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    Presenters:Janice Wong and Samantha Butler

    Backchat is RTHK Radio 3's week-daily current affairs discussion programme, with expert panels and listener participation. It airs every Monday to Friday from 9.05am - 10am (HKT).
    Have your say by calling us on 233 88 266, find us on Facebook - Backchat on RTHK Radio 3, or email backchat@rthk.hk  

    Listen live on Radio 3's homepage - www.rthk.hk/radio/radio3

    The Backchat podcast is available after each live broadcast

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    20/12/2024

    Leadership crisis in France and Germany / Devastating cyclone in the French territory of Mayotte

    On Friday’s Global Focus, we’re looking at the latest developments in the European Union.

    From the collapse of the French government earlier this month to the dismantling of German Chancellor Olaf Scholz’s coalition over a no-confidence vote, the two largest EU economies are facing an unprecedented leadership crisis, plunging the 27-member bloc into rising socio-economic uncertainty.
    French President Emmanuel Macron is currently struggling on with a seemingly weak administration and without any budget for 2025, forcing lawmakers to roll over this year’s financial blueprint instead.
    Meanwhile in Germany, early snap elections in February could significantly weaken the pro-EU camp, as the rising far-right AfD campaigns to reassess the country’s EU membership.
    Are the European Union’s institutions strong enough to withstand this growing uncertainty? We’ll find out.
    After 9:50, we’re talking about the devastating cyclone which ripped through the Comoros archipelago of Mayotte, France’s most impoverished territory.

    9:05am-9:50am: Leadership crisis in France and Germany

    9:05am-9:30am: Uwe Steinhoff, Professor at the Department of Politics and Public Administration, The University of Hong Kong

    9:05am-9:50am: Sandra Marco Colino, Associate Professor of Law, The Chinese University of Hong Kong

    9:05am-9:50am: Éric Sautedé, Lecturer and Project Coordinator of the Jean Monnet Centre of Excellence, Hong Kong Baptist University

    9:50am-10:00am: Devastating cyclone in the French territory of Mayotte

    9:50am-10:00am: Éric Sautedé, Lecturer and Project Coordinator of the Jean Monnet Centre ofExcellence, Hong Kong Baptist University

    20/12/2024 - 足本 Full (HKT 09:05 - 10:00)

    20/12/2024 - Leadership crisis in France and Germany

    20/12/2024 - Mayotte cyclone

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    Pro-Palestinian protests on US campuses / Storm scare on a Hong Kong-bound flight

    Presenters:Janice Wong and Samantha Butler

    On Friday's Backchat, we're discussing ongoing pro-Palestinian protests on US campuses.

    Dubbed as the "most sweeping and prolonged" demonstrations since the Vietnam war protests in the 1960s and 70s, the current unrest has seen dozens of students occupying campuses around the country, demanding universities divest from companies with reported ties to the Israeli military.
    Over 1,300 protesters have been arrested throughout the US in the last two weeks, following clashes between pro-Israeli and pro-Palestinian protesters.
    There’ve also been protests in Europe, once again igniting discussion over the polarising effect conflicts in the Middle East can have on tertiary institutions around the world.
    Supporters of the movement have called on universities to uphold their right to peaceful protest and free speech while critics argue the this has led to an increase in antisemitic acts of violence.
    How do you think universities should handle these protests? Is the clampdown on protests also a clampdown on free speech?
    After 9:45, we talk about Tuesday night's rainstorm, which left dozens of Hong Kong-bound flights diverted to nearby airports and some passengers traumatised over failed landing attempts.


    9:05am-9:45am: Pro-Palestinian protests on US campuses

    9:05am-9:45am: Gerard Postiglione, Emeritus and Honorary Professor; Coordinator at the Consortium for Higher Education Research in Asia, Faculty of Education, The University of Hong Kong

    9:05am-9:45am: Eyal Mayroz (PhD), Senior Lecturer in Peace and Conflict Studies, Faculty of Arts and Social Sciences, The University of Sydney

    9:05am-9:45am: Prof. Shahram Akbarzadeh, Convenor of the Middle East Studies Forum and Deputy Director of the Alfred Deakin Institute for Citizenship and Globalisation, Deakin University


    9:45am-10:00am: Storm scare on a Hong Kong-bound flight

    9:45am-10:00am: Paul Weatherilt, Chairman of the Hong Kong Aircrew Officers’ Association



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    03/05/2024 - Pro-Palestinian protests on US campuses

    03/05/2024 - Cathay flight caught in storm