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The Global Story Episodes

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    Is Canada leading the global resistance against Trump?

    Canada’s PM Mark Carney says “the old world order is not coming back”.

  2. Have the protests in Iran failed?

    How a brutal crackdown appears to have quelled the unrest.

  3. Greenland: Could the US regret alienating its Nato allies?

    Trump responded, “no comment” when asked if he'd use force to seize Greenland.

  4. How Charlie Kirk inspired a new Korean right-wing youth movement

    The ‘make Korea great again’ movement wants to free its jailed ex-president.

  5. The post-World War II era is over. What comes next?

    Did the rules-based order ever exist and what could replace it if it goes away?

  6. How the US, China and Russia are vying for influence in Africa

    The US, China and Russia all have interests in Central Africa

  7. Putin’s pursuit of Russian greatness

    Putin’s mission to restore Russia to its Soviet-era glory.

  8. Has Xi Jinping outsmarted his rivals?

    The story of how China became a superpower.

  9. American influence from Monroe to Donroe

    What does US history tell us about America’s changing role in the world right now?

  10. Will Gen Z protests around the world continue in 2026?

    2025 was the year of youth-led protests across the world. What’s next for the movement?

  11. Will Trump take control of Greenland?

    Trump’s refusal to rule out military force is causing anxiety in Europe and Nato.

  12. The US ran a war game on the aftermath of Maduro’s fall – it predicted chaos

    Officials have for years run war games on Venezuela – here's what they predicted.

  13. People who could change the world in 2026

    Our picks for who will have the power and influence to shape the next year’s big stories

  14. What’s next for Venezuela?

    Trump said the US will ‘run the country’ after capturing President Maduro and his wife

  15. Are conspiracy theories America’s biggest export?

    One British family deals with the devastating consequences of health conspiracies

  16. The death of reading

    What do we lose when screens replace books?

  17. The hostage negotiator’s guide to making deals with Putin’s Russia

    Roger Carstens on how he freed Americans wrongfully detained by Russia

  18. Is the AI boom actually a bubble?

    Could AI be the biggest market bubble since the dot-com crash?

  19. Nukes for nothing: The deal that broke Ukraine's trust

    An exploration of the 1994 Budapest Memorandum, intended to enshrine Ukraine's security.

  20. Can Apple cut ties with China?

    Can Apple really end its made-in-China business model?

  21. Is social media dead?

    Is social media dead? Or is it just becoming something else?

  22. The disgraced UK doctor behind autism misinformation

    How a British doctor created the vaccine myth behind Trump's autism announcement.

  23. Meeting settlers and Palestinians in the West Bank

    Settler attacks in the West Bank have reached a record high, says the UN.

  24. Is Trump looking for war with Venezuela?

    As US-Venezuela tensions rise, we ask if President Trump is building a case for war.

  25. Why K-beauty is everywhere

    How South Korea became the world’s second-largest exporter of cosmetics.

  26. Why Australia’s gun laws aren’t as strong as you might think

    Australia reconsiders its gun control laws, following the Bondi Beach massacre.

  27. What would it take for Putin to stop fighting in Ukraine?

    President Trump says a Ukraine peace deal is ‘closer than ever’

  28. The Bondi Beach massacre and the rise of antisemitic violence

    Why some feared an attack like this was coming.

  29. Why Trump’s Thailand-Cambodia peace deal unravelled

    What happens when one of Trump's solved wars becomes unsolved?

  30. The murders that moved a nation: Italy’s new femicide law

    How two shocking murders of young women fueled outrage in Italy and led to femicide law

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