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Recent Episodes
  • Sudan war: 'World's worst humanitarian crisis'
    Apr 16, 2025 – 07:13
  • World reacts to Trump's tariffs
    Apr 9, 2025 – 08:20
  • Myanmar mourns earthquake dead
    Apr 2, 2025 – 07:08
  • Turkey protests after political rival jailed
    Mar 26, 2025 – 07:14
  • Astronauts home after 9 months in space
    Mar 19, 2025 – 09:43
  • Woolly mice: Are woolly mammoths next?
    Mar 12, 2025 – 08:45
  • 50% adults overweight or obese by 2050: Global study
    Mar 5, 2025 – 07:57
  • Is vaping as bad as smoking cigarettes?
    Feb 26, 2025 – 08:54
  • Ukraine war: US-Russia peace talks
    Feb 19, 2025 – 08:10
  • Gaza ceasefire at risk
    Feb 12, 2025 – 08:31
  • Trump's tariffs
    Feb 5, 2025 – 08:07
  • DeepSeek: Chinese AI app shocks tech world
    Jan 29, 2025 – 08:28
  • Trump returns to power
    Jan 22, 2025 – 08:57
  • Kumbh Mela: 400 million to attend world's largest festival
    Jan 15, 2025 – 07:49
  • North Korea hypersonic missile claims
    Jan 8, 2025 – 07:33
  • The face of the real Santa Claus
    Dec 24, 2024 – 09:09
  • 7,000 steps can reduce risk of depression
    Dec 18, 2024 – 08:48
  • Rebels defeat Assad in Syria
    Dec 11, 2024 – 08:17
  • South Korea's martial law crisis
    Dec 4, 2024 – 08:02
  • Laos: Six dead from possible methanol poisoning
    Nov 27, 2024 – 07:21
  • Ukraine fires US-supplied missiles into Russia
    Nov 20, 2024 – 08:31
  • Pakistan's worst ever smog
    Nov 13, 2024 – 08:18
  • Donald Trump wins the US Election
    Nov 6, 2024 – 08:38
  • Lost Maya city found in Mexico
    Oct 30, 2024 – 09:15
  • India: Bomb threats delay flights
    Oct 23, 2024 – 08:44
  • Earth's climate defences failing
    Oct 16, 2024 – 08:04
  • AI critic wins Nobel Prize... for AI
    Oct 9, 2024 – 08:35
  • Iran attacks Israel after invasion of Lebanon
    Oct 2, 2024 – 08:44
  • MrBeast named in lawsuit
    Sep 25, 2024 – 07:50
  • Shanghai: Worst typhoon in 75 years
    Sep 18, 2024 – 07:44
  • Australia plans kids' social media ban
    Sep 11, 2024 – 06:42
  • German far right wins state election
    Sep 4, 2024 – 07:12
  • UN: Rising sea levels disaster for all
    Aug 28, 2024 – 08:24
  • Chimps chat like we do
    Aug 21, 2024 – 07:52
  • Ukraine fights back inside Russia
    Aug 14, 2024 – 09:46
  • Bangladesh protests: PM quits
    Aug 7, 2024 – 07:06
  • Venezuela election chaos
    Jul 31, 2024 – 07:17
  • Biden out, Harris in
    Jul 24, 2024 – 09:20
  • Trump assassination attempt
    Jul 17, 2024 – 08:36
  • Third of adults inactive
    Jul 10, 2024 – 09:34
  • Trump legal ruling
    Jul 3, 2024 – 08:52
  • Julian Assange walks free
    Jun 26, 2024 – 09:40
  • Putin in North Korea
    Jun 19, 2024 – 09:12
  • Far right performs well in EU election
    Jun 12, 2024 – 09:41
  • DNA study: better coffee?
    Jun 5, 2024 – 05:50
  • Computer made with brain cells
    May 29, 2024 – 06:15
  • Iran's president killed in crash
    May 22, 2024 – 06:31
  • Georgia's 'foreign agent' law passed
    May 15, 2024 – 07:02
  • Brazil floods
    May 8, 2024 – 07:20
  • Healthy living and DNA
    May 1, 2024 – 07:03
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