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How MDMA is being used to treat PTSD
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- How MDMA is being used to treat PTSD
- Runtime
- 7:13
- Date posted
- 8 years ago
- Description
- MDMA, the active ingredient in the party drug ecstasy, is being touted as a game-changing treatment for post-traumatic stress disorder. It is being trialled in America—and for one army veteran the drug has been a life-saver.
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In America around 22 military veterans kill themselves every day. John served in Iraq during the Second Gulf War. His experiences left him with post-traumatic stress disorder, or PTSD. The mental suffering has been so great but he was suicidal for eight years.
An estimated eight million Americans suffer with PTSD and war veterans are only a fraction of this number. It's a public health disaster costing billions of dollars to treat. There are treatments available but the drugs prescribed are only successful in 20% of cases. For those who don't respond to the available treatment there may be an alternative - MDMA - the active ingredient in the party ...
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- How to fuel the future
- Runtime
- 3:25
- Date posted
- 8 years ago
- Description
- America, under President Donald Trump, is securing its “energy independence” with oil and gas. But unlike fossil fuels, renewables will not increase global warming —and China is moving fast.
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Oil moves the world around and creates powerful countries. Oil is such a vital commodity that it provoked wars throughout the 20th century. The few countries that produce it, try to keep control of it to ensure its riches stay at home. Those who do not have it, strive to get it.
In the 1930s Saudi Arabia was one of the poorest countries in the world but the discovery of oil transformed it and Saudi Arabia has amassed $515.6 billion in sovereign wealth funds. It has become the linchpin of a powerful cartel that sometimes rations oil to push up prices.
The United States is now the biggest producer of oil and gas owing to its shale revolution. It has tapped abundant ...
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- The data revolution: privacy, politics and predictive policing
- Runtime
- 24:14
- Date posted
- 8 years ago
- Description
- More than 90% of the world's data appeared in the past two years. From privacy to politics, Facebook to facial recognition – discover the true impact of this data revolution. Film supported by Mishcon de Reya
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Erlanger hospital, Tennessee - the medical staff here are at the forefront of efforts to transform healthcare with data and those efforts could make the difference between life and death.
At many hospitals there can be critical delays in analyzing brain scans. Hours can go by before patients are properly diagnosed and transferred for emergency treatment. But Dr Tom Devlin's team is using a new data-driven tool called Viz.AI. It's machine learning technology quickly draws on fast amounts of medical data gathered from years of research. This hospital is pioneering another data-driven technology that could save lives. Today, Carol will be the world's first patient ...
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- Mapping global gun violence
- Runtime
- 2:36
- Date posted
- 8 years ago
- Description
- El Salvador, Venezuela and Guatemala have the worst gun violence in the world. America's lax firearm laws are adding to their problems.
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Since 1990 the number of gun deaths worldwide has reached 6.5 million. Three quarters of gun deaths occur in just 15 countries.
Latin America is home to some of the world's most violent countries by murder rate. El Salvador, Venezuela, and Guatemala are the top three countries for deaths caused by guns per population. These Latin American countries are marred by corruption, organized crime, and a dysfunctional criminal justice system that further fuels the problem.
The availability of guns in the United States is another concern for these countries. An estimated 200,000 guns a year, that were first sold in the United States, are smuggled over the southern border and used in violent crimes in Latin America and the Caribbean....
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- Plastic pollution: is it really that bad?
- Runtime
- 2:36
- Date posted
- 8 years ago
- Description
- Nine in ten Europeans worry about plastic’s impact on the environment. But plastic is not the worst offender when compared to other kinds of pollution
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- Public enemy: Venezuela's mayor on the run
- Runtime
- 5:36
- Date posted
- 8 years ago
- Description
- Venezuela is on the brink of ruin. The former mayor of Caracas dared to challenge President Nicolas Maduro's authoritarian regime—and was made a public enemy.
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- David Miliband on the future of liberalism
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- 23:55
- Date posted
- 8 years ago
- Description
- At The Economist’s Open Future festival in New York on September 15th 2018, David Miliband, president of the International Rescue Committee and former British Foreign Secretary, was interviewed by Zanny Minton Beddoes, The Economist’s Editor-in-chief.
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- Steve Bannon debate at The Economist #OpenFutures festival
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- 35:08
- Date posted
- 8 years ago
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- At The Economist’s Open Future festival in New York on September 15th 2018, Steve Bannon, former White House chief strategist, was interviewed by Zanny Minton Beddoes, The Economist’s Editor-in-chief
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- Tony Blair on the future of liberalism
- Runtime
- 25:09
- Date posted
- 8 years ago
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- Speaking in London at The Economist’s Open Future festival on September 15th 2018, former British prime minister Tony Blair spoke to Helen Joyce about Brexit, immigration, technology and political participation.
