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20/08/2016 GMT

BBC World Service - From Our Own Correspondent, Survival Skills

Tales from Canada's First Nations, Turkey's coup attempt, rural France and the deep ocean

Threats and opportunities for Canada's First Nations peoples; scenes from the attempted coup in Turkey; the story of the sabot or French clog; and sea life 300m beneath the waves

Pascale Harter introduces stories of existential threat - and new discovery - from around the world, filed by reporters, correspondents and writers.

Canada's new PM Justin Trudeau has promised to completely reformulate Canada's relationship with its indigenous peoples - but the threats to their way of life, and their lives as individuals, seem as grave as ever. Stephen Sackur meets members of the First Nations in Hudson Bay and Calgary to talk about the lasting problems afflicting their communities.

It's been just over a month since the attempted coup in Turkey: Seref Isler, who worked with the BBC team covering those events, reflects on his lasting memories of "the night no-one slept" and why he's ended up in London.

Do you prefer the French, Dutch or Pyrenean model of clog? If you've never even considered the question, let Carolyn Browne explore the subtle art of the wooden shoe and explain how they're made.

And while humans have explored most ends of the earth, we still know very little about life in the sea - most of the ocean floors are still unmapped and their waters unexamined. Justin Marozzi dives deep - over 300m - below the waves of the Sargasso Sea with the Nekton Mission, taking scientists straight to the waters they're hoping to understand better. 

Photo: Two young members of the First Nations during the Calgary Stampede event of July 2016. (Artur Widak/NurPhoto via Getty Images)

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