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Back to SearchSheikh Khalifa’s legacy
Episode 264
President Sheikh Khalifa bin Zayed died on May 13, 2022, at the age of 73.
He was born in September 1948, before the UAE existed as a single nation a…
3 years, 9 months ago
Is the Covid-19 pandemic over?
Episode 263
On May 16, the European Union will no longer require people to wear masks on planes.
Many countries around the world have already started to relax Co…
3 years, 9 months ago
The desperation that drove refugees from Lebanon to their deaths at sea
Episode 262
Late one Saturday night towards the end of April, a boat set off to sea from near Lebanon’s second city, Tripoli. It was an ageing craft, nearly 50 y…
3 years, 10 months ago
Is Rwanda really the solution to Britain’s migrant issue?
Episode 261
Rescued from the choppy seas of the English Channel or landing on the windswept beaches of the east of England, over the last three years thousands o…
3 years, 10 months ago
The Ramadan food crisis
Episode 260
Muslims around the world are marking the first Ramadan in three years to take place largely without Covid-19 restrictions. But now another crisis is …
3 years, 10 months ago
Is this really the end for Imran Khan?
Episode 259
Pakistan has a new prime minister, Shehbaz Sharif. The 70-year-old this week replaced Imran Khan, who failed to stop a no-confidence motion against h…
3 years, 10 months ago
How Afghans in Poland are helping Ukrainian refugees
Episode 258
A group of Afghan refugees in Poland have rushed to support the millions of Ukrainians who fled the Russian invasion. The painful memories of their o…
3 years, 11 months ago
What happens after Expo 2020 Dubai?
Episode 257
Your curtains open on a timer. You rise with the sun shining - which it does most days of the year here - and a sensor detects when you’re standing u…
3 years, 11 months ago
Ukraine’s women in war
Episode 256
Since the start of Russia’s war in Ukraine, millions of people have fled the country in search of safety elsewhere in Europe. Most are women and chil…
3 years, 11 months ago
Why Iran is raining rockets on Iraq
Episode 255
In the early hours of March 13, 2022, streaks of light punctuated the sky above the northern Iraqi city of Erbil as a barrage of rockets rained down …
3 years, 11 months ago