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- Title
- Where does your phone come from?
- Runtime
- 2:30
- Date posted
- 8 years ago
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- Apple is expected to announce its latest handset—the iPhone XS. Like all smartphones it will contain more than 70 chemical elements, which are mined from the Earth's crust in countries all over the world.
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The number of smartphone users globally is set to reach 2.5 billion by 2019. Around a third of the world's population will own one. Smartphones touch every element of our lives but did you know that they also connect nearly every element on the planet. In fact of the 118 elements on the periodic table 75 can be found inside a smartphone.
These raw materials are extracted from the ground and shipped to refineries and factories in a truly global supply chain. Silicon, one of the most common elements in the Earth's crust, is used to make the billions of transistors in the chips that power your phone. Gold is used for electrical wiring, about 0.03g of it in each iPhone....
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- Why do languages die?
- Runtime
- 3:27
- Date posted
- 8 years ago
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- There are more than 7,000 languages. The number of people speaking English, Spanish and Mandarin continues to grow, but every fortnight a langauge will disappear forever. The Economist's language expert Lane Greene explains why.
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I don't speak those languages. In fact very few people do. They're used only by a handful of people, and all those languages are in danger of extinction. There are more than 7,000 languages spoken in the world today but about 1/3 of those have fewer than 1000 speakers and according to UNESCO more than 40% of those languages are in danger of extinction.
In fact every fortnight one of the world's languages disappears forever. When you say dead language many people think of Latin, but Latin actually never died it's been spoken continuously since the time of the Caesars, but it changed very gradually over ...
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- Cocaine: why the cartels are winning
- Runtime
- 2:47
- Date posted
- 8 years ago
- Description
- America spends $40bn a year on the war on drugs. But its “zero tolerance” approach has done little to curb addiction or overdose rates, which are the highest in the world.
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- Can you really fight corruption?
- Runtime
- 3:26
- Date posted
- 8 years ago
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- What does it take to clean up a corrupt state? In one of the European Union's most corrupt countries a prosecutor has taken on the establishment, convicting over 1,000 Romanian officials.
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- Where is the world's most liveable city?
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- 2:56
- Date posted
- 8 years ago
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- Where is the world's most liveable city? The Economist Intelligence Unit has ranked 140 cities based on their liveability. Melbourne, Australia, has been ranked the world's most liveable city for the past seven years but it has lost the top spot to Vienna. See the full report: eiu.com/liveability
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- Africa: Islamic State's next frontier
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- 2:54
- Date posted
- 8 years ago
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- Islamic State has been largely driven out of its territory in the Middle East. But the terrorist organisation's ideology lives on and is taking root in Africa where jihadist violence has increased by 300% since 2010.
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- Romania's last orphanages
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- 8:20
- Date posted
- 8 years ago
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- Over 100,000 children were abandoned in Romania's orphanages during the communist dictatorship of Nicolae Ceausescu. Nearly 30 years on Romania, like most other countries, is closing down the last of them.
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- The changing face of tourism
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- 2:07
- Date posted
- 8 years ago
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- Tourism is one of the biggest industries in the world—and it's rapidly changing. Chinese travellers have overtaken Americans as the biggest spenders and nearly all regions are welcoming more tourists. Except one.
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- Saudi Arabia: open for tourists
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- 5:13
- Date posted
- 8 years ago
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- Saudi Arabia is spending half-a-trillion dollars on coastal resorts and an entertainment complex to try and attract more tourists. It's part of the crown prince's plan to diversify the country's economy away from oil. Will it work?
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- Title
- ABBA star, Bjorn Ulvaeus, on Mamma Mia and Brexit sadness
- Runtime
- 21:00
- Date posted
- 8 years ago
- Description
- Bjorn Ulvaeus, one of the stars of ABBA, sits down with Anne McElvoy, head of Economist Radio, to talk about music, politics and what it is like to hear world-famous actors sing your world-famous songs.
Chapter One: On "Mamma Mia Here We Go Again"
00:06 The Economist asks about what it is like to meet long-standing fans
01:29 The Economist asks why it was right to make a new movie
02:42 The Economist asks if all four members of ABBA need to give permission for a new project
03:01 The Economist asks what it is like to have other people performing ABBA songs
03:58 The Economist asks about the distinctive ABBA sound
04:35 The Economist asks why ABBA is getting back together
05:50 The Economist asks how they are making music to be suited for today
07:06 The Economist asks to hear a line from one of ABBA's new songs
07:38 The Economist asks what topics ABBA wants to deal with in their new music
09:02 The E...
