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World Report episodes

  • Brazil - USA - UK
    Brazil's Supreme Court has issued a historic ruling blocking efforts to strip indigenous people of their land rights. In Cape Cod USA there is a battle between residents and National Park Service over shacks built on the sand dunes. In the UK Tesco is offering body cameras to staff, after a rise in incidents of workers in its stores being assaulted
    16 min
  • USA - Kenya - Portugal
    The UN is hosting its annual meeting of heads of state for the opening of the next general assembly session where the thorny subject of sustainable development goals is being discussed; in Kenya China’s investment in infrastructure is under scrutiny and Portugal authorities appear unsure about how to deal with piles of marble waste from old mines
    15 min
  • Taiwan - Brazil - Denmark
    The G20 summit has been overshadowed by the absense of both the Russian and Chinese leaders. In Brazil trial dates have been set for those involved in the January riots, and in Denmark one of Copenhagen's top tourist attractions is being closed due to gang violence.
    16 min
  • India - Zimbabwe - US
    India has become the first country to land a spacecraft on the moon's south pole in what is a major scientific breakthrough, some voters in Zimbabwe are finally able to cast their ballot following polling station errors, and in Nashville local residents are becoming frustrated with live music blaring at every hour of the day.
    16 min
  • Poland - France - Tunisia
    The Polish government passes a bill to hold a referendum on the EU's new migrant relocation deal, Tunisia the new center for migrants trying to make it to Europe, and France begins exhuming Nazi soldiers executed by French Resistance.
    16 min
  • India - UK - Nigeria
    Indian Prime Minister Narendra Modi faced a no-confidence motion in Parliament over un-ending violence in Manipur, growing concerns over the billionaire owners controlling Premier League football, and Nigeria's Center for Disease Control & Prevention announces an outbreak of Diphtheria.
    16 min
  • Brazil - Canada - Cameroon
    Police violence has left at least 45 people dead in a series of enforcement operations across three states. In Canada Prime Minister Justin Trudeau and his wife Sophie Gregoire Trudeau announced this week they were separating, and in Cameroon the collapse of a multi-story building has put the focus on poor construction standards in the country.
    15 min
  • Czechia - Lebanon - UK
    There was controversy in Czechia when the Prague government introduced new 150km speed limits on motorways. In Lebanon the Baalbek cultural festival is where East meets West, and in the UK a factory making electric car batteries promises hundreds of new jobs.
    15 min
  • France - Kenya - Netherlands
    Description: Crowds watched on as workers in Paris took a significant step in the rebuilding of Notre Dame Cathedral, in Kenya sustainable safari is being promoted, and in the Netherlands scientists claim they can grow crops in soil from the moon in a development which may prove significant for the future of space travel.
    17 min
  • Australia - Turkey - Canaries
    Excitement grows in Australia ahead of the opening games of the Womens World Cup. In Turkey a U-Turn by the president over his country's opposition to Sweden's membership of NATO took observers by surprise, and in the Canary Islands hundreds of migrants died attempting to reach the islands by sea.
    16 min

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