Ukraine becomes an international arms dealer

The relationship between the United States and Cuba hasn’t been this tense for decades. Even as the the U.S. is engaged in high-level negotiations in Havana, it is threatening Cuba with military action. It is a threat that is backed up by the recent action the U.S. took in nearby ...  Show more

Forty years ago, in April 1986, there was an explosion at the Chernobyl Nuclear Power Plant. It was the worst nuclear accident in history. Then the plant was in the USSR, it is part of northern Ukraine now. The accident was a shared trauma for Ukrainians and Russians, but Russia’ ...  Show more

NPR's Pentagon Correspondent, Tom Bowman, receives a shocking tip from a trusted source: A deadly explosion during the Iraq War was an accident—friendly fire, covered up by the Marine Corps—and the son of a powerful politician may have been involved. He partners with an old pal, ...  Show more

Gene Hackman died of heart disease days after his wife died of hantavirus pulmonary syndrome, officials say. Brad Sigmon, 67, was executed by firing squad in South Carolina – the first U.S. execution of its kind since 2010. He admitted to killing his ex-girlfriend’s parents with ...  Show more

When Alex Campbell suggested to his high school sociology class that they would be investigating a 40-year-old cold case, he had no idea where it would lead. Within a year, a serial killer had been identified. In his next class, they decided to try and overturn a wrongful conv ...

On this episode, Liz Bates talks about the impact of the stabbings in Southport which killed three children at a summer holiday dance class.  
  
We hear Sky News' interview with Joel Verite, who came face to face with the alleged attacker.  
 
Liz talks to Ga ...  Show more