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Wind, solar and nuclear now generate the majority of the UK's energy, but in a bid to promote renewables the government has ended up paying some wind farms to stop generating power, why?

Writer: Matt Russell

Producer: Ada Barumé

Clips: Md Blackboi Global 

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A public clash between Donald Trump and the Pope has exposed tensions inside America’s Christian right. Why does this matter? 

Writer: Jonathan Lewis

Producer: Casey Magloire

Host: Ada Barumé

Episode photography: Michael Whitaker

Executive Producer: Jasper Corbett

Clips: BBC, 9 New Australia, CNN

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Reform councillors are quitting more than any other party. What is behind the trend and how will it impact the local elections?

Writer: Madeleine Parr

Producer: Amalie Sortland 

Host: Casey Magloire 

Clip Credit: BBC Politics Midlands

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For years, many people have claimed to know the identity of Banksy, the anonymous British street artist. Now a recent report claims to have finally unmasked him. Could this cause his work to lose some of its value? 

Writer: Seun Matiluko

Producer:  Seun Matiluko

Host: Casey Magloire

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Data reveals that young women in the UK are increasingly being prescribed beta blockers. What is behind the trend?

Read more here - ‘Magic pill’ beta blocker prescriptions for teenage girls rise 90% in a decade

Writer: Casey Magloire 

Producer: Casey Magloire 

Host: Ada Barume

Episode photography: Joe Mee 

Executive Producer: Jasper Corbett 

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As talks between Israel and Lebanon get underway in Washington, the Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu visited Israeli troops in southern Lebanon to say that the fighting will continue.

Host: Ada Barumé

Writer & producer: Amalie Sortland

Episode Photography: Joe Mee

Executive producer: Jasper Corbett

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Viktor Orbán built one of Europe’s most entrenched political systems and still lost. What does Hungary’s election result tell us about how populists can be beaten?

Writer: Jonathan Lewis

Producer: Madeleine Parr 

Host: Casey Magloire 

Clip Credit: Sky News 

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The International Union for Conservation of Nature has placed emperor penguins in the endangered species list with some predicting they could be extinct by the end of the century. Can anything be done to halt their decline?

Writer: Jonathan Lewis

Producer: Amalie Sortland

Host: Jonathan Lewis

Episode photography: Sofia Fenton

Executive Producer: Matt Russell

Clips: CBS News

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Tomorrow morning Artemis II will splash down off the coast of San Diego. What’s next for the $90 billion space programme’s plan to put a human back on the moon?

Writer: Jonathan Lewis

Producer: Madeleine Parr 

Host: Ada Barumé

Episode photography: Joe Mee

Executive Producer: Matt Russell

Clips: CNN

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Barely an hour before President Donald Trump’s Tuesday deadline to obliterate Iran and its infrastructure, the US and Iran agreed to a two-week ceasefire.

Host: Jonathan Lewis

Writer: Amalie Sortland

Producer: Jonathan Lewis

Episode Photography: Sofia Fenton

Executive producer: Jasper Corbett

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