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Nepal: "The real task is the search for the living"

Reality Check: Nepal aid, Boko Haram, Greek reshuffle, Baltimore riots. Mekong dams.

Disaster relief in Nepal

Disaster management expert, Richard Gordon, of the Disaster Management Centre at Bournemouth University, discusses the ways in which Nepal can best be helped as it struggles to deal with the earthquake aftermath.

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Relief goods and equipment are arriving at Kathmandu airport, but distribution and coordination will be difficult, with roads to so many affected areas being cut off.

International aid is pouring in, and luckily the airport was undamaged, but coordinating the response will be a major challenge.

Fighting Boko Haram

Counter terrorism expert, Jan St Pierre, of the Modern Security Consulting Group, discusses the international effort to defeat Boko Haram.

Baltimore riots

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The Baltimore riots are the worst since Ferguson

A state of emergency has been declared in Baltimore following riots after the funeral of 27 year old Freddie Gray, a young black man who died of injuries sustained while in police custody.

The situation is to be escalating, and the US Justice Department is launching its own inquiry into the case.

Priscilla Huff reports from Washington DC.

Greek reshuffle

Greek Prime Minister, Alexis Tsipras, appears to be edging Finance Minster, Yanis Varoufakis, out of the central role in negotiations with the EU and IMF. Helena Smith reports from Athens on the latest developments.

Chris Cummins

The Mekong Delta at Ben Tre

Dams on the Mekong River

Chris Cummins reports on the environmental effects of the increasing numbers of dams on the Mekong River, which are being built to boost supplies of hydro-electric power for China and Laos.

While hydro electric power may seem to be a green option, it's having a damaging effect in power-thirsty Asia.

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