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The World

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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 11min
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July 31, 202449min 5sec
Thumbnail for "Israeli strike on Beirut confirmed".
July 30, 202449min 13sec
Thumbnail for "Attack on Golan Heights killing 12 youths draws international attention to the region".
July 29, 202449min
Thumbnail for "Olympic Games begin in Paris amid attack on rail system".
July 26, 202448min 57sec
Thumbnail for "Lethal Dissent 7 - Verdict".
July 26, 202429min 52sec
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 40sec
Thumbnail for "Israeli PM Netanyahu addresses US Congress for a fourth time".
July 24, 202448min 35sec
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 41sec
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 15sec
Thumbnail for "A Russian court found Wall Street Journal reporter Evan Gershkovich guilty of espionage".
July 19, 202448min 41sec
Thumbnail for "Lethal Dissent 6 - Woman from the CIA".
July 19, 202430min 23sec
Thumbnail for "In Bangladesh, large-scale student protests have taken a violent turn".
July 18, 202448min 5sec
Thumbnail for "Manhattan court finds New Jersey Sen. Bob Menendez guilty of acting on behalf of Egyptian intelligence ".
July 17, 202449min 29sec
Thumbnail for "Venezuela’s authoritarian regime has spurred millions of people to leave the country ".
July 16, 202448min 12sec
Thumbnail for "Reactions to the attempted assassination of Donald Trump from abroad ".
July 15, 202448min 52sec
Thumbnail for "NATO members form an ice pact to counter growing Russian activity in the Arctic".
July 12, 202448min 24sec
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 53sec
Thumbnail for "Decreasing US interest in defending Europe militarily".
July 10, 202448min 28sec
Thumbnail for "NATO’s history of eastward expansion".
July 9, 202449min 12sec
Thumbnail for "Far-right party thwarted in French election".
France's far-right National Rally party looked poised to win the country's snap parliamentary election called by centrist president Emmanuel Macron in June. But that victory was thwarted by a coalition of center and left parties unifying at the last minute.
July 8, 202448min 44sec
Thumbnail for "Britain has a new prime minister: Keir Starmer ".
July 5, 202449min 9sec
Thumbnail for "Lethal Dissent - Intermission".
July 5, 20241min 25sec
Thumbnail for "4th of July special ".
July 4, 202449min 23sec
Thumbnail for "Hurricane Beryl as it hits Jamaica".
July 3, 202447min 55sec
Thumbnail for "Israel's military orders Palestinians in Khan Younis to evacuate".
July 2, 202447min 29sec
Thumbnail for "In France, the far-right party wins big in round one of parliamentary elections ".
July 1, 202448min 4sec
Thumbnail for "Kenya begins its deployment of police to Haiti ".
June 28, 202449min 22sec
Thumbnail for "Lethal Dissent 5 - Operatives".
June 28, 202426min 31sec
Thumbnail for "Low voter turnout expected for Iran's election".
Many young Iranians say they plan to boycott Friday’s election to replace the late-President Ebrahim Raisi.
June 27, 202448min 16sec
Thumbnail for "Kenyan president concedes to protesters".
Kenya’s president concedes to protesters following a week of unprecedented demonstrations against a proposed finance bill.
June 26, 202448min 37sec
Thumbnail for "Protests in Kenya against finance bill turn deadly".
Thousands of people have taken to the streets to reject a finance bill underway in Kenya’s parliament, with some demonstrations turning deadly.
June 25, 202447min 55sec
Thumbnail for "Attacks on synagogues and churches in Russian republic of Dagestan".
June 24, 202448min 11sec

In the Middle East, 2 assassinations and 1 claim of responsibility

Thumbnail for "In the Middle East, 2 assassinations and 1 claim of responsibility ".
July 31, 202449min 5sec

The Israeli army claimed responsibility for a missile strike that killed a Hezbollah commander in his Beirut apartment. At least three people were killed in that strike and some 70 wounded. Hours later, Hamas' leader-in-exile Ismail Haniyeh and his bodyguard were killed as they slept in Tehran. Following the assassination of Hamas and Hezbollah figures, there are fears about a wider conflict engulfing the Middle East. Also, some Brazilians along the southern coast of the country are celebrating the "day of the right whale." This is an endangered species of whale that has made a comeback in the region due to conservation efforts by the Brazilian government. And, efforts to make the Seine "swimmable" for this year’s Olympics draw on lessons from successful restoration projects in other parts of the world.