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The story of the decline of the French empire and the indelible mark colonialism left on countries that were colonised.

The history of Oman's dramatic rise and fall as a trading and imperial power, its role in the Gulf and its regional diplomacy today.

Anthony Sadler, la Guardia Nazionale dell'Oregon Alek Skarlatos e il membro delle forze armate statunitensi Spencer Stone sono amici da tempo. Insieme condividono i problemi dell'infanzia, la ricerca del loro posto nel mondo e tutta una serie di sfortunati eventi. Le loro esistenze cambieranno per sempre la sera del 21 agosto 2015 quando sventeranno il tentato attacco terroristico sul treno Thalys #9364.

The life and struggles of King Hussein of Jordan, from the assassination of his grandfather to the rise of the PLO. King Hussein of Jordan: Survival Of A Dynasty is the first in a two-part series telling the story of Jordan's monarch from 1952 to his death in 1999. Hussein was just 15 when, in July 1951, his grandfather, King Abdullah I, the founder of the Hashemite Kingdom of Jordan, was shot dead by a Palestinian gunman at the gate of al-Aqsa Mosque in eastern Jerusalem. Hussein witnessed the assassination, and in a radio interview later in his life described how it impacted him and his understanding of the dangers - as well as the responsibilities - facing a monarch.

Noredin Mustafa è un detective corrotto della polizia de Il Cairo. Sta seguendo il caso di una cantante trovata uccisa in una stanza dell'hotel Nile Hilton, e ben presto scopre la relazione segreta della donna con il proprietario dell'albergo, ricco imprenditore e membro del parlamento.

Caccia al tesoro, la nuova commedia dei fratelli Vanzina, segue le vicende dello sfortunato Domenico Greco (Vincenzo Salemme), attore teatrale sommerso dai debiti, costretto a vivere nell'appartamento della cognata Rosetta (Serena Rossi), vedova di suo fratello e con un figlio di nove anni malato di cuore. Il bambino, in pericolo di vita, potrebbe salvarsi soltanto con una costosa operazione negli Stati Uniti.

La vedova Emily Walters vive nel quartiere di Hampstead quando un giorno soccorre uno sconosciuto, attaccato da un gruppo di teppisti. Prendendosene cura, ne rimane affascinata e ne scopre lentamente la storia: David, lo sconosciuto, da 17 anni vive in una abitazione di fortuna all'interno del parco, che presto sarà messo in vendita per cedere il posto a un complesso residenziale di lusso. Condividendo la stessa battaglia contro i costruttori, tra i due avrà inizio un'insolita storia d'amore lontana dalle convenzioni sociali e dai vincoli.

The story of Jovan Divjak, an ethnic Serb who defended Sarajevo against Serb forces during the Bosnian war. Jovan Divjak is an ethnic Serb and former army officer who defended Sarajevo against Serb forces during the Bosnian war in the 1990s. In Bosnia he is a hero and humanitarian who, since the war, has worked to improve the lives of citizens - Bosnians, Croats, and Serbs alike. But his native Serbia accuses him of being a war criminal and has sought his extradition. As a young conscript, Divjak served in the elite guard of Yugoslavia's first president, the country's founding father Josip Broz Tito.

A notorious war criminal searches for the prisoners he tortured during the Bosnian War to seek their forgiveness. Esad Landzo was convicted of torture, war crimes and crimes against humanity at the International Criminal Tribunal for the former Yugoslavia in 1998. He was a 19 year old prison guard at the Celebici camp in Konjic, Bosnia, notorious for abuse and torture of prisoners of war, many of whom were civilians, during the Bosnian War. When he is released from prison in Finland after 10 years, Landzo is without a job and unable to get a visa from any other country.

In Passport to Freedom, Arab nationals from Syria, Iraq, and Egypt describe what led them either to flee their country as refugees or go abroad to set up a new life - and, in the process, get dual nationality and a second passport. The 2011 revolutions sparked an increase in the numbers of emigrants, wanting to escape political instability and economic uncertainty in several Arab countries. "Emigration used to be a way of solving economic problems to achieve an end," explains Ayman Zohry, a population and migration expert at the American University of Cairo.