TRT World Podcasts

Why is the number of hate crimes in the US on the rise? by TRT World

Countries face a balancing act - a moral, humanitarian duty to help, and a need, some would say, not to alienate voters when migration has become such a divisive issue.

Just how many Afghan migrants will there be now that the Taliban has control of the country once more? And who in Europe will take them?

Thousands of Afghans concerned about life under Taliban rule are trying to find a safe escape. More than 20 people have been killed in and around Kabul airport in their search for a way out. Since the US announced its troop withdrawal in April, most fleeing Afghans have been moving into neighbouring Pakistan, Iran and through into Turkey. Several countries around the world are preparing to accept Afghan refugees as the crisis unfolds.

US troops stationed at Kabul airport are scheduled to withdraw by the end of the month, but Britain's defence secretary Ben Wallace warns that unless the evacuation deadline is extended, evacuation efforts will become limited.

However, the Taliban is adamant the US needs to get out by August 31st.

Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelensky has convened a summit in Kiev with representatives from 44 NATO and EU countries to remind the world of Russia's illegal annexation of Crimea. Zelensky hopes to bring the world's attention back to the Black Sea peninsula and put pressure on Russian President Vladimir Putin.

Lebanon, once known as the ‘Switzerland of the Middle East,’ is now experiencing what the World Bank has described as one of the worst financial collapses since the 1800s. Here’s what happened.

The forgotten superpower of mRNA vaccines? by TRT World

The US labour department estimates there are 1.56m children working on cocoa farms in Ghana and the Ivory Coast and as many as 40% of them are slaves. The cocoa they harvest is sold to massive conglomerates which supply household names like Nestle and Cadburys, so you can bet that if you’ve eaten chocolate recently, it’s probably tainted.

In its first news conference since the takeover, the Taliban has promised to respect women’s rights and that no one will be harmed, but many Afghans fear reprisals.

America's longest-running war has been in Afghanistan, and now, after almost two decades, thousands of American and Afghan deaths - the very group US forces had been fighting - have wrestled themselves back to power. Melinda Nucifora takes a look at how it got to this point.

CNN fires three employees who violated company policy by coming to work unvaccinated against Covid-19.