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Is technology eroding democracy or can it reconnect citizens to their governments?
How a computer data centre could heat pools, Michelle Yeoh, Guillaume Diop and more
After the disastrous war in Iraq, should the West ever intervene in foreign conflicts?
How boats used in migrant Chanel crossings are sourced and the huge profits being made
How misogyny and tech have made South Korea the digital sex crime capital of the world
Positive news stories
The challenge for scientists globally in finding a treatment for long Covid
The chicken who sailed around the world, and the naughty huskies who found a new home
The travelling project bringing circus and play to marginalised kids around the world
Meet the Vietnam war veterans who have decided to leave the USA and retire to Vietnam
Correspondents mark 12 months since the start of the Ukraine war
How journalists in Namibia and Iceland broke an epic corruption scandal, all about fish
Szu Ping Chan looks at the the history and collapse of The Freedman’s Bank and its legacy
How Rumphi FM in Malawi and Inuit radio in Canada are supporting marginalised communities
Travelling speech therapist Mary Weinder travels to the Turks and Caicos islands
The all-female Soviet combat unit which terrorised German forces using wooden biplanes
Three years after leaving the EU, what does Brexit mean for Britain's place in the world?
Author Helen Russell explores a history of gloom, and how different cultures tackle it
Nobel Prize-winning author Abdulrazak Gurnah on his cultural influences
What happened to Sierra Leone's child soldiers?
Why was the Black Book, a chronicle of the Nazi extermination of Soviet Jews banned?
A journey to discover Yiddish songs confiscated by the KGB
Dancer and choreographer Akram Khan on the cultural turning points of his life
Are animals 'sentient' beings? Sue Armstrong reports on the latest scientific evidence
What does it mean to be a citizen? Is it about belonging, or about convenience?
Actor Florence Pugh talks to John Wilson about her career and formative influences.
The scientific evidence that animals are not only conscious but also have a sense of self
Sting reveals the experiences and influences that shaped his songwriting
Oritsé Williams hears from children who are unpaid carers for family members
How women surfers fought the sexism of the 1970s to create the first pro-surf world tour
