will it end up being a plant that sends Yemen into more turmoil?
Did the CIA interfere in 1970s Australian politics? Former spy Christopher Boyce speaks out in an explosive new Dateline interview. Plus whistleblower Edward Snowden's first full TV interview.
A Manus Island migration agent turned whistleblower speaks exclusively to Dateline, saying the asylum seeker processing there is 'fake'. Plus the latest on Thailand's unrest and Peter Greste's arrest in Egypt.
After becoming virtually extinct in the US, wolves have been reintroduced, but while some are celebrating, others are outraged.
Zack Lamb has one of the most severe cases of Tourette Syndrome in the US - can drastic surgery help relieve his violent involuntary tics?
The recent spate of rapes in India has shocked the world, but it’s been the subsequent reaction of authorities that’s proved just as shocking for many. Plus the tomb raiders stealing Egypt's ancient treasures.
If MH370 did crash off Australia, how did it fly so far without detection? Dateline analyses our radar and satellite surveillance capabilities.
As child cancer cases in part of Italy rise, a former mafia boss turned informant reveals details of the tonnes of toxic waste that the mafia illegally dumped there. Plus meet the taboo-busting woman at Bangladesh's female driving school.
This remarkable story tracks a young woman's harrowing escape with her family from North Korea. Now living in South Korea, Yeon-mi Park has found celebrity and infamy through her anti-North Korea TV show.
When Dateline normally interviews world leaders, the setting is a grand presidential palace or imposing parliament building, but not for David O'Shea's profile of Uruguayan President José Mujica. The 79-year-old still lives in the ramshackle one bedroom farmhouse he's shared with his wife for 30 years, and as chickens peck round the garden chairs, he gives his very progressive take on world affairs. The former guerrilla leader, who spent 13 years in prison, has legalised gay marriage and marijuana, and courted controversy by agreeing with Barack Obama to accept prisoners from Guantanamo Bay. He and his wife, Senator Lucia Topolansky, have become a formidable force in Uruguyan politics, but after donating 90% of his salary to charity, he's happy to drive home in his trusty old VW Beetle to tend to his animals. In a world where politicians aren't always held in high esteem, could this man of the people be showing the way forward? And when his term ends in March 2015, will his successor be following in his footsteps? A few weeks after this story was broadcast, an Arab sheikh reportedly offered President Mujica $1 million for his old Volkswagen. The president is said to have indicated that he will sell it, but would give all the money to charity.
In December 2012, 20-year-old Adam Lanza entered Sandy Hook Elementary School in Connecticut and killed 26 children and adults with a Bushmaster rifle before taking his own life with a handgun. The tragedy shocked the United States, sparking an outpouring of grief and widespread calls from the public for politicians to ‘do something’ about guns. The moment, it seemed, was ready for gun control advocates to seize, but like many times before, they ran into intense opposition from a powerful political force: the National Rifle Association (NRA). Drawing on interviews with leading voices on both sides of the gun regulation debate, Gunned Down goes inside one of the country’s greatest divides to illuminate how the NRA reinvented itself from a group of gun enthusiasts and sportsmen with minimal political focus, to a powerful lobbying force opposing any perceived infringement of the constitutional right to bear arms. It traces the emergence of one of the NRA’s top leaders, Wayne LaPierre, and explores how he has activated the group’s influential base in the wake of mass shootings. And with firsthand accounts of school killings in Newtown and Columbine, as well as the shooting of Congresswoman Gabby Giffords, Gunned Down examines why Washington hasn’t acted.
Could Nepal have done more to prepare for the predicted earthquake? Dateline hears the personal stories amid the devastation and looks at the political faultlines that the disaster has opened up. sbs.com.au/news/dateline/story/nepals-nightmare-tales-grief-and-survival
The subject of whether children should be vaccinated is controversial in Australia and around the world, but in Pakistan health workers are being killed for carrying out immunisations. sbs.com.au/news/dateline/story/vaccination-vigilantes-fighting-polio-and-taliban
Cora Bailey ventures into some of South Africa’s most deprived townships to treat people’s animals, but she also has to confront the even more urgent needs of their owners. sbs.com.au/news/dateline/story/coras-pet-project-healing-south-africa-one-animal-time
Separated by genocide, reunited by reality TV. Dateline meets the determined young TV producer finding answers the Cambodian government struggles to. sbs.com.au/news/dateline/story/khmer-rouge-reality-tv
Shunned by their home Myanmar, and facing an increasingly hostile reception elsewhere, Dateline hears the personal stories of the outcast Rohingya Muslims. sbs.com.au/news/dateline/story/unwelcome-everywhere-rohingya-story
Is the secret to living forever about to be found? Dateline explores the secretive research centres trying to cheat death and asks what is the real price of this possibility. sbs.com.au/news/dateline/story/death-ageing-will-we-soon-be-living-forever
It’s called Dirty Gold, because it’s not just shoppers who are paying a high price for it. Dateline gets rare access to film the children forced underground and even underwater to mine the precious metal. sbs.com.au/news/dateline/story/children-dirty-gold
These women were so appalled by the mutilation and killing of rhinos that they decided to fight back - they call themselves the Black Mambas. sbs.com.au/news/dateline/story/rhino-angels-worlds-first-female-anti-poaching-unit
Can New Zealand’s notorious gangs be a positive force in their communities? From making sandwiches for needy children to having an older and wiser view of life, Dateline asks if they’re now coming of age. sbs.com.au/news/dateline/story/shades-bad-changing-face-nz-gang-culture
As Greece reaches a crucial point in deciding its economic future, Dateline meets three generations of its people to ask what it means for them. sbs.com.au/news/dateline/story/deal-or-no-deal-greeces-impossible-choice
Ten years ago, having an African cycling team was just a dream. Now, they’ve reached their first ever Tour de France. Dateline follows the trials and triumphs on their remarkable journey. sbs.com.au/news/dateline/story/lycra-africa-cycling-dream-come-true
In part one of Dateline's Meet the Terrorists special, three people who lost loved ones in Bali face the man who trained the bombers, Nasir Abbas. sbs.com.au/news/dateline/story/meet-terrorists-bali-bereaved-search-answers
Bali bomber Ali Imron says sorry during his first ever meeting with the victims’ loved ones and offers to come to Australia, in the concluding part of Dateline’s Meet the Terrorists special. sbs.com.au/news/dateline/story/meet-terrorists-bali-bomber-says-sorry-and-offers-come-australia
From the sea of faces arriving on boats in Italy, Dateline hears the refugees’ personal stories, as they realise their journey to a new life in Europe has only just begun. sbs.com.au/news/dateline/story/italys-human-tide-where-next
Patrick Otema was born deaf in remote Uganda and at 15-years-old has never had a conversation. Can a determined group of sign language teachers help youngsters like him break their silence? sbs.com.au/news/dateline/story/15-and-learning-speak
Australian journalist Alan Morison and his Thai colleague Chutima Sidasathian exposed the plight of the Rohingya, so why are they now on trial and facing seven years in a Thai jail for reporting the truth? sbs.com.au/news/dateline/story/thailands-moment-truth
Every day in the US, at least three women are murdered by their partners - most are shot. Dateline examines the domestic violence epidemic and asks if weak laws are putting lives at risk. sbs.com.au/news/dateline/story/death-plain-sight
Cuba is undergoing a new revolution, but what does it mean for its people? Dateline explores a country on the cusp of great political change through one of its greatest exports – music. sbs.com.au/news/dateline/story/cubas-key-change
Imagine choosing to die when you don’t have a terminal illness. Is it a choice we should have? A powerful Dateline special gets rare access to film the journeys of two people in Belgium – going behind the most liberal euthanasia laws in the world. http://sbs.com.au/news/dateline/story/allow-me-die
Imagine giving birth, then relaxing while someone else does all the hard work. Staying indoors for the first month is a tradition for Chinese mums, but now hiring supermums is big business and taking it to a whole new level. sbs.com.au/news/dateline/story/chinas-supermums
Meet South Korea's binge eating broadcasters, who share meals with hundreds of fans over webcam. But is the country’s new food obsession just a recipe for modern loneliness?
