RTE World Report

International news & current affairs radio essay programme, on @rteradio1 Sundays at 8:10am. Story pitches to: [email protected]

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On @RTEWorldReport with @JohnBurkeRTE — we’ll have a special report by @NehaWadekar on child marriage in Kenya, where climate disruption & #COVID19 have led to a spike in the illegal forced marriage of young girls, often in exchange for livestock. Listen @RTERadio1 8:10am

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On @RTEWorldReport with @JohnBurkeRTE — we’ll have a special report by @NehaWadekar on child marriage in Kenya, where climate disruption & #COVID19 have led to a spike in the illegal forced marriage of young girls, often in exchange for livestock. Listen @RTERadio1 8:10am

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And also on World Report, Ryan Truscott reports from Harare on the growing social media campaign #ZimbabweanLivesMatter which has brought international attention on the widespread claims of mistreatment of dissidents by the government of Emerson Manangagwa’s ruling ZANU PF.

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On World Report with @JohnBurkeRTE shortly on @RTERadio1 — as anti-government protests took place overnight in Beirut @FitzherbertLuke reports from the Lebanese city on the aftermath of last week’s deadly port explosion

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Also coming up on World Report, on RTE Radio 1 at 8:10am; @a_lysssss reports from Spain on the dangers posed by staycationing Spaniards venturing into neighbouring provinces & spreading #covid—19 throughout the country, as domestic tourists embark on their annual August holidays

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And also on World Report, Ryan Truscott reports from Harare on the growing social media campaign #ZimbabweanLivesMatter which has brought international attention on the widespread claims of mistreatment of dissidents by the government of Emerson Manangagwa’s ruling ZANU PF

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On World Report with @JohnBurkeRTE — as anti-government protests took place overnight in Beirut @FitzherbertLuke reports from the Lebanese city on the aftermath of last week’s deadly port explosion and its implications for change in a country already struggling before the blast

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Also on World Report, on RTE Radio 1 at 8:10am; @a_lysssss reports from Spain on the dangers posed by staycationing Spaniards venturing into neighbouring provinces and spreading #covid—19 throughout the country, as domestic tourists embark on their annual August holidays

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On @thisweekrte tomorrow at 1pm on @RTERadio1 —as #COVID19 cases rise around meat factories; we’ll talk to Agriculture Minister @daracalleary HSE CEO @paulreiddublin & @President_MU Prof Philip Nolan of NPHET— that’s This Week with @Carolecoleman & @MrJustinMac at 1pm tomorrow

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And we’ll also hear from Zimbabwe where a doctors and nurses strike is impacting on the fight against #COVID19, as a senior cabinet minister dies from the virus & public hospitals struggle. That report by Ryan Truscott in Harare, on World Report, Sunday morning @RTERadio1 8:10am

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On World Report with @JohnBurkeRTE — we’ll hear how a rise in #COVID19 cases in the Chinese province of #Xinjiang has major implications for Uighurs Muslims and other minorities in mass detention camps there, as @yvmurray reports from Beijing. Listen: @RTERadio1 at 8:10am

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Also on @RTEWorldReport we’ll have a report on the deaths of land rights activists and environmentalists, in Columbia, Brazil and across Latin America; who stand up to major vested interests in the timber, agricultural and carbon energy sectors. @SamCowie84 reports from São Paulo

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This is powerfully sad and moving; even after almost 80 years, Helene Ullrich’s memory of her little sister Ida letting go her hand and turning back to be with her mother as Nazis came to round the family up

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Also on @RTEWorldReport — a Canadian Federal Court judgement has raised major doubts over the conduct of a US-Canadian border asylum agreement as unsuccessful asylum seekers faced punitive detention. Dan Karpenchuk reports for World Report, Sunday @RTERadio1 8:10am

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On @RTEWorldReport with @JohnBurkeRTE — as Spain sees a surge in #COVIDー19 cases, @a_lysssss reports on how the latest wave was aided by busy bars & nightclubs, poor housing for migrant workers & hampered by inconsistent regional government responses. Listen: @RTERadio1 8:10am

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Also on World Report — @MaryFitzger reports from the quiet streets of Paris, bereft of overseas tourists. While many locals are enjoying the greater access to museums, cafes & parks, for the city’s tourism trade it spells disaster. Listen: @RTERadio1 at 8:10am

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Also on @RTEWorldReport this morning: Japan is preparing to spend billions of euro to incentivise domestic stay at home tourism, to make up for the loss of #Tokyo2020 tourists. But they’ve encountered a worrying spike in cases, especially in Tokyo — @jj_nodonoghue reports

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On @RTEWorldReport with @JohnBurkeRTE — Kenya’s teenage pregnancy crisis in focus. @NehaWadekar reports from Nairobi on a problem which is under renewed focus due to #COVID but which has many other long-term causes too. Listen now on @RTERadio1

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Also coming up on World Report; as Ireland prepares to release a Green List of safer counties for travel, @BBCRobC looks at how the Czech government has operated a similar system since early in the #Covid crisis. Listen: @RTERadio1 @RTEWorldReport - on air now

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On @RTEWorldReport with @JohnBurkeRTE later: @MaryFitzger reports on Southern France’s bid to salvage tourism from the covid-19 wreckage; @SamCowie84 on domestic support & global criticism for @jairbolsonaro; & @jj_nodonoghue on Japanese-Korean WW2 tensions: @RTERadio1 at 8:10am.