Im philippa thomas. From here in the worlds news room, we send our correspondents to bring you the best stories from across the globe. In this weeks programme. Inside North Waziristan. Owen Bennett Jones finds the Pakistan Army back in control of the tribal area on the afghan border, after a huge Military Operation to clear out alqaeda and the taliban. Around one Million People from North Waziristan fled when the conflict was at its height, and the question now is will they come back . Saved from slavery and worse. Naomi grimley meets the Young Yazidis who escaped the so called Islamic State to find refuge in germany. A genocide in the making. Alastair leithead reports from south sudan on claims of new atrocities by Government Forces and local militia. Making chinas skies blue again. Carrie gracie investigates beijings new measures against old polluting vehicles. The chinese economy is still fuelled by coal. And in the one party state there is little the public can do, to force the pol
Im philippa thomas. From here in the worlds news room, we send our correspondents to bring you the best stories from across the globe. In this weeks programme inside North Waziristan. Owen Bennett Jones finds the Pakistan Army back in control of the tribal area on the afghan border, after a huge Military Operation to clear out alqaeda and the taliban. Around one Million People from North Waziristan fled when the conflict was at its height, and the question now is will they come back . Saved from slavery and worse. Naomi grimley meets the Young Yazidis who escaped the so called Islamic State to find refuge in germany. A genocide in the making. Alastair leithead reports from south sudan on claims of new atrocities by Government Forces and local militia. Making chinas skies blue again. Carrie gracie investigates beijings new measures against old polluting vehicles. The chinese economy is still fuelled by coal. And in the one party state there is little the public can do, to force the poli
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