Europe

In the grandstands with the German crowds is Football Collective editor, American Dave Raish... the second to last round of Champions League football, also what it's like watching football in Ukraine.

Seamus has an update on the Russian plane that crashed in Egypt, killing 224 people, as questions swirl over what caused the disaster. Audio

The new 'All-Ireland Pollinator Plan' makes Ireland one of the first countries in Europe to draw up a strategy to reverse the decline in bees - with A.Prof Jane Stout from the School of Natural… Audio

Hungarian born geopolitical forecaster George Friedman sees the old fault lines in Europe re-emerging. In his latest book 'Flashpoints: The Emerging Crisis in Europe' he examines the likeliest… Audio

Putin's agenda in Syria, how Germans are coping with the influx of Syrian refugees. Audio

Seamus Kearney with the latest on the European refugee crisis. Audio

As Europe fails to reach an agreement over how to share the burden of the massive flow of asylum seekers out of Syria and Iraq, we meet Christchurch woman Anne Tee, who has lived on the tiny Greek… Audio

In the grandstands with the German crowds is Football Collective editor Dave Raish. Plenty of soccer on as usual, plus the continental basketball tournament EuroBasket. Audio

The refugee crisis in Europe Audio

The heart-breaking photo of a drowned toddler, face down in the sand on Turkey's Bodrum beach, has brought the humanitarian crisis in Europe into stark relief around the world. Audio

As thousands of refugees try to make their way north, the tale of human misery continues to grow. Audio

So what can New Zealand do? A spokesperson for the UN's High Commission for Refugees, Adrian Edwards, says what's happening in Europe is part of a much wider global problem. Audio

In Budapest, Hungary's capital, hundreds of refugees are stranded outside a major railway station after police sealed off the terminal to stop them trying to reach northern Europe. Hungary has become… Audio

The migrant crisis is beginning to divide Europe, as hundreds of thousands of refugees flee Arab and North African countries. Audio

Record numbers of migrants are making their way across the Balkans on an exhausting journey to find a permanent new home in Europe. Audio

The U.S. and the European Union imposed sanctions on Russia for the annexation of Crimea and Russia's role in the conflict in the East of the Ukraine. But do these sanctions have any effect on the… Audio

Tension in Turkey as airstrikes and mass arrests of Kurds threaten peace process; closure of public beach for Saudi King's visit angers residents on the French Riviera; Greek bailout talks delayed… Audio

In the grandstands with the German crowds is Football Collective editor, American Dave Raish. Tour de France, the FIFA scandal (the USA have ordered the extradition of the arrested executives) and… Audio

Seamus Kearney reports on the Greek debt crisis which threatens a banking crisis - banks are closed and the government looking to impose limits on bank withdrawals, long lines have formed at ATMs… Audio