Wednesday, November 15, 2017
World's Top Drug Trafficking Drug Lord | Saudi Prince Documentary | Amazing TV
Tuesday, November 14, 2017
Saudi Arabia and Iran: Will They Go to War? - BBC News
I Knew Khomeini - Featured Documentary
Forced exile empowered Khomeini even further, providing him with the freedom to speak out against Iran's ruling élite. "He became the main speaker of the opposition inside Iran... he was continuously attacking the Shah's brutality and because of that he gained the popular support of the people," says Ebrahim Yazdi, who was Iran's deputy prime minister in 1979.
The charismatic religious scholar managed to overthrow one of the strongest and most oppressive régimes in the world - and set Iran on a collision course with the West. But who was Ayatollah Khomeini and what is his legacy? Al Jazeera spoke to those who knew the man behind a revolution that shook the world. This documentary was originally broadcast on Al Jazeera English in January 2009
Frontline: The Saudi Time Bomb
Qatar Emir Says Country Will Thrive Despite Blockade
Saudi Arabia, the United Arab Emirates, Bahrain and Egypt severed ties with Qatar in June and imposed a land, sea and air blockade.
Al Jazeera's Hashem Ahelbarra reports from Doha.
Monday, November 13, 2017
PBS Frontline - Saudi Arabia Uncovered
Sunday, November 12, 2017
Saudi's 'War on Lebanon' Backfires
Saturday, November 11, 2017
New Details On Robert Mueller's Investigation Of Michael Flynn | The 11th Hour | MSNBC
Friday, November 10, 2017
On Asia Trip, Trump Met by Protests Calling on U.S. to Open Diplomatic Relations with North Korea
Thursday, November 09, 2017
Islam Unveiled - Real Stories
This major series takes the viewer on a dazzling ride across four continents and fourteen centuries, embarking both on a journey of the heart and a quest of the intellect. It is a quest that reveals surprising truths about women’s lives in the Muslim world today, and traces back to their cultural roots beliefs and practices that to many Westerners seem cruel and archaic.
Wednesday, November 08, 2017
Houston after Hurricane Harvey - Fault Lines
In August 2017, one trillion gallons of water fell on the Houston area over a four-day period - by far the most rainfall in US history. More than 70 people died, and thousands of people lost their homes.
Hurricane Harvey hit everyone in the area. But now that the water has receded, will there be an equal recovery?
A month after Harvey hit - after the media moved on to new stories - Fault Lines travelled to Houston, Texas - which is one of the most diverse but segregated cities in the US - to see if the storm will deepen the city's social and economic divide.
How Saudi Arabia Financed Global Terror
New Saudi Power Grab Follows Big Losses
Inside Story: Is the Saudi Crown Prince a Reformist or Power-hungry?
The element of power – most of those arrested are men of influence. And an element of uncertainty, is this about purging corruption or consolidating power?
The man behind it all: Crown Prince Mohammed bin Salman has been a figure of controversy for months now. He is regarded as a progressive leader, touting social and economic reforms. But critics say MBS, as he's known, is also power-hungry. Over the course of two years, he went from being third in line to the throne, to first.
But what risks is the Crown Prince running? And can he meet the many challenges he faces both at home and in the region?
Presenter: Jane Dutton; Guests: Joseph Kechichian, Senior Fellow at the King Faisal Center for Research & Islamic Studies; Andreas Krieg, Assistant Professor at the Defense Studies Department at King's College London; Nicholas Noe, Editor in Chief of MideastWire dot com
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Jim Phillips Explains What's Happening in Saudi Arabia
Q&A: How the Crown Prince of Saudi Arabia’s Views on Islam, Economy Could Change Country »
Tuesday, November 07, 2017
Iran 1979: Legacy of a Revolution - Featured Documentary
So how has the revolution managed to sustain itself through war, international isolation, economic sanctions, and regional turbulence? And how has Iranian society changed since the seismic upheaval of 1979?
Rageh Omaar went to Iran to find out. This film was first broadcast in August 2009.
