The Amazon is still burning. Can we save it?
In the first 26 days of August alone, 1,114 square kilometres of Brazil's Amazon rainforest, an area equivalent to the size of Hong Kong was on fire. Tens of thousands of fires, far more than last ...
5 Syys 201918min
Drones above Beirut: Israel's battle against Hezbollah
This week, we ask if Israel is stepping up its campaign against Iran and will it spark a war with Hezbollah. We talk to Sunniva Rose, the National's Beirut correspondent and Joseph Haboush, the nati...
30 Elo 201924min
Sudan: Can democracy work?
On this week's episode, we catch up with The National’s Hamza Hendawi to talk about the historic move to democracy in Sudan and what he sees as the challenges ahead. We also speak to Sara Abduljalee...
21 Elo 201919min
What sparked the Hong Kong protests?
Hong Kong is facing one of the biggest crisis since Britain handed the city back to China in 1997. For 10 weeks, protesters have shut down the city, stormed the legislature, and even shut down the ...
15 Elo 201917min
Hajj for my brother who was killed at Christchurch
On this week's episode we talk to Aya Al-Umari, the sister of Hussein Al-Umari, one of the victims who was gunned down in the Christchurch massacre earlier this year. King Salman of Saudi Arabia ha...
8 Elo 201914min
Future-proofing our cities against record-breaking temperatures
This summer has beaten temperature records. Throughout July, Europe sweltered in baking heat. Paris hit 42 degrees centigrade, Berlin 40 and London 39. It is projected that at current rates of clima...
1 Elo 201921min
Can Oman's carbon capturing rocks help save the Earth?
Around the world, many governments are starting to take action about carbon emissions, looking at ways to cut greenhouse gases produced each year that are warming up our planet. But action is slow, th...
25 Heinä 201919min
Ghost ships: how Iran avoids US oil sanctions
At around 2 am on July 4, the Panamanian flagged Iranian tanker Grace 1 was boarded by British Royal Marines off the coast of Gibraltar at the mouth of the Mediterranean. The Marines from 42 Command...
17 Heinä 201917min
