People & Power Season 10, Episode 12: Poles Apart

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Belarus: Europe's last dictatorship

We investigate the state of political freedom in Belarus and President Lukashenko's unshakable grip on power.

25 min

2

Begging for Life: From Manila to Malmo

People and Power investigates the growing global phenomenon of organised begging.

25 min

3

Cuba Year Zero

How will improving relations between communist Cuba and the capitalist US affect the lives of people on both sides?

25 min

4

Cuba Year Zero (Part two)

"In Cuba Year Zero part two, we meet members of the revolutionary generation. Inside Cuba, we talk to those who were members of Fidel Castro’s rebel army and sacrificed their individualism to make the revolution succeed. In Miami, we meet their former enemies: one million Cubans who left the country in the 1960s and formed groups in exile to conspire against the communist government. Both sides must now face the fact that Castro’s Cuba is finally making peace with the United States, thereby ending a struggle which has lasted, and dominated, most of their lives. "

25 min

5

Cuba for Sale

We investigate the recent economic changes and the effect of property ownership on Cuba's communist legacy.

25 min

6

Syria: Under Russia's Fist

We investigate the horrifying consequences for civilians under Russian air strikes in Syria.

25 min

7

Germany's Refugee Crisis

After welcoming one million refugees, attitudes across Germany are changing with confrontations and vitriol on the rise.

25 min

8

Backlash: France's New Hard Line on Terror

We examine France's aggressive counterterrorism measures and the consequences for the Muslim community.

25 min

9

Tunisia's Dirty Secret

Five years after the revolution, Tunisia's black minority has yet to experience the freedoms enjoyed by other citizens.

25 min

10

What's Happening to American Democracy?

We investigate how the erosion of democracy in the US is being revealed by the 2016 presidential campaign.

25 min

11

Voters' Rights: What's Happening to American Democracy?

Part two of our investigation into the erosion of US democracy and how it is revealed in the 2016 presidential campaign.

25 min

12

Poles Apart

We investigate claims that Poland’s new right-wing government is undermining the country’s democratic freedoms.

25 min

13

Borderless: Undercover with the People Smugglers

Inside the people-smuggling rings specialising in getting refugees into Europe.

25 min

14

Somaliland: Kill All but the Crows (Part 1)

People and Power goes on the trail of a Somali army commander accused of involvement in mass killings and war crimes.

25 min

15

Somaliland: Kill All but the Crows (Part 2)

People and Power goes on the trail of a Somali army commander accused of involvement in mass killings and war crimes.

25 min

16

India: The Burning City

We investigate how an underground fire that has been burning for 100 years has led to one of India's largest land grabs.

25 min

17

Venezuela: On the Edge (Part 1)

What is behind Venezuela's descent into chaos and the bitter ideological struggle dividing the nation?

25 min

18

Venezuela: On the Edge (Part 2)

What is behind Venezuela's descent into chaos and the bitter ideological struggle dividing the nation?

25 min

19

The Odessa File

We investigate how a fight against corruption and pro-Russian oligarchs in Odessa may determine Ukraine's future.

25 min

20

Brazil's River of Mud

We investigate the events leading up to the Fundao dam disaster. Is enough being done to avoid future recurrences?

25 min

21

The War the World Forgot

People and Power investigates the forgotten war taking place on the borders between North and South Sudan.

25 min

22

India's Nuclear Riddle

People and Power investigates whether India is about to escalate its nuclear arms race with rivals Pakistan and China.

25 min

23

Armenia: Divided Within?

Could a faltering economy, corruption and public disaffection over its relationship with Russia lead to an uprising?

25 min

24

In Search of the Great American Job

Can the next US president retrieve the secure, well-paid employment enjoyed by previous generations of American workers?

25 min

25

Iran's Water Crisis

We investigate the race to save Iran's water, before water scarcity dries out entire cities and displaces millions.

25 min

26

Piracy in Nigeria

People and Power investigates the rise of piracy in the oil-rich Niger Delta region.

25 min