US offers Cuba a new relationship
America's top diplomat, Marco Rubio, has offered the Cuban people a "new relationship" in a video message marking the anniversary of Cuba's independence. He blamed the island's hardships on its commun...
20 Touko 25min
Desperation in Afghanistan leads to sale of children
Afghanistan is facing a dire lack of food exacerbating a severe humanitarian crisis caused by dramatic aid cuts, the Taliban government’s policies and severe drought. Such is the desperation, Afghan f...
19 Touko 29min
Elon Musk loses court battle against OpenAI
The court battle that has gripped Silicon Valley for three weeks is over - for now - after the jury found Elon Musk had left it too late to sue the artificial intelligence company OpenAI and its boss ...
19 Touko 32min
What we know about latest Ebola outbreak
There have been more than 390 suspected cases and more than 80 reported deaths from the new species of Ebola, according to the Africa Centres for Disease Control and Prevention. The infection has alre...
18 Touko 28min
Trump warns 'clock is ticking' for Iran
President Trump has again issued a warning to Iran amid stalled peace negotiations - saying unless they act quickly to agree a deal, there won't be anything left of them. Tehran says the US has failed...
18 Touko 29min
The Global Story: Operation Ajax: The CIA’s Iran coup
At the outset of the war in Iran, US President Donald Trump suggested that regime change was one of its goals. He later said it had been had achieved, a claim that is disputed by critics who point out...
17 Touko 28min
WHO declares an Ebola public health emergency in the DRC
Nearly ninety deaths have been recorded so far in the Democratic Republic of Congo with medical experts warning that the current strain of the Ebola virus has a very high mortality rate. The DRC's hea...
17 Touko 25min
The Happy Pod: My college designs on display at the Met
We meet a teacher whose college fashion designs have gone on display at the famous Metropolitan Museum of Art in New York. Nadia Pinkney says she was shocked when the curator said they wanted to displ...
16 Touko 26min
