Mark Austin – Return to Rwanda Twenty years on from Rwanda's savage genocide, ITV News at Ten newscaster Mark Austin returns to the country. He revisits some of the worst scenes he witnessed during his career as a foreign correspondent and hears powerful stories of survival. He meets those working hard to ensure peace, faith and hope continue to outweigh the horrors of the past - whilst the fear of it happening again hangs in the air. Robert Moore – Pot in America Three months ago a new law was implemented in the US state of Colorado. Marijuana is now legal, regulated and taxed. Washington Correspondent Robert Moore travels there to explore how impactful the change in the law has been. He meets the Americans who are enjoying big profits from the 'weed' business and talks to others who think the pro-pot trend is reckless and irresponsible. Mary Nightingale – Norway's oil fairy-tale Norway's oil discovery transformed their economy, turning it into one of the richest countries in the world, with an estimated 500 billion pounds saved for future generations. Back in Britain we chose a rather different outcome for our oil wealth. As Scotland ponders an independent future, ITV News at 6:30 newscaster Mary Nightingale finds out how Norway's oil fairy-tale has changed the country and its people.
Rageh Omaar – Slavery Reparations Recently fourteen Caribbean states came together to launch a united campaign for reparations from Britain, amongst other countries, for the part it played in the slave trade. The group's demands include compensation, an apology and an assurance that it will never happen again. Whilst trillions of pounds in profit from the trade went towards building countries such as Britain, the claim from those willing to sue was that the Caribbean was left poor, illiterate and suffering in extreme poor health. Rageh Omaar journeys to Jamaica to examine what lies behind those claims and he talks to those who are willing to go all the way to the international court in The Hague for justice. John Ray – Hart Island There is an island in New York that many locals don't even know about. For more than a century, inmates from a nearby prison have been burying the homeless, stillborn babies and unclaimed bodies there. As many as a million lost souls are to be found on Hart Island. It has been described as secret, closed and restrictive. Until now, relatives have been confined to paying their respects at a gazebo at the edge of the shoreline. Diplomatic Correspondent John Ray joins one of eight women who has been campaigning for years to lay flowers at the site of her baby's grave and who now has the opportunity to do so, as Hart Island lifts its lid on its hidden past. Geraint Vincent – Land and Demolitions Moran hugs her children close as she gazes at the pile of rubble that used to be their home in the Middle East. Her husband Muhammad has his head bowed in humiliation. The soldiers came with their bulldozer during this morning and it took them one hour to destroy the house. Muhammad says his family have lived on this land in East Jerusalem for generations, and that the house was built by his grandfather. The Israeli authorities say the house did not have planning permission, and was therefore an "illegal structure". It is a familia
John Irvine investigates rape in India, Rohit Kachroo meets one of South Africa's first black female winemakers, and Lucy Watson reports from China.
Rageh Omaar travels to Nigeria to explore how the country's north-south divide has been exposed by Boko Haram's brutal insurgency.
Geraint Vincent reports on Bucharest's stray dog crisis and Robert Moore is in North Dakota finding out about unmanned drones.
Alastair Stewart visits the ghost town of Varosha in Cyprus, and Julie Etchingham meets a young Afghan woman being helped by UK surgeons.
Mark Austin returns to the Philippines a year after Typhoon Haiyan, and Julie Etchingham is in Berlin 25 years after the fall of the wall.
Dan Rivers is at a prison in Eastern Poland where mass graves of victims of the post-war Communist regime have been discovered. Rageh Omaar is in a war-torn part of East Africa to learn how it is on the road to recovery.
Robert Moore is in Cuba to learn how Cubans are being affected by the recent re-establishment of cordial relations between them and America. Chris Choi is in Stockholm to learn whether getting rid of cash invades privacy and puts people more at risk from fraud.
Rageh Omaar is in Lithuania where tensions have increased over Russia's involvement in the Ukrainian conflict. Nina Nannar reports on how there are 15,901 people currently living with HIV in San Francisco.
Rageh Omaar is in Bulgaria to find out why authorities are building a wall along the rugged Turkish border with the country. Lucy Watson looks at how communist China's shortage of women has created a market for foreign brides who don't require the expensive pre-wedding dowry payments that Chinese women now require. John Irvine is in Dubai's Burj Khalifa to find out more about the people who work and live there.
