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USA - Black Lives Matter

Reporter: Sally Sara

Sally Sara takes to the streets of Baltimore and Chicago to investigate a reawakened civil rights movement that�s fighting to stop the killing of black Americans.

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Climate change

Global - How to Save the World

As key climate talks get under way in Paris, Eric Campbell explores potential solutions to global warming � from thermal power in Costa Rican jungles to giant North Sea wind farms and California�s solar start-ups.

Ukraine - Republic of Nowhere

It�s the war the world forgot. At Europe�s side door nearly 8000 people have been killed and 1.5 million have fled their homes. Correspondent Matt Brown reports from devastated eastern Ukraine.

PNG - Dr Dim Dim

Carpenter Barry Kirby�s life turned upside down when he chanced upon a young woman dying on a bush road in PNG. The Australian tradie became a doctor with a mission: saving women�s lives in the wilds of Papua New Guinea. Foreign Correspondent joins him on his island rounds.

India - Tashi and the Monk

In the foothills of the Himalayas, a brave social experiment is taking place. Eight years ago a former Buddhist monk set up a safe haven for abandoned and troubled children, providing a permanent home where children can receive a good education and learn to live happily and compassionately. But the newest charge, a traumatised little girl called Tashi, is his toughest challenge so far. Will the love and compassion of the community be enough to overcome the suffering in Tashi�s past?

The Trump Show

USA - The Trump Show

Hire him or fire him? Donald Trump was supposed to crash and burn but he is streaking ahead of his rivals in the race for the Republican presidential nomination. Emma Alberici asks why the bombastic billionaire is defying the pundits.

Spain - Yes, We Can!

Sally Sara meets the grass roots, social media-driven activists who are turning politics on its head in Spain. Now that they�ve got the power, what will they do with it?

Cuba - Neighbours

In Havana, you can feel the change in the air. For the first time in decades, young Cubans aren�t just hoping for a better future. They�re sure it�s coming.

With the US poised to lift its 55 year trade embargo, reporter Eric Campbell tells the remarkable story of how one American farming family befriended Fidel Castro and helped end Cuba�s isolation.

Tales of a City

China - Tales of a City

A diving stock market, a wobbling economy and a new security crackdown: where is China heading? Tapping into voices you�ve never heard, Stephen McDonell reports on the changing face of the superpower.

Greste Homecoming

Egypt / Australia - The Homecoming

�Welcome home and welcome to paradise� � Juris Greste to his son Peter With the beaming grin of a newly freed man, Peter Greste strode from his plane into the arms of his family. Hugs, kisses, tears� then a flurry of mock punches from his mum and his nephews. Peter Greste�s own story of his joyful homecoming after 400 days in an Egyptian jail � and the tense build-up to the final verdict on terrorism charges.

My Fight for Freedom

Egypt / Australia - My Fight for Freedom

�So our arrest is not a mistake, and as a journalist this IS my battle. I can no longer pretend it�ll go away by keeping quiet and crossing my fingers.� - Peter Greste�s first letter from prison. For the first time, journalist Peter Greste reports his own story: the fabricated terrorism charges, his 400 days in Egyptian jails, and the long hard fight for freedom of speech.

The Emerald Aisle

Ireland - The Emerald Aisle

While Australia agonises over whether to let same sex couples marry, conservative Ireland has come out with a resounding "I do". Sally Sara journeys across Ireland to discover why this deeply Catholic country became the first in the world to say yes to gay marriage in a popular vote.

Odyssey

Greece - Odyssey

Every night they land in flimsy rubber boats, trudging ashore drenched and exhausted. It�s a short trip across the sea from Turkey to Kos, in easternmost Greece, but for these people the journey began much further away - in Syria, Iraq, Afghanistan or Pakistan.

Saving Mary Jane

The Philippines - Saving Mary Jane

With just minutes to spare, mother-of-two Mary Jane Veloso escaped the firing squad that executed Australia�s Andrew Chan and Myuran Sukumaran. How was she saved - and will she make it home to her children? Zoe Daniel reports.

When Attenborough Met Obama

USA - When Attenborough Met Obama

In this unique encounter the world�s most powerful man, US President Barack Obama, interviews the world�s most acclaimed naturalist, Sir David Attenborough, about the world�s most critical environmental issues: climate change, energy and population growth.

N.B. This program will be repeated once on ABC-TV at 11.25am, Wednesday July 1. Unfortunately, due to copyright restrictions the program is not available for viewing on this website, but viewers in Australia can see it on iview until July14.

About a Boy

India - About a Boy

How do you find one small child in a country of more than a billion people? Armed with just a birth date - not even a name - reporter Samantha Hawley goes on a quest for a twin boy who was born through a surrogacy deal in New Delhi. His Australian parents chose to take his twin sister back home - leaving him behind.

Education Gangnam Style

South Korea - Education Gangnam Style

Education has powered South Korea's stunning economic success. A country once shackled by mass illiteracy now tops academic league tables. But as North Asia Correspondent Matthew Carney reports, its stressed out students also rank as the unhappiest in the developed world.

The Cost of Living

Syria - The Cost of Living

In a two month spree last year ISIS terrorists brutally executed five westerners after holding them captive for months and some for years. Three were American, two were British. In this report, one of the hostages French photo-journalist Nicolas H�nin tells how he survived 10 months as a hostage of the terrorists while five of his fellow captives were taken away and beheaded. Reporter Jonathan Holmes examines the agonising dilemma: whether governments should have paid ransoms to save their lives.

Slaves to the Beautiful Game

Qatar - Slaves to the Beautiful Game

Qatar�s triumphant bid for the 2022 World Cup is under fire not just because of the FIFA corruption scandal. As Eric Campbell reports, the wealthy emirate stands accused of being a slave state through its harsh treatment of workers building its multi-billion dollar World Cup facilities.

Let There Be Light

India - Let There Be Light

An entrepreneurial culture is flourishing in the grim slums of India. Lives are being changed by an Australian enterprise that provides jobs as well as clean energy to some of the poorest people on the planet. In the slums of Bangalore, South Asia correspondent Stephanie March finds that from little things, big things can grow.

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20 Years of Foreign Correspondent

Catch our 20th Anniversary program along with segments from some of the stories we've covered since 1992 and recollections from George Negus, Jennifer Byrne and Tony Jones.

Producer's Notes

26/11/2015

Foreign Correspondent Returns

Foreign Correspondent is back on air tonight at 8.30pm, with a series of 1 hour specials, beginning with Eric Campbell's report on tackling climate change.

On December 7 Sally Sara takes to the streets of Baltimore and Chicago to investigate a reawakened civil rights movement that�s fighting to stop the killing of black Americans.

Stephen McDonell presents his farewell report for the ABC on December 14, looking at the spectacular changes that have swept China during his 10 years there � and the untold sequels to some of the big stories he�s covered.

And on December 21 Mark Corcoran asks if the digital information age is making foreign correspondents redundant � and whether the information blizzard make us better informed. So stay in touch with us here, and on Twitter or on Facebook.

15/09/2015

Dr Dim Dim


To find out more about Dr Barry Kirby or how you can help support the women of PNG, visit The Hands of Rescue or Send Hope. For information on the general health situation in PNG - World Health Organization report.

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