We trace Pakistan’s slide toward fundamentalism and ask what this means for a nuclear-armed nation on the edge.
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The Nile, which rises in Ethiopia, lies at the heart of a strategic conflict between Egypt, Ethiopia and Sudan. Today, a silent but relentless battle over who controls it is being waged.
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Hamas's surprise attack on 7 October 2023 was the greatest tragedy Israel has ever known. Since then, Israel’s war against Hamas in the Gaza Strip has claimed the lives of over 65,000 Palestinians. Yet this disaster could have been avoided. We investigate the story of what the Israeli army calls its “total failure”.
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In South Africa, murders are being committed over rhinoceros horns. The country is home to 80% of the planet’s rhinos, a critically endangered species. This war is fuelled by demand in Asia, where the horn, believed to possess miraculous medicinal properties, fetches the same price as cocaine.
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Isolated in an analogous Martian base in the desert of Utah, USA, an all-female crew alternate between simulation missions outside (with radios, helmets, suits and astronaut protocols) and the development of their research at the base, all aimed at contributing to the mission to make inhabiting Mars a possibility in the not too distant future.
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For most of the year, Daytona Beach is a quiet US seaside resort. But every spring, it becomes the craziest city in America.
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Long overshadowed by Barcelona, Madrid is now making a comeback. Since 2017 and the global success of ‘La Casa de Papel’, the Spanish capital has established itself as the new centre of gravity in the country.
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Long overlooked, Puglia now attracts millions of visitors every summer. Wealthy investors are snapping up old abandoned farms to transform into luxury hotels and real estate prices have almost tripled in just ten years.
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We delve into the hell that has become the daily lives of women in Afghanistan since the Taliban returned to power in August 2021. Several women across the country courageously agreed to film their daily lives on their cell phones, the last bastion of freedom.
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