Foreign Correspondent - Series 2026

NATO is facing its biggest security crisis since WWII. A wave of "hybrid" attacks blamed on Russia has left member states in fear and on high alert. Now Donald Trump's demand for Greenland is threatening the alliance. (Return)

Switzerland's iconic mountains are truly one of the wonders of the world, famous for their dramatic snow-capped peaks. But the Swiss Alps are under threat and in turn putting centuries old villages below them in grave danger.

A revolution is taking place in Indonesia. President Prabowo Subianto is nationalising and militarising his nation's economy to deliver a self-reliant future. But some are warning Indonesia could be returning to the Suharto era.

After Donald Trump ordered the capture of Venezuelan President Nicolas Maduro the focus shifted to the country's vast oil reserves. Now the US is trying to revive Venezuela's oil industry. But who will be the beneficiaries?

Greece is one of the world's most popular tourist destinations, but the actual population of Greece is in freefall. There are far more deaths than births, young people have left in droves and migration is deeply unpopular.

Ireland isn't known for being one of the world's hottest surfing destinations. But in winter surfers head to the village of Mullaghmore, braving the freezing North Atlantic to take on waves as big as multi-storey buildings.

When a young Muslim American who called himself a democratic socialist was elected Mayor of New York City the world took notice. Zohran Mamdani is America's newest political star with an agenda to make his city affordable again.

Fiji is ground zero in the Pacific's drug crisis. Breathtaking quantities of methamphetamine and cocaine are being trafficked through Fiji and on to Australia, fuelling a wave of addiction and corruption in the Fijian community.

From South America to the Solomon Islands, Foreign Correspondent reveals the tactics used by cartels to send eye-watering quantities of drugs across the Pacific. We go on the hunt for the "narco subs" used by drug lords.

The US and Israel's war against Iran could not have come at a worse time for Saudi Arabia. The region's instability is impacting a multi-trillion dollar economic and social transformation underway in the Kingdom.

In India, marriage has become a $100 billion industry with families spending more on weddings than ever. But for many the pressure to spend big is becoming a financial burden as they grapple with the true price of love.

In China an electric revolution is taking place. Across the country, electric cars we might consider luxury are now standard issue. China invested billions to produce smarter and cheaper EVs, dominating the global market.

Norway is the biggest salmon producer in the world. It invented the farmed salmon industry and built it into an $18-billion business. But meeting the growing global appetite for salmon doesn't come without consequences.

In Japan the geisha community is a secretive and closed world but with rare, intimate access we meet Tokyo's most celebrated geisha and young women sacrificing ordinary freedoms to keep an ancient and iconic artform alive.

The South China Sea is one of the world's busiest shipping lanes but who controls it is hotly disputed. The Philippines and China both claim part of it, causing increasing confrontations and concerns over the vital sea lane.

On the tropical Honduran island of Roatan lies Prospera, a controversial libertarian proto state where billionaires can avoid taxes and government rules and biohackers try to cheat death with experimental medical treatments.

The Iranian-backed Houthi rebels have become a threat to global trade by blocking Saudi Arabian vessels in the Red Sea's Bab el-Mandeb Strait. How did a small group from northern Yemen transform into a powerful armed militia?

An inside look at how violent gangs have turned the Haitian capital Port-au-Prince into a veritable war zone as the country struggles with the displacement of almost 1.5 million people and the highest homicide rate in the world.

In the shadow of the US/Israel-Iran war, Lebanon has been thrown into crisis. Israel's ground invasion following rocket attacks by Iran ally Hezbollah has destroyed homes and buildings and displaced tens of thousands of Lebanese.

Venice is one of the great wonders of the world but rapidly rising sea levels are threatening the city and its treasures. Billions have been spent to protect it but experts are worried it still won't be enough to save Venice.

The holiday hotspot of Pattaya in Thailand is synonymous with sun, sand and sex, drawing billions in tourist dollars. But the shocking killing of a teenage girl has exposed the dark underbelly of the city's sex industry.

Thousands of Ukrainian kids have been stolen by Russia since the war began with many ending up on Russian adoption websites. We embed with the undercover rescue network working in a race against time to save Ukraine's kids.

New British PM Andy Burnham is promising the most radical change in 40 years, vowing to upend the way politics is done and how power is wielded. But in a country that's been called broken, can he deliver his vision?