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32'
Spain: More Than a Kiss
Spain - 2025
In the aftermath of Spain’s 2023 Women’s World Cup victory, a kiss from football chief Luis Rubiales to star Jenni Hermoso sparked outrage and triggered Spain's "Me Too" moment. Rubiales, charged with sexual assault and coercion, faces trial in Madrid. But his actions are part of a larger, toxic culture of misogyny in Spanish football. In this episode of Foreign Correspondent former players, including Alexia Putellas and Laia Codina, share their bittersweet World Cup experience as they hope this reckoning will change the future for women in the sport. The ABC’s Europe Correspondent Kathryn Diss talks to the football stars who were there on the night, including two-time Ballon d’or winner Alexia Putellas and up and coming Arsenal star Laia Codina.
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17'
Homecoming: Gaza's Ruins and Reunions
Palestinian Territory, Occupied - 2025
As soon as the Netzarim crossing was opened by the Israelis, hundreds of thousands of people began their journey towards the north of the Gaza Strip. In wheelchairs, with crutches, the elderly, and children: all heading back home. But what is left there?
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25'
Syria’s Last Chapter: Hope in Idlib
Syrian Arab Republic - 2025
In Syria’s last opposition-held territory, the streets are full of refugees fleeing brutal attacks by both Russian and Syrian regime forces. Al Jazeera profiles Imad, a young man remaining in Idlib with his family doing his best to support those around him.
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25'
Divided Taiwan
Taiwan - 2025
Following tensions between Taiwan and China, 25-year-old Carey Chang joins civil defence classes and starts training in firearms. Like hundreds of young people, Carey is learning skills she believes she needs to defend herself in the event of a Chinese invasion. But Carey’s father, Mr Hu, thinks she is wasting her time. While Carey advocates for Taiwan’s independence, she listens to friends and family who believe Taiwan and China should work towards a path of reunification if both sides want peace. As Carey reflects upon their views, she questions whether she should continue preparing for a day she hopes will never arrive.
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25'
Forced to Flee South Lebanon
Lebanon - 2025
When 26-year-old Hussein Bassal chose to be a video journalist, he never imagined he would be documenting his own family’s journey through displacement. Between south Lebanon and Beirut, he covers Israel’s ongoing war on his country, capturing exclusive footage, despite safety threats and the devastation caused by continuous bombings. Beyond telling the stories of those displaced by the war, Hussein’s mission is deeply personal. He aims to capture and preserve Lebanon’s day-to-day life for his nephews and niece, who are forced to flee Lebanon and leave their lives behind.
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13'
Syria, The Cost of Freedom
Syrian Arab Republic - 2025
Syria's rebels surprised the world by toppling Bashar al-Assad in a matter of days.The HTS coalition must now take back the reins of power and make Syria work, despite the different fronts they present. This report explores the challenges they now face.
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25'
Life on the Migrant Barge
United Kingdom - 2025
Living on a UK migrant barge, Salah, a Somali asylum seeker in his mid-twenties, lives on the Bibby Stockholm barge in Portland, United Kingdom, alongside 411 other men. As he waits for a Home Office interview, his small, shared room becomes a battleground for depression.
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25'
Exploited in South Korea
North Korea - 2025
For decades, South Korea prided itself on being a mono-ethnic country. Until the late 1980s, the nation tightly controlled immigration, largely keeping foreigners out. But facing the world’s lowest fertility rate and a dramatic population decline, South Korea is opening up. The country is now letting in record-high numbers of foreign workers to fill labour shortages and fuel economic growth. Yet migrants often face exploitation and deadly working conditions. 101 East asks if South Korea is ready to embrace its growing diversity.
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25'
Wombs for Hire
Philippines - 2025
In the Philippines, women are renting out their wombs. Driven by poverty, young women are offering themselves up as surrogates for those unable to bear children, but the practice is considered taboo in this predominantly Catholic nation. Clinics offering surrogacy services are also breaking the law, with false documents being created to circumvent issues surrounding parentage.
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25'
The Return: How Trump’s Border Policies Tore a Fam
United States - 2025
When the controversial US family separation policy is implemented at the border, 12-year-old Geovanny is taken from his father and held in detention for six months. Geovanny is eventually reunited with his family in Guatemala, but he is no longer the same. Once a star student, he drops out of school. His father, weighed down by the debt from their failed attempt to reach the US, fears losing his land and possibly his life. But an unexpected call from the US holds the promise to change everything. This story of one family, filmed over six years, reveals the human effect of shifting immigration policies in the US.