Unreported World - Season 25 / Year 2024

The US-based students, divided by the conflict in Gaza, who are fighting for their voices to be heard on campus. At Columbia University, two pro-Palestinian groups have been banned for holding unauthorised protests - a move that members say is about shutting down criticism of Israel. Amid allegations of intimidation, antisemitism and Islamophobia, reporter Kiran Moodley follows a Palestinian student and a Jewish-American student to see if he can find common ground.

Unreported World meets the pregnant women fleeing war-torn Haiti.

In Mauritania, women are ditching their husbands and throwing parties to celebrate. Reporter Ayshah Tull explores the country's thriving divorce economy.

The illegal logging trade in Romania, where a so-called timber mafia is chopping down Europe's last remaining virgin forests. Reporter Amelia Jenne follows the conservationists risking their lives to stop the corruption that's destroying the lungs of Europe. Environmental campaigners and law enforcement believe that half of the timber harvested in Romania is illegal. The European Union has launched legal action against the Romanian government, which continues to authorise logging in protected areas that are rich in wildlife and vital in the fight against climate change.

The Korean Wave is taking the world by storm, and Korean Pop, or K-pop, is at the forefront. Krishnan Guru-Murthy goes inside South Korea's K-pop dance schools, investigating the hidden cost of becoming the next big idol. He learns how teenagers are crafted to be idols with relentless training regimes, scripted answers and picture-perfect looks, though just one per cent will 'make it big'.

Drug seizures across Spain are on the rise, with more than 90 million tonnes seized last year. Most is found in shipping containers and ports, but in the coastal region of Galicia, Guillermo Galdos discovers a network of seasoned smugglers operating under the police's radar. As cocaine production surges in Latin America, authorities in Spain are increasingly on the lookout for small so-called 'narco-subs' - home-made contraptions, each capable of carrying tonnes of cocaine across the Atlantic to Europe.

As the world's largest exporter of corn and soy, Brazil is an agricultural powerhouse, yet just one per cent of the population owns almost half the land. The uneven distribution of land is felt hardest by the country's working poor, and despite its natural riches, over a quarter of Brazil's households are considered food insecure. In a nation with a history of land disputes turning deadly, reporter Symeon Brown tracks down communist activists who are taking land from the rich to give to the poor as well as a landowner and founding member of a movement intent on defending private property.

Madeeha Syed heads to Pakistan to meet the young female hip-hop artists trying to thrive in what were once Karachi's most deadly neighbourhoods. A generation of young rappers are turning away from the gangs, capitalising on the area's relative calm. However, embracing western-inspired music isn't without its risks as many performers have to juggle the politics of their conservative neighbourhood, the requirements of family and religious opposition to their chosen profession.

Mexico's government says its policy of mandatory pre-trial detention is a vital tool for its war against drug cartels. However, as Darshna Soni discovers, close to 90,000 people are now stuck in limbo behind bars awaiting trial. The measure means that around 40 per cent of Mexico's prisoners haven't been convicted. Soni follows Juan Antonio's efforts to challenge his detention. She goes inside the maximum-security jail which has held him for more than two years and also tracks down a victim of alleged police brutality, who claims she was forced to confess to her husband's kidnapping.

Almost 8,000 people are homeless in Vegas - a 56 per cent increase in three years. Jordan Jarret-Bryan investigates how the city is responding to this crisis as he visits a network of subterranean tunnels that have become a refuge. Jordan meets Echo Marie, who lives in a tunnel just four feet high. In a city that has made living on the street a crime, and having been moved by police from one neighbourhood to another, Echo says a tunnel is the safest place to live. However, life underground is still risky - some tunnels are drug ridden, while all those underground risk being washed away by the rain.