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Suffering alone: the children held in a US refugee camp

Children who cross into the US from Mexico are being held at a closed camp in Texas, where staff have told the 成人快手 they are deprived of proper medical care, and some abused.

Stories from the US, Liberia, Lebanon and France.

A 成人快手 investigation has found evidence that hundreds of children are being detained under terrible conditions, at a camp in the Texan desert. Many reportedly arrive unaccompanied, having crossed the border illegally from Mexico. They are then held in a centre where there are reports of disease, sexual abuse, and where it鈥檚 been claimed, they don鈥檛 get clean clothes or proper medical care. Staff at Fort Bliss have been told not speak about their work, but a few secretly revealed what was going on to Hilary Andersson.

In Liberia, West Africa, parts of the forest are teeming with interesting and endangered creatures, including the pangolin, sought after for its scales, and for its meat. Demand for the animals is increasing, as they become extinct in the Far East, with Chinese buyers particularly keen. Lucinda Rouse spent a day out with local hunters, for whom this animal has become their main source of income.

How can you work out who is corrupt and who clean in Lebanon? That was the challenge facing the 成人快手 documentary maker, Mo Chreif, when he began investigating the country鈥檚 notoriously unreliable electrical supply. He uncovered a story of tainted oil, faked tests, and a justice system in in hock to politicians. But how could Mo work out who was telling the truth?

You might think there was nobody more British than the fictional secret agent James Bond. But in fact, the man known as 007 made his debut in a novel set largely in France. The Bond author, Ian Fleming travelled frequently in the country, and went on to make it the setting for many of his creation鈥檚 most famous escapades. The 成人快手鈥檚 Paris Correspondent, Hugh Schofield, is something of a Bond aficionado, and has been tracking down the spots where his hero carried out some of his greatest acts of daring-do, and indeed where some of Bond鈥檚 enemies had their lairs.

(Image: A Five year old asylum-seeking migrant boy from El Salvador. Credit: Reuters/Adrees Latif)

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