- FRANCE 24

24/02/2012 - REPORTERS

Putin or Out?

The President of Russia is Vladimir Vladamirovich Putin. It is true that today he is technically the prime minister, and that his re-election to the Kremlin is due on March 4th, but in the hearts and minds of Russians he already has the title. However, for the first time, Putin faces growing opposition. Eve Irvine and James André went to find out just how widespread that opposition is.

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04/10/2011 - PLANET HOPE

Haiti: cholera, the invisible killer

In Haiti, water has become synonymous with death. The lack of sanitation coupled with poor hygiene has resulted in an outbreak of cholera - not seen for over a century - in this country still recovering from the devastating earthquake. Despite international aid, it seems to be a losing battle against this deadly disease.

09/07/2011 - ENVIRONMENT

Pakistan: a year after the floods

It is one year since extreme flooding swamped a quarter of the country, displaced some 20 million people, killed livestock and destroyed almost 4 million hectares of maize, rice and cotton crops. Environment explores how Pakistan is recovering from the torrential rains.

05/06/2011 - HEALTH

Afghanistan: military medicine

This year marks the tenth anniversary of the invasion of Afghanistan; ten years of war which have taken a toll on the health of locals and indeed the armed forces. This week's episode of health is examines military medicine

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14/05/2011 - ENVIRONMENT

Damaging dams

Dammed if you do...and dammed if you don't. This week we're taking you to Laos where fishermen on the Mekong river now want to become farmers as concrete constructions leave rivers running dry. Then, we take you north and into the Arctic circle, where energy needs are threatening the Sami population.

03/05/2011 - HEALTH

Radiation risks

This week, we'll be looking at the real risk of radiation. First, the level of control being taken to ensure that food from Japan is fit for consumption. A quarter of a century after the Chernobyl accident you'll also see how children born over a decade after the disaster are still suffering from the radioactive fallout and finally a look at the less dramatic scale radiations most of us are subjected to and why the French nuclear watchdog is sounding the alarm over x.rays in hospitals.

30/04/2011 - ENVIRONMENT

Too hot to handle

This week, Environment comes to you to Essonne, one of the French regions scorching from summer temperatures in spring. As groundwater reserves dip to worrying lows, we meet local farmers to find out more. We also focus on China, where water from flood plains in the south is being rerouted north, and Bolivia, where drought is threatening the quinoa crop.

28/04/2011 - Health

Patient prisoners

This week we're looking at health behind bars to the Penitentiary of Perpignan. First up, prisons deadliest inmate: Hepatitis C a viral blood borne infection over 5 times more prevalent in jails than elsewhere but could serving a sentence be the best time to cure this disease. Then, we'll be finding out before looking at lawbreaker lows with a visit to a psychiatric hospital behind bars. Finally, a report on puppies behind bars. In New York, inmates spend their time to train guide and work dogs.

27/04/2011 - ENVIRONMENT

Positive prisons

This week we will be visiting the world's first ecological prison, located on the Norwegian island of Bastoy, just 75 km south of Oslo. The 115 inmates live in wood cabins, not cell blocks, and are free to roam the grounds. We'll be meeting some of the guards and detainees to see how they are breaking down barriers for the good of the environment and society. Then on to Nairobi, Kenya to see how organic gardening is keeping the youth out of prison.

23/04/2011 - ENVIRONMENT

Nuclear options

After disaster shakes Japan's Fukushima reactors, we're looking at the options. Cleaner, cheaper and plentiful, India is currently constructing the world's first thorium-fed nuclear reactor promoted as a safe alternative to our current uranium powered plants. Meanwhile French scientists go underwater submerging nuclear stations deep beneath the sea. Finally, what happens when it all goes wrong meet the liquidators those who risk their lives trying to avert disaster.