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.

距離北京約40公里的廊坊市，是中國空氣污染最嚴重的城市之一。地方政府承受巨大的政治壓力，當地的環保局官員嘗試努力扭轉局面，務求整治長期的霧霾與工業廢氣問題。他們勒令鋼鐵廠關閉，又派出調查隊追究污染製造者，並出動灑水車治霾，惟成效不彰。中國政府的嚴厲環保政策，包括處分不達標城市的市長，讓環保局人員舉步維艱。究竟該如何平衡政府、業界與受影響勞工的利益呢？ 

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 But that all seems to have been superseded by the tide of scandals in the past year.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.

在南韓，色情片屬違禁物品，一種叫「Mol-ka」的公眾場所偷拍行為應運而生。受害人自殺的個案數字不斷上升之際，犯罪集團已發展出工業級運作模式，販賣以隱蔽攝錄機偷拍一般人的私密畫面，以供他人當作色情片觀看。配以當地隨手可得的先進科技，罪犯甚至可以進行偷拍直播，並在轉瞬間將影片發佈至四周。執法者及民間打擊偷拍的團體，能否追上不斷進化的犯罪手法呢？

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達九成九，不過，審訊過程往往為人詬病，日本司法部門採取了多種方法令疑犯認罪，當中難免有冤案，其中死刑犯袴田巖更足足坐了46年冤獄。去年戲劇性潛逃黎巴嫩的日產汽車前董事長戈恩，就曾經高調指責日本司法制度不公，並聲稱受當地監獄不人道對待。今集，攝製隊獲特別批准，進入長野和岩國市的監獄採訪，了解鮮為人知的日本監獄實況。

英國醫生Javid Abdelmoneim帶同分子病毒學家Lisa Cross博士和鑑證專家小組，去到Coombs和Christofis兩個家庭的家，了解他們清潔家居的習慣，糾正他們錯誤的打掃方式。專家指，新型冠狀病毒可以在硬卡紙上存活一日，在鋼及塑膠表面，存活五日；在非常時期，我們必須採取額外的防疫措施，才能對抗這種病毒，為自己，亦為遏止這場世紀疫症蔓延。

肥胖，是全球的問題。「肥人」往往被標籤為懶惰，缺乏自制能力。不過，有醫生、學者就為胖子平反，他們指出，肥胖並不單純由個人因素引致，「元凶」可能是提供大量含糖食品和飲料的跨國企業。在美國、智利、墨西哥等肥胖問題嚴重的國家，為拯救國民健康，有當地人實行挑戰巨企。