Erstellt am: 28. 10. 2015 - 14:02 Uhr
Is more firepower the answer?
- The US & ISIS
The US Defence Secretary Ashton Carter has signalled a change in American strategy against the Islamic State group in Iraq and Syria.
Testifying before the Senate Armed Services Committee, he said the US-led coalition would intensify airstrikes and that it could be involved in attacks on the ground. What essentially does this mean and how might other players in the region react, including Saudi Arabia, Iran and especially Russia. We put that to security analyst Paul Rogers at Bradford University.
- Net Neutrality
Net Neutrality is the vision that ISPs and governments should treat all data on the Internet the same, not discriminating or charging differently by user, content or platform. After the EU Parliament adopts “Net Neutrality” legislation, we ask how far are EU parliamentarians prepared to go? We spoke with Thomas Lohninger from the Initiative für Netzfreiheit.
- A Border Fence?
Plans to put up barriers on either side of Austria's border crossing with Slovenia at Spielfeld are being discussed at today's cabinet meeting. Interior Minister Johanna Leitner says experts are looking into ideas for a fence which could run for kilometres on either side of the crossing. She said that the aim was better management of the situation at the border, not to seal it. We get the thoughts of Eric Frey, Managing Editor at Der Standard.
- Bahrain’s Uprising
Human rights activists are concerned about the chances of Bahrain's Sheikh Salman bin Ebrahim al-Khalifa becoming the next FIFA President. We speak with Marc Owen Jones, author of Bahrain's Uprising, on the kingdom that likes to present itself as a more liberal voice in the Middle East.
- Saturn's Enceladus
The Cassini spacecraft launched in 1997. It entered orbit around the planet Saturn in 2004. Since then, it has been studying Saturn, its amazing ring system and its magnetic field. Today, Cassini is about to fly close to one of Saturn's moons, Enceladus, to look for clues of life. Does Enceladus have vast frozen oceans underneath its surface? Tom Nordheim is one of NASA’s Top 7 planetary scientists. He tells us of his hopes for this encounter.