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Scientists and doctors agree: Pollution is killing Indians. In 2017, more than 1 million people in India died from pollution-related illnesses. But the Indian government denies any correlation. Amidst a public health emergency, we examine the stark differences in how the crisis is affecting Delhi's rich and poor.

In this episode: Neha Tara Mehta (@NehaTaraMehta), New Delhi native and Al Jazeera producer.

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Delhi's Deadly Air

India pollution: Calls for action to improve Delhi air quality

Climate change exposes children to lifelong health harm: Doctors

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This is a story about Gaza that you don't ordinarily see, and it starts with strawberries. A set of under-the-radar, indirect talks between Hamas and Israel has brought some ease to economic restrictions at the border. We hear from a farmer whose livelihood has been soured by the blockade, but whose fruit remains incomparably sweet.

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We're in Beit Lahia for the strawberry harvest with Al Jazeera's Stefanie Dekker (@StefanieDekker) and Gaza producer Safwat al Kahlout.

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Growing strawberries in Gaza

Gaza residents call for solutions amid blockade

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Palestinians say the US proposed peace plan would strengthen an apartheid system. President Donald Trump says his "Deal of the Century" would bring Palestinians and Israelis peace. Al Jazeera's West Bank producer, Rania Zabaneh, explains why Palestinians say the plan would never work.

In this episode: Rania Zabaneh (@RZabaneh), a producer in Al Jazeera's Ramallah bureau.

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Palestinian teen killed in protest as tensions rise over US plan

PA's Mahmoud Abbas says Trump plan offers 'Swiss cheese' state

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Yahya Jammeh, the Gambian leader with a fantastical belief that he could cure HIV, was replaced in 2016 by Adama Barrow. Plucked from obscurity, he promised to usher in an era of justice. But the country is spiraling into instability, and Gambians have yet to see change.

In this episode: Nicolas Haque, Al Jazeera journalist based in Dakar, Senegal.

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The Gambia clamps down on protests against President Barrow

Still reeling from Jammeh years, Gambians wait for justice

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On opposite coasts of the U.S., two towns are facing one big problem: They're eroding and sinking. Neither community denies climate change's effects on their vanishing shorelines. But they have very different ideas about how to save their land.

In this episode: Heidi Zhou-Castro (@HeidiZhouCastro), Al Jazeera English journalist covering the U.S.

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Planet SOS: Where will climate refugees go when the tide rises?

Climate change in pictures

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Almost 60 million people in China are confined to their cities due to the 2019 novel coronavirus. Al Jazeera's senior cameraman in Beijing, Peng Peng, has been trapped in Hubei province for two weeks. Stuck 1,000 kilometers from home, he shares his story with The Take.

In this episode: Peng Peng, Al Jazeera's senior cameraman in Beijing, China. Scott McNabb, a research professor at the Emory University Rollins School of Public Health, Georgia, U.S.

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Trapped in Hubei: A family under unexpected quarantine

China coronavirus outbreak: All the latest updates

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The US and Iran have stepped back from the edge of war. But in Iran, which is still facing more than a thousand US sanctions, normal life feels like war.

In this episode: Dorsa Jabbari in Tehran, Iran and Lili Ghazian in San Jose, California.

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