Robert Moore reports on how heroin is still affecting huge amounts of America with many treatment centres in areas such as New Jersey now reporting it as the number one problem. Geraint Vincent reports about a boy called Yusuf who lives with his deaf mother in a deserted apartment block on Shuhada Street in Hebron. John Irvine is given rare access inside Dubai's Burj Khalifa talking to the people who work and live there.
Robert Moore reports from the US on the reality of life as a heroin addict, Geraint Vincent reports from the West Bank and John Irvine spends a day in the world's tallest building.
Four years after his last visit, Martin Geissler returns to Dadaab refugee camp in Kenya to visit Minhaj, a one-year-old boy who was on the verge of death from malnutrition. To find out about America's complex relationship with its nuclear legacy, Alok Jha travels to the Nevada desert, where in the post-war era the US government performed thousands of above-ground atom bomb tests. Rageh Omaar is in Beirut, Lebanon's cosmopolitan capital which stands in contrast to the scenes of war and terror on the country's borders.
Robert Moore travels to the remote village of Point Hope in Alaska where a beleaguered tribe faces climate change.
Fronted by Rageh Omaar, ITV News’s award-winning team of specialist journalists contribute in-depth reports from around the world and the stories behind the headlines. Tourism – Iran – Rageh Omaar After an historic deal was agreed earlier this year on Iran’s nuclear programme, relations with the West are finally starting to thaw. With long-standing sanctions finally being eased as part of the deal, the country is now looking forward to a potential boom in tourism and trade. Rageh Omaar travelled to the capital Tehran to find a country of contradictions, preparing to welcome visitors from Britain and the West, yet still deeply suspicious of America and her allies. North Korea – Lucy Watson North Korea is a notoriously secretive place. It’s unusual for journalists to get a sense of life beyond the pomp and ceremony they are invited there to cover. But Lucy Watson did just that when she gained rare access to a new water park built for the people of Pyongyang. The School in the Cloud – Delhi – Alok Jha In 1999 Indian academic Dr Sugata Mitra conducted a simple experiment, placing a computer into a wall in one of Delhi’s sprawling slums. He returned to find children who had never used computers before learning how to use it for themselves. More than a decade later this “Hole in the Wall” experiment has flourished into an innovative model of learning, swapping the conventional classroom for something a little more chaotic. Alok Jha visits the “School in the Cloud” where children are set problems to solve using the Internet. Instead of teachers they are joined on webcams by online “grannies” – women and men across the world who prompt and encourage children to work the answers out for themselves. Can this innovative approach kick-start a revolution in education, particularly in remote parts of the world where good teachers can be hard to find? Wandering Rabbi – Paris - Rageh Omaar Since the Paris terrorist a
In 2012 Vicky Ntozini was killed by her husband in one of Cape Town's townships, earlier this year he was finally convicted of her murder. John Ray speaks to the family Vicky left behind and explores the issue of domestic violence in South Africa. Lucy Watson covers a story about the first-ever Afghan women's team attempting an ultra-marathon across the Gobi desert. Emma Murphy talks to young Greek professionals returning to the countryside hoping to make a living from the land. Introduced by Rageh Omaar.
Robert Moore heads to Iowa to see how the US presidential candidates are trying to rally support. Romilly Weeks looks at a nightclub killing in Bucharest. Tim Ewart investigates why the Catholic Church believes that the close relationship between a mother and son is posing a threat to the institution of marriage in Rome.
Martin Geissler reports on the growing frustration in Sweden which has allowed 160,000 refugees into the country last year. Chris Ship reports on the shifting political landscape in Spain. John Ray reports from South Africa's White only enclave.
Featuring reports from Israeli-occupied Golan Heights, a plastic surgery-crazed Tehran, and an ancient mountaintop town in Italy which is under threat.
Rio's mayor promises major party for Brazil Olympics Eduardo Paes says that despite Brazil's political turmoil Rio de Janeiro is ready to welcome the world for the 2016 Games. The humanitarian crisis facing Yemen is becoming clear As airstrikes continue in Yemen, the scale of the devastation and tragedy visited on civilians becomes incalculable. How chefs have helped change perceptions of an LA suburb LA suburb Watts was synonymous with violence and social deprivation, but thanks to the efforts of a few chefs, perceptions are changing.
Africa looks east for Chinese investment China has become Africa's biggest trading partner - but amid accusations of exploitation, all is not well in this remarkable partnership. Filipino leader who may out-Trump, Trump In the world of politics there are many colourful and controversial characters - Rodrigo ‘Rody' Duterte is one of them. Vegas pensioners performing burlesque The show challenges the way we consider beauty, art and age.
