Yusuf Zahab was a Sydney schoolboy, taken to live in Syria under the Islamic State group. He has become emblematic of a generation of boys, now adrift in the prisons of Northeast Syria, locked up without charge since when they were children. Dateline travels to northeast Syria to find Yusuf and talk to other Australians held in indefinite detention there after the fall of IS.
https://youtu.be/XousFDZMzOQ
Dateline investigates Romania’s booming adult camgirl industry. We meet the studio owners and successful camgirls and uncover a wild west of “ghost studios” with few rules and even less oversight.
https://youtu.be/QiijfscjmyA
How far would you go to protect the planet? Dateline meets the climate crusaders in Australia and Germany responding to a harsh crackdown they claim risks undoing years of climate action.
https://youtu.be/DMeTQtgrdwQ
Nearly one in five children in the US are obese, and parents are being urged to pursue radical treatment options. We meet the kids who have had life-altering bariatric surgery at age 12.
In Australia, search 'Dateline' on SBS On Demand to watch this episode.
https://youtu.be/_tgT4AAhLiQ
Chess is one of the world’s fastest growing sports, and Australian kids are making big moves. Dateline follows a 10-year-old prodigy to the Netherlands for the world's biggest junior chess tournament.
https://youtu.be/Fc0ZlGHCGGg
Watch the second episode of Dateline's two-part documentary investigating why Australian Yusuf Zahab and at least 34 Australian women and children are still in detention without charge in northeast Syria, a region wracked with instability.
https://youtu.be/tkHboNtXsgA
Dateline presents a two-part documentary about Australians who remain detained without charge in northeast Syria after the collapse of the Islamic State group's self-proclaimed caliphate.
In the first part, we go to Syria in search of Sydney schoolboy Yusuf Zahab, who was taken into IS territory aged 12 and later was swept up into the adult prison system.
https://youtu.be/IqwZetyAVEo
Last month, Thailand announced it would ban the recreational use of marijuana by the end of 2024, reversing its progressive drug policy introduced just two years earlier.
In this episode first aired in 2022, Dateline looked at the reasons why Thailand relaxed its tough drug laws in the first place and met those on the frontline of the country's drug war.
https://youtu.be/qnfEVh1XVSY
What is it like growing up as the only hearing person in a Deaf family?
In the first episode of the 2024 season, Dateline joins the first-ever Asian-American Coda camp for Deaf parents and their kids.
https://youtu.be/C3tA2TKgGvY
Dateline will be back with new episodes next week!
The landmark 40th season will explore global issues that expand our understanding of the world around us, with this year's line-up featuring stories from Gaza, Syria, Romania, Venezuela, Germany, Japan, the United States, and beyond.
https://youtu.be/aO1kge1hp4U
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