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IN THE PAPERS - Thursday, April 5: 'Irrational and foolish': We look at reactions from the American and Mexican papers as Donald Trump sends troops to the Mexican border to stem illegal immigration. The French papers are also looking at immigration - in particular the government's plan to restrict the influx of migrants. Also, Saudi Arabia will open its first cinema in 35 years as part of a push for modernity. Finally, Steven Speilberg says the next Indiana Jones be an - Indiana Joan!
“We need to tell a better story about what's going on in the world and why we all need to get involved, actor Edward Norton tells Euronews Culture.
Saudi Arabia sentenced a woman to 34 years in prison over her Twitter activity, the longest sentence to be handed down to an activist, according to human rights groups.
The migration crisis, the rise of nationalism and the Covid-19 pandemic have put borders back in the headlines. Although frontiers had never disappeared, globalisation and modern forms of transport had seemed to render them obsolete, at least in many regions. FRANCE 24 brings you a documentary series on four borders that are emblematic of our times. This is the case between Iraq and Saudi Arabia, two countries that had ceased diplomatic relations after Iraq's 1990 invasion of Kuwait. Our reporter Lucile Wassermann travelled to the Arar border crossing, which is coming back to life in the middle of the desert.
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