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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
12 Dec 2025,26 mins
Why the US says Europe is facing ‘civilisational erasure’
President Trump takes on the US’s traditional allies in a foreign policy upheaval
11 Dec 2025,26 mins
How Syria is rebuilding after the fall of a dictator
Since the Assad regime fell one year ago, how has life changed for Syrians?
10 Dec 2025,26 mins
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?
09 Dec 2025,26 mins
How the National Guard shooting accelerated Trump’s immigration crackdown
Trump has pledged to "permanently pause migration" from all "third world countries".
08 Dec 2025,26 mins
The Fifa-Trump bromance
Fifa’s new ‘Peace Prize’ raises questions about politics in the world’s biggest sport
05 Dec 2025,27 mins
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
04 Dec 2025,27 mins
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
03 Dec 2025,26 mins
The death of reading
What do we lose when screens replace books?
02 Dec 2025,26 mins
Whatever happened to Iran’s nuclear programme?
Six months on, what did the US and Israel's strikes on Iran actually achieve?
01 Dec 2025,27 mins
When popes get political
Will Pope Leo follow his predecessors in trying to influence global affairs?
28 Nov 2025,26 mins
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
27 Nov 2025,26 mins
The international drama of Miss Universe
Miss Universe 2025 has been chaotic and scandalous - but will it win back viewers?
26 Nov 2025,26 mins
Can Trump’s Gaza plan turn a ceasefire into permanent peace?
Many sticking points remain unresolved in the US-led peace plan for Gaza.
25 Nov 2025,26 mins
The decision facing Zelensky
Ukraine’s dilemma: make concessions to Putin, or risk losing US support.
24 Nov 2025,26 mins
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’
21 Nov 2025,31 mins
What is Sudan’s war really about?
Sudan's war has been described by the UN as “the world’s largest humanitarian crisis”
20 Nov 2025,26 mins
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'
19 Nov 2025,26 mins
The Saudi prince's long road to rehabilitation
Can MBS reclaim his place on the world stage after global outrage of Khashoggi’s killing?
18 Nov 2025,26 mins
Is the world entering a new age of nuclear testing?
President Trump says US nuclear tests will take place "pretty soon"
17 Nov 2025,27 mins
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?
14 Nov 2025,30 mins
The hostage negotiator’s guide to making deals with Putin’s Russia
Roger Carstens on how he freed Americans wrongfully detained by Russia.
13 Nov 2025,27 mins
Why is Trump threatening to sue the BBC?
Donald Trump is threatening to sue the BBC for $1 billion.
12 Nov 2025,26 mins
Is social media dead?
Is social media dead? Or is it just becoming something else?
11 Nov 2025,26 mins
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?
10 Nov 2025,26 mins
Viktor Orban’s dilemma: Trump’s favour or Russian oil
Will Trump choose to keep an old friend close, or put pressure on Putin?
07 Nov 2025,26 mins
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
06 Nov 2025,26 mins
What’s behind Trump’s rift with Colombia?
Colombia has been a US partner in the war on drugs. That relationship is under strain.
05 Nov 2025,27 mins
The Supreme Court battle over Trump’s tariffs
Trump faces a Supreme Court challenge over the legality of his tariffs policy
04 Nov 2025,26 mins
What if Russia wins?
One professor’s imagined scenario has become an international bestseller.
03 Nov 2025,26 mins