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Why Belgium is now the cocaine capital of Europe
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With record seizures of cocaine at Belgian ports, the country has become Europe’s cocaine-trafficking capital. As the flow of drugs increases, local authorities are struggling with corruption and violence.
00:00 – Antwerp: Europe’s cocaine trafficking capital
01:48 – How much cocaine gets seized?
03:18 – Why do traffickers choose the port of Antwerp?
05:54 – The entrepreneurial Balkan mafias
07:35 – How do cocaine mafias make a profit?
08:16 – Customs corruption
11:54 – How can Belgium halt its cocaine trade?
13:43 – Can legalising drugs help?
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Climate change: can money stop deforestation?
2022-11-01
Rampant deforestation has driven economic growth, but accelerates climate change. How do you put a price on trees, to make them worth more alive than dead?
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00:00 – Can money grow on trees?
00:55 – What Costa Rica can teach us
01:52 – Down with the trees: rapid deforestation around the world
03:15 – Why tree-planting schemes aren’t always the answer
04:24 – Paying for existing trees: carbon credits
06:38 – How to finance the restoration of forests
08:10 – What are Payments for Environmental Services?
09:31 – Swapping to sustainable returns
10:40 – Is focusing on economic growth the problem?
11.50 – Why world leaders need to decarbonise the economy
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CCP Congress: what will Xi do next?
2022-10-17
What’s it like to attend the Chinese Communist Party’s most important political meeting? Our correspondent, who was at the opening of the 20th National Congress, explains what it was like and what we might learn about Xi Jinping’s plans for China’s future in the coming days
00:00 – What is the Chinese Communist Party congress?
00:38 – Our correspondent’s journey
01:50 – Xi Jinping’s speech
02:55 – What else is on the agenda?
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Brazil elections: the enduring threat of Bolsonaro
2022-10-15
President Jair Bolsonaro, the Trump of the Tropics, has undermined democracy, drummed up division and inspired cult-like devotion from his followers. Whether he is re-elected or not, the right-wing populist movement he has unleashed is unlikely to go away.
00:00 – The appeal of Bolsonaro
01:02 – Bolsonaro’s power in Congress
03:20 – Bolsonaro and the gun lobby
05:39 – Bolsonaro’s impact on the environment
07:42 – Bolsonaro’s appeal to evangelical christians
09:19 – How Bolsonaro has weakened democracy
11:10 – What will happen if Bolsonaro loses?
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How the Mexican cartels are making profits now
2022-10-06
Mexican cartels and criminals are the leading producers of illegal synthetic drugs. This shift is fuelling the latest phase in America’s opioid crisis.
00:00 – The growing market of illicit synthetic drugs
01:05 – Mexico’s booming production of illegal fentanyl
02:22 – The third wave of America’s opioid crisis
03:56 – What are the costs of illicit fentanyl production?
04:53 – How is illegal fentanyl manufactured?
05:33 – What is China’s role?
06:51 – How dangerous is producing fentanyl?
07:53 – Why have cartels turned to fentanyl?
09:33 – Why are fentanyl pills so popular?
11:39 – The gig economy and illicit drug production
12:51 – How is fentanyl production democratising Mexico’s drug market?
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War in Ukraine: Putin’s speech analysed
2022-09-23
On September 21st Vladimir Putin announced the partial mobilisation of 300,000 Russian reservists to strengthen his forces in Ukraine and warned he would use all weapons at his disposal—chillingly warning, “this is not a bluff”. Our experts discuss how far he’s willing to go.
Taiwan: will there be war?
2022-08-16
The uneasy status-quo between China and Taiwan, which has existed for seven decades, is looking more fragile than ever. Is war inevitable?
00:00 – Threat to Taiwan’s peace
00:38 – Are we closer to war?
01:47 – China’s growing power
03:01 – Taiwan’s allies
03:45 – Taiwanese public opinion
04:45 – Rising threat of war
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