The stabbing of a teacher by a 14-year-old student in France earlier this year was just the latest in a series of shocking school attacks. In just two months, 186 knives were confiscated during bag checks at schools. We follow the police, parents and educators trying to stop the stabbings and speak to the teenagers who feel the need to be so heavily armed.
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Since October 2024 Dominican President Luis Abinader has launched a policy of mass expulsions of Haitians. Even those who arrived decades ago legally have had their permits revoked and children born of Haitian parents in the Dominican Republic have been stripped of their nationality.
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Nordeste represents 18% of Brazilian territory and is home to 57 million inhabitants, and yet is much less known than the beaches of Rio de Janeiro. However, that's changing; over the past few years, it's fast becoming a tourist favourite.
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Peaceful and prosperous, Sweden has long been seen as the model welfare state, praised for its progressive, tolerant and inclusive values. But it’s also one of the most deadliest countries in Europe for gang violence. In the most deprived neighbourhoods, the epicentre of the violence, many residents feel abandoned by the state.
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Shenzen is widely considered to be one of world’s most advanced and futuristic cities. But this omnipresent technology has also enabled the Chinese authorities to consolidate their power, making public dissent virtually impossible.
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For the past three decades, Iran and Israel have been engaged in a shadow war. Israel is determined to prevent Iran developing atomic weapons by whatever means necessary. Iran insists on its ‘inalienable right’ to enrich uranium and sees its nuclear programme as essential to its identity and the only way of maintaining regional hegemony.
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After the 9/11 attacks, once the smoke cleared and the rubble was removed, New Yorkers had a city to rebuild. There was one fundamental question: no one could agree on the future of Ground Zero. Some wanted the towers back, while others believed the site should remain a memorial. Then, a single event changed everything...
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More than half the world’s aircrafts are Boeings. But a series of dramatic accidents involving Boeing planes have raised questions over their safety. So what's really going on inside Boeing's factories? Should we be afraid of flying on their planes?
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More than three million tourists flock to Greece every year. But this mass tourism comes at a heavy price. On the island of Mykonos, where 40% of construction is believed to be illegal, a landowner was recently murdered in a suspected mafia killing,
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