Children in New York can be jailed as adults and held in solitary confinement for years at a time. Dateline investigates the impact and asks if it’s effectively a life sentence.
Is the partner you met online really who they say they are? Dateline finds that hiring private detectives to investigate lovers is big business in India, as modern technology challenges age-old tradition.
Should immigrants who commit crimes be deported? Dateline meets Cambodians from Australia and the US being sent to a country their parents fled, but which they’ve never called home.
Danielle, Leticia and Cleane are all new mothers, but their children have birth defects. Dateline follows the devastating impact of the Zika virus in Brazil through their eyes.
What can we learn from Donald Trump’s past? Dateline follows the path from his millionaire upbringing to business successes, and failures. Who is this ‘apprentice president' and what is it about him that has everyone’s attention?
“I play for 20 hours per day”: some teenagers in South Korea are so addicted to gaming, they're being sent to intense internet rehab to kick their habit. Does it work?
A year on on from Nepal’s earthquake, there’s little progress in rebuilding physically or politically. Dateline meets the people trying to move on, in a country more vulnerable than ever.
A critical shortage of drugs and medical equipment in Venezuela is seeing the country's most vulnerable - children - suffer. Dateline looks at the life or death impact of the country’s economic crisis.
Drinking games, sex talk and jigsaws - this is life in a unique Dutch retirement home. Young and old live side-by-side sharing the joys of life, and the sadness of death, together
A group of Mexican women haven’t seen their husbands and sons for years. Can an ingenious plan involving a touring theatre show finally get them into the US to be reunited with their loved ones?
Turkish journalist Can Dündar has recently been shot at, then sentenced to six years in prison for revealing state secrets. Dateline speaks to him about what he describes as an attack on freedom of speech in Turkey.
Imagine having a fake funeral where you write your own eulogy or a vending machine which pops out messages of hope. Behind South Korea’s high tech and K-Pop culture, Dateline finds extreme and unexpected ways of fighting one of the world’s highest suicide rates.
Philippines President has pledged to slaughter every drug dealer and addict in the country, making way for death squads and encouraging vigilante killings. Dateline investigates what his tough justice really looks like and talks to assassins who say they work for the police.
Over 100,000 Chinese millionaires have moved to Vancouver, sparking everything from a reality show to a property boom making housing unaffordable. Dateline asks if the millionaire migrants are a blessing or curse.
Should parents have the right to stunt the growth of their severely disabled child to make them more physically manageable? Dateline explores the controversial debate in New Zealand and beyond.
The Orlando shootings left 49 dead and a country divided over its attitude towards guns, the gay community and Muslims. Dateline reports from Louisville, Kentucky, where all those contradictions of America now collide.
It’s online dating as you’ve never seen it before – no profile photos, matches are chosen for you, and parents must also go on the first date, but is Iran’s government-controlled dating service fighting a losing battle against Western desires?
Gaza will be unliveable by 2020 according to the UN, with daily life already a struggle to find food and shelter, but Dateline finds the people bringing innovation and inspiration to the fight for survival.
Sicilians are breaking the mafia’s culture of silence - and standing up to intimidation. Dateline joins the anti-mafia fight, but finds that not everything is as it seems.
Why are so many parents in Norway claiming that the state is kidnapping their children? With a spike in cases in recent years and accusations of racial intolerance, Dateline asks whether these children are being saved, or stolen.
More than 40 Kenyan athletes have failed doping tests in the past four years. On the eve of the Olympics, Dateline asks if the country has been able to win the race against cheating and corruption.
Who’s at the receiving end of Australian calls to Filipino call centres? Dateline dials in to a world of round-the-clock working in return for abuse and racism, but also the reward of being part of a Philippines’ success story.
Meet the world’s oldest hip-hop crew. They’re called Hip Op-eration, the average age is 79, and they’re New Zealand’s most unlikely celebrities. Now they just have to convince their families that they won’t be growing old gracefully.
85 million people were employed as population police to enforce China’s one-child policy. Now it’s finally been abolished, what will become of these despised family planners and the imbalanced population they created?
British Muslims say they feel increasingly under threat in their own country, after a spike in racism following the UK’s vote to leave the European Union. Dateline examines the rising tide of hate crime - online and on the streets.
Is Beijing trying to consign Tibet’s ancient culture to history? Traditional houses are being replaced with new, concrete buildings in an effort to ‘modernise’ these earthquake-prone areas. Dateline finds Tibetans in fear of losing their architectural and cultural identity.
Malaysia is cracking down on transgender Muslims, declaring them to be against Islam. Dateline joins the country’s religious police as they carry out night-time raids and arrest people in the streets, finding a community living in fear in a country described as one of the world’s worst places to be transgender.
What would you risk for a better life? Dateline journeys through one of the world’s most dangerous jungles, a route populated by drug traffickers, bandits and migrants searching for a new beginning.
WORLD EXCLUSIVE: What would you risk for a better life? Dateline journeys through one of the world’s most dangerous jungles, a route populated by drug traffickers, bandits and migrants searching for a new beginning.
While Australia has been slow to resettle refugees fleeing war in Syria, Canada has not only opened its borders but also its homes. Dateline visits two communities where locals are helping Syrian families integrate – but is their good will and compassion enough?