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- Mapping global population and the future of the world
- Runtime
- 2:47
- Date posted
- 8 years ago
- Description
- The world's population has more than doubled since the 1970s. But a booming population is only part of the story—in some places populations are in decline.
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- Tony Blair on Brexit's second referendum
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- 35:42
- Date posted
- 8 years ago
- Description
- Tony Blair, Britain's former Prime Minister, spoke to Anne McElvoy, The Economist's head of radio, for The Economist asks podcast. Timecoded chapters listed below:
Chapter One - Should there be a second Brexit referendum?
3:00 - What would be the route to a second referendum?
5:40 - Did Cameron get it wrong to hold a referendum?
7:38 - Do we ask the electorate again and again until they get it right?
10:38 - You must know what you want the referendum question to be on
11:50 - Norway does satisfy some rules - what is wrong with that?
12:58 - We don’t know how many people who voted for Brexit were hard or soft?
14:00 - What about a second referendum date?
15:25 - Do you have some sympathy with Theresa May's position?
16:34 - Do you advocate delaying article 50?
18:06 - Do you think freedom of movement is in danger?
19:50 - Do you worry a second vote would lead to a popular backlash?
Chapter Two ...
- Title
- Are identity politics dangerous?
- Runtime
- 2:40
- Date posted
- 8 years ago
- Description
- Some fear that politics based on protecting race, religion or other minority groups can threaten the rights of others. How did identity politics emerge and has it gone too far?
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- Putin's Russia and the ghost of the Romanovs
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- 6:16
- Date posted
- 8 years ago
- Description
- Tsar Nicholas II of Russia and his family, the Romanovs, were murdered 100 years ago today by Marxist revolutionaries. What does this anniversary mean for Vladmir Putin?
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- Women and the Saudi revolution
- Runtime
- 7:32
- Date posted
- 8 years ago
- Description
- Saudi Arabia is one of the most conservative countries in the world. But a social revolution has begun. The Economist's editor, Zanny Minton Beddoes takes a road-trip around Riyadh to examine what a more moderate Saudi would mean for its women, and the rest of the world.
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- Can eco-tourism help save the ocean?
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- 9:36
- Date posted
- 8 years ago
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- Indonesia's Coral Triangle is one of the most biodiverse places on the planet, but destructive fishing practices are threatening ocean life. Meet the conservation pioneers who are reviving these waters—bringing species back from the brink of extinction. Film supported by @blancpain
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- How to revive public healthcare
- Runtime
- 4:40
- Date posted
- 8 years ago
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- Britain's National Health Service is facing unprecedented challenges—70 years after it was first created. Lord Ara Darzi is a world-leading surgeon and a former British health minister. This is his prescription for nursing the NHS back to health.
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- Title
- James Comey on emails, the "American giant" and the end of Donald Trump
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- 38:00
- Date posted
- 8 years ago
- Description
- James Comey, former director of the FBI, spoke to Anne McElvoy, The Economist's head of radio, for The Economist asks podcast. Timecoded chapters listed below:
Chapter One - James Comey on border separations
00:40 Economist asks about family separation policy
01:41 Economist asks about Melania Trump's fashion choice
03:11 Economist asks about President Trump's moral fitness
03:49 Economist asks about President Trump's second term
05:24 Economist asks about President Trump's official visit to the UK
07:05 Economist asks about Denuclearisation of Korean peninsula
Chapter Two - James Comey on the FBI investigation
07:25 Economist asks about FBI handling of Hilary Clinton emails
10:53 Economist asks about James Comey's use of private emails
12:57 Economist asks how the FBI investigation impacted the election
14:46 Economist asks about James Comey's political activism
18:14 Economist asks about the t...
- Title
- A softer Brexit is a better Brexit
- Runtime
- 5:20
- Date posted
- 8 years ago
- Description
- Enter the Economist #OpenFuture contest: A minute to change the world. See more here: https://goo.gl/FU4YL4
The Brexit vote took place two years ago. But when Britons voted to leave the EU they had no say in what sort of Brexit they wanted. It has become clear that a softer Brexit is better, and Britain need only look to Norway to see why.
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- Title
- Should we tax the rich more?
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- 2:25
- Date posted
- 8 years ago
- Description
- Taxation is necessary in order to provide public services like roads, education and health care. But as the world's elderly population grows, and the demand for public services increases, countries will need to reassess how they tax. Where should the money come from?
