Assignment Episodes Episode guide
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Algeria's plague revisited
A tale of two plagues in the Algerian city of Oran - one fictional and the other Covid-19
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Venezuela's 'Bay of Piglets'
A failed coup in Venezuela - a story of hubris, incompetence, and treachery
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The many colours of Raqqa
How Syria's secret photographer worked and survived under every force in the conflict
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What the sediment revealed in Lebanon
What’s behind the scandal sparked by a delivery of tainted fuel to crisis-ridden Lebanon?
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The missing bodies of Guayaquil
Families search for their loved ones, victims of Covid-19, in Ecuador’s largest city
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Wuhan: City of silence
Where did Covid-19 come from? John Sudworth searches for answers where it first emerged
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Kenya’s locust hunters
As desert locusts swarm across East Africa, can Kenya’s locust hunters prevent a plague?
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The 5G con that could make you sick
Some think that 5G can make you ill and there are scientists who say they can prove it
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The seafarers stranded on the high seas
How thousands of seafarers are stuck working on vessels and unable to go home
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The Chechen blogger on the run
Who is behind the wave of assassinations and attacks on Chechen asylum seekers in Europe?
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Belarus: Masking the virus
Carry on regardless says Belarus’s president in the face of the coronavirus pandemic
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SOS from the Mediterranean
The desperate race to save migrants at sea over one weekend
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Boris Johnson and Britain’s Covid-19 crisis
What catching Covid-19 reveals about the politics and leadership style of Boris Johnson
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Hanging by a thread: Bangladesh’s garment workers
The devastating effect of the coronavirus pandemic on Bangladesh’s garment industry
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Spain’s care home nightmare
Why did so many people die in just one elderly care home in Madrid?
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Saving Zimbabwe’s forests
Honey bees, cow dung and mulch; how a company in Zimbabwe is preventing deforestation
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Chile: An education for all
Students and teachers in Chile demand an end to inequality in education
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Extreme measures
Jack Merritt was killed trying to deradicalise extremists. Can rehabilitation work?
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The man who died for trees
A mystery killing has shocked Romania as the fight over its ancient forests turns deadly
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Indonesia: Not cool to date
Saying no to dating is part of a growing ultraconservative social movement in Indonesia
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Ireland’s housing hunger
How young people in Ireland are facing a huge housing crisis
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The trees that bleed
Illegal logging of the endangered rosewood tree is decimating forests in Casamance
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Something in the air?
Cabin crew claim toxic air is harming them, but airlines say there is no proven link
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Confessions of a mafia boss
Dominic Casciani gets exclusive access to a former mafia boss turned prosecution witness
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Riding the Motel 22: ѿýless in California
California’s homeless take a ride on the ‘Motel 22’
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El Salvador: The story of Karla Turcios
A woman is murdered in El Salvador every three days. Karla Turcios was one of them
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Panic in Bulgaria
“They’re coming for our children”: How fear of social workers has gripped Bulgaria
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Colombia’s new cocaine war
Michael Buchanan gets rare access to Colombia’s cocaine producers and smugglers
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Finland's race to go carbon neutral
The Finnish fisherman who believes he has a solution to climate change
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Ayahuasca: Fear and healing in the Amazon
Psychedelic plants, the spiritual tourism backlash - and sexual abuse