In the Philippines, women get deployed abroad to work as domestic workers or nannies. Leaving their own children behind, throwing themselves into the unknown. In one of the many training centers dedicated to domestic work that can be found in the Philippines, a group of trainees are getting ready to face both homesickness and the possible abuses lying ahead. During role playing exercises, they brings to light the question of modern servitude in our globalized world, while emphasizing these women’s determination and their sisterhood.

距离北京约40公里的廊坊市，是中国空气污染最严重的城市之一。地方政府承受巨大的政治压力，当地的环保局官员尝试努力扭转局面，务求整治长期的雾霾与工业废气问题。他们勒令钢铁厂关闭，又派出调查队追究污染制造者，并出动洒水车治霾，惟成效不彰。中国政府的严厉环保政策，包括处分不达标城市的市长，让环保局人员举步维艰。究竟该如何平衡政府、业界与受影响劳工的利益呢？ 

Langfang, about 40 kilometers from Beijing, is one of the most air-polluted cities in China. The local environmental protection bureau are working hard to change this. There’s intense pressure from the leadership in Beijing, and far-reaching measures are needed to combat the fog laced with smoke and exhaust fumes that regularly blankets the city. The steel mill has to close down, teams of inspectors visit environmental offenders, and spray trucks attempt to curb the smog. The Chinese government’s strict environmental policy, which includes imposing sanctions on the mayors who are responsible, puts the employees of the environmental protection bureau in a difficult position. How do you navigate between the divergent interests of government, industry and employees affected by the policy?

1992 was the year described by the Queen as her “Horribilus” - Three of her children in one year decided to end their marriages and the fire in her beloved Windsor Castle. But that all seems to have been superseded by the tide of scandals in the past year. Prince Phillips’ car crash. Unprecedented division across United Kingdom, caused by Brexit. The ongoing scandal of Prince Andrew and his friendship with convicted paedophile Jeffrey Epstein. And the rift between her grandsons Harry and William, Harry and Meghan acrimoniously quitting the Royal family entirely. The Queen once again experienced a disaster-ridden year.

在南韩，色情片属违禁物品，一种叫「Mol-ka」的公众场所偷拍行为应运而生。受害人自杀的个案数字不断上升之际，犯罪集团已发展出工业级运作模式，贩卖以隐蔽摄录机偷拍一般人的私密画面，以供他人当作色情片观看。配以当地随手可得的先进科技，罪犯甚至可以进行偷拍直播，并在转瞬间将影片发布至四周。执法者及民间打击偷拍的团体，能否追上不断进化的犯罪手法呢？

Pornograpy is illegal in South Korea and molka has emerged as an illicit DIY alternative. The devastating impact of molka is revealed in the increasing number of molka-related suicides. Now, criminal gangs are starting to install cameras on an industrial scale, selling people’s most private moments as pornography for strangers to consume.  The country’s advanced technology allows criminals to stream videos live and share them at lightning speeds. Can those fighting molka stay ahead of this quickly evolving crime?

A special report on the government response to the coronavirus and the human toll. Coronavirus Pandemic traces the very different preparations and responses by the federal government and by Washington state, where the first known U.S. case of COVID-19 was identified back in January. Looking into the halting federal response, early warnings and missed opportunities to potentially save lives as the outbreak spread — from the failure of the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention’s COVID-19 test, to an ongoing struggle for critical medical and protective equipment.

Chocolate is a 100 billion dollar annual market. In 2001, industrials committed to put an end to child labor in cocoa fields and protect the forest. Yet, 20 years on, nothing’s changed in Ivory Coast, first producer worldwide. In Ivory Coast’s protected forests, children coming from neighboring Burkina Faso work for free.

Slave and child labor, massive deforestation stain this criminal cocoa. However, it is untraceable as it gets into the legal and certified supply chain to end up on our supermarket shelves.

After the disaster of March 2011, the Japanese authorities decided to build a gigantic 15-meter-high and 400 kilometers long anti tsunami wall, separating the land and the ocean. But what is the environmental and human impact of this wall?

The human and ecological consequences are numerous and the population is divided: cutting herself off from the sea or staying vulnerable in front of the big wave. Is another way possible?

日本刑事案的定罪率高达九成九，不过，审讯过程往往为人诟病，日本司法部门采取了多种方法令疑犯认罪，当中难免有冤案，其中死刑犯袴田岩更足足坐了46年冤狱。去年戏剧性潜逃黎巴嫩的日产汽车前董事长戈恩，就曾经高调指责日本司法制度不公，并声称受当地监狱不人道对待。今集，摄制队获特别批准，进入长野和岩国市的监狱采访，了解鲜为人知的日本监狱实况。

英国医生Javid Abdelmoneim带同分子病毒学家Lisa Cross博士和鉴证专家小组，去到Coombs和Christofis两个家庭的家，了解他们清洁家居的习惯，纠正他们错误的打扫方式。专家指，新型冠状病毒可以在硬卡纸上存活一日，在钢及塑胶表面，存活五日；在非常时期，我们必须采取额外的防疫措施，才能对抗这种病毒，为自己，亦为遏止这场世纪疫症蔓延。

肥胖，是全球的问题。「肥人」往往被标签为懒惰，缺乏自制能力。不过，有医生、学者就为胖子平反，他们指出，肥胖并不单纯由个人因素引致，「元凶」可能是提供大量含糖食品和饮料的跨国企业。在美国、智利、墨西哥等肥胖问题严重的国家，为拯救国民健康，有当地人实行挑战巨企。