News features from around the world. Juliet Bremner visits Portugal to meet the men risking their lives to fish for a prized Portuguese delicacy - the goose barnacle. Charlene White meets the hopeful competitors at Africa's first ever Ice Hockey Championship in Morocco. Penny Marshall is in France to discover whether a pioneering new law compelling supermarkets to redistribute edible food waste could prevent perfectly good food from ending up rotting in the bin.
James Mates is in Austria to witness an important election. John Ray investigates dynamite fishing in Tanzania. Simon Harris is in Estonia to meet the Seto people.
Rageh Omaar presents the current affairs show featuring several in-depth reports from around the world. In an exclusive interview for British television, Robert Moore meets Albert Woodfox, America's longest serving solitary confinement prisoner. Noreena Hertz is in Iceland, which has topped the Gender Equality Index for the last six years, to explore why women apparently fare better there than anywhere else in the world. Dan Rivers is on the remote and stunning Norfolk Island, where an end to years of self-governance has sparked outrage among some of the inhabitants.
Fronted by Rageh Omaar, ITV News's award-winning team of specialist journalists contribute in-depth reports from around the world and the stories behind the headlines. The following reports will air in this programme: TURKEY – PRESIDENT ERDOĞAN: THE MOST SUCCESSFUL DEMOCRATIC PRESIDENT? - RAGEH OMAAR Rageh Omaar travels to Turkey to gain a deeper understanding of the man some call the world's most successful democratic politician – President Recep Tayyip Erdoğan. A successfully fought referendum recently gave him sweeping new powers, potentially extending his Presidency until 2029. For decades Turkey has been seen as the bridge between Europe and the Middle East, but Erdoğan's expanded powers, which include the ability to bring back the death penalty, suggest that that gap between the continents is widening even further. Almost a year on from the failed coup to topple him, Rageh visits Istanbul, a divided city, to discover how President Erdoğan has gone from overcoming a hostile takeover to convince an entire nation to hand him even more authority. BALI – THE SHACKLING OF MENTAL HEALTH PATIENTS - DEBI EDWARD In Indonesia, severely mentally ill people are shackled by their families in sheds, small rooms and back yards, sometimes for years on end. A lack of accessible and affordable mental health services, and a high level of superstition in the country, has resulted in up to 18,000 individuals being subjected to this treatment, say Human Rights Watch. Debi Edward travels to the Indonesian island of Bali, where she meets some of the patients who have been locked up and tethered, including one man chained by his leg in a dark room and kept completely naked for his own safety. Debi discovers why many families resort to shackling, and what is being done to help stop this archaic practice. POLAND – 35 YEARS ON FROM THE RISE OF SOLIDARITY – TIM EWART Thirty-five years since he was ITN's Warsaw Correspondent, Tim Ewart returns to Poland on
Just days after his inauguration, President Trump asked what the hell is going on in in Chicago? In the windy city, the murder rate has surged in the past few years. Penny Marshall discovers that solving Chicago's gun crime problem is a complex and highly divisive issue. Steve Scott is in Berlin to meet former East German athletes who were subjected to state-sponsored doping in the 1970s and 80s, and hears how the drugs they took, often without their knowledge, have had chronic life-changing effects. Nina Nannar travels to the Moroccan desert city of Ouarzazate - which has had a starring role in hundreds of movies and TV series from Gladiator to Game of Thrones - to find out what life is like living on a real-life film set.
Geraint Vincent travels to Donetsk in Eastern Ukraine, which three years ago was taken over by Russian-backed separatists and is now an illegal quasi-Russian state, self-proclaimed as the 'Donetsk People's Republic'. Penny Marshall visits the Mexico City suburb of Ecatepec, one of the most dangerous places on earth to be a woman, to meet those who live with the threat of violence on a daily basis. Nearly a year on from the failed Turkish coup, Rageh Omaar travels to Istanbul to find out how President Erdogan has gone from avoiding a hostile takeover to persuading voters to grant him sweeping new powers.
John Ray is in Malawi where physical assaults against people with albinism have increased rapidly in recent years, and he meets those who have survived some of the most savage attacks. Dan Rivers travels to the lowest point on Earth, the Dead Sea, which is rapidly shrinking, causing sinkholes and disastrous effects for the area's tourism and natural environment. Juliet Bremner visits the former Soviet republic of Armenia, a small country with a big claim to fame - it dominates the world at chess.