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- Can technology save the rarest creatures on the planet?
- Runtime
- 7:20
- Date posted
- 8 years ago
- Description
- A "Facebook for fish" is being used to try and save the critically-endangered Giant Sea Bass. This is just one of the pioneering experiments being carried out by marine biologist, Douglas McCauley, in his mission to protect ocean life. Film supported by @blancpain
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- Can a cure for diabetes be found through surgery?
- Runtime
- 6:38
- Date posted
- 8 years ago
- Description
- Diabetes is the fastest growing health crisis of our time. Could a common surgical procedure bolster hopes of finding a cure?
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- Sexism and the English language
- Runtime
- 3:12
- Date posted
- 8 years ago
- Description
- Sexism is rife in language. A woman may be described as “bossy”, while a man is more likely to be “assertive”. The Economist's language expert Lane Greene explores the gender stereotypes used in everyday speech.
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- Title
- El Salvador's violent gang members are finding God in prison
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- 9:42
- Date posted
- 8 years ago
- Description
- 18th Street and MS-13 gangs terrorise El Salvador, making it one of the most deadly places on earth. Leaving the gang is not easy—former gangsters face rejection from society and the threat of violence from other gang members and the police. Can religion provide a safe way out?
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- Title
- When thoughts control machines
- Runtime
- 8:06
- Date posted
- 8 years ago
- Description
- Efforts to connect human brains to computers have taken big leaps forward in recent years. Melding our minds with machines could provide the biggest single upgrade to human intelligence since our species evolved. But are we ready?
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- Title
- Has migration gone too far?
- Runtime
- 2:57
- Date posted
- 8 years ago
- Description
- Migrants from the EU into Britian are more likely to be paying taxes than claiming benefits. So why do some people think migration is harmful, and how should this divisive issue be dealt with? The Economist's Emma Hogan offers her thoughts.
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- Title
- Ireland: divided by abortion
- Runtime
- 6:56
- Date posted
- 8 years ago
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- Abortion is banned in Ireland in almost all circumstances, including rape and incest. On May 25th voters will have their say in a referendum that could repeal the ban.
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- Title
- Was Karl Marx right?
- Runtime
- 3:23
- Date posted
- 8 years ago
- Description
- Karl Marx remains surprisingly relevant 200 years after his birth. He rightly predicted some of the pitfalls of capitalism, but his solution was far worse than the disease.
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- Title
- Is Emmanuel Macron the EU's most powerful politician?
- Runtime
- 3:51
- Date posted
- 8 years ago
- Description
- Emmanuel Macron has revolutionised French politics. Now the French president is trying to galvanise the EU and he is having significant impact on the global stage. Has he usurped Angela Merkel as the EU's most powerful political force?
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- Title
- Exploring and protecting the Antarctic
- Runtime
- 6:55
- Date posted
- 8 years ago
- Description
- The Antarctic is one of the least explored places on the planet. For the first time ever a marine biologist has ventured to unexplored parts of the seabed in a submarine. Her discoveries have shocked the scientific community and could pave the way for the biggest no-fishing zone in the world. Film supported by @blancpain
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- Title
- How to solve the refugee crisis
- Runtime
- 4:40
- Date posted
- 8 years ago
- Description
- The refugee crisis is one of the most pressing challenges for the world today: around 1 person in 100 is a refugee. David Miliband, a former British foreign secretary, offers his thoughts on how to solve it.
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- Title
- Liberalism: where did it come from and are its days numbered?
- Runtime
- 4:45
- Date posted
- 8 years ago
- Description
- Liberalism has been the dominant political philosophy in the West for more than 200 years. Populists say liberals are too elite and are out of touch with ordinary people. Here's what you need to know about liberalism and its place in modern society.
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- Title
- How does sci-fi influence the real world?
- Runtime
- 6:15
- Date posted
- 8 years ago
- Description
- Steven Spielberg’s new film “Ready Player One” imagines a future where people live much of their lives in virtual reality. Do science fiction’s predictions of the future ever come true? Yes. And it’s no surprise, given that the tech industry is led by sci-fi fans turning their visions into reality.
If you’re watching this on your phone it is partly thanks to Captain Kirk.
In Star Trek, first broadcast in 1966 he used a pocket-sized device to communicate with his crew.
Martin Cooper, the man who invented the mobile phone says the show was the inspiration for his idea, which launched seven years later.
Amazon founder Jeff Bezos based Alexa, the voice activated speaker on Star Trek’s talking computer.
Sci-fi fan, Elon Musk, is building rockets that he hopes will one day carry people to Mars.
