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Serious Danger · Episode

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The communist comeback

Today, Explained · Episode

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Why Iran Won't Surrender to the United States.

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War on Space Waste

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Trump Has Nightmare Wednesday After Bad Election News

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Commonwealth Report: It’s the Economy, not Socialism

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Daily Take: Is Todd Blanche Going to Drop the Cold, Dead Hand of Anthony Comstock on America’s Women if He's Confirmed?

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Potential Energy Coalition: Why Climate Messaging Fails - and How to Fix It

Climate Rising · Episode

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What’s Hidden Under The Sahara Desert

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Taking the shine off: albedo and global temperatures

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Italy was once a model of healthy eating - now it has a child obesity problem

The Mediterranean diet was a blueprint for healthy living, yet Italian children are among the most overweight in Europe according to WHO.

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The human cost of South Korea's ultra-convenient overnight deliveries

Night-time deliveries are ubiquitous in hyper-connected Korea, stirring a debate about working conditions.

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Warning shot or publicity stunt - how worried should we be about the OpenAI hack?

Hugging Face said the hack was done at superhuman speed by an AI with little or no human guidance.

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Sewage, rat pee and toxic algae: Open water swimming is booming, but is it bad for your health?

Swimming in rivers and lakes is booming, but heavy rain, sewage overflows and farm runoff can lead to disease outbreaks. Here's how to spot when the risks to health are highest.

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'A masterclass in betrayal': The British double agent who defected to Russia and taught enemy spies

Kim Philby's defection to the Soviet Union was made public on 30 July 1963. In 2016, the BBC broadcast previously unseen footage of a lecture he gave to the Stasi.

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Is the US really running out of weapons under Trump?

The US has fired thousands of hard-to-replace missiles during its war with Iran. We unpack whether its "arsenal of freedom" is perilously low.

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Alarm at German airport after drone found near Ukrainian plane, mid-air incident

German authorities launched a major security operation after a drone was found on the tarmac near a Ukrainian cargo plane at Leipzig-Halle Airport, forcing flight diversions and prompting the deployment of a bomb disposal robot. A cargo aircraft that aborted its landing also struck an unidentified object mid-air before landing safely.

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Fourth UK heatwave of the year under way

A fourth heatwave of the year is now under way for parts of the UK, with temperatures expected to climb into the mid-30s Celsius later this week.

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Schools to offer technical subjects to pupils from age 14, Burnham says

The government wants pupils to take courses like AI and manufacturing which are linked to local jobs.

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The Youth AI Privacy Act’s Privacy Paradox

The Senate Commerce Committee is poised to consider the Youth AI Privacy Act, a bill that would require AI companies to create kids-only privacy rules and implement so-called “safe design features,”

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Reform UK reporting Green leader Zack Polanski to police over Instagram post

The post included a photo of a man wearing a top featuring the name "Nigel" alongside an image of a guillotine.

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US singer D4vd to go on trial for murder in death of Celeste Rivas Hernandez

The star is accused of killing Celeste Rivas Hernandez, whose remains were found in a Tesla registered to his address.

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Some people's chats with Claude AI found publicly available online

Hundreds of conversations with Anthropic’s chatbot were discovered as being publicly accessible.

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US walks out of UN Security Council meeting during France's remarks

The row sparked after the US joined North Korea and Russia in voting against extending the term of the UN high commissioner for human rights.

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French fire service battles 'flare-up' on coast as Spanish PM warns against lowering guard

The Cap Ferret authority says firefighting aircraft have been deployed near Grand Crohot beach, a coastal area west of Bordeaux.

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This farmer wanted to quit the cocaine industry - he couldn't

Colombians who grow cocaine's raw material bemoan a lack of support to help them switch crops.

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Ecuador: Confronting gang members at the heart of a drug battle

Orla Guerin speaks to a gang leader about violence, drugs and infiltrating the police.

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On the front line of Ecuador's drugs war, police fight deadly gangs

The BBC goes on patrol with Ecuador's police, who are grappling with a huge surge in drug crime.

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Karim Khan: Sex, Politics, and the ICC

Could it be put down to a measure of confidence on his part? On this occasion, Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu had, in the Wing of Zion, been less cautious in making a journey to [...]

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Yemen teeters towards renewed war in shadow of Iran conflict

Yemen is edging towards the resumption of a more than decade-old frozen conflict, Yemeni officials, Western diplomats and analysts say, as attacks on Saudi infrastructure and shipping by Iran-aligned ...

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