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Nepal: Living on the Edge of Disaster

Kate Adie introduces stories from Nepal, Gaza, Ukraine, the USA and Norway.Recent catastrophic floods have heightened fears among Nepal's many at-risk mountain communities living under the looming threat of melting glaciers. Antonia Bolingbroke-Kent reports from the village and m ...  Show more

Xi, Trump and the battle for AI supremacy

Kate Adie presents stories from Mongolia, Turkey, Djibouti, Brazil and Africa.Xi Jinping met Donald Trump in Washington this week. Talking points included Taiwan, the Iran War, the trade truce – and Artificial Intelligence. Our China correspondent Laura Bicker has travelled to In ...  Show more

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