US President Donald Trump has tested positive for Covid-19, sending stock futures in the US plummeting and creating uncertainty on the world markets. Investors were already on edge ahead of US jobs data coming out later...
A new crop: The rise of women winemakers
In this special edition, we head to the Loire Valley in France where female winemakers are beginning to make their mark while our Beijing correspondent meets the Chinese women breathing new life into the vineyards of...
Macron unveils anti-separatism bill aimed at promoting secularism
President Emmanuel Macron on Friday outlined new legislation aimed at groups considered hostile to France and French values. The anti-separatism bill has widespread support, though critics say it is a bid to court the...
Kenya: sexual violence survivors lose faith in the justice system
Tonight’s show focuses on Kenya and its efforts to boost the visibility, support and opportunities available to women. Recently the country’s top judge advised President Uhuru Kenyatta that parliament should...
‘I was not a criminal’: The model who fled Iran’s morality police to seek refuge in France
When Iranian fashion and underwear model Negzzia learnt that Iran’s Revolutionary Guards were onto her for allegedly spreading anti-Islamic culture, she knew she had to get out. She travelled first to Turkey, then...
Covid-19 diagnosis throws Trump’s re-election campaign into disarray
President Donald Trump’s positive coronavirus test has undermined his repeated claims that the US is “rounding the turn” in its handling of the pandemic, with just one month to go before the November 3...