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Las Vegas’ Tunnel Underworld | Unreported World

Las Vegas’ Tunnel Underworld | Unreported World

Unreported World is from the bright lights of Las Vegas, a city at the forefront of America’s homelessness crisis. Subscribe to our channel for more Unreported World episodes https://www.youtube.com/unreportedworld. Reporter Jordan Jarrett-Bryan investigates how the city is responding, and discovers a network of subterranean tunnels which have become a refuge for the city’s homeless. Almost 8,000 people are now homeless in Las Vegas, a 56 per cent increase in just three years. And in America, almost a hundred and fifty thousand people are considered long term homeless, the highest it’s been since 2007. At a storm drain entrance Jarrett-Bryan meets Echo Marie, who lives in a tunnel just four feet high. Echo tells us how this is the safest place to live, having been moved by police from one neighbourhood to another. But life underground is still risky, we hear how some tunnels are drug ridden and belongings could be washed away when it rains. Shauna McQueen, who runs Holy Smoke, a local charity, says the city’s lack of affordable housing is to blame for the crisis. On patrol with a private security company Jarret-Bryan witnesses how the city is approaching the problem. Employed by local businesses, we see how homeless camps are cleared and the residents are referred to a charity working with the city. Inside the doors of Vegas Stronger, we learn that the homeless population is getting older, as the cost-of-living hits those approaching retirement age the hardest. Filmed, produced and directed by Nick Blakemore Series Producer: Andy Lee Executive Producer: Ed Fraser Production Company: Channel 4 News
Liked, Lured, Livestreamed: The Dark World of Digital Brothels - BBC Africa Eye Documentary

Liked, Lured, Livestreamed: The Dark World of Digital Brothels - BBC Africa Eye Documentary

On TikTok live streams, girls as young as 15 are being exploited into selling sexual content. #BBCAfricaEye investigates to find out who is profiting. Click here to subscribe to our channel 👉🏽 http://bit.ly/subscribetoafrica With its many dancing challenges and comedy sketches, it’s no surprise TikTok is popular with young Kenyans. The app is also a way for them to make money through its gifting service. But there’s a darker side, where young women – including teenage girls as young as 15 – are selling sexual content on live streams, with some being recruited and exploited by “digital pimps”. Africa Eye's Debula Kemoli investigates. A spokesperson for TikTok told the BBC it has zero tolerance for exploitation, enforces strict safety policies and has robust live content rules and moderation in place for 70 languages, including Swahili. 00:00 Liked, Lured, Livestreamed: The Dark World of Digital Brothels 01:24 The world's fastest growing platform 02:08 Rising unemployment, more TikTok influencers 04:06 'Midnight TikTok' 05:58 Underage girls groomed by 'digital pimps' 08:55 A child safeguarding expert's view 09:41 'He laughed and said I can't report him' 12:18 'The easiest place to prey on children' 14:06 Support group: Educating girl survivors 15:40 'I feel haunted' 17:08 How can Kenyan children be protected? 18:33 TikTok content moderator speaks to the BBC 🚨 UPDATE 06/03/25: Kenya's Communications Authority orders TikTok to remove sexual abuse content involving minors from its platform, following this #BBCAfricaEye investigation. *** Africa Eye brings you original, investigative journalism revealing secrets and rooting out injustice in the world’s most complex and exciting continent. Nothing stays hidden forever. 🎞️ Check out all Africa Eye investigations here: https://www.youtube.com/playlist?list=PLajyiGz4JeyO2qgCvioQO-BzP1XCajJqt 🎧 Listen to The Documentary podcast on this investigation "TikTok and the digital pimps" here: https://www.bbc.co.uk/programmes/w3ct7y7s 📰 Read about this investigation here: https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/articles/cedl8eyy4pjo 🎥 Watch this film in SWAHILI here: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=q6VaUs4feG0 and in FRENCH here: https://youtu.be/WSMQHn4WVq8 *** Subscribe: http://bit.ly/subscribetoafrica Website: https://www.bbc.com/africa Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/bbcnewsafrica/ Twitter: https://www.twitter.com/bbcafrica/ Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/bbcafrica/ #TikTok #Documentary #Kenya #KenyaDocumentary #TikTokLive #InvestigativeJournalism #Investigations #BBCAfrica
Crime and Punishment in South Africa - BBC Africa Eye Documentary

