Infrastructure

The unprecedented water crisis in South America’s largest city is leading citizens to change everything, from how they use water to how they engage with politics. But while the government is taking action, residents say it’s not nearly enough.

Takeaway correspondent Andrea Bernstein joins us to discuss the significance of the latest developments on the nation and the President’s agenda.

Dozens are dead and as much as two-thirds of the country has been affected as Mexico has been battered by a series of tropical storms this week. Host Aaron Schachter gets the latest from reporter Jennifer Collins in Mexico City.

Germany has just received the first plane-load of Syrian refugees fleeing their civil war back home. And up to 5,000 more are expected. But some believe Germany shouldn’t pat itself on the back just yet for the humanitarian gesture.

Two million refugees have fled out of Syria according the United Nations Refugee Agency. Anchor Marco Werman speaks with Melissa Fleming from UN Refugee Agency about the refugee crisis in Syria.