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The World this Week - November 2nd, 2012

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Could Hurricane Sandy be Barack Obama's perfect storm? The incumbent halts Mitt Romney’s momentum with just days to go in a very tight race. Also, China’s tricky changing of the guard as well as tales of Greece, Google, and the taxman.

THE WORLD THIS WEEK
  • Craig COPETAS, Correspondent-at-large, Quartz The Atlantic Group;
  • Anne-Elisabeth MOUTET, Columnist, The Sunday Telegraph;
  • Stefan DE VRIES, Paris Correspondent, RTL4;
  • Douglas HERBERT, France 24 International Affairs Editor.

    Watch the second part

    Programme prepared and produced by Paul Maakad, Yann Putzsai and Mary Colombel

The World This Week - from February 15 to 19 (part 2)
19/02/2010 - THE WORLD THIS WEEK

The World This Week - from February 15 to 19 (part 2)

This week: Obama meets with the Dalai Lama, what will China do? Mahmoud Al-Mabhouh’s assassination: Dubai police claim Mossad implication. Climate: Yvo de Boer quits, the Giec targeted by climate change sceptics. Military Coup in Niger: junta holds Tandja. AfPak: US offensive 1 week later.
The World This Week - from February 15 to 19
19/02/2010 - THE WORLD THIS WEEK

The World This Week - from February 15 to 19

This week: Obama meets with the Dalai Lama, what will China do? Mahmoud Al-Mabhouh’s assassination: Dubai police claim Mossad implication. Climate: Yvo de Boer quits, the Giec targeted by climate change sceptics. Military Coup in Niger: junta holds Tandja. AfPak: US offensive 1 week later.
The World This Week - from January 18 to 22 (part 2)
22/01/2010 - THE WORLD THIS WEEK

The World This Week - from January 18 to 22 (part 2)

Haiti: Obama's reconstruction club that excludes France, Senegal's invitation; Obama: what a difference a year makes; China's great leap forward; Lessons for South Africa's World Cup; and was it a good idea to let Angola host a football tournament? Here are the topics François Picard will tackle with his guests:
The World This Week - from January 18 to 22
22/01/2010 - THE WORLD THIS WEEK

The World This Week - from January 18 to 22

Haiti: Obama's reconstruction club that excludes France, Senegal's invitation; Obama: what a difference a year makes; China's great leap forward; Lessons for South Africa's World Cup, was it a good idea to let Angola host a football tournament? Here are the topics François Picard will tackle with his guests:
Haiti's plight
15/01/2010 - THE WORLD THIS WEEK

Haiti's plight

In The World This Week hosted by François Picard, Newsweek’s Christopher Dickey tells France 24’s Friday panel of journalists how Haiti could become another Somalia after that tragic earthquake.
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