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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.
24hr 22min
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Thumbnail for "Israel strikes Hezbollah headquarters in Lebanon".
Thumbnail for "New York mayor’s indictment highlights Turkey’s influence".
New York City Mayor Eric Adams has been charged with bribery, fraud and using his position to help Turkey.
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Climate change appears to be supercharging hurricanes. Meanwhile, storm warning systems in Bangladesh are resulting in fewer casualties.
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Thumbnail for "Israeli airstrikes kill hundreds of people in Lebanon".
Israeli airstrikes on southern Lebanon today killed more than 356 people and injured at least 1,200 others, marking a major escalation in fighting between Israel and Hezbollah.
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A new report by Mediazona and the BBC finds that more than 70,000 Russian soldiers have died in the war in Ukraine.
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Hezbollah leader Hassan Nasrallah gave a speech in Lebanon acknowledging the deadly attacks this week that caused pagers and walkie-talkies to explode across the country. He called it a "severe blow,” but also promised that Hezbollah will continue attacking Israel until the war in Gaza ends.
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Thumbnail for "Questions over the motivation of alleged Trump assassin".
Thumbnail for "South America is seeing a record number of wildfires ".
Thumbnail for "Mexico's Senate approves controversial judicial reform".
Thumbnail for "An Israeli strike hits tent camp in humanitarian zone in Gaza".
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Thumbnail for "Israeli military continues intense operations in the occupied West Bank".
The Israeli military has conducted intense operations in the occupied West Bank over the past 10 days, launching air and ground attacks, and leaving a trail of destruction.
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Automakers like Volvo and Volkswagen are making big changes to their business models as demand fluctuates for electric vehicles.
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A new report finds that Incompetence, dishonesty and greed led to the deaths of 72 people in the 2017 Grenfell Tower fire in the UK. It also says the deaths were avoidable and blames several manufacturers and successive British governments.
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Three German states held elections this weekend, with the far-right AfD Party making big gains.
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Thumbnail for "Vaccinating children in a war zone".
Thumbnail for "Hong Kong court finds 2 journalists guilty of sedition".
Thumbnail for "Israeli military carries out extensive raids overnight in West Bank ".
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Thumbnail for "Despite deployment of Kenyan police to Haiti, violence remains widespread".
Thumbnail for "Court workers in Mexico go on indefinite strike".
Tens of thousands of court workers across Mexico are on an indefinite strike. It comes in response to a controversial judicial reform law that is advancing through Congress.

Political detainees in Belarus granted amnesty

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September 12, 202448min 54sec

Authorities in Belarus have granted amnesty to several dozen political detainees in recent weeks. These are opposition figures, part of the movement that protested the reelection in 2020 of Belarusian leader Alexander Lukashenko over his authoritarian domestic policies. We hear from a political adviser to the opposition about the prisoner releases, and the reaction in opposition communities in Belarus and in the diaspora. Also, a severe drought in southern Namibia has led to food shortages. So, the country's Ministry of Environment announced a controversial plan: to cull wildlife in order to feed people in urgent need of sustenance. Plus, an influential pastor in the Philippines was just arrested after a two-week standoff between police and his supporters. And, a bicyclist has broken a world record. Lael Wilcox just became the fastest woman to circumnavigate the globe by bike. 

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