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The opportunities and challenges of Africa's rapid urbanisation
Global News Podcast looks at the conflict in Israel and Gaza.
What's it like to care for other people’s children while someone else looks after yours?
We put listeners’ questions, on the war in Israel and Gaza, to our experts in the region.
Can narwhals, which rely on echolocation, survive in an increasingly noisy Arctic?
The 1973 Arab-Israeli war that lasted 19 days but changed the world forever
People born as a result of egg and sperm donation on finding their real identities
How single women cricketers are challenging the expectations of marriage in India
The Â鶹ԼÅÄ's Audrey Brown looks back at the life of South Africa's Zulu leader
Why is Delhi's new parliament controversial and what does it tell us about modern India?
Sue Nelson shares her journey to understand a condition that affects millions worldwide
Why the coming elections in a small state in the centre of Europe could disrupt the West
Women developing solar tech to reduce the environmental impact of fishing in SE Asia
How students in Myanmar have continued their education after the 2021 coup
Director Jordan Hogg takes us on his journey to 'change the world' for disabled actors
Journalist Raissa Ioussouf meets the people worst affected by Madagascar's famine
Live-action role-playing (LARPing) is no longer just the world of Dungeons & Dragons
What do big tech recommendations mean for LGBTQ people around the world?
Space engineers discuss their return to the moon and what that entails
Izabela Dłuzyk explores the wonderful sounds of Europe’s last primeval forest.
Sana Safi finds out how teenage girls are getting around the Taliban ban on education
The US teens and children campaigning for used batteries to be recycled
Catherine Merridale explores Russian science fiction in the age of Putin
Tawanda Mudzonga explores why Zimbabwe has produced so many renowned women writers
The journeys of church bells herald Africa's new role as the beating heart of Christianity
The Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew is re-examining its past and preparing for the future