Can brain scans and DNA tests really help you find the person you should marry? Dateline looks into the role that science is playing in modern dating.
Dateline travels to the Rust Belt of middle America, where old industries are dying, jobs are vanishing, and people feel cheated out of the great American dream. Could their anger still carry Donald Trump to the White House?
Five men linked to an anti-establishment bookstore in Hong Kong disappeared last year, with many suspecting Chinese involvement. Dateline investigates their case and talks to the daughter of one of the disappeared men, who is speaking out for truth and justice.
The Philippines President has pledged to slaughter every drug dealer and addict in the country, making way for death squads and encouraging vigilante killings. Dateline investigates what his tough justice really looks like and talks to assassins who say they work for the police, as well as the families of their victims.
What happens to refugee children when their parents die? Dateline talks to migrant kids dealing with the daily struggle of survival, including two young siblings living in a derelict petrol station in Greece. They are among tens of thousands of refugee children stranded in Europe without their parents.
Why are mothers in El Salvador being charged with homicide or manslaughter after losing a child? Dateline investigates the country’s extreme anti-abortion laws and finds local women fighting to have their cases heard.
Indians living with a disability often find themselves shut out of the marriage market. Dateline reports on a new matchmaking industry trying to solve this problem, and follows three Mumbai locals as they navigate caste, religion and their family’s wishes.
What happens when cultural tradition clashes with a young person’s dream? Dateline meets a Muslim girl whose passion for martial arts is raising difficult questions for her family.
In El Salvador, home of the bloodiest gang violence in the world, we follow one man’s gruesome struggle to bring dignity and closure to the families of the victims.
A shocking number of black South Africans are using dangerous skin bleaching products to whiten their skin. We talk to young people who believe being whiter will help them get ahead in life.
She survived months as a sex slave and escaped to Australia as a refugee. Aminata Conteh-Biger can’t change the past but now she’s ready to help the future of her homeland, which has become the world’s most dangerous place to give birth.
After a radioactive disaster destroys your hometown, when is the right time to return? We meet residents of Fukushima grappling with a choice; return and rebuild their broken community, or stay away.
It’s believed 5 million children in India have genius IQs but are never discovered. We follow two children from the slums who are as smart as Neil Armstrong fighting to achieve their dreams.
Following the weekend rejection of his healthcare plan, Donald Trump is licking his wounds after failing to deliver on his first big promise – to fix America’s health care system. Some are celebrating, but many Americans are now even more unsure about the future. (An SBS Production) CC
Go inside one of the world’s most infamous prisons, where 80 per cent of inmates are locked up without a conviction, in conditions described as ‘sub-human’.
In Japan, robots are used for companionship, household tasks, sex. But can they be the remedy for something deeper and more human; loneliness?
In part 1 of a special Europe investigation, Dateline looks at why French voters are shifting to the right and what hope the National Front party gives them of a new France.
In part 2 of our far right special in Europe, Dateline goes to Vienna to meet a secretive group of young hipsters, whose headline-grabbing stunts are appealing to a new breed of far right nationalists.
In the Amazon jungle criminal groups are illegally trafficking thousands of endangered monkeys, crocodiles and big cats every year with impunity.
A year into its fledgling democracy, many in Burma fear the political freedoms and peace Aung San Suu Kyi brought to the country are already under attack.
The Brexit vote has driven a wedge between migrants and British-born citizens. In a small town that voted overwhelmingly to leave the EU, one Brexit voter is trying to bring these communities together.
When parents go to prison who takes care of their children? Part 1 of this story goes inside a unique orphanage in China, sheltering the kids of murderers and domestic violence victims and abusers.
When parents are in jail they don’t stop loving their children. In part 2 we look at how kids adapt to life at the orphanage when parents are locked away, and how their relationships are impacted by separation.
In the slums of Delhi, a group of impoverished Indian children are making their voices heard and their stories told; by publishing their own newspaper, which is now being read from London to the USA.
Filipino kids as young as 7 are being sexually abused by their parents and sold for sex to paedophiles from the West. We follow an undercover team trying to infiltrate this murky world and stop the abuse of children.
The mayor of Los Angeles has declared a homelessness crisis. As the city struggles to respond, one man has his own unique solution. But can he evade authorities to get people off the streets?
Food vendors have been a constant presence in Bangkok – but thousands of them are now being chased off the streets thanks to a move by Thailand’s military government to ‘clean up’ the country.
A shocking look inside the I.S. caliphate and its disturbing system of indoctrination and abuse that begins with children.
This week we meet the French farmer rebelling against authorities to help refugees find a better life in Europe. Is he a good Samaritan helping those in desperate need, or a dangerous people smuggler?
SBS broadcaster Les Murray has passed away at the age of 71. In tribute Dateline is running a story from 2011, following Murray’s journey to Hungary to find the man who helped his family escape the communist nation.
Can extremists be rehabilitated? In Denmark, a controversial new program is trying to change the minds of radicalised young people, by supporting rather than outcasting them – but does it work?
After 5 years of drought, California has finally had a deluge of rain. But with much of the state’s water supply being sent to LA, people in drought-affected areas feel they’ve been left high and dry.
Why are so many Syrian refugees dying of treatable diseases? We hear shocking stories from Lebanon’s refugee camps where 1.5 million Syrians have little or no healthcare.
Dateline meets the first all-women car racing team in the Middle East, as they swerve through the cities of the West Bank and break down cultural barriers.
What is the secret to living large in old age? This week Dateline meets a squad of octogenerian Japanese cheerleaders and a famous TV writer challenging assumptions about people in their 90s.
As Australia decides which way to vote on same-sex marriage, we visit Ireland, where it was legalised by public vote two years ago. What lessons we can learn from their experience?
American Samoa has one of the highest obesity rates in the world and almost one third of the population has diabetes. This week we investigate this epidemic, and ask how it got so bad?
China’s live streaming craze is creating a new kind of celebrity and challenging censored media. We go to China to meet these unlikely stars and ask; why are people watching?
We meet girls in Mozambique, some as young as 13, who are being subjected to horrific sexual abuse and threats by their school teachers.
We go behind the scenes of controversial Indian shows which are breaking down cultural barriers by tackling on some of the country’s biggest taboos.
An inside look at the extraordinary scale of people smuggling in sub-Saharan Africa, which has been described by some as the new ‘slave trade’.
As the Trump administration pulls America out of international meetings on climate change, we visit communities who are already feeling its effects, and being forced to leave their homes.
Could you live and work with the dead? Dateline travels to the Philippines to meet the unique communities who live in cemeteries and care for its dead.
As Trump pushes forward with his Mexican wall, Dateline meets those still desperate to cross the border and chase the American dream. But what awaits them, if they make it through alive?