Rageh Omaar presents more fascinating and revealing stories from around the world. Neil Connery visits the Champagne region of France to find out what the future holds for the country and its new president Emmanuel Macron, the youngest French head of state since Napoleon. Dan Rivers spends time on the set of a popular Middle Eastern drama made in Syria, to find out how the TV industry is alive and thriving despite the war. John Irvine travels to the Holy City of Jerusalem to see if restorations on the Church of the Holy Sepulchre have helped restore relations between the Christian denominations that run the Church.
CATALONIA – JAMES MATES After recent turmoil in Catalonia revealed the depth of divisions between the Catalan government in Barcelona and the Spanish authorities in Madrid, Europe Editor James Mates asks whether there really is a desire for independence in the majority of Catalan homes. He also investigates whether the recent actions of the national government have pushed the pressure for an independence vote to critical, and looks into the history behind the movement that could reshape Spain as we know it. SATIRE AND TRUMP – MARTIN GEISSLER What happens when reality is too surreal for satire? One year on from the US election, correspondent Martin Geissler travels to New York to explore how American satirists and comedians have dealt with the Trump administration. Martin meets Trump impersonators, political cartoonists and satirists to ask whether we are living in the golden age of political comedy. THE RAREST PASTA IN THE WORLD – MARY NIGHTINGALE Mary Nightingale travels to a tiny village in Sardinia to meet Paola Abriani, a 62 year old grandmother who can make su filindeu (‘threads of God') – the rarest pasta in the world. It's a family tradition. Paola is one of only three women who can make it - the other two are her niece and sister-in-law. Last year, a team of engineers from Barilla pasta came to see if they could reproduce her technique with a machine, but they couldn't. The sacred dish has only been served to the faithful who complete a 20-mile pilgrimage on foot or horseback from Nuoro to the village of Lula for the biannual Feast of San Francesco. Mary follows the 1,500 pilgrims as they descend on Lula, to discovers what makes this delicate pasta so special.
Rageh Omaar presents the current affairs series featuring in-depth reports from around the world by ITN's top correspondents. Juliet Bremner is in the state of New York where a controversial battle is taking place over the diagnosis and treatment of lyme disease, one of the fastest-growing diseases in the world. As Canada celebrates its 150th birthday, Chris Ship is in Toronto where he explores the nature of the Canadian identity and stereotyping. Angus Walker explores the unusual world of artificially-intelligent sex dolls, including a visit to a sex doll brothel in Barcelona, as he discovers how close - or far - technology is from successfully recreating sentient humanoid rob
Rageh Omaar presents the current affairs series featuring in-depth reports from around the world. Alok Jha visits the forests and parks of Wyoming to explore the science behind the many wild fires that have raged across the western United States this past summer. Julie Etchingham returns to the city of Mostar, twenty years after reporting from there during the Bosnian war, to discover how the city has tried to heal the ethnic divisions brought to the fore by the conflict. Emma Murphy investigates Moldova to see the central role that the country's wine is playing in a complex geo-political game between Russia and the West.
Rageh Omaar presents the current affairs series. John Ray revisits Sierra Leone, three months after torrential rains triggered a devastating mudslide that claimed over 1,000 lives. John Irvine investigates a local controversy surrounding India's famous monument to love, the Taj Mahal. Critics believe the row has become emblematic of growing Hindu nationalism encouraged by the government to the detriment of Muslims in India. Debi Edward meets the Mongolians conquering Japan's most traditional sport - sumo.
Three months ago, the British Virgin Islands were devastated when Hurricane Irma ripped through the Caribbean. Penny Marshall was one of the first journalists to report from the archipelago, and she returns to see how the islanders are trying to rebuild their wrecked communities and vital tourist industry. Joel Hills is given rare access to Microsoft's Digital Crimes Unit in Seattle, to ask who is responsible for preventing cyber-attacks and to explore the issue of state-sponsored hacking. Rageh Omaar travels to his family's home country, Somaliland, which could become the first state in Africa to eradicate the practice of female genital mutilation.
After the end of apartheid in South Africa 25 years ago, the country is still struggling with its legacy of inequality. John Ray explores this sensitive issue.
In this week's episode, Lucrezia Millarini travels to Poland, where the government is trying to tighten its already very restrictive abortion laws. Rageh Omaar is in Israel on its 70th birthday to meet conscientious objectors risking prison sentences for their refusal to serve in the Israeli army. And Nina Nannar is in Los Angeles to learn whether insects could be the next big food trend in Europe.
