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Atomic crossroads: Poland's Nuclear Future
Poland aims to open its first nuclear power station. Is Chernobyl a distant memory?
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Samsung
6. Octopus
Samsung turns to Hollywood as it searches for global recognition
The Juventus match-fixing scandal
In 2006, Juventus were relegated to the Italian second division
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Psychedelic drugs as treatment
The US is fast tracking development of psychedelic drugs as a treatment for addiction
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John Connolly - The Book of Lost Things
Harriett Gilbert talks with John Connolly about 'The Book of Lost Things'.
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Inside Iran
On Tehran's streets, signs of tension, exhaustion, defiance - and resolve
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What’s Donald Trump’s exit strategy from Iran?
John Simpson looks at the pressure on President Trump to find an end to the Iran war
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Trump threatens to pull more troops out of Germany
Senior Republicans say the move risks sending the 'wrong message' to Russia
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Republicans criticise US troop withdrawal from Germany
Donald Trump says the US will pull out more than 5,000 troops from Germany
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Germany says US troop withdrawal 'foreseeable' as Trump warns of more 'cuts'
The US has more than 36,000 active duty troops - by far its biggest in Europe.
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The food writers
Three food writers on how their jobs matter more than ever in times of global uncertainty
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The secrets of greywater
How relatively clean water can be reused to tackle water scarcity
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Mapping Epstein's global connections
How World Service journalists mapped Jeffrey Epstein's web of influence around the world
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Does it take 15,000 litres of water to produce a kilogram of beef?
How a stat about cows and water is not all it seems
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My social life as a wheelchair user
Wheelchair users discuss the barriers they face in social situations
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Driving against net zero
How populists are driving against the politics of net zero
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Jailed Iranian Nobel laureate hospitalized
Narges Mohammadi was awarded the 2023 Nobel Peace Prize.
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Is this climate change or just crazy weather?
The BBC's lead weather forecaster on the difference between weather and climate change
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The Happy Pod: Running topless because I'm proud of my scars
The marathon runner who says showing her mastectomy scars is about power not pity
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Live Sporting Action
Live sport from around the world - including the English Premier League.
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Neha Vyaso: Crafting consent in Bollywood
Bollywood’s leading intimacy co-ordinator, Neha Vyaso, workshops consent on and off set
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The soaring price of condoms
The strait of Hormuz blockade raises condom costs, and we explore the science of safe sex
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Iran says US has responded to its latest peace proposal
Iran says Trump must now choose between an impossible military operation and a bad deal
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Why is Europe the fastest-warming continent?
We explore the mechanisms causing Europe's warming twice as fast as the global average.