The city of Mosul is adjusting to life after I.S. rule. This week Dateline meets people trying to revive the city, its culture and its monuments, in a place that's faced so much devastation.
Canada and Australia share a dark secret: in recent decades thousands of Indigenous women have been murdered or gone missing. What can Australia learn from Canada’s attempts to address the problem?
In the remote Faroe Islands there is a shortage of women. Dateline reporter Bernadine Lim looks at how online dating is transforming the old Viking settlement into a new multicultural society. She dives in to the strange, cold, impenetrable Faroe culture to see if love can endure such an extreme culture clash.
Swapped from Manus to Missouri - Dateline meets the refugees swapped in a deal between Australia and the United States. Dateline takes a look at what it’s like arriving in Trump’s America after four years on Manus Island.
Can one Australian woman make a difference in South Sudan’s brutal civil war? We meet the frontline aid worker who ‘thinks like a General’, in order to save lives.
Women were banned from 450 jobs in Ukraine, but now the police force is leading the way on gender reform. They’re recruiting frontline female officers in a bid to change their brutal and bloody reputation.
Every year hundreds of thousands of tourists travel to the white sand and aqua blue water of Cancún – but with increasing gang violence scaring locals and tourists alike, will people stop going?
Only one person had a chance at winning the Russian election – so why did a former reality TV star challenge Vladimir Putin? And was she a Kremlin plant? We follow Ksenia Sobchak on the campaign trail.
Millennials across America are rising up against President Trump and taking over city hall. Can two millennial mayors beat old politics to save their struggling cities or will youth let them down?
The Vietnam War ended more than 40 years ago, but for many locals the effects of the conflict are felt every day. We investigate how the use of Agent Orange by American forces continues to impact Vietnamese children.
Thousands of African women are trafficked to Italy and forced into sex work. How does a former sex slave who married one of her clients now rescue women from the clutches of human trafficking gangs?
Chinese New Year isn’t just a holiday - it's the largest annual human migration on Earth. We follow two workers as they travel across the country to their home town, the only time all year they’ll see their children.
This year, Cape Town has been on the verge of becoming the first major city to run out of water. Incredibly, they've managed to more than halve the amount of water they use – but will it be enough to save their city?
What happens when three Yemeni kids under constant bombing attacks, are asked to report on the warzone they’re living in? An intimate and horrifying portrait of a community struggling to cope with the violence around them.
As the world competes to explore the resource rich depths of the ocean, we’re given rare access to a team of Chinese scientists and four trailblazing women as they go on a perilous mission deep underwater.
A special investigation into the mass exodus of Rohingya Muslims from Myanmar. The film examines evidence that Myanmar’s security forces used systematic rape and terror tactics to expel hundreds of thousands of Rohingya from the country.
In Ireland women can go to jail for getting an abortion, even in cases of rape. As the country votes on whether to change its conservative abortion laws, we take the pulse of a nation divided down the middle.
What’s behind the rise of extreme vegan activists? This week we meet a third-generation dairy farmer who’s been called a rapist and a murderer and the Australian vegan activist kicking up a storm in the UK.
Chinese copy artist Zhao Xiaoyong has sold more than 90,000 Van Gogh reproductions. We follow him to the Netherlands see the real works of an artist who's consumed his life for decades.
An estimated 100,000 children in the Philippines are involved in prostitution. We go undercover with a Queensland dad who’s working with local police to track down the underground pimps of this criminal world.
All eyes are on the men’s football World Cup, but what about women who play the game? This week we go to three continents, and hear firsthand stories of their passion and struggle for the beautiful game.
In part one of Dateline’s two-part gender special meet the Proud Boys, a group of men who say they are speaking up for a new class of minority: the disenfranchised young male.
The Viking nation of Iceland has become a feminist utopia. We look at how the island country became the best place on earth to be a woman, and why that also means it’s the best place to be a man.
China’s dwindling panda population has come back from the brink of extinction. Dateline embeds with conservation groups to find out how their furriest celebrities are faring in the limelight.
This week on Dateline, we meet the young journalists trying to unite Rio de Janeiro’s favelas through a news site, started by a local when he was just 11 years old
Is Trump’s ‘zero-tolerance’ immigration policy violating human rights? In the days following Trump’s U-turn, Dateline follows one family’s fight to get their 7-year-old son back, after he was taken away at the border.
Dateline travels to Kenya to meet an intersex preacher making ripples among a conservative Christian population. How has he overcome the stigma surrounding his sex to give voice to the ‘third gender’?
All aboard the Lifeline Express - the hospital train using India's railway network to deliver medical care and life changing operations to the country's most vulnerable.
How do some of the world's most notorious guerrilla fighters integrate back into society after putting down their guns? Colombia's FARC rebels are attempting to make their hills a tourist haven, and using a YouTube channel to tell their stories.
What happens when the peacekeepers meant to protect people, become the most feared? This week Dateline follows the trail of sex abuse left behind by UN peacekeepers, and hears from their victims.
In Mongolia’s capital, people are literally dying to breathe. This week we visit a city with some of the dirtiest air in the world.
New Zealand’s Maoris are famed the world over for their warrior culture. But in a country with the highest teen suicide rate in the world, why are Maori boys barely holding on?
Do dogs belong on the dinner plate? South Korea is in the midst of a war over a cultural practice as the younger generation defends canines in a battle against customs and tradition.
Tinder has turned the dating game on its head. But for one young woman, a simple swipe right would go on to save her life.
Last year, 138 prison inmates were killed in Brazil’s overcrowded and violent system. But could those on the inside be trusted to keep law and order if they were handed the keys?
How has the Dominican Republic, famed for its Caribbean lifestyle, become a hotbed for sex tourism with underage boys and girls, and what is being done to stop it?
Melbourne’s Greek community leapt to action when wildfires killed 99 people in the Greek seaside town of Mati. Dateline follows their search for answers and their quest to help the fire ravaged town.
As voters hit the polls for the US mid-term elections Dateline heads to Iowa, a swing state that could stall President Trump’s agenda.
It’s believed 5 million children in India have genius IQs, but are never discovered. We follow two children from the slums who are as smart as Neil Armstrong and are fighting to achieve their dreams.
As news of Jamal Khashoggi’s murder breaks, Dateline is on the ground in Saudi Arabia investigating the Kingdom’s new reforms for women. But are the reforms genuine? And do they go far enough?
The emotional story of Greg Kelly's struggle with early onset dementia. Before Greg passed away, this program followed him to Denmark to experience a unique care alternative: a dementia village.
As Christchurch mourns the loss of 50 lives in the brutal mosque shootings, Dateline meets the families of the close knit Islamic community to hear their harrowing stories?
