The Global Story Episodes Episode guide
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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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Why the US says Europe is facing ‘civilisational erasure’
President Trump takes on the US’s traditional allies in a foreign policy upheaval
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How Syria is rebuilding after the fall of a dictator
Since the Assad regime fell one year ago, how has life changed for Syrians?
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Will a social media ban for Australian teens work?
The world’s first social media ban for under 16’s starts this week – will it succeed?
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How the National Guard shooting accelerated Trump’s immigration crackdown
Trump has pledged to "permanently pause migration" from all "third world countries".
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The Fifa-Trump bromance
Fifa’s new ‘Peace Prize’ raises questions about politics in the world’s biggest sport
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How did a Chinese spiritual movement build a US media empire?
In the 1990s, followers of Falun Gong moved to the US and created the Epoch Times
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Why has Trump pardoned Honduras’s drug trafficker ex-president?
Juan Orlando Hernández was jailed for helping smuggle cocaine into the US but is now free
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The death of reading
What do we lose when screens replace books?
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Whatever happened to Iran’s nuclear programme?
Six months on, what did the US and Israel's strikes on Iran actually achieve?
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When popes get political
Will Pope Leo follow his predecessors in trying to influence global affairs?
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Shein: How the fast fashion disruptor ran into real world problems
The inside story of Shein’s success, and the challenges it faces in its bid to go public
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The international drama of Miss Universe
Miss Universe 2025 has been chaotic and scandalous - but will it win back viewers?
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Can Trump’s Gaza plan turn a ceasefire into permanent peace?
Many sticking points remain unresolved in the US-led peace plan for Gaza.
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The decision facing Zelensky
Ukraine’s dilemma: make concessions to Putin, or risk losing US support.
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Is there a genocide of white South Africans as Trump claims?
The US is skipping the G20 summit in South Africa over claims of ‘white genocide’
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What is Sudan’s war really about?
Sudan's war has been described by the UN as “the world’s largest humanitarian crisis”
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The oil lobbyist who tried to sink the first big climate deal
The true story of the man once described as ‘the high priest of the carbon club'
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The Saudi prince's long road to rehabilitation
Can MBS reclaim his place on the world stage after global outrage of Khashoggi’s killing?
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Is the world entering a new age of nuclear testing?
President Trump says US nuclear tests will take place "pretty soon"
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Ghislaine Maxwell, the Epstein Files, and the scandal that won’t go away
Does Epstein’s long-time associate have the answers the public wants?
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The hostage negotiator’s guide to making deals with Putin’s Russia
Roger Carstens on how he freed Americans wrongfully detained by Russia.
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Why is Trump threatening to sue the BBC?
Donald Trump is threatening to sue the BBC for $1 billion.
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Is social media dead?
Is social media dead? Or is it just becoming something else?
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Why Trump is threatening to go 'guns a-blazing' into Nigeria
How true are the claims that there is a persecution of Christians in Nigeria?
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Viktor Orban’s dilemma: Trump’s favour or Russian oil
Will Trump choose to keep an old friend close, or put pressure on Putin?
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A tale of two cities: London’s lesson for New York’s first Muslim mayor
London mayor Sadiq Khan gives advice to the mayor-elect of New York City Zohran Mamdani
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What’s behind Trump’s rift with Colombia?
Colombia has been a US partner in the war on drugs. That relationship is under strain.
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The Supreme Court battle over Trump’s tariffs
Trump faces a Supreme Court challenge over the legality of his tariffs policy
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What if Russia wins?
One professor’s imagined scenario has become an international bestseller.