View from Iran: The Debate - Saudi Power Struggle
Tariq Ramadan Takes Leave from Oxford after Rape Allegations
The Link Between Saudi Prince's Power Grab and DC Corruption
Integration, Glaubenswandel - Anforderungen an die Kirchen | Passauer Neue Presse
Hamed Abdel-Samad: Der politische Islam lebt von der Kluft
Monday, November 06, 2017
Saudi Arabia Arrests 4 Ministers and 11 Princes
Sunday, November 05, 2017
Dozens Princes and Businessmen Arrested in Anti-corruption Bid
Saturday, November 04, 2017
Moscow's Empire - Rise and Fall | DW Documentary
After the fall of the Iron Curtain, former Soviet nations had to deal with a chaotic period marked by military conflicts and the search for new national identities and a new self-awareness. The four-part documentary ‘Moscow’s Empire’ looks for answers to these developments, and provides a variety of perspectives on life in the former Soviet block countries - from the people who have experienced events first hand and, in some cases, shaped them.
President Donald Trump Is Obstructing Justice In Plain Sight | All In | MSNBC
Ex-Watergate Lawyer: Russia Probe Heading 'Right Toward' Donald Trump | The Last Word | MSNBC
Friday, November 03, 2017
Yanis Varoufakis on Global Capitalism & How Trump’s Tax Plan Is Class War against the Poor
Economist Yanis Varoufakis on Nazi Resurgence in Europe & Why ”ISIS Loves Donald Trump”
Saudi Arabia’s Crown Prince Salman Vows to Do More to Stop Extremism
Thursday, November 02, 2017
NYC Terror: CIA Insider Slams Diversity Visa Program
Putin in Tehran Speaks of Cooperation on Syria and Nuclear Deal
Iran's supreme leader has told Russia's president they must step up cooperation to isolate the US and help stabilise the Middle East.
Moscow has stood by Tehran after US President Donald Trump threatened to abandon the Iran nuclear deal.
Al Jazeera's Zein Basravi reports from Tehran.
Trump Scapegoats Immigrants, Calls to End Diversity Visa Lottery That Brought Saipov to US in 2010
"We're Surrounded by the Craziest People" | Conflict Zone | DW English (November 2015)
German IS Fighters - Despairing Parents | DW English
Lithuania's Dark Past | DW English
Mika Brzezinski: Listen to What President Trump Said about the Legal System | Morning Joe | MSNBC
Manhattan Attack: Suspect Requests ISIS Flag in Hospital, Trump Asks for Death Penalty
Wednesday, November 01, 2017
'I May Have Fallen below High Standards We Require,' Says Michael Fallon as He Resigns
What Next for Catalonia? | DW English
The Science of Aging - Waiting for Immortality | DW Documentary
This film investigates the prospects of eternal life. Some of the methods being investigated are rather unusual. In the US, scientists are experimenting with cryonics, a method where the human body is frozen in liquid nitrogen. And, at the Swiss Federal Institute of Technology Lausanne, researchers are working assiduously on the potential fusion of humans and robots - how human consciousness can be transferred to a virtual world and thus sustained forever.
Opinion is split. Controversial age researcher Aubrey de Gray thinks it should be possible to see life expectancy increase dramatically in the near future, perhaps even by as much as a thousand years. But philosopher Stephen Cave on the other hand confronts us with the question of whether we can ever really escape mortality.
Did John Kelly Attend History Class?
Fault Lines - Hate in Trump's America
The most recent and high-profile manifestation of this was in August in Charlottesville, Virginia when a white supremacist drove his car through a crowd of anti-racist demonstrators, killing a young woman and injured dozens of others during a rally by various far-right groups. Fault Lines examines how hate is playing out across Trump’s America and the toll it is taking on communities across the country.