He’s called the Trump of the Tropics. But will President Bolsonaro sacrifice the Amazon, and its indigenous people, in order to ‘make Brazil great again’?
Brexit is threatening a precarious peace in Northern Ireland. Dateline is on the Irish border as the deadline passes to see what the future holds.
Hong Kong has more ultra-rich people than any other country, yet 1 in 5 people still live in poverty. Dateline asks - why is the gap between rich and poor is so extreme?
Big is beautiful in Mauritania, but at what cost? Young girls are being force fed more than 10,000 calories a day, more than five times the recommended amount, to fatten them up for marriage.
The Viking nation of Iceland has become a feminist utopia. SBS World News' Janice Petersen looks at how the island country became the best place on earth to be a woman, and why that also means it’s the best place to be a man.
In Malaysia, fishermen are bombing one of the world’s most valuable coral reefs, risking both the environment and their lives to put food on the table.
Dateline investigates the illegal wildlife trade in Sulawesi and how it’s wiping out rare and endemic species. Once dubbed the Galapagos of Asia - can it be saved before it’s too late?
In a country where sexual assault is considered a taboo subject, one woman shocked Japan by going public with allegations she was raped by a well-known TV journalist.
Muay Thai is one of the toughest martial arts in the world. But after the death of a child boxer, Thailand debates the future of its national sport. Is Muay Thai an ancient art form or child abuse?
In Trump’s America, unemployment is at its lowest in 50 years – but 1 in 10 people still live below the poverty line. What happens when a job no longer guarantees a roof over your head?
Meet the daredevil television star taking on Italy's mafia, risking his life to expose drug dealers and gangsters, and armed with only his bicycle.
As more US states move to ban abortion whilst others push for laxer laws, Dateline investigates the battle over women?s bodies and whether the issue could help determine the next Presidential election.
After surviving a child sacrifice attack, will 16-year-old Allan finally see his attacker brought to justice? Meet the team of Australian and Ugandans fighting this disturbing modern crime.
New York state has become ground zero for the anti-vax movement. Dateline goes inside the close-knit Orthodox Jewish community being torn apart by vaccine fear and a measles outbreak.
Spain's rural population is decreasing at an alarming rate and as the government and locals scramble to stop the exodus, can a bus load of single ladies save the day?
What does it take to stage the most coordinated mass protests in history? Dateline looks at how Hong Kongers are orchestrating civil unrest, and find out why the protest movement is taking a new turn.
Dateline follows Australian veterans back to Timor-Leste 20 years after the violent struggle for freedom. We look at the country?s progress and struggles, and ask if Australia?s been a good neighbour.
As Boris Johnson vows to meet the October 31 Brexit deadline, Dateline explores what will happen to the 3.5 million EU nationals in Britain. Will they stay, and if not, who will fill the labour gaps?
With a dramatic spike in the number of teens committed to emergency mental health care in Florida, Dateline meets families struggling to find long-term help. We go inside a system at breaking point, and ask how it failed to catch Florida’s Parkland shooter.
Dateline travels to Singapore to find out why its education system tops the global leader board. We look at high-stakes testing, and ask if the culture of competition puts too much pressure on kids. Janice Petersen follows some of Australia’s top teachers to Singapore, to find out how its education system, and culture, creates the world’s smartest students.
Amar was a victim of Saddam Hussein’s 1991 napalm attacks. Raised in the UK, his life in Iraq was all but forgotten, until 30 years later a mysterious message arrives. Could his family still be alive?
In Italy’s nationalist right-wing heartland, one town is tackling anti-immigrant sentiment with a unique approach - an integration camp. But not everyone agrees with the camp’s prison-style tactics.
With unprecedented access aboard MSF’s new migrant rescue ship, we meet the volunteers on a perilous search and rescue mission off the coast of Libya. Can they navigate the difficult waters of changing migrant policy in Europe?
Dateline meets the families, estate agents, and heritage activists living in the ruins of Mosul two years after the defeat of IS. With renewed instability in the region can life in the once thriving cultural city ever return to normal?
In the lead up to the 2020 presidential election, the US is caught in a ferocious battle over prescription drug prices. With some life-saving medications rising in cost by more than 5000%, Dateline meets the Americans begging and borrowing to stay alive and turning to Australia for help.
Adam Liaw reports from Vietnam to see if a love of food can help the country’s street kids and orphans find a brighter future. An Australian-run cooking school in Hanoi is training some of Vietnam’s most disadvantaged young people to become five-star chefs. But can the students Adam meets handle the heat in the kitchen? Adam also ventures into Hanoi’s underbelly to meet the 'Children of the Dust' - kids living on the streets in conditions that leave him shocked.
Dateline goes inside the Iowa caucus at the start of the Democratic race to the White House. We ask why this sleepy state is given so much political power, and whether it represents wider America.
In Fiji, reporter Evan Williams gains exclusive access to law enforcement officials, drug dealers and social workers on the frontline of Fiji’s drug war, exploring the devastating impact from this multi-billion-dollar illegal trade.
New Zealand is in the grip of a housing crisis. Dateline meets the struggling families living in one of the world’s most unaffordable cities, and the man helping the homeless become home owners.
At Easter Australians spend around $200 million on chocolate. Dateline meets cocoa farmers in the Ivory Coast to see if are they getting a fair deal
Dateline follows a reverend and his crew as they endeavour to help the homeless community in LA cope with COVID-19. Reverend Andy Bales is getting them off the streets and into shelters, implementing social distancing inside the shelter, setting up santisation stations, and enlisting volunteers to feed the homeless and provide medical care. Andy and his team of staff and volunteers are risking their own health to try and prevent the virus spreading amongst the homeless.
Tourist hotspot Venice is now a ghost town. The water’s clearer, but businesses are going bust. We go inside northern Italy's COVID-19 crisis to see how the area has changed and how locals are coping.
Can ordinary Israeli's and Palestinians succeed where politicians have failed by negotiating a solution for Middle East peace? Will COVID-19 bring solidarity instead of division to the table?
Over half a million tourists visit Machu Picchu in Peru each year. What happens when COVID 19 locks them out? Dateline meets the locals adapting to isolation and a tourist drought.
Spain has had more than 25,000 COVID-19 deaths and endured one of the harshest lockdowns in the world. Dateline looks at how the nation has coped and whether it’s really ready to ease restrictions.
As Paris starts to emerge from a COVID-19 lockdown, Dateline looks at how the pandemic has amplified divisions between the rich and poor.
Before the world went into lockdown, the UK was swamped by a knife crime epidemic. Dateline investigates why Birmingham has seen a 20% rise in fatal stabbings over the last year.
