Foreign Correspondent

The Iranian-backed Houthi rebels have become a threat to global trade by blocking Saudi Arabian vessels in the Red Sea's Bab el-Mandeb Strait. How did a small group from northern Yemen transform into a powerful armed militia?

Foreign Correspondent this week is on patrol with local police in Haiti.

Haiti is a nation living under gang rule. With the highest homicide rate in the world, violence has become normalised and more than a million people have been displaced. Now a new international force is in place to try and wrestle control away from the gangs, so the first elections in more than a decade can be held.

On Foreign Correspondent an inside look at how the gangs have turned the capital Port-AuPrince into a veritable war zone. We meet the gang members who have become a law unto themselves, and we go on patrol with the local police whose numbers and arsenal are often no match for the gunmen they are trying to catch.

In the shadow of the US/Israel-Iran war, Lebanon has been thrown into crisis. Israel's ground invasion after rocket attacks by Iran ally Hezbollah has destroyed homes and buildings, displacing tens of thousands of Lebanese.

Venice is one of the great wonders of the world, but rapidly rising sea levels are threatening the city and its treasures. Billions have been spent to protect it, but experts are worried it still won't be enough to save Venice.