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Assignment Episodes

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    Gran Chaco: Paraguay’s vanishing forest

    A massive new road across Paraguay threatens a fragile eco-system and two communities

  2. Vienna: Getting housing right

    Does Vienna have the world’s best public housing? Chris Bowlby reports

  3. Finland’s uneasy relationship with its neighbour

    How has Finland managed its relationship with its unpredictable neighbour, Russia?

  4. Killer drug: Fentanyl in the US

    The synthetic opioid that’s destroying thousands of lives in southern California

  5. Killer drug: The Mexico connection

    Fentanyl is a synthetic opioid killing thousands of Americans – it is made in Mexico

  6. Ireland’s Urban Horses

    The young working class Irish people keeping horses in urban areas.

  7. Nigeria's battle against bandits

    Fighting the powerful criminal gangs terrorising rural Nigeria

  8. The parallel universe of Russia’s war

    How were Russians persuaded to support a war against their closest neighbour Ukraine?

  9. On the frontline of Brexit

    David Baker assesses the impact of Brexit in Northern Ireland

  10. The great German sausage crisis

    Who is going to make the sausages in Germany if no-one wants to be a butcher?

  11. Uruguay’s cash cow

    How does Uruguay’s beef industry compete with their neighbours and climate change threats

  12. Iran Protests: Tales from the frontline

    Why did people take to the streets, risking arrest and a barrage of bullets?

  13. A return to Paradise

    Survivors rebuild a town destroyed by one of the worst wildfires in California's history

  14. Saving children from the mafia

    Why an Italian judge is taking kids away from Mafia families

  15. South Korea: A room with a view

    How a housing crisis contributes to a population problem

  16. Fighting 'fat-phobia' in Brazil

    The Brazilian city passing laws to fight discrimination against people who are obese

  17. Spain's flamenco on the edge

    Can Spain's most iconic live music and dance recover from the pandemic?

  18. Hungary’s Power Dilemma

    The nuclear power plant in Hungary being built by Russia; will the Ukraine war stop it?

  19. California's cannabis reparations

    Giving communities targeted in the 'war on drugs' a share in the legal cannabis boom

  20. Cold-calling Siberia

    How has Putin's war against Ukraine affected one remote city in Siberia?

  21. Trouble in Taiwan?

    What do Taiwanese people think about the increased rhetoric from China in recent months?

  22. China's accidental activists

    The women battling the Chinese state after their loved ones were jailed as dissidents

  23. Iraq: Under poisoned skies

    The toxic impact of gas flaring on people and the environment in southern Iraq

  24. America’s Dropbox Babies

    America’s Safe Haven laws for new-born babies – an alternative to abortion?

  25. Svalbard’s climate change fight

    Svalbard is estimated to be heating at six times the global average

  26. The brain drain

    The β€˜brain drain’ of doctors from developing countries to work in the UK

  27. Bye-bye Baguette?

    The bakers and farmers trying to wean Senegal off imported wheat.

  28. Leicester: Behind the divide

    What's behind the recent tensions between Hindi and Muslim communities in Leicester?

  29. Argentina: Life with hyperinflation

    Living with hyperinflation in Argentina – how do people cope with everyday life?

  30. A β€˜Me Too’ moment for Israel’s ultra-Orthodox Jews?

    Israel’s ultra-Orthodox Jews struggle to come to terms with child sex abuse scandals

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