China's other health crisis is obesity, with one in five children severely overweight. Dateline meets the kids battling the bulge at military style weight loss camps.
As COVID-19 shuts borders, one Australian with MS is trying to get to Russia for a stem cell transplant, another has just had treatment and can't get home. Dateline follows their remarkable journeys.
Dateline investigates how COVID-19 is disrupting food production in Australia, the UK, and Germany. Are there enough workers to ensure crops are harvested and food makes it the table?
Zoos have been forced to close during COVID 19 with many on the brink of collapse. Dateline meets UK zookeepers fighting to protect animals locked up during lockdown and asks if zoos have a future.
The Greek island of Lesbos needs summer tourists for its COVID-19 recovery, but it's also home to Europe's biggest refugee camp. Dateline meets the locals torn between welcoming tourists, or refugees.
In 2019, 300 children were shot and killed on the streets of Cape Town thanks to escalating gang violence. Dateline meets the teachers and students from a primary school caught in the crossfire.
Finland has pledged to do what Australia says it can’t; become carbon neutral by 2035. Dateline meets the climate warriors working towards this ambitious goal.
Dateline investigates Thailand's most controversial Buddhist sect: the Dhammakaya. Followers say it's Buddhism for the modern age, but critics say it's a money obsessed cult.
An investigation by Britain’s Channel 4 News alleges Donald Trump’s 2016 presidential election campaign targeted 3.5 million Black Americans in battleground states to deter them from voting.
Dateline investigates how 128 passengers and crew aboard the Australian Greg Mortimer cruise ship became infected with COVID-19, and how Uruguay came to their rescue.
It started out as the holiday of a lifetime and quickly turned into a ship in lockdown, searching for a port in a COVID-19 storm. Dateline charts the story of the MV Greg Mortimer cruise ship that left Argentina three days after coronavirus was declared a pandemic.
With unprecedented access to the leaders of Thailand's protest movement, Dateline follows their risky campaign for change. Why are thousands challenging the King, and why are some risking jail time?
Dateline travels to Republican heartland Texas to meet Asian American voters. Can the fastest growing ethnic group in the US swing the election by flipping Texas for the Democrats?
When two Inupiat communities in the Bering Strait come together, they find they have a remarkable connection, despite decades of separation under the so-called 'Ice Curtain' of the Cold War.
There's a shortage of women in the Faroe Islands. Dateline looks at how internet dating has boosted the population and brought multiculturalism to this remote community.
This is a story no parent can afford to miss. During global COVID-19 lockdowns police reported a huge increase in the number of people viewing and sharing child sexual abuse images online.
More than 40 years after the end of the Vietnam war, one brave grandmother is suing the US chemical companies that produced Agent Orange, including Dow Chemical and Monsanto now owned by Bayer.
London’s iconic black cabs and their chatty drivers are hurting from the pandemic, and waging war in a battle for the city’s streets.
Dateline investigates the impacts of the pandemic on the global fashion industry. We meet the factory owners and garment workers in Bangladesh who've been left high and dry by retailers.
Australian researchers are leading a global drug trial aimed at boosting growth in children born with​ a form of dwarfism. But some people of short stature are scared it will eradicate their community.
Dateline meets Japan's junior pop stars. Pre-teen girls who perform concerts for a large fanbase of mostly middle-aged men. Is it a quirky sub-culture or something more sinister?
Dateline takes viewers into the heart of Turkey's gender-based violence crisis and the recent political events that have eroded democratic freedoms and women's rights.
America is on its knees thanks to the global pandemic, and a year marred by division and uncertainty. Dateline investigates why so many are now turning to religion and seeking solace in the spiritual world.
Amid the ski slopes of the French-Italian Alps asylum seekers are risking their lives as they attempt to cross the mountainous border on foot, and in the depths of winter.
Dateline meets the people tackling antivax misinformation as the world races to convince the vaccine hesitant to take the COVID-19 jab.
Portugal decriminalised drugs twenty years ago and went from the ‘heroin capital of Europe’ to a global leader in the war on drugs. What can Australia learn from Portugal's radical approach?
When Myanmar's military ousted leader Aung San Suu Kyi millions took to the streets. With over 800 civilians killed since the coup, Dateline meets young protesters risking everything for their future.
Finland has ranked first in the UN's Happiness Report for the fourth year in a row. Dateline explores why Finland is such a cheery place, especially after one of the toughest years in living memory.
Reporter Evan Williams investigates one of the world’s most repressive regimes. Secret footage along with testimony, reveal human rights abuses in the country known as the ‘North Korea of Africa’.
When Poland introduced a near-total ban on abortion it divided the nation, sparking mass protests. Dateline explores how church and state are impacting women's rights.
With Tokyo hosting the Olympics, Dateline investigates Japan's national sport. Sumo wrestlers dedicate their lives to rigorous training and discipline, but female wrestlers are still largely excluded.
With a surge in online gaming during COVID lockdowns many parents are worried about their kids screentime. We report from a rehab centre in Korea that helps teenagers overcome their gaming addictions..
With the Tokyo Paralympics just weeks away we investigate how athlete's disabilities are assessed and whether the quest for gold can drive some competitors to bend and even break the rules.
Putin’s supporters are champions of conservative values and of military might. With elections now looming Dateline visits a Russian bootcamp to meet an army of kids preparing to defend their country.
In this two-part special, Jennifer Wong reports on the rise of China and its changing approach to the world. This part explores China and Australia’s ongoing spat and its impact on ordinary people.
In this two-part special Jennifer Wong reports on China's rise in power. This second part looks at China's increasing threats against Taiwan, and how the Taiwanese feel about their identity and future.
As Kabul falls to the Taliban, Dateline follows former Australian Defence Force contractors through the turmoil. We show their desperate attempts to flee Afghanistan and find out what happens to those left behind.
With Germany's federal election coming up, Evan Williams investigates the rise of far-right violence and antisemitism, and reveals how extremists have infiltrated security services.
Dateline reports from Nepal where we meet the Sherpa women defying traditional gender roles to conquer the world's highest mountain.
Dateline travels from Edinburgh to the Highlands and meets the Scottish nationalists pushing for independence. But is leaving the United Kingdom, or Scexit, the best option for Scotland's future?
Amsterdam is re-branding, with plans to move the famous red-light district out-of-town, and crackdown on cannabis cafes. Dateline meets the city's sex workers who are fighting back.
COVID-19 has disrupted the education of millions of students. Dateline reports from Florida, where schools are battling against a Delta surge and the state's Governor to keep kids safe and in class.
Dateline meets an American super sperm donor, fast approaching his 100th child, and investigates what the lack of regulation means for a generation of donor-conceived kids.