Robert Spencer on Ingraham Angle on the NYC Truck Jihad Massacre
Martin Luther, the Reformation and the Nation | DW Documentary
He managed to awaken a national spirit in Germans and become someone they identified with. ‘Holy Roman Empire of the German Nation’ was what the territories in central Europe were called in the 15th century. It was the era of the Habsburg ruler Charles V, who saw himself as ruler by God’s grace and defender of Christian unity. In 1521, he said that the sun never set in his empire, which stretched from Latin America in the west to central Europe and to the Philippines in the east. The German territories were just one of his realms, and powerful princes defended their own interests here. Secular and religious power was still based on the Christianity of the Roman church. But many saw the Reformation as an opportunity to distance themselves from Rome and the Emperor, and to improve their standing in the political power structure of the day. Unlike the Habsburg emperor Charles V, who didn’t even speak German, Luther grew to become someone the people identified with, and he became hugely popular. The reformer was one of the first major figures to explicitly play the German card and appeal to national sentiment: one of his missives said, "Why should the Germans put up with robbery and oppression imposed by foreigners?” Luther’s translation of the Bible into German was an important step in forming a German identity, but the Reformation left Germany divided along religious lines.
1917 Balfour Declaration: How 67 Words Changed the Course of Palestinian History
In the letter, Balfour expressed his support for "the establishment in Palestine of a national home for the Jewish people".
The declaration, which is only 67 words long, is widely celebrated by Israelis. But Palestinians regard it as a betrayal which triggered the colonisation of their land.
Al Jazeera's Barnaby Phillips explains.
Tuesday, October 31, 2017
After Indictments, Where Is RussiaGate Headed?
Activists Acquitted in Effort to Prevent British Fighter Jet Delivery to Saudi Arabia
Monday, October 30, 2017
The Prelude to the Russian Revolution of 1917
Madrid Stuck in the Past with Idea of Unity above All Else – Catalan MEP
The Ottoman Empire - Demise of a Major Power (1/2) | DW Documentary
The Ottoman Empire extended across three continents and the seven seas. Over the hundred years from Greek independence in 1830 to the Balkan Wars of 1912 and 1913, the Ottoman Empire withdrew from Europe for good after a presence in the Balkans lasting almost 500 years. The shared past is often downplayed by national historians, but the Balkan states are strongly influenced by the complexities of Christian, Muslim and Jewish peoples living together, says Mark Mazower from Columbia University. It was more of a ‘side by side’ existence based on the Ottoman Empire’s "millet” system, where non-Muslims enjoyed the protection of the sultan but had to pay special taxes in return. Over the course of the 19th century, the region’s religious identities slowly became clear national ones; people now saw themselves as Serbs, Greeks, Armenians and Bulgarians. This rising nationalism, along with attempts by the major European powers to get their hands on the region’s resources and the inability of the Ottoman Empire to implement reforms, brought about the end of Ottoman rule in Europe. Using rare picture and film footage and with contributions by international historians, this two-part documentary analyses the last century of the Ottoman Empire and tries to understand its demise.
Heroin Addiction in the USA | DW Documentary
Jacob Talbott is on the front lines of the U.S.'s war on drugs. He's a police officer in his home town, East Liverpool, Ohio. Overdoses are part of daily life here. On his patrols, Officer Talbott might encounter former schoolmates who have become addicts. He says drugs have destroyed the community. East Liverpool is no exception. Entire regions are being inundated with opioids: heroin and synthetic or designer drugs like fentanyl. Millions of Americans, especially from the rural white middle classes, are struggling with addiction. Drug abuse claimed over 64,000 lives in 2016 alone - more than twenty drug-related deaths per 100,000 people. DW-Reporter Alexandra von Nahmen rode along with police officers in East Liverpool as they waged war on drugs.
Sunday, October 29, 2017
Catalonian Independence Opens 40-Year-Old Wounds
Inside Putin's Russia
Robert Spencer: Pope Francis, the Pope of Islam
Saturday, October 28, 2017
Inside Story: What Happens Next in Catalonia?