In this third episode, Martin Geissler is in Vice President Mike Pence's home state of Indiana to find out just who he is and why this deeply religious family man has stuck by President Trump. Meanwhile Richard Pallot is in Norway, where half of new car sales are electric, to discover what lessons we can learn in the UK. And Neil Connery bears witness to the final days of the ancient Turkish city of Hasankeyf, which is set to be flooded under 60 meters of water.
Washington Correspondent Robert Moore travels across America, to meet those living on the street amid a sharp increase in homelessness. Paul Brand is in Finland to ask if governments should simply start giving everyone free cash - no questions asked. And Juliet Bremner is in Naples, a city synonymous with crime, where groups of teens known as 'baby gangs' are attacking people at random.
Juliet Bremner travels to a small town in North Carolina, to meet troubled ex-soldiers enrolled in a Veteran Treatment court.
China was the first country in the world to declare internet addiction as a clinical disorder. Debi Edward visits one of the country's 300 treatment clinics.
This time James Mates profiles Viktor Orbán's right wing populist government in Hungary ahead of the 2019 European elections. John Irvine visits Egypt's latest mega-project, Sisi's £35 billion new capital city 30 miles east of ancient Cairo, the first phase of which is set to open this year but for now is still under construction. And Nina Nannar speaks to the female stars of the stunt industry - as their roles and numbers increase. But with new threats of technology, robots and CGI - what does the future these women have fought so hard for look like?
Neil Connery asks, 'what next for the Kurds?' as the largest stateless nation in the world comes to a crossroads. And Rachel Younger visits the Danish community of Christiania.
Paul Davies returns to Croatia, 28 years after his award-winning reports on the siege of Dubrovnik to discover how much has changed for this tourist hotspot.
Steve Scott travels to Jamaica to meet the Reggae Girlz. The island's football team for the women's World Cup qualified against the odds and now the whole country is behind them.
Penny Marshall meets climate activists clashing with miners facing unemployment and uncertainty, in the battle over a coal mine being extended across an ancient forest in Germany.
Robert Moore investigates what America should do to tackle its wealth inequality.
Neil Connery visits Chernobyl as survivors discuss the area becoming a tourist attraction.
Carl Dinnen investigates the controversial use of facial recognition software in Detroit. Plus, Tom Clarke meets the man fighting to save South America's River Dolphins.
Tom Clarke attempts to find out why Donald Trump suggested America might want to buy Greenland from Denmark, while Richard Pallot investigates party tourism in Amsterdam.
On the eve of the 30th anniversary of the Romanian revolution, Paul Davies returns to Bucharest to re-visit the main TV station.
Rohit Kachroo is in Puerto Rico to discover what people feel about the possibility of their country becoming the 51st state of America, Juliet Bremner explores how extreme surfing has transformed the Portuguese seaside town of Nazare, and Debi Edward attends an ice and snow sculpture festival in China.
Rageh Omaar presents this month's reports from around the world. John Irvine reveals how the Sea of Galilee is full of fresh water for the first time in 30 years and discovers how Israel plans to distribute this precious resource. James Mates attends Venice's virtual carnival, and Nina Nannar meets San Francisco residents who are downsizing to live in 'tiny homes'.
Geraint Vincent heads to Warsaw to explore how Poland and the EU are increasingly at odds when it comes to the rule of law and human rights, while Dan Rivers is in Georgia speaking to the country's Prime Minister about her plans for transforming one of the former Soviet Union's flagship spa resorts. Emma Murphy travels to California - the prime location for catching a glimpse of grey whales as they make their annual migration up the US West Coast.
Rageh Omaar is in Mali for the hugely popular Hippodrome horseraces, exploring the country's deep historical links to horses and how the races are an important lifeline to many. Lucy Watson is in Bosnia, where she meets a survivor of the Srebrenica genocide who has made it his life's mission to find the remains of those that did not survive. Debi Edward is in Sichuan China to witness the ingenious ways its scientists are encouraging pandas to mate.
Lucrezia Millarini travels to the Spanish island of Ibiza to find out how they might be able to welcome back British tourists this summer. Steve Scott travels to Qatar to see why the falcon continues to be the most highly prized and looked-after bird in the Gulf. Plus, Rageh Omaar is in Montenegro, home to some of Europe's last free-flowing bodies of water, to find out if small hydropower plants that promise cleaner energy also be polluting the pristine waterways of this Balkan state.