Dateline meets same sex couples from China who are navigating the complicated world of surrogacy and social acceptance.
Dateline presents a story about the tens of thousands of ethnic Kazakhs caught up in China's Muslim repression.
Darren Mara returns to the country of his heritage to unravel a dark chapter in the history of Malta - the murder of the country's most famous journalist, Daphne Caruana Galizia.
Dateline travels to Moldova, one of the main crossing points for Ukrainians fleeing the war. With conflict on their doorstep, Moldovans fear they could be next in Putin's firing line.
Dateline catches up with Delhi's tenacious street kid reporters. Five years ago, we met teenagers learning to read and write by running a newspaper. Now we've returned to see how things have changed.
Dateline travels to Mexico's spectacular butterfly forest and meets its brave defenders. But as global demand for avocados surges, cartels are looking for quick profits.
Soaring property prices have made home ownership seem impossible for many, so imagine a place where you can buy a house for just 1 Euro. Dateline travels to Italy to investigate the scheme.
Ten years after the far-right extremist terror attack in Norway that killed 77 people, we meet survivors who've transformed their lives.
Dateline meets South Korea's young classical music superstars, and finds out what it takes to succeed on the international stage.
Filmed in the lead up to the war in Ukraine, Dateline investigates the Russian military and patriotic education programs turning children into soldiers.
Dateline investigates the fallout from Sri Lanka's decision to go 100 per cent organic. We visit tea plantations and meet organic gurus to see what Australia can learn from this green revolution.
Dateline meets some of the last survivors of World War II sexual slavery, and follows their fight for justice, and an apology, before it's too late.
Dateline meets Bangladesh's young female surf stars. Can these young women realise their dreams and compete on the international stage, or will family duty hold them back?
Dateline investigates the growing loneliness epidemic in Japan and meets one young entrepreneur helping people escape their isolation.
Dateline investigates how Sweden has become the unlikely gun violence capital of Europe. With gangs and drugs driving the bloodshed, we explore the radical solutions proposed that could change Sweden.
Violent storms claim lives and cost billions in damage in the US each year. Dateline travels with tornado-chasing scientists as they try to understand and predict these extreme weather events.
Dateline travels to the Republican stronghold States to meet the authors of the state's new abortion ban and those risking everything to protect a woman's right to choose.
Follows a group of Afghans that have been working to make change in sport and life, keeping the dream alive under the rule of the Taliban.
Inside Nepal’s only circus troupe, Dateline meets the children rescued from an illegal Indian circus. These performers now share their skills and stories to flip the reputation of the big top.
Janice Peterson travels to South Africa to see if love can conquer all in a country still divided by race.
Desperate to revive tourism, Thailand has relaxed its drug laws. But will visitors on a high, deepen the nation’s drug problems?
Mexicans are the biggest consumers of sugary drinks in the world. For one small town Coca-Cola is king, but its obsession with the fizzy drink is having dire health consequences.
A controversial drug that increases growth in children with a common form of dwarfism has recently been approved for use in Australia. Daisy’s son Casper has achondroplasia and was faced with the decision to be part of the vosoritide drug trial, which could change his expected height.
As countries rally for the World Cup, football struggles to shake its racist reputation. Dateline travels around England to uncover the impact of racism on the beautiful game. Presented by Darren Mara.
Australians lose millions of dollars each year in online scams. Dateline meets the digital crusaders trying to catch and stop India’s call centre scammers.
Dating and sex is not just for young adults. Dateline meets the seniors searching for love and lust after two years of isolation in New York City.
Karla Grant reports from Japan on the controversial sole custody system that’s snared 82 Australian children in parental abduction and custody cases, preventing some parents from seeing their kids.
Dateline meets South Korea's senior influencers revolutionising what it means to grow old in an aging society.
Dateline explores why Finland is such a cheery place after it ranks first in the UN's World Happiness Report yet again.
Kumi Taguchi goes inside the world of a controversial church some call a 'cult'. This church is under investigation for its role in Japanese politics since the assassination of Prime Minister Abe.
Ahead of King Charles' coronation, reporter Darren Mara heads to Jamaica, where the country is confronting a history of colonisation and considering whether it's time to cut ties with the crown.
The Awad sisters fled Syria 10 years ago as children, now they could be sent back. Dateline investigates whether Denmark's deportation programs are a death sentence for thousands of Syrians.
Dateline follows France's first uterus transplant. Deborah was told she would never carry her own child, but a medical breakthrough made it possible for her own mother to donate her womb.
Holiday rental apps like Airbnb are accused of causing residential rental costs to soar. Dateline travels to Scotland with some of the harshest policies against short term lets in the world.
Janice Petersen travels to South Africa to see if love can conquer all in a country still divided by race.
Dateline follows a mother, private detective and armed bounty hunters trying to rescue teenagers from a sex trafficking underworld in Texas.
Dateline meets the teenagers coming of age in Ukraine. We follow them as they fall in love, deal with grief, and head off to war.
The Mayor of New York has declared a war on rats. Dateline follows a group of local vigilantes and their dogs tackling the city's rat problem.
There has been a spate of bank robberies across Beirut. Dateline investigates why one woman held up a bank to get her own cash back.
Guatemala is facing a child pregnancy crisis. Dateline meets the young indigenous girls who have been forced into motherhood after sexual assault and the people fighting against this cycle of abuse.
Dateline investigates why the Chinese government banned the after-school tutoring industry and how families are finding new ways to give their kids a head start.
What can Australia learn from Canada's overdose epidemic? Dateline meets the doctors and dealers giving hard drugs to users to fix a fentanyl crisis.
Britain is facing a cost-of-living crisis. Dateline meets the families struggling to stay afloat and the people helping them deal with rising debt.
Property prices and rising interest rates have made home ownership in Australia seem impossible. Dateline travels to a rural town in Italy where you can buy a house for 1 Euro.
Dateline visits a Colombian school teaching men to do domestic duties and connect with their emotions. Can this experiment help tackle gender-based violence and culture of toxic masculinity?
Janice Petersen meets the new parents spending a month in a luxury post-natal hotel in Taiwan. Do these centres and the tradition of confinement give mum and baby a better start?
With rare access inside a frontline field hospital, we meet the Ukrainian medics putting their lives on the line to save wounded soldiers, including Russian POWs.
Dateline goes inside the world of male beauty pageants in the Philippines to see who will be crowned Man of the World. But is this growing industry perpetuating unhealthy male body image?
Dateline meets the Russian exiles who have fled Putin's harsh anti-LGBTQI+ laws. But will they find a safe haven in neighbouring Georgia? Or will Putin's conservative crackdown follow them?
