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Last broadcast on Sat, 18 Feb 2012, 11:30 on BBC Radio 4 (FM only).
Synopsis
The gun remains the ultimate arbiter of disputes in post-Gaddafi Libya. And Gabriel Gatehouse in Benghazi says disarming the militias roaming the country is a priority for the country's new leaders. Bill Law's been in Bahrain as violence between protestors and security forces has left many casualties in recent days. Justin Rowlatt's been meeting a Brazilian man who admits to cutting down swathes of Amazonian rainforest. But he maintains it was his patriotic duty -- he was only doing what his government in those days considered appropriate. There's growing resentment between the people of Hong Kong and Chinese mainlanders - Juliana Liu's been exploring the tensions in this port city which until fifteen years ago was a British colony ... while in New York City Reggie Nadelson looks around a vast wedding emporium where you can spend tens of thousands on a wedding dress - and many do!!!
Chapters
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Chapter 1
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Chapter 2
A year after the uprising that overthrew Col Gaddafi began, Gabriel Gatehouse finds that the gun still settles disputes.
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Chapter 3
Bill Law in Bahrain explains how recent violence there has seen migrant workers caught between pro-democracy activists and the security forces.
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Chapter 4
Juliana Liu explains how, 15 years after Britain handed Hong Kong back to the Chinese authorities, tensions remain between its inhabitants and the people of mainland China.
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Chapter 5
Justin Rowlatt in northern Brazil meets a man who cut down large swathes of rainforest in the days when the government said it was right, but now says people like himself are treated like bandits.
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Chapter 6
Everyone wants to look good on their wedding day and, as Reggie Nadelson discovers, fulfilling the dreams and fantasies of New York's brides-to-be is big business.
Broadcast
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Sat 18 Feb 201211:30
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