Ben Chapman in Gran Canaria, where the pandemic has left many tourism businesses close to collapse. There, he finds many are also worried about the impact of the continuing influx of migrants arriving by boat from Africa - both on the authorities' ability to cope and on the island's image once the holidaymakers return. Paul Brand travels to the Shetland Islands to find out why they are exploring options for more autonomy away from Scottish and UK governments. James Mates witnesses the devastation caused by a deadly bacteria in Italy's ancient olive groves.
Romilly Weeks travels to Malta to investigate the country's a water scarcity crisis, as experts warn that the country is becoming too dry to support its population. Plus, 100 years on from the founding of the Chinese Communist Party, Debi Edward looks at China's journey to the modern communist state it is today, and the challenges it faces at home and abroad.
Robert Moore investigates why so many US veterans struggle on their return to civilian life, with more than 40 per cent suffering mental health issues. Rageh Omaar analyses Iceland's relationship with its beautiful but deadly volcanoes, and Rachel Younger travels to Ireland to explore the joys and pitfalls of life on the road, as the country experiences a campervan boom.
Ahead of Great Britain hosting the COP26 International Climate Change Conference in Glasgow, On Assignment looks at three stories with climate emergency at their heart.
Rageh Omaar reports from Israel where the country's first coalition government without Benjamin Netanyahu in more than a decade has just passed its first budget. Carl Dinnen visits Rome to find out why the Eternal City is being declared the sink-hole capital of Europe. Debi Edward reports from China, a country famous for its culture, pivoting into the coffee market.
In Austria, Rageh Omaar looks at the tough measures the country is taking to ensure its healthcare services are not overwhelmed - including mandatory vaccines for all over-18s and a lockdown for unvaccinated citizens. Rohit Kachroo reports from Beirut on the massive explosion in August 2020, which killed more than 200 people, injured more than 7,000 and caused millions of dollars of damage. To this day, no one has been found responsible for the blast and Lebanon has slumped from crisis to crisis. Rachel Younger travels to Sicily to investigate whether Italy's One Euro House Scheme is throwing a lifeline to dying towns.
Robert Moore is in Philadelphia to explore the reasons behind a surge in gun violence across the whole of the US and asks whether the answer is more or less policing. Anushka Asthana is on the Turkey-Iran border where they're introducing tougher measures for those trying to cross, often in perilous conditions. Rageh Omaar is in Somaliland to visit the ancient caves of Laas Geel, which contain paintings that are thousands of years old, to find out how they are playing their part in the self-declared republic's ambitions for international recognition.
Robert Peston examines the possibility of Finland joining Nato in the wake of Russia's invasion of Ukraine. Rupert Evelyn reports on France's forthcoming presidential election. Peter Smith is in Istanbul to consider whether travelling overseas for an operation comes at a price that affects more than someone's bank balance.
As India prepares to mark 75 years since partition this August, Ria Chatterjee travels to New Delhi to explore intensifying divisions between Hindus and Muslims in the country. Martha Fairlie is in Spain asking whether a proposed criminalisation of prostitution really is going to protect sex workers. Nina Nannar is in Los Angeles asking whether the trillion-dollar wellness industry, offering treatments like oxygen tanks, ice baths, infrared lamps and intravenous nutrients, really can offer people a happier and healthier life.
James Mates is in Athens talking to those who think the Parthenon Marbles should be returned to Greece. Ria Chatterjee investigates dowry abuse in India, a marriage custom which is banned there but still rife and is leading some women to take their own lives. Antoine Allen is in Sweden looking at how the country is tackling an alarming rise of gun violence.
John Ray travels to Nairobi to investigate how the country is coping with a growing economic crisis caused in part by the war in Ukraine and global inflation. Daniel Hewitt visits the Mediterranean island of Corsica, a province of France since the 18th century, to find out why violence erupted on the streets earlier this year. Ben Chapman is in Italy, where many family-run beach establishments are facing an uncertain future with EU-imposed reforms on the horizon.
Neil Connery heads to Poland to find out how the country is coping with caring for the millions of refugees who crossed into the country when the war in neighbouring Ukraine started, Deborah Cohen is in Spain, where the country is suffering its driest climate in more than 1,000 years, and Chris Ship is in Rwanda investigating the future of the local mountain Gorilla.
