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Now playing Next Scenes Watch: Pro-surfer paves the way for disabled students to catch waves in Argentina
Now playing Next Gaza Euroviews. Don’t let bombs distract you from Gaza’s real crisis: imminent social and economic collapse ǀ View When the rockets and bullets fly, as they did two weeks ago, the world suddenly turns its attention to us. There are calls for restraint, but the second the smoke subdues, we are relegated to the back pages where crises that drag on as long as ours seem destined to sit. 03/12/2019
Now playing Next USA Euroviews. Impeachment is marching through the House. Here's why the Senate is another story ǀ View The punchline is that the Constitution, for all of its moments of genius, provides certain elected officials with much discretion in one of its most solemn duties — the decision about whether or not to remove a sitting president. We will now see whether that discretion is abused. 03/12/2019
Now playing Next USA Euroviews. Alan Cumming: As an immigrant, the racism of anti-immigrant rhetoric is palpable ǀ View The idea that if you're pro-immigrant, you're anti-America, and if you're anti-immigration, you are pro-America is completely wrong. 02/12/2019
Now playing Next Norway Euroviews. Depleted fish stocks can’t wait. The EU and Norway need to commit to ending overfishing now ǀ View EU-Norway consultations consistently result in agreements to continue overfishing. This is in no small part due to a bewilderingly flawed approach: by assuming the scientific advice for maximum sustainable catches as a starting point and then negotiating upwards. 02/12/2019
Now playing Next USA Euroviews. Black Friday Amazon deals' costs: Workers' health, climate change and your own taxes ǀ View The e-commerce giant's convenience comes with hidden surcharges: The social cost of its retail dominance manifests in workers’ battered bodies, the mental exhaustion of brutal production quotas, a sprawling carbon footprint and lavish tax subsidies that come out of consumers’ pockets. 29/11/2019
Now playing Next Turkey Euroviews. Turkey is a leading NATO member. It’s time this commitment was recognised, not criticised ǀ View The 70th anniversary of NATO follows both President Emmanuel Macron’s recent comments about the Alliance suffering from a “brain death” and the legacy of last year’s summit, during which tensions were high and questions swirled about NATO’s longevity and utility. 29/11/2019
Now playing Next world news Euroviews. The voices of rural people most affected by the climate crisis are not being heard ǀ View Today, millions of school children are expected to congregate across major cities in the latest round of school climate strikes, fighting for their future. Climate change, however, should not be seen only through the lens of age; it is also about time and space. 29/11/2019
Now playing Next world news Euroviews. Targeting environmental activists with counterterrorism measures is an abuse of the law ǀ View Protecting the endangered Asiatic cheetah. Tweeting a satirical poem. Attending a climate conference. Campaigning against a power plant. These actions hardly conjure images of suicide bombers or coup plotters. Yet, they have been labelled “eco-terrorism,” “extremism,” “threats to national security". 28/11/2019
Now playing Next USA Euroviews. Thanksgiving honors refugees who made a new home in America. Trump's policies do the opposite ǀ View Instead of welcoming asylum seekers with open arms, the president has posited that our country is full. He couldn't be more wrong. 28/11/2019
Now playing Next world news Euroviews. Turning up the heat on vaping regulations to address consumer concerns ǀ View While e-cigarettes are well established in many countries, there are big differences between the way the US regulates vaping compared to other regions like the EU. In addition, to date there are no universal product standards in this relatively new, yet fast-growing product category. 27/11/2019
Now playing Next United Kingdom Euroviews. Brexit: What European businesses should prepare for now ǀ View While Brexit will inevitably affect different areas of any European or global business, if companies can be adaptable, they stand in better stead to weather the storm. While it may be costly now, being prepared for any outcome is the best current approach to an uncertain political climate. 27/11/2019
Now playing Next United Kingdom Euroviews. The enduring power of the hunger strike ǀ View In 2009, some friends came up with a campaigning idea so terrifying that we immediately put it on a shelf where it remained for a decade gathering dust. The idea was to use digital tools and social media to harness the power of the hunger strike on a massive scale. 26/11/2019
Now playing Next Hungary Euroviews. Responding to Judit Varga: Separating facts from propaganda about the rule of law ǀ View Normally, we do not respond to statements from ministers or other representatives of the Orbán regime. Exceptionally, in this instance, we thought it important to counter the misinformation Minister Judit Varga is deliberately spreading. 25/11/2019
Now playing Next USA Euroviews. Hearings reveal extent of damage Trump's inflicted on our national security ǀ View These hearings have laid bare just how crippled the staff, systems and structures designed to protect our country really are. 22/11/2019
Now playing Next Germany Euroviews. Conversion therapy bans are a step forward but LGBTIQ acceptance and inclusion holds the key ǀ View The term “conversion therapy” has been appearing in news headlines increasingly often, most recently when a draft law banning itwas announced in Germany earlier this month by its Minister of Health, Jens Spahn. This is certainly cause for celebration. 22/11/2019
Now playing Next Hungary Euroviews. What happened in the Hungarian media could happen in your country too ǀ View Over the past nine years, public affairs have gradually become the private affairs of people with power, and every relevant law, regulation and practice echoes this shift in perspective. Government officials and politicians treat journalists asking them questions as if we were invading their privacy 21/11/2019
Now playing Next Hungary Euroviews. Klára Dobrev: Rule of law is part of being in the EU. It’s time for dialogue, Viktor Orbán ǀ View The Hungarian government appears not to accept that the rule of law can be a criterion to judge member states. Interestingly, until very recently, they always claimed that Hungary fully adhered to those principles, and that the rule of law worked perfectly in the country. 21/11/2019
Now playing Next USA Euroviews. Given his track record and lack of tact, Donald Trump should leave diplomacy to his diplomats ǀ View One thing is for sure that the present situation will have consequences on the status quo of the US current relations overseas. 20/11/2019
Now playing Next United Kingdom Euroviews. Prince Andrew's gross BBC interview shows how the rich and powerful enable evil ǀ View The silence of good men can allow evil to triumph, but the faux apologies of accused men help normalize it. 20/11/2019
Now playing Next Spain Euroviews. It’s time for Sánchez to sit and talk with Catalan leaders about our future ǀ View The new government will have to take politics out of the courts and go back to the negotiating table where the Catalan government has been waiting for too long. The response of an EU member state to a political problem cannot simply be judicial repression and police violence. 19/11/2019