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Last broadcast on Thu, 23 Feb 2012, 11:00 on BBC Radio 4.
Synopsis
Is al-Qaeda giving the people of Yemen something their government is not? It's a question explored by Rupert Wingfield-Hayes who's there in the wake of this week's election for a new president. Who wants to venture seven miles to the bottom of the Pacific Ocean? Rebecca Morelle tells us four competing teams are developing submarines to do just that and she's been on a test dive off the Bahamas with one of them. Christchurch in New Zealand is still far from rebuilt a year after the devastating earthquake there. Joanna Lester talks of a business district in ruins and communities torn apart. The French province of Brittany has a great deal going for it but not, as Robert Colls has been telling us, much in the way of job opportunities. And Frank Gardner's taken to the skies off the coast of Somalia to see how an international force is dealing with the threat posed by pirates.
Chapters
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Chapter 1
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Chapter 2
Desperation and poverty means extremism may fill the vacuum left by government. Rupert Wingfield-Hayes reports.
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Chapter 3
A year after a devastating earthquake struck the New Zealand city, Joanna Lester finds communities torn apart and a business district still in ruins.
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Chapter 4
Frank Gardner takes to the skies off the coast of Somalia to see how an international force is dealing with the threat posed by pirates.
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Chapter 5
Robert Colls finds the French province of Brittany has a great deal going for it, but job opportunities are hard to come by.
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Chapter 6
Rebecca Morelle meets one of the four competing teams preparing to descend to the deepest part of the Pacific Ocean and joins them on a test dive.
Broadcast
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Thu 23 Feb 201211:00
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