Untold Truths

The gap between rich and poor is widening according to the charity Oxfam, which reports that the 62 world’s richest people own the same as the poorest half of the planet's population.

In western Germany, a public swimming pool in one town has forbidden entry to male refugees aged over eighteen. Anti-migrant sentiments have been evident elsewhere in Europe since the start of the year. In Austria, a bar in a small town in the east of the country has banned all refugees.

Chicken farms in the US are notoriously hard to access if you're not involved in the industry. But one American farmer, contracted to a meat processing company, has thrown open the barn doors. He claims firms routinely mislead customers about the conditions the birds are reared in and their health. Maria Finoshina went to meet him.

Protests follow NYE's in Cologne and other German cities where hundreds of women were harassed by men of foreign origin, asylum seekers. Germany has faced a phenomenon of 'Taharrush ja-mie'. This Arabic word describes a group harassment committed by young men during mass gatherings.