Submarines, helicopters, rockets and touchscreens all appeared in science fiction before becoming science ...
- Title
- How can banks be used to stop human trafficking?
- Runtime
- 29:20
- Date posted
- 8 years ago
- Description
- Human trafficking is devastating for the victims but low-risk for the criminals, whose activities are largely hidden from view. To disrupt it, law enforcement is turning to some unlikely new partners—banks.
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German police raid homes across the country as part of a move to take down an international human trafficking network. It’s the fastest growing crime in the world but sights like this are rare. This is 21st century crime - hard to track, low risk and high reward for the criminal gangs behind it.
Today’s biggest criminals could be trafficking humans, drugs or weapons. The authorities charged with stopping them have found some unlikely new partners - banks.
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- Title
- Putin's games with the West
- Runtime
- 7:40
- Date posted
- 8 years ago
- Description
- As presidential elections take place in Russia, chess grandmaster Garry Kasparov talks about the games President Putin is playing with the West.
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- Title
- How powerful is your passport? | The Economist
- Runtime
- 3:30
- Date posted
- 8 years ago
- Description
- Passports can tell you a lot about a country. Its colour can be a statement of national identity, state religion or international co-operation. But not all passports are equal, with the top passports granting visa-free travel to much of the world. Even weaker passports have their advantages.
#travel #passport #visa #vacation #holiday
00:00 - What does a passport’s colour show?
01:25 - How is a passport’s power measured?
02:24 - The unexpected upsides to weaker passports
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- Title
- Is the pope head of the world's most powerful government?
- Runtime
- 5:00
- Date posted
- 8 years ago
- Description
- Is the pope head of the world's most powerful government? The pope represents over one billion people, his government has a permanent presence at the United Nations and he runs the oldest diplomatic service on earth.
We asked the man behind the Vatican's foreign policy to explain how the world's smallest country could house the world's most influential government
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- Title
- Can conservation save our ocean?
- Runtime
- 27:05
- Date posted
- 8 years ago
- Description
- The ocean is facing its greatest ever challenge—overfishing, pollution and climate change are all threatening the health of a resource on which the whole world depends. How can it be addressed? Film supported by @blancpain
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The crew of this ship is on a mission to try and save one of the most endangered sea creatures on the planet. They’re in the middle of a marine protected area in Mexico - a conservation zone where certain types of fishing are banned.
Local fishermen are poaching a species of fish that is so highly prized in China, they can make tens of thousands of dollars in just one night. With ocean life under threat from overfishing, pollution and climate change, could marine protected areas be the answer?
Near the Mexican fishing town of San Felipe, on the The Upper Gulf of California...
Conservation group, Sea Shepherd is working with the...
- Title
- Can horse taming prevent reoffending?
- Runtime
- 6:20
- Date posted
- 8 years ago
- Description
- This Arizona prison is teaching inmates how to break-in wild horses in the hope that the skills they learn will stop them from reoffending. So far, of the 50 inmates that have taken part, only two have found themselves back behind bars after being released.
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77 percent of prisoners released in America will be back behind bars within five years. Reoffending is one of the biggest problems facing justice systems around the world, and nowhere is this more apparent than in America, a country that has a quarter of all the world’s prisoners.
But can wild horses help?
These men are prisoners and horse whisperers they teach you a lot about relationships hard work, perseverance, patience.
At Arizona State Prison, the inmates trade their handcuffs for horses. They are learning to tame wild mustangs as part of a rehabilition programme. Since it was introd...
- Title
- Russian spies in America, then and now
- Runtime
- 5:29
- Date posted
- 8 years ago
- Description
- Russia is accused of trying to influence the US election, which led to the Trump presidency. In a rare interview one of the Soviet Union’s highest-ranking KGB spies talks about the long-standing practice of subverting Western democracy.
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- Title
- How to stop the ivory trade
- Runtime
- 6:56
- Date posted
- 8 years ago
- Description
- If ivory poaching continues at its current rate the African elephant could be extinct within decades. Science is being used to better map ivory-trafficking routes, but will it be enough to save the iconic animal?
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The African elephant population has been decimated by poaching over the past ten years. If it continues, this iconic animal could be extinct within decades.
Elephants are killed for their ivory. A single tusk can fetch upwards of $4,000 on the black market.
The slaughter is disastrous not just for elephants, but for the stability of African nations. Almost every recent African conflict has been fuelled by money from ivory. But it can be stopped.
In 1989, in an attempt to save the last African elephants, the species was awarded the highest level of protection under the Convention on International Trade in Endangered Species, or CITES.