John Ray investigates the devastating floods in Kenya's great lakes region, where swelling waters have swallowed schools, villages and whole forests. Geraint Vincent travels to Bulgaria to meet an architect fighting to save the greatest icon to the country's communist past, as it re-evaluates its relationship with Soviet-era monuments and statues. In the remote forests of Romania, Romilly Weeks is on the hunt to find Europe's largest wild mammal, the bison.
Rageh Omaar travels to Taiwan, where tensions between the island state and China, which sees Taiwan as a breakaway province, are at an all-time high. Lucy Watson is in the West Bank following the death of Al Jazeera journalist Shireen Abu Akleh, who was shot dead while covering a raid by the Israel Defence Force, while Rachel Younger heads to Germany where businesses, local governments and households have been asked to slash energy consumption to tackle a looming energy crisis caused by the country previous reliance on Russian gas - but how solid is resolve there in the face of the hardship that restrictions may bring?
Robert Moore returns to Newtown in Connecticut to meet two parents who lost children at Sandy Hook Elementary school. Sejal Karia travels to Italy, which has just elected its first far-right leader since World War Two. And Geraint Vincent visits one of the oldest surviving monastic communities in the world at Mount Athos.
John Ray investigates the story of Sally Hafez, a mother of two who walked into a Beirut bank brandishing a toy pistol and demanding the withdrawal of $14,000 of her own money. Dan Rivers returns to Australia three years after the country experienced its worst bushfires on record to catch-up with residents trying to return to normal life and finds out how those who volunteered to fight the fires have been preparing for more extreme weather. Rageh travels to the Spanish enclave of Melilla, a place which has become another front line in the migrant crisis.
Peter Smith reports from Turkiye near the epicentre of the deadly earthquake that has cost tens of thousands of lives. Rageh Omaar travels to South Africa to uncover the truth about the country's devastating energy crisis. Rebecca Barry is in New York, another US state that has made recreational use of cannabis legal in recent months, as it prepare to hand out its first licenses to sell the drug.
Dan Rivers travels to Alice Springs in Australia to ask why so many feel the country continues to fail its indigenous population and whether a proposed referendum on introducing a permanent Indigenous Voice to Parliament might be one step towards righting long-standing wrongs. James Mates travels to Portugal to meet campaigners on both sides of a controversial new euthanasia law. Sangita Lal is in Denmark to hear how 10,000 brains are being preserved to help future generations better understand mental illnesses.
Rhys Williams investigates the deadly rail disaster in Greece in February, when an InterCity passenger train collided head-on with a freight train, killing 57 people. He meets victims, bereaved families and those in the industry who issued multiple warnings in the lead up to the disaster. Chloe Keedy is with the Sami people of the Arctic North, where a commitment to green energy is disrupting an age-old way of life. In a Mexico City suburb, Rageh Omaar visits the altar of 'Santa Muerte' or Holy Death, a 21st century deity that accepts and nurtures the outcasts who feel neglected and rejected by mainstream religion.
Dan Rivers heads to Tennessee where a new law has put drag queens on the frontline of America's culture wars. Rageh Omaar reports on the controversy surrounding one of the world's largest construction projects for a state-of-the-art train system in Mexico's Yucatan Peninsula. Rachel Townsend is in Southwest France where a home for Alzheimer's patients is offering a revolutionary approach to later life care.
Lucy Watson is in Rome where she gains special access to one of Italy's most infamous prisons as it takes a bold step to accommodate trans women prisoners. Debi Edward is in the Philippines to meet the 106 year old tattoo artist keeping an ancient tradition alive and who's just become Vogue's oldest cover star. Nina Nannar is in the mountains of Bulgaria discovering how the ancient pagan tradition of firewalking is being kept alive.
Rohit Kachroo travels to East London and finds a grieving community still seeking answers in the wake of the deaths of 21 teenagers in a South African nightclub. Ellie Pitt examines a new Spanish law that requires employers to give paid 'menstrual leave" to women who suffer from disabling periods. Amy Lewis gets to experience the power and majesty of one of Europe's oldest horse breeds, the Lipizzaner, in Slovenia.
Amanda Walker is in Centralia, a small town near Seattle in the grip of America's deadly Fentanyl epidemic. Rohit Kachroo meets the Russians in Turkey, who are searching for a new place to call home, far away from the threat of conscription into Putin's army. Julie Etchingham is in Germany, where archivists are painstakingly piecing together the fragments of history torn apart by the Communist Secret Police when the Berlin Wall began to fall.
