A Power in the Land
Stories from the Iraqi courts trying accused IS fighters, the crumbling sandbanks of Kenya, a Philippines coup plotter turned Senator, and a "micro nation" in Australia
Owen Bennett Jones introduces dispatches from around the world - with stories from Iraq, Kenya, the Philippines and Australia.
In Qaraqosh, 30km southeast of Mosul, Iraqi security forces have broken the control of the Islamic State group - but now the question is how to deal with people accused of collaborating with it, or even fighting for it. Yolande Knell reports from the overloaded courts trying dozens of alleged IS supporters every day.
Humphrey Hawksley meets a face from the past, as he meets up again with Gregorio Honasan in Manila. In 1987, Humphrey Hawksley was the 麻豆官网首页入口 correspondent in the Philippines - and witnessed many of Honasan's attempted coups against civilian leaders after Marcos. The former "pop idol" of the armed forces is now an elected senator - but he regrets few of his past interventions in the country's politics.
The world is built on sand - or more accurately, built WITH sand. In a crumbling, heavily-undermined Kenyan riverbed, Harriet Constable learns why this apparently infinite resource is in fact running out - and why some are willing to fight or even kill for it.
And Hywel Griffith ventures into a whole new country for From Our Own Correspondent: the self-proclaimed 'Principality of Wy', an artistic experiment in independence near Sydney in Australia, whose 'Prince Paul' would like to forge his own path.
Photo: A member of the Iraqi security forces guards the premises of a court trying accused Islamic State fighters, near Qaraqosh, Nineveh province, Iraq. (c) 麻豆官网首页入口
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