The World This Week - June 8th, 2012 - Part 2

Cyril Vanier's panel overviews the week's major events. In Syria, reports emerge of a massacre near Hama: at least 55 people including women and children appear to have been shot or stabbed to death by government militias who then proceeded to burn their bodies. Is this a turning point in the Syrian crisis?

THE WORLD THIS WEEK

François PICARD

Presenter

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UK election: Brown on the Ropes? (part 2)

In this edition of The World This Week: with now less than a week to go before one of the most closely fought general elections in UK history, our panel discusses whether it's game over for PM Gordon Brown after his gaffe on Wednesday. But also: after the Greek debt crisis, Spain and Portugal are hit by the "domino effect"; a massive oil slick threatens the US Gulf Coast; and France's Nicolas Sarkozy mends ties with China.

01/05/2010 - THE WORLD THIS WEEK

UK election: Brown on the ropes?

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THE WORLD THIS WEEK - From April 19 to 23 (part 2)

Lessons learned from a volcano eruption, the UK election’s third man, what Iran’s president is doing in Africa. In The World This Week, François Picard also discusses the latest France 24-RFI World Leaders Barometer with the International Herald Tribune’s Katrin Bennhold, Billie Okadameri of Radio France International, Laura Dagg of touteleurope.fr, and Philippe Vasset of Intelligence Online.

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THE WORLD THIS WEEK - From April 19 to 23

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THE WORLD THIS WEEK - From April 12 to 16 (part 2)

No air travel? François Picard’s panel describe the shock of a Europe that’s suddenly without planes. International Herald Tribune Senior Editor Anne Bagamery, Pierre Rousselin of Le Figaro, Gerry Feehily of presseurop.eu and France 24's Annette Young also review the first UK candidates’ debate and the legacy of Poland’s late president Lech Kaczynski.