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Weathering the storm

Reality Check: Philippines typhoon, Saudi nuclear weapons, Australia and climate change, unemployment set to rise in Austria, Palestinian clown doctors.

Over a thousand people are estimated to have died, thousands of homes have been destroyed and 800,000 people have been displaced by Typhoon Haiyan.

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Typhoon Haiyan is thought to have been the most powerful ever to make landfall.

Chris Cummins reviews the events so far and the crisis facing the people of the Philippines in the wake of Typhoon Haiyan.

Saudi's nuclear prospects

Following news at the end of last week that Saudia Arabia is buying nuclear weapons technology from Pakistan, nuclear, biological and chemical weapons expert, John Eldridge, looks at the significance of this development.

Australia and climate change

Chris Cummins

Wildfires destroyed huge areas of land in Australia in September and October.

The global climate change conference in Warsaw gets underway today in the shadow of both typhoon Haiyan and the devastating wildfires Australia has suffered in the last few months.

Australian environmental law and climate change expert, Tim Bonyhady, looks at why Australia is lagging behind in protecting the environment, despite the problems it is facing.

Unemployment in Austria

After years of having one of the lowest rates of unemployment in the west, Austria looks set to have a dramatic increase in unemployment in the next few years. Gudrun Biffl explains why the trend is changing.

Palestinian Clown Doctors

The people bringing much needed humour to one of the most difficult regions of the world.

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