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Investigating global developments, issues and affairs.

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The battle for Bangladesh: Eye Investigations
��ѿ��ý Eye investigates the deadly uprising that led to the downfall of Sheikh Hasina
24 Jul 2025,26 mins
Dying for a transplant
Following heart failure on-stage, Emmanuel Sonubi explores attitudes to organ donation
19 Jul 2025,49 mins
The kidnapped dead: Germany��s stolen skulls
In 1900, 19 Tanzanian leaders were executed and their skulls shipped to Berlin for study
17 Jul 2025,26 mins
The ark of the dry lands
How a seed bank in Morocco is protecting around 150,000 different seed-types
10 Jul 2025,26 mins
Diabetes in Pakistan: A nation's struggle
Pakistan faces challenges of awareness, healthcare access, and rising cases of Diabetes
03 Jul 2025,26 mins
Iran crisis: your questions answered
What's next for Iran's nuclear ambitions? We put your questions to ��ѿ��ý experts
28 Jun 2025,26 mins
Inside the US trans military ban
As the US bans trans people from military service, two officers reveal the personal cost
26 Jun 2025,26 mins
Australia's extinction crisis
Why are so many of Australia��s unique animals now under threat of extinction?
21 Jun 2025,49 mins
The copper kingdom
Copper is critical in making wind turbines, electric cars and solar panels
19 Jun 2025,26 mins
The tyre scandal
How the UK's end-of-life tyres are causing health and environmental damage in India
12 Jun 2025,26 mins
The riddle of Iranian cinema
Award-winning film-maker Maryam Keshavarz unravels the defiant world of Iranian cinema
05 Jun 2025,26 mins
The three babies mystery
The search for the parents of three babies abandoned in shopping bags in east London, UK
29 May 2025,26 mins
America: The human plasma factory
Kathleen McLaughlin investigates the multibillion-dollar global plasma industry
29 May 2025,26 mins
Women warriors
Against all the odds, why do women want to join the military?
17 May 2025,49 mins
Autism, empathy and psychopaths
Why society must rethink the damaging stereotypes about autistic people and low empathy
15 May 2025,26 mins
Kashmir: Your questions answered
Why are tensions escalating between India and Pakistan over Kashmir? Our experts explain
08 May 2025,26 mins
Educating Nigeria
Yemisi Adegoke discovers what is being done to get children into school in Nigeria
08 May 2025,26 mins
The call of Anastasia
The new quasi-religious movement that is spreading across villages in Germany
01 May 2025,26 mins
Francis, the rebel Pope
Following the death of Pope Francis, Edward Stourton explores his life and legacy.
25 Apr 2025,49 mins
Make me perfect: Manufacturing beauty in China
��ѿ��ý Eye investigates one of China��s most notorious cases of botched cosmetic surgery
24 Apr 2025,26 mins
Defeated: How ordinary Germans experienced the end of World War Two
Six ordinary Germans who lived through the end of World War Two tell their stories
19 Apr 2025,49 mins
Braille and me
A celebration of Braille from around the world, 200 years after it was invented
17 Apr 2025,26 mins
Living in a bubble: The headphone revolution
The impact of increasing headphone and earbud use on society, health, and culture
10 Apr 2025,26 mins
Donald Trump��s new world order
President Trump has upended the international order to promote his America First agenda
05 Apr 2025,49 mins
Ukraine: Your questions answered
The Ukrainecast team answer your questions
05 Apr 2025,26 mins
The subsea war
Douglas Fraser investigates the struggle to defend critical subsea infrastructure
03 Apr 2025,26 mins
The Covid Generation Revisited
Five years on from the global lockdown we catch up with "the covid generation"
29 Mar 2025,49 mins
Malawi: Life in your years
A look into Malawi's drastic reduction