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Clashing Cultures

Pascale Harter introduces reportage, analysis and reflection from correspondents and reporters around the world.

Pascale Harter introduces reportage, analysis and reflection from correspondents and reporters around the world.

It is a year on since coordinated attacks by Rohingya Muslim insurgents in Myanmar which led to reprisals by armed forces. Many refugees fled to nearby Bangladesh. Helen Nianias meets camp leaders trying to make a difference.

Fifty years ago - at the height of apartheid - students at the University of Cape Town joined a sit in protest following the university’s decision to withdraw the appointment of a black lecturer. Martin Plaut was a student there in 1968 and returns to see how things have changed.

Hugo Bachega visits a mid-American town feeling the effects of recent raids to find and deport undocumented workers as the Trump Administration pushes a policy of "Hire American, Buy American", and steps up immigration enforcement measures.

And some critics say German wine can leave a bad taste in the mouth but Jenny Hill has sampled offerings of their vineyards.

PHOTO: A Rohingya man, who fled with others from oppression within ongoing military operations in Myanmar’s Rakhine state, poses for a photo at a makeshift camp in Bangladesh (CREDIT: Zakir Hossain Chowdhury/Anadolu Agency/Getty Images)

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Sun 26 Aug 2018 08:06GMT

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  • Sun 26 Aug 2018 08:06GMT