Crime and Punishment in South Africa - BBC Africa Eye Documentary

As South Africa’s murder rate reaches a twenty year high, #BBCAfricaEye meets the frontline communities who are fighting back. Click here to subscribe to our channel 👉🏽 http://bit.ly/subscribetoafrica There were more than 27,000 murders last year. With trust in the police falling, Africa Eye reporter Ayanda Charlie follows two volunteer patrol units determined to protect their communities. She meets a team of Afrikaans farmers in the town of Brits near Pretoria - and also with a unit in Diepsloot, a township of more than 300,000 people. #SouthAfrica #SouthAfricaNews #AfriForum #investigativejournalism #documentary *** Africa Eye brings you original, investigative journalism revealing secrets and rooting out injustice in the world’s most complex and exciting continent. Nothing stays hidden forever. You can check out all #BBCAfricaEye investigations here: https://bit.ly/bbcafricaeye Credits: Filmed & directed by NICK BLAKEMORE Africa Eye Editor - TOM WATSON Reporter – AYANDA CHARLIE Executive Producer – PETER MURIMI Producers - JANE THANDI LIPMAN, GOLDEN LIEFIE MTIKA Film Editor - AMANDA GUNN Production Manager - SIMON FROST Production Coordinator – SARAH CLARKE Researcher – IZZY FLEMING Reversioning Producer - ANNA PAYTON Social Media Producer - ANUSHA KUMAR Digital Producer - TAMASIN FORD Sound mix - JEZ SPENCER Colourist - BOYD NAGLE Online Editor - CHRIS STOTT Translator - FEZOKUHLE MTHONTI, TARRYN DE KOCK Archive – CBS NEWS, Morning Joe, MSNBC, SABC Radio Sound Archives Subscribe: http://bit.ly/subscribetoafrica Website: https://www.bbc.com/africa Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/bbcnewsafrica/ Twitter: https://www.twitter.com/bbcafrica/ Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/bbcafrica/
The Homecoming: Born in France but searching for a future in Africa - BBC Africa Eye Documentary

The Homecoming: Born in France but searching for a future in Africa - BBC Africa Eye Documentary

Amid a backdrop of rising nationalism, police violence, and social tensions in France, some young French people of African descent are turning to the continent in search of, what they say, is a better life. Click here to subscribe to our channel 👉🏽 http://bit.ly/subscribetoafrica #BBCAfricaEye's The Homecoming explores this 'reverse migration', following their journeys to Senegal - the opposite route their parents made decades earlier. Whilst capturing the challenges they face in building a new life away from what they know, this film explores themes of belonging, identity, and the evolving relationship between Africa and its diaspora, offering a fresh perspective on migration and cross-cultural ties. *** Africa Eye brings you original, investigative journalism revealing secrets and rooting out injustice in the world’s most complex and exciting continent. Nothing stays hidden forever. 🎞️ Check out all #BBCAfricaEye investigations here: https://bit.ly/bbcafricaeye 🎥 Watch this film in FRENCH here: https://youtu.be/JPBrsqYvUeE and in SWAHILI here: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=fo4U8ojVZrw 🗞 Read about this investigation in ENGLISH here: https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/articles/c774lpge8eko and in FRENCH here: https://www.bbc.com/afrique/articles/c3dexe0vvz7o *** Subscribe: http://bit.ly/subscribetoafrica Website: https://www.bbc.com/africa Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/bbcnewsafrica/ Twitter: https://www.twitter.com/bbcafrica/ Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/bbcafrica/ #Senegal #France #BBCDocumentary #ReverseMigration #Migrants #Migration #FrenchAfrican #BBCAfrica #Documentaries #AfricanDiaspora #documentary
Fear and Loathing in South Africa - BBC Africa Eye Documentary

Fear and Loathing in South Africa - BBC Africa Eye Documentary

BBC Africa Eye investigates the rise of xenophobia in South Africa and the violent targeting of migrants. Click here to subscribe to our channel 👉🏽 http://bit.ly/subscribetoafrica A network of anti-migrant groups is emerging across South Africa, spreading anti-migrant rhetoric and even attacking migrant communities. The groups blame illegal migrants for the state of the country’s economy, lack of housing and an explosion of drug abuse. But their critics accuse them of being violent vigilantes, who target some of the country’s most vulnerable people. #BBCAfricaEye reporter Ayanda Charlie gains rare access to Operation Dudula, South Africa’s most notorious anti-migrant group. Dudula say they are standing up for ordinary South Africans who have been let down by the government and deny allegations that they are a vigilante group who preach a doctrine of violence. As she takes to the street with Dudula members, Charlie not only hears xenophobic rhetoric but also witnesses small business owners from neighbouring countries being physically threatened, forced to hand over their business, and hears how Dudula intend to establish a political party to contest South Africa’s upcoming general election. You may also be interested in these Africa Eye documentaries on #SouthAfrica: https://youtu.be/3-4qI93FzFI https://youtu.be/Qk9HEzcFiZ4 *** Africa Eye brings you original, investigative journalism revealing secrets and rooting out injustice in the world’s most complex and exciting continent. Nothing stays hidden forever. You can check out all #BBCAfricaEye investigations here: https://bit.ly/bbcafricaeye #OperationDudula #Xenophobia #Migrants CREDITS: Reporter - Ayanda Charlie Filmed and directed by Nick Blakemore Africa Eye Editor - Tom Watson Head of Longform - Liz Gibbons Executive Producer - Peter Murimi Film Editor - Amanda Gunn Producer - Jane Lipman Location Producer - Golden Mtika Production Manager - Simon Frost Online Editor - Chris Stott Dubbing Mixer - Jez Spencer Colourist - Boyd Nagle Reversioning Producer - Anna Payton Social Media Producer - Anusha Kumar Impact Producer - Adelle Kalakouti Digital Producer - Tamasin Ford Production Coordinator - Izzy Fleming, Abigail Knight Translator - Fezokuhle Mthonti *** Subscribe: http://bit.ly/subscribetoafrica Website: https://www.bbc.com/africa Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/bbcnewsafrica/ Twitter: https://www.twitter.com/bbcafrica/ Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/bbcafrica/
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