As Dubai reaches for the sky with the world's tallest ever building we're going to be looking at whether or not skyscrapers can ever be environmentally up to scratch.
In this week's edition: Now that Dubai has inaugurated the world's tallest tower... what are the chances of filling all those other empty buildings in town? Also, we visit one Gaza family that's rooting for the liberation of Israeli soldier Gilad Shalit, because it could mean the return of one of its own members.
Dubai has just inaugurated the Burj Khalifa, the world's tallest tower. Is the 828-metre high skyscraper the latest architectural folly of a bankrupt state, or are mega-towers the future of global cities? Find the answers to these questions, and more, watching the FRANCE 24 Debate with Mark Owen.
Dubai has just inaugurated the Burj Khalifa, the world's tallest tower. Is the 828-metre high skyscraper the latest architectural folly of a bankrupt state, or are mega-towers the future of global cities? Find the answers to these questions, and more, watching the FRANCE 24 Debate with Mark Owen.
The long-awaited Burj Dubai opened on Monday after a series of setbacks. Construction of the world's tallest structure began in economic boom times, but after a recent debt crisis the project is seen as a key test for the emirate.
Dubai will seek to put its recent debt woes aside as it unveils the world's tallest skyscraper on Monday, a mammoth 800 metres plus structure that will make Taiwan's Taipei 101 and Chicago's Sears Tower look somewhat small.
A year after the war in Gaza, how is the Hamas faring?
In Nazareth, the discovery of a house dating back from Jesus tells us more on the way of life back then. And in Dubai let's meet the modern-day Robin Hood.
Representatives of Dubai World and at least 90 of its creditors have begun talks on what to do about the conglomerate's 22 billion dollars of outstanding debt, news of which spread panic across markets last month.
The Dubai stock exchange took another tumble on Monday, slipping by almost 6 percent, as the emirate's embattled government said it would not sell its prized assets to help fund a $26 billion debt restructuring of state conglomerate Dubai World.
