Israel at Eurovision, the US tractor glut and China’s sporty pets
Israel qualifies for the Eurovision final as the war in Gaza casts a shadow. Falling crop prices mean a glut of unsold tractors and combines. And as the pet and sports markets emerge as bright spots i...
10 Touko 202411min
Biden’s Rafah warning, Brazil floods and German politician attacks
President Joe Biden vows to withhold weapons from Israel if its forces make a major invasion of Rafah. Severe flooding in Brazil kills at least 100 people and displaces tens of thousands. And alarm in...
9 Touko 202412min
Stormy Daniels, Biden's arms block, TikTok and Kashmir
Stormy Daniels takes the stand in Donald Trump’s hush-money trial. The US halts a weapons shipment to Israel to try and head off an all-out Rafah incursion. TikTok and its Chinese owner ByteDance sue ...
8 Touko 202411min
Gaza-Egypt crossing, Biden on antisemitism, Eurovision and the Met Gala
Israel has taken control of a critical Gaza-Egypt crossing point. President Joe Biden will address antisemitism in a Holocaust Remembrance Day speech. The Eurovision Song Contest kicks into high gear ...
7 Touko 202411min
Rafah evacuation, Xi in Paris, Chad polls and Italy’s white-collar mafia
Gazans start leaving Rafah as Israel warns of operations. Chinese President Xi Jinping is on his first trip to Europe in five years. Chad votes in the first Sahel presidential poll since a wave of cou...
6 Touko 202412min
The Balkan gangsters who became Europe’s top cocaine suppliers
Balkan traffickers have mastered the supply of cocaine to Europe from South America, say authorities. On this special episode, journalists Gabriel Stargardter and Aleksandar Vasovic discuss how these ...
5 Touko 202417min
The Niger base with Russian and US troops, German marijuana and animal consciousness
Russian soldiers have entered an air base in Niger that is hosting US troops. We take a look at how Germany’s new rules on marijuana are playing out. Dozens of researchers sign a declaration saying it...
3 Touko 202412min
Berkeley’s bet, Weinstein re-trial and Georgia protests
As campus protests flare over the war in Gaza, some universities, such as Berkeley, are taking a different approach. Harvey Weinstein faces a New York re-trial after his conviction for rape was overtu...
2 Touko 202412min