Romilly Weeks travels to Delhi to investigate the alarming number of children that go missing in India every day, and meets with a charity helping to rescue children and reunite them with their families. Ben Chapman travels to Venice and Italy's Po to report on an invasive species of crab. Rhys Williams heads into the Bavarian forests to join the Live Action Role Players in the mythical land of Mythodea.
Sangita Lal, Stacey Foster and Chris Choi investigate the efforts to tackle climate change in Iceland, Sweden and Denmark ahead of Cop 28. In Iceland, Sangita visits the world's first direct air capture and storage plant that removes carbon dioxide from the atmosphere and Stacey discovers the super seaweed feed that reduces methane emissions in Sweden. Chris Choi visits eco villages in Denmark to find out whether the sustainability-focussed lifestyle is the secret to a lower carbon footprint.
Rageh Omaar returns with Rachel Younger to revisit Turkey and speak to those who would rather live in a tent than risk living in an apartment and see the rubble possibly filled with harmful toxins that has piled up a year on from a deadly earthquake.
Rageh Omaar returns to Lithuania to speak to the citizens of the country offering unwavering support to Ukraine two years on from Russia's invasion. Louise Scott is in Sardinia to investigate how low birth rates are contributing to Italy's shrinking population and learns how a lack of jobs and good travel connections are putting young people off staying in the area to start a family. Debi Edward travels to Karachi, Pakistan, to the country's largest painted truck hub to meet the artists and drivers who make the decorative vehicles their business.
Dan Rivers reports from the Bahamas, one of the most vulnerable island nations when it comes to climate change, and Martin Stew investigates Norway's sustainable construction, asking how it could go mainstream. Nina Nannar meets a man who has gone through life changing leg-lengthening surgery to gain three inches in height in Los Angeles.
James Mates travels to Lithuania to meet with Russian opposition activists who are regrouping after the incarceration and death of Alexei Navalny and deciding what's next for those who stand against Putin. Antoine Allen is in Mayotte in the Indian ocean where the EU's small boats' immigration crisis threatens to destabilise the nation and Harry Horton joins the inaugural voyage of the new Brussels-Prague sleeper train and asks whether continental sleepers can compete with budget airlines.
Emma Murphy meets the women often abandoned by their families and communities in India, as their large population ages and the women live longer than men there's an increasing number of widows left behind. Romilly Weeks is in Switzerland exploring the country's vast network of private and public bunkers built during the Cold War that are now having a renaissance as tensions in Europe rise. Lucrezia Millarini finds out how techno music has been recognised as a part of German culture.
Lucy Watson reports on environmental efforts ahead of the Paris Olympic Games to make the River Seine safer for swimmers, while Rachel Younger examines Portugal's innovative, community-driven solutions to the threat of wildfires and the new EU taskforce set up to help. Ronke Phillips Pakenham explores West Africa's Adire fabric as it faces new threats from cheap imports, and follows the efforts to preserve this tradition in Nigeria.
James Mates travels to the Greek island of Santorini, the latest tourist destination to suffer from over-tourism, to find out how the social-media friendly holiday location manages its popularity without losing its identity. Barnaby Papadopulos is in Cyprus 50 years after the war that partitioned the island to hear about the thousands of Greek and Turkish Cypriots that disappeared and are still listed as missing and Faye Barker is in Cambados, Spain to learn about sustainable cockle harvesting.
Rachel Townsend is in Brazil to meet those still impacted by the Fundao Tailings dam collapse in 2015 that released 50million cubic metres of toxic waste into the River Doce. Sam Holder is in France, ahead of the first anniversary of the attack on Israel, where 38% of the Jewish population are contemplating leaving for Israel after recent election results. Geraint Vincent reports from South Africa where thousands of captive lions face an uncertain future after the government suggested phasing out the farming of the animals for trophy hunting.
Kafui Okpattah reports from on the African American population in Ghana, asking why they chose to make the African nation their permanent home ahead of the upcoming US election. Three young people in Gaza give their unabridged accounts of their year of war. Debi Edward is in Mongolia at a festival showcasing the skills of the Kazakh golden eagle hunters.
Sejal Karia reports on the hurricanes in Florida as residents clean up the damage and ask what a new administration will do about weather emergencies. Rachel Townsend learns about dengue fever in Brazil and an innovative strategy to combat the virus by using mosquitoes to thwart transmission. Kaf Okpattah speaks to carpenters in Ghana about their tradition of decorating fantasy coffins.
