The World: Recent Episodes
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Australia Network's flagship current affairs program, The World provides in-depth analysis of major news events around the region and the world.
Human rights lawyer Veronica Koman believes the Black Lives Matter campaign has brought is a greater awareness of the plight of Papuans among the Indonesian community than ever before, and she hopes that this too will become a global movement.
As the globe continues to brace for the impact of COVID-19, the Lowy Institute's Jonathan Pryke tells The World about how the disease might play out in the Pacific — and why Australia needs to play a role.
What do we know about the coronavirus, where is it impacting, what are countries doing to stop its spread and should we be worried?
An Australian man, Daniel Ouyang, who is under quarantine in Wuhan in China due to the coronavirus, says he has mixed feelings over the Australian government's plans to evacuate Australians from the area, and that's if he even makes it on a plane out of there.
Professor Judith Baumel-Schwartz talks about why it's important for the world to remember the horrors of the Holocaust, 75 years o n.
As authorities scramble to identify what kind of animal was able to transmit the Coronavirus to humans, Dr Hume Field from EcoHealth Alliance explains to Yvonne Yong the possible sources, and whether the outbreak should be declared an international emergency.
Brendan who lives in the Victorian town of Mallacoota reveals why he's prepared to stay and defend his property amid worsening fire conditions.
Executive director of EU DisinfoLab, Alexandre Alaphilippe, describes how researchers uncovered a global network of pro-Indian web sites designed at influencing Europe.
While Brexit may have been the decisive issue for many voters in the UK Election, Girish Sawlani asks British political analyst Ian Dunt what other issues are on Boris Johnson's agenda.
David Stanton, a researcher at the Centre for Palaeogenetics, explains the significance of finding the perfectly preserved body of a puppy believed to be more than 18,000 years old.
Eric Lai is the deputy convener of the Hong Kong civil human rights front and has had a hand in organising the recent demonstrations there. He talks to Beverly O'Connor on The World about the district council election results.
Bal Kama, a law lecturer at the University of Canberra, says the outcome of the Bougainville referendum is far from certain.
Pro-democracy advocate Claudia Mo hits out at Beijing, after Hong Kong protests escalate to a new level of violence.
Ehud Yaar, an author and Israel-based Lafer International Fellow of the Washington Institute, says Benjamin Netanyahu's looming indictment charges might actually be advantageous for the long time leader's bid to form another unity government.
Paolo Sergio won the World Cup with Brazil in 1994. He's teamed up with son and fellow footballer Luiz Felipe to headline the Tour of Hope, a program which assists and supports local refugee communities and ethnic minorities through local through local soccer programs.
Interim Director of the Future Water research institute at Cape Town University, Dr Kirsty Carden, says South Africans need to reevaluate their water needs, as officials prepare to impose restrictions to avoid a "Day Zero" scenario.
Political and security analyst Richard Heydarian says the death of IS leader Abu Bakr al-Baghdadi has fuelled fears that some Southeast Asian supporters could return to the region, and try to prove the terrorist group is still dangerous.
Journalist, Misha Glenny says the 39 Chinese nationals found dead in a truck in England is a tragic result of a ‘huge business,’ run by ‘organised gangs,’ that makes a ‘small amount of people a hell of a lot of money.'
Astrophysicist and space exploration expert Clare Kenyon says the world's first all-female spacewalk pushes the limits both for gender equality and space technology.
UK Labour leader in European Parliament Richard Corbett says the latest Brexit agreement between the UK and the EU is bad for all parties involved.
Hong Kong student activist, Sunny Cheung says he’s in Australia to implore senior federal politicians to include human rights clauses in the Hong Kong and Australian free trade agreement.
Director of the Peace Research Institute Oslo, Dr Henrik Urdal, explains the decision to award Ethiopian PM Abiy Ahmed the 2019 Nobel Peace Prize, for ending a long-running dispute with neighbouring Eritrea.
Human rights activist Veronica Koman says she will keep reporting on the violence in West Papua, despite receiving constant threats to her life and attempts by the Indonesian government to discredit her.
Fashion Revolution founder Orsola De Castro explains why the once popular brand is now filing for bankruptcy, and closing almost half of its stores.
It's been five years since 43 students from a teacher-training college went missing in Mexico, in a case that journalist Stephen Woodman says has 'always been seen as a state crime'.