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After Tokyo comes Paris in 2024. If these Olympic games are difficult because of Covid, what legacy will they hand on? Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

There were 40 prisoners left in the US detention camp at Guantanamo Bay. Until one was released this week. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

Pegasus is a piece of spyware that can infiltrate your phone and steal its secrets. This week we learned how governments are using it. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

Floods in Germany have left more than a hundred dead and wrecked whole towns. It's not just a freak event, it's a climate-change catastrophe. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

As Covid infections in the UK multiply, the NHS app is pinging hundreds of thousands of people to tell them to self-isolate. Businesses are wondering how they can cope. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

South Africa has seen an outbreak of widespread violence and looting. What's going on? Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

Rarely has a gesture been as misunderstood as taking the knee. We've looked into its history. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

Sputnik V is the Russian vaccine against Covid. The world isn't sure it's getting the whole truth about it. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

Haiti’s president, Jovenel Moïse, was assassinated in his own home last week. But who was behind it all? And why did they want to kill him?  Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

At first Boris Johnson said that after the great unlocking, masks would no longer be mandatory. Just days later, he changed his mind. Why? Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

Tom Girardi was such a famous lawyer that he was portrayed as a character in a Hollywood movie. But then rumours started to emerge that his clients weren't getting all the money he'd won for them in settlements. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

Vax That Thang Up could be the sound of summer 2021. It's a pro-vaccination remake of Juvenile's 1999 hip-hop classic. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

Why it took 50 years for the unjust conviction of six men – made up by a corrupt copper – to be overturned. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

Ransomware attacks - taking over computer networks and blackmailing their owners - has become huge business. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

As 28 people are confirmed dead and 117 are still missing in the rubble, America is asking: what went wrong at Miami's Champlain Towers? Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

Thousands of unmarked graves have been found in Canada at former residential schools for children from indigenous families. The true scale of the scandal is still emerging. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

Labour won this week's by-election after a very hard-fought campaign. And the party wasn't only fighting its opponents. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

Comedian Bill Cosby was jailed for sexual assault - one of the highest-profile stars held to account after the #MeToo movement. So why has he just walked free? Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

China's ruling party are about to celebrate their 100-year anniversary. But their new anthem isn't quite what you'd expect... Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

Matt Hancock's resignation as Health Secretary has triggered a bout of political infighting. Who's going to win? Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

John McAfee invented anti-virus software and made millions. Last week he took his own life in a Spanish jail, convinced that politicians and the FBI were out to get him. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

Britney Spears's speech to a court about the conservatorship that runs her life has made headlines. But it's also raised an important question: who gets to decide if you can have a child? Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

In just 2 months, Northern Ireland's DUP has toppled a leader, elected a new one, forced him to resign... and elected another new one. Huh? Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

No professional American footballer has ever come out as gay while he was still playing. That changed this week thanks to Carl Nassib. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

The American track star Shelby Houlihan has lost her place at the Olympics after testing positive for a steroid. She blamed a Mexican takeaway. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

How a salacious newspaper – full of gossip and dramatic crime stories – is getting the Chinese authorities really worried. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

Joe Biden has just appointed a 32 year-old law professor called Lina Khan to cut big tech down to size Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

A 34-old unsolved murder has led to the Metropolitan Police being labelled 'institutionally corrupt'. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

Has Israel's longest-standing prime minister run out of road? Or does he have another trick up his sleeve? Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

After Christian Eriksen collapsed on the football pitch, it was left to the players to decide whether to carry on with the match. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

The world's richest countries have promised a billion vaccine doses to poorer nations. It sounds a lot. Is it? Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

The Keystone XL oil pipeline was supposed to run all the way from Canada to Texas. But it looks like it's not going ahead. Is it time for climate campaigners to celebrate? Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

A mobile phone app and an Aussie crime boss gave the FBI one of their biggest breakthroughs Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

A new drug has been hailed as a breakthrough treatment for Alzheimer's. So why are so many people worried about it? Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

What a Miami convention hall packed with 12,000 Bitcoin enthusiasts tells us about the cult of crypto.  Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

British pubs and restaurants have reopened after a long lockdown. But can they find anyone to serve us? Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

Boris Johnson's government announced its plans to help school children catch up on what they've missed because of Covid. It went straight to the back of the class. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

The last Covid restrictions in England are supposed to be lifted in about three weeks. Is it safe to lift them? Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

The argument between tennis star Naomi Osaka and the tennis authorities is about much more than post-match press conferences Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

How one country may have tried to buy their way to a win at the Eurovision song contest... Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

Dominic Cummings, Boris Johnson's old adviser, tried to finish off the health secretary's career this week. Will he succeed? Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

Syria's president is about to 'win' another election. He became president almost accidentally, but he seems to be in power for life Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

The Tokyo Olympic Games are supposed to start in July. They've already been postponed from last year because of Covid. Could it happen again? Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

The dictator who rules Belarus wanted to get his hands on an opponent - enough to force down a plane he was travelling on Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

Darnella Frazier was just 17 and on her way to the shop when she stumbled across a tragedy: the murder of George Floyd Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

Presidents come and go, but the fight over abortion continues regardless in the United States Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

Pressure is growing on Israel and Hamas to announce a ceasefire. Is online misinformation making peace less likely? Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

Bill Gates is one of the world's greatest philanthropists. But since we learned that he's getting divorced there's been nothing but bad news about him. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

Has the government made the right call on the 'Indian' variant, otherwise known as B1617? Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

Ellen DeGeneres has been one of the biggest stars on US television. Why is her show coming to an end? Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.