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  • Israel elections: Netanyahu's big test

    October 24, 2026 · 29 min

    Kate Adie introduces stories from Israel, Albania, the US and Chile. Israel goes to the polls on Tuesday in a pivotal vote on the future direction of the country. Israel's longest-serving prime minister, Benjamin Netanyahu, is facing a…

  • Saudi Arabia hit by the Houthis

    October 17, 2026 · 29 min

    Kate Adie introduces stories from Saudi Arabia, India, Lithuania, the Faroe Islands and Australia. Saudi Arabia has vowed to respond to recent attacks on the kingdom's airports and oil facilities by Yemen's Iran-backed Houthis. The Houthis…

  • France rocked by wave of student protests

    October 10, 2026 · 44 min

    Kate Adie introduces stories from France, Israel, Yemen, Greenland and the US. France has been in the grip of nationwide school protests as students protest the dire state of the country's schools. Aside from the demands for classroom…

  • Nepal: Living on the Edge of Disaster

    October 3, 2026 · 30 min

    Kate Adie introduces stories from Nepal, Gaza, Ukraine, the USA and Norway. Recent catastrophic floods have heightened fears among Nepal's many at-risk mountain communities living under the looming threat of melting glaciers. Antonia…

  • Xi, Trump and the battle for AI supremacy

    September 26, 2026 · 29 min

    Kate Adie presents stories from Mongolia, Turkey, Djibouti, Brazil and Africa. Xi Jinping met Donald Trump in Washington this week. Talking points included Taiwan, the Iran War, the trade truce – and Artificial Intelligence. Our China…

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  • Iran-backed Houthis rapidly advance on Red Sea coast

    September 19, 2026 · 29 min

    Kate Adie introduces stories from Yemen, South Korea, Sierra Leone, France, and Ireland. Yemen's Houthis recently claimed a major advance along the western Red Sea coast, capturing two strategic port cities from the Saudi-backed pro…

  • Could Kyiv see another mass exodus?

    September 12, 2026 · 29 min

    Kate Adie introduces stories from Ukraine, Nigeria, Canada, US and Malaysia. There’s growing alarm in Kyiv and in European capitals over the intensification of Russia's jet-powered drone attacks. As another winter of war approaches, there…

  • USS Abraham Lincoln's troubled deployment ends in Thailand

    September 5, 2026 · 29 min

    Kate Adie introduces stories from Thailand, Ukraine, Kenya, Spain and Hungary. After nine months at sea the USS Abraham Lincoln docked in Thailand this week. The psychological plight of its crew, which ran short on supplies, turned up the…

  • Germany's far-right AFD eyes first state win

    August 29, 2026 · 29 min

    Kate Adie presents stories from Germany on the Alternative für Deutschland party's plans if it takes power in state elections; India's Cockroach party takes on a new fight; inside the factories of China's robotic revolution; how corned…

  • Russia blames West for deepening crisis

    August 22, 2026 · 29 min

    Kate Adie presents stories from Russia, with authorities defiant as the war impact is felt; a grim Ebola milestone in the DRC; Brazil's presidential campaign and the small Bulgarian city chosen to host Eurovision. Moscow has issued a…

  • Afghanistan's Taliban takeover: Five years on

    August 15, 2026 · 29 min

    Kate Adie introduces stories on the hidden networks providing vital lifelines to women and girls in Afghanistan, Gaza's tech entrepreneurs rebooting the digital economy, China's bogus dating agencies, and the hunt for a hard-to-find…

  • China's alleged 'Fentanyl King' and the Mexican cartels

    August 8, 2026 · 29 min

    Kate Adie introduces stories about China's alleged 'Fentanyl King', how Odesa's famous sense of humour is responding to Russian attacks, Delhi's new EV push, and rising child obesity rates in southern Italy. After Zhang Zhidong graduated…

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