With Australia cracking down on e-cigarettes, Dateline looks at why Indonesia has gone the other way. With over six million vapers and lax regulation, are they headed for a new addiction crisis?
Dateline meets a community of Koreans who live in Japan but feel a close bond with one of the world's most repressive states, North Korea. Will rising regional tensions put their way of life at risk?
Amsterdam is re-branding, with plans to move the famous red-light district out-of-town in an attempt to lure a better type of tourist. Dateline meets the sex workers who are fighting back.
As homeownership becomes increasingly expensive, we travel to Japan, where millions of abandoned houses are being sold cheaply or given away. Can foreign buyers help solve Japan's empty house problem?
India is now the world's most populous country. Dateline investigates how they are grappling with rising unemployment and introducing a raft of family planning measures to curb population growth.
As Australia heads towards the referendum, Karla Grant travels to Norway to understand how their Indigenous parliament works. She investigates if the Sámi Parliament is being heard in the halls of power?
Dateline investigates Colombia's booming sex tourism trade and the foreigners who come to prey on minors. We join police raids on brothels, hear from survivors and meet the accused now behind bars.
Karla Grant reports from Japan on the controversial sole custody system that's snared Australian children in parental abduction and custody cases, preventing some parents from seeing their kids.
People smugglers are preying on Sri Lanka's vulnerable with lies of safe passage to places like Australia. Dateline investigates the new wave of boats and how Australia is trying to stop them.
Dateline reports from the West Bank where a new militant network The Lion's Den has triggered a wave of violence and is weaponizing social media to recruit young Palestinians.
Dateline reporter Jodee Mundy travels to Pennsylvania to join the first Asian-American Coda camp for Deaf parents and their kids. Can an immersive experience in sign language and Asian family-values help these pre-teens connect with their Deaf parents? Jodee Mundy OAM is an Australian theatre performer and a proud Coda (child of deaf adult). Her parents and older brothers are Deaf, and she was raised with Auslan as her first language.
Nine-year-old Elaf reveals what life is like during the war in Gaza. When an airstrike hits her street, the family relocates. Then a brief ceasefire brings respite, and reconnection with friends.
The average child has 1300 photos and videos of themself online. We meet the influencers who make a living by sharing content of their kids and explore issues of childhood consent and exploitation.
Dateline travels to Syria to find Australian Yusuf Zahab who was taken into IS territory aged 12 and later imprisoned without charge. Once declared dead, now rumoured to be alive, we reveal his story.
Dateline investigates why Australian Yusuf Zahab, and at least 34 Australian women and children are still in detention without charge in northeast Syria, a region wracked with instability.
Chess is one of the fastest-growing sports in the world and Australian kids are making big moves. Follows a child prodigy to the Netherlands for the world's biggest junior chess tournament.
Venezuela was once the richest country in South America, but economic crisis has left one million children alone, as parents move abroad for work. For some, joining a gang is the only way to survive.
As homeownership becomes increasingly expensive, we travel to Japan, where millions of abandoned houses are being sold cheaply or given away. Can foreign buyers help solve Japan’s empty house problem?
Nearly 1 in 5 children in America are obese and parents are being urged to pursue radical treatment options. Kumi Taguchi meets the kids who have had life altering bariatric surgery at age 12.
According to British intelligence, China has been spying on an 'epic scale'. We lift the lid on allegations of intimidation and infiltration across organisations and politics, reaching as far as Australia.
How far would you go to protect the planet? Dateline meets the climate crusaders in Australia and Germany responding to a harsh crackdown they claim risks undoing years of climate action.
Dateline investigates Romania’s booming adult camgirl industry. We meet the studio owners, successful camgirls and uncover a wild west of 'ghost studios' with few rules and even less oversight.
After a year of gruesome bear attacks in Japan left 6 dead and more than 200 injured, Dateline investigates why bear encounters are on the rise and what Japan's doing to protect both humans and bears.
Dateline investigates alleged paedophilia scandals involving high profile Catholic clergymen in Timor-Leste. Why are the men behind the crimes supported by the country’s most powerful politicians?
What can Australia learn from Canada's overdose epidemic? Dateline meets the doctors and dealers giving hard drugs to users to fix a fentanyl crisis.
Italy’s powerful mafias are built on blood ties, but a radical program is hoping to destroy organised crime dynasties by taking away their most precious assets - their children.
Dementia is the second leading cause of death in Australia. Dateline meets Alzheimer's patients in the UK trialling drugs that could offer new hope by slowing down the progressions of the disease.
In South Korea, gruesome stories have become everyday entertainment on a mass scale. Reporter Darren Mara meets superfans, citizen sleuths and detectives to investigate the obsession with true crime.
Dateline meets the Australian parents who risked it all to build a family through overseas surrogacy. We investigate how Cambodia's crackdown left women raising children they never wanted.
The right to an abortion is no longer guaranteed in the US, but just across the border it has been decriminalised. Dateline meets the Mexican women helping Americans access illegal abortions.
Venice is one of Europe's top tourist destinations, but this iconic city is under threat. Kumi Taguchi meets the locals who say over-tourism is destroying the city they love.
Janice Petersen meets the new parents spending a month in a luxury post natal hotel in Taiwan. Do these centres and the tradition of confinement give mum and baby a better start?
K-pop is an $8 billion global industry. Dateline goes inside the dance schools of South Korea training future stars. We investigate if there is a hidden cost of becoming the next big idol.
Dateline investigates India's obsession with virginity and the archaic practice of virginity tests. We reveal how some women are seeking ways to fake their virginity to avoid exile and abuse.
Dateline investigates the far-right Sheriffs infiltrating US policing. What does this mean for a country on the cusp of a historic election, and could this influence the outcome?
Dateline takes a dangerous journey through Mexico aboard "The Beast" - a freight train used by thousands of migrants desperate to reach the United States.
Fifty years on from the Vietnam War, a Japanese American veteran searches for the soldier who saved his life when US army soldiers mistook him for the enemy.
Dateline travels to Taliban-controlled Afghanistan to investigate how the murders of three Australian soldiers sparked alleged war crimes that tarnished the Anzac legacy.
Reporter Ben Lewis is on the road to Darwan to investigate alleged war crimes in Afghanistan. But Taliban officials try to shut him down when questions are asked.
One ship. Thousands of people suffering life-threatening illness. A team of Australian medics facing life and death decisions. A team of volunteer Australian medics are sailing to the poorest nations on earth. This year they will face the most severe of medical issues, not seen in other parts of the world. Huge tumours left to grow unchecked, massive deformities and more. But the medical challenges are only half of the story. They will confront ethical decisions as they decide who will be helped and who will not. This is a searing, complex journey for the volunteer medics, as they deal with life and death cases - and balance the fates of these patients in their hands.
