Beyond Borders

Beyond Borders

@beyondborderstrtworld · 32K subscribers · 115 videos · English

A headline cannot tell the whole story. David Foster meets those whose lives have been changed by often-shocking events and examines how they have coped once…

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26:47

Tokyo Is Packed. So Why Is Japan Emptying Out?

16K views · 3d ago · 26:47

Imagine getting a house for free. Or living in a village where dolls outnumber people. Or being the only kid left in your entire school. Think you know Japan? Think again. Step off the tourist trail and you'll find a beautifully complicated country in crisis.

Topics: Tokyo: the mirage · A festival for the living and the dead · Ken's vanishing village · Pasta in the mountains · A town of empty houses · Where are the young people?

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The Alps Are Falling: Can Switzerland Stop The Next Disaster? | Beyond Borders

599K views · 1mo ago · 26:01

The glacier that collapsed in Nepal's Himalayas killed thousands of people. Scientists say what triggered it is happening across Europe too. When a mountain collapsed onto a Swiss village in seconds, they warned it wouldn’t be the last.

Topics: Blatten Landslide: Glacier Collapse Caught on Camera · Why Blatten Is Being Rebuilt · Driving Into the Landslide Zone · Helicopter Tour of a Burst Glacial Lake · 600 Glacial Lakes at Risk of Bursting · Switzerland's Melting Glaciers & Hydropower

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26:16

How Switzerland Profits From Wars It Says It Isn’t Fighting

26K views · 2mo ago · 26:16

Who's really arming the world's wars? As weapons pour into Ukraine and the Middle East, one country claims to be the world's peacemaker, while its arms exports balloon past a billion dollars a year. Switzerland hasn't fought a war in centuries. Yet beneath its postcard landscape lie 370,000+ bunkers. That’s enough to shelter the entire population.

Topics: The world's largest shooting festival · "The army is falling apart" — a soldier speaks · Switzerland's warrior past · The peacekeepers and the activists · The Swiss arms industry · Bunkers: from basements to mountain fortresses

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26:31

Islam in Spain: The Unfinished History Still Dividing Spain | Beyond Borders

295K views · 4mo ago · 26:31

Islam in Spain and the unfinished history still dividing the country is the subject of our latest Beyond Borders documentary. Who owns the legacy of Al-Andalus, and what does it mean for Spain's identity today and tomorrow?

Topics: Al-Firdaus: modern Spanish Muslims and the Morisco tradition · Inside the Alhambra: the last seat of Al-Andalus · The acequias: Islamic water systems still feeding Granada · Al-Andalus ideals in modern politics · Arab integration in today's Spain · Rebuilding Andalusi culture from the ruins

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