Abu Sayed’s death super charges the uprising and Sheikh Hasina is determined to put a stop to it. In this episode, we’ll hear Hasina, on exclusively obtained recordings, authorizing deadly force. As the situation worsens she makes two fateful decisions. She calls the Army in and turns the internet off.

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A gun attack at an illegal Israeli settlement in occupied East Jerusalem. Settler and army violence against Palestinians there and elsewhere in the occupied West Bank have intensified under the far-right Israeli government. How dangerous is the situation?

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In Haiti’s capital, doctors work under fire as armed groups close in. With most hospitals shut, Tabarre is one of the last still open. Patients bleed, burn, and beg for care while doctors risk all to treat them. Can Haiti’s wounded – and those who heal them – find a way to survive?

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South Korean workers held in a US immigration swoop - the latest jolt to a once rock-solid relationship. Turbulence too, over tariffs and military spending. Is the raid a one-off or a sign of deeper trouble between the two nations?

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For decades, the United States has been courting India as a counterbalance to China in Asia. But after Indian Prime Minister Narendra Modi refused to agree with US President Donald Trump's insistence that he had ended a Pakistan-India military conflict in May, Trump slapped 50 percent tariffs on Indian goods entering the US market. He also insisted that New Delhi stop buying discounted Russian oil. Host Steve Clemons asks Ravi Agrawal, chief editor of Foreign Policy, and Anja Manuel, executive director of the Aspen Security Forum, whether the India-US dispute is a temporary blip or the beginning of a major realignment.

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Iraq, once known as Mesopotamia, the “Land of the Two Rivers”, is facing its worst water crisis in living memory. The Tigris and Euphrates — lifelines of agriculture and civilisation for millennia — are running dry. Climate change, upstream dams and decades of mismanagement have turned fertile land into dust, forcing families from their homes and threatening national stability.

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A political crisis for the UK prime minister -- reshuffling his cabinet after his deputy quit for not paying enough tax. He's under attack too from the right-wing Reform UK party over migration. A year after a landslide election win, why is Keir Starmer in trouble?

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Every 10 minutes, somewhere in the world, a woman or girl is killed- most often not by a stranger, but by someone she knows. The perpetrator is usually an intimate partner or a family member. Behind this stark statistic lies a devastating reality: Femicide is not a series of isolated tragedies, but a widespread, systemic crisis.

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Israel’s renewed offensive in Gaza City - the largest Palestinian population centre - is being framed as an assault on Hamas’s “final stronghold”. But behind that narrative lies a campaign of expulsion and erasure that bears all the hallmarks of an endgame.

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The leaders of China, Russia and North Korea together for the first time -- at a major military parade in Beijing. The three nuclear powers have shared interests, but competing ones too. Is a new bloc being formed to challenge the US and the West?

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