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Host Marco Werman and his team of producers bring you the world's most interesting stories that remind us just how small our planet really is.

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Host Marco Werman and his team of producers bring you the world's most interesting stories that remind us just how small our planet really is.

© PRX, Inc. All rights reserved.
22hr 35min
Thumbnail for "US push for a ceasefire in Gaza hangs on Thursday's meeting".
August 14, 202448min 15sec23.06 MB
Thumbnail for "The Ukrainian military has invaded Russia's Kursk region".
August 13, 202448min 53sec46.96 MB
Thumbnail for "Greece battling wildfires near Athens".
August 12, 202448min 41sec23.27 MB
Thumbnail for "Russia strikes eastern Ukraine as Ukraine continues incursion into Russian territory".
Russian strikes in Ukraine's eastern Donetsk region have killed around a dozen people and injured 37 others. It comes as Ukraine's incursion into Russian territory continues into its fourth day.
August 9, 202449min 24sec23.75 MB
Thumbnail for "Lethal Dissent - One More Week".
August 9, 202431sec757.89 kB
Thumbnail for "Taylor Swift Eras Tour shows canceled in Austria over alleged ISIS plot".
Authorities in Austria have canceled a series of Taylor Swift shows after learning of an alleged ISIS plot to attack the music venues along her much-hyped Eras Tour.
August 8, 202448min 58sec23.4 MB
Thumbnail for "Hamas chooses Yahya Sinwar as its leader".
Hamas has a new leader, Yahya Sinwar, who is said to be one of the main planners of the Oct. 7 attack on Israel.
August 7, 202448min 51sec23.34 MB
Thumbnail for " Nobel laureate Muhammad Yunus appointed as head of Bangladesh’s interim government".
In Bangladesh, Nobel laureate Muhammad Yunus has been appointed as the head of the country's interim government after the army stepped in following anti-government protests that pushed a long-serving prime minister out of power.
August 6, 202448min 48sec23.32 MB
Thumbnail for "Bangladesh prime minister resigns and flees the country amid protests".
Bangladeshi Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina's 15-year rule came to an end today after weeks of violent clashes with protesters left more than 300 people dead. Jubilant scenes emerged from the capital, Dhaka, after Hasina resigned and fled the country.
August 5, 202449min 15sec23.53 MB
Thumbnail for "What humanitarian aid workers are doing in Gaza to help Palestinian civilians".
August 2, 202449min 25sec23.75 MB
Thumbnail for "Lethal Dissent 8 - Officials".
August 2, 202425min 44sec61.8 MB
Thumbnail for "American citizens freed from Russia in a prisoner exchange ".
August 1, 202447min 56sec23.04 MB
Thumbnail for "In the Middle East, 2 assassinations and 1 claim of responsibility ".
July 31, 202449min 5sec23.59 MB
Thumbnail for "Israeli strike on Beirut confirmed".
July 30, 202449min 13sec23.66 MB
Thumbnail for "Attack on Golan Heights killing 12 youths draws international attention to the region".
July 29, 202449min23.55 MB
Thumbnail for "Olympic Games begin in Paris amid attack on rail system".
July 26, 202448min 57sec23.53 MB
Thumbnail for "Lethal Dissent 7 - Verdict".
July 26, 202429min 52sec71.71 MB
Thumbnail for "Typhoon Gaemi causes flooding and landslides in the Philippines".
Typhoon Gaemi is one of the strongest typhoons to affect the Asia-Pacific region in nearly a decade, and it's sparked massive evacuations in the Philippines, leaving flooding and landslides in its wake.
July 25, 202448min 40sec46.75 MB
Thumbnail for "Israeli PM Netanyahu addresses US Congress for a fourth time".
July 24, 202448min 35sec46.67 MB
Thumbnail for "Paris goes on maximum alert as it hosts the Olympics".
Soldiers and police are patrolling the streets of Paris as the city hosts the Summer Olympics. Parts of the city are off-limits, including much of the Seine river, as the “City of Light” goes on maximum alert to protect athletes and fans.
July 23, 202448min 41sec23.39 MB
Thumbnail for "VP Harris touts Biden's legacy as she announces her presidential candidacy".
World leaders weigh in after US President Joe Biden announced that he's ending his bid for re-election and put his support behind Vice President Kamala Harris as the Democratic nominee.
July 22, 202449min 15sec23.65 MB
Thumbnail for "A Russian court found Wall Street Journal reporter Evan Gershkovich guilty of espionage".
July 19, 202448min 41sec23.39 MB
Thumbnail for "Lethal Dissent 6 - Woman from the CIA".
July 19, 202430min 23sec72.94 MB
Thumbnail for "In Bangladesh, large-scale student protests have taken a violent turn".
July 18, 202448min 5sec23.11 MB
Thumbnail for "Manhattan court finds New Jersey Sen. Bob Menendez guilty of acting on behalf of Egyptian intelligence ".
July 17, 202449min 29sec23.78 MB
Thumbnail for "Venezuela’s authoritarian regime has spurred millions of people to leave the country ".
July 16, 202448min 12sec23.16 MB
Thumbnail for "Reactions to the attempted assassination of Donald Trump from abroad ".
July 15, 202448min 52sec23.48 MB
Thumbnail for "NATO members form an ice pact to counter growing Russian activity in the Arctic".
July 12, 202448min 24sec46.49 MB
Thumbnail for "Officials meet for talks to find an end to the war in Gaza".
The CIA director and a top Biden adviser are in the Middle East this week to meet with Israeli, Egyptian and Qatari officials. It’s part of the latest efforts to reach a ceasefire deal between Israel and Hamas.
July 11, 202448min 53sec46.95 MB
Thumbnail for "Decreasing US interest in defending Europe militarily".
July 10, 202448min 28sec46.55 MB

US push for a ceasefire in Gaza hangs on Thursday's meeting

Thumbnail for "US push for a ceasefire in Gaza hangs on Thursday's meeting".
August 14, 202448min 15sec

The Biden administration is flooding the zone in the Middle East with high-level diplomats ahead of a key meeting on Thursday. Getting a ceasefire for Gaza is the immediate goal. But this is also about bringing down the temperature in a region that's on edge after Israel assassinated two top leaders from Hezbollah and Hamas. Also, the British prime minister has vowed to come down hard on rioters involved in violent far-right protests in the UK last week. Some offenders have already been sentenced to time in prison. But British prisons are already at 99% capacity. And, German authorities issued an arrest warrant for a Ukrainian national named Volodymyr Z. His last name is protected by Germany privacy law, but he's a suspect in the explosions that destroyed the natural gas pipeline running beneath the Baltic Sea. 

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