Is this Netanyahu's last stand?
The fifteen year rule of Benjamin Netanyahu could come to an end this Sunday if a newly formed coalition government survives a vote of confidence. What will it mean for Israel if Netanyahu loses power...
10 Juni 202132min
Ethiopia: Terror in Tigray
After an outbreak of conflict back in November last year between the Ethiopian military and the Tigray People's Liberation Front, thousands have been killed, and millions are now displaced. Soldiers f...
9 Juni 202138min
The ‘super-immune’ residents living in an Italian town
The small, rural Italian town of Vo' Euganeo was sealed off after recording Europe's first Covid death. But now some locals in the village have been dubbed the 'super-immunes' as their blood-tests sho...
8 Juni 202124min
The third wave: Should the June unlocking go ahead?
One week from today, Boris Johnson has a big decision to make. Is it time to declare 'freedom day' on the 21st of June? Or could the government be walking into another mistake?This podcast was brought...
7 Juni 202129min
How student drug-taking reached new highs (and lows) in lockdown
For much of the pandemic, university students have been confined to their halls for months on end. For some, drugs became a way to pass the time. But as lockdown lifts, will the rise in student drug t...
4 Juni 202126min
Why the Wuhan lab leak theory is being taken seriously
President Biden has launched a 90-day investigation into the origins of the virus, following reports which give fresh life to the Wuhan lab-leak hypothesis. Once regarded as a conspiracy theory, the i...
3 Juni 202130min
Trash Island: The mountain of plastic blighting the Balkans
In the middle of one of the world's most beautiful rivers, the Drina, there now floats an island of rubbish – with no one taking responsibility. How did a landscape already ravaged by war become bligh...
2 Juni 202127min
Millennials: Why can't they get on the housing ladder?
Living the British dream – as dozens of TV shows testify – has always meant owning your own home. But today, if you’re a millennial in a city, a dream is quite possibly what it will remain. What's sto...
1 Juni 202126min