In less than 24 hours Catalonia has declared independence and Spain has responded by stripping the region of its autonomy and taking control of its government and police. The Spanish prime minister dismissed Catalan's leaders including Carles Puigdemont. Mariano Rajoy called for a snap election in the region on December 21. And handed over Catalonia's reins to Spain's deputy prime minister, Soraya Saenz de Santamaria. But will that simply exacerbate Catalans’ ambitions to split.
Presenter: Patty Culhane | Guests: Enric Ucelay-da Cal - Senior Professor emeritus at University of Barcelona; Daniel Gasconid - Spanish writer and political analyst; Luk Van Langenhove - senior researcher at the Institute for European Studies
Saint Helena - A Remote Island in the Atlantic | DW Documentary
It’s like the end of the world in the middle of the Atlantic. Five days, with a northwesterly course, and only then do the sheer black cliffs appear in front of RMS St. Helena. The island’s 45000 residents are often waiting impatiently for the ship’s arrival and panic if the schedule changes. Director Thomas Denzel and his team went on the journey to Saint Helena and met the people living on the island. Many of the residents are descendants of people who were sent into exile there by the British crown - the most famous among them, the French Emperor Napoleon. This is a report about life at the end of the world, loneliness, unique vegetation, and a very special journey.
Saddam Hussein: 'I Knew Saddam'
Saddam Hussein was born into humble beginnings, but his straightforward, brutal efficiency eventually propelled him to power. By 1979 he had absolute control of Iraq, and had become a prominent figure on the world stage.
I Knew Saddam was first broadcast on Al Jazeera English in 2007.
Alastair Campbell vs The Archbishop of Canterbury: Alastair Does God | GQ Politics | British GQ
Friday, October 27, 2017
British Government Wants to Criminalize Web Use
Could Saudi Arabia Be the Next Dubai? - BBC Newsnight
Science Myths and Health Misconceptions | DW Documentary
There are many misconceptions about what is healthy and what is unhealthy. Insight is a constant process: what was accepted as true yesterday could be scientifically refuted today. But how do myths become embedded, even in the scientific community? Why can’t we simply replace old insights with new ones? Everything from methodological errors to manipulation can play a role. New myths aren’t just created in spite of science, but sometimes even with its help. One example: detoxing is a very popular myth at the moment. Removing toxins from the body is based on an understanding of medicine dating back to the early 20th Century. But modern medical experts say this notion of a build-up of toxins is nonsense. So why is it so hard to debunk the detox myth when it has no scientific basis? Dr. Lilian Krist, an epidemiologist at the Charité Hospital in Berlin says: "People want to believe in something. For many, these diet hypes and lifestyle trends have become a substitute religion." New studies often throw up more questions than answers and more room for wrong interpretations - or even deliberately false conclusions. Once wrong information has become embedded in our brains, it’s difficult to get rid of again. Cognitive psychologist Ullrich Ecker has discovered that established myths people have believed in for generations are incredibly resilient. There’s even a boomerang effect: the more we try to destroy a myth, the more people believe in it.
10 Minutes: Saudi Arabia's New Crown Prince
Thursday, October 26, 2017
Inside Story: Can the Crown Prince Change Saudi Culture?
At a conference this week in Riyadh, the prince made headlines by calling for the Kingdom to "return to moderate Islam." He suggested that his country's embrace of a particularly strict version of Islam, was a reaction to Iran's 1979 revolution. But questions are being asked as to whether the prince will be able to push his reforms through the country's conservative bureaucracy and religious establishment.
At the same time he's spending $2tn on the 'Vision 2030' plan which seeks to lessen the country's dependence on oil revenue. Will Mohammed Bin Salman be successful in both, or even just one of these ambitious projects?
Presenter: Martine Dennis | Guests: Abdullah al-Shayji - Chair, Political Science Department, Kuwait University; Yasemin Saib - Saudi Activist; Jane Kinninmont - Deputy Head, Middle East & North Africa Programme, Chatham House, London
Wednesday, October 25, 2017
Tuesday, October 24, 2017
Catalan Companies Are Leaving Catalonia and Other World Stories | DW Documentary
Donald Tusk Suggests Brexit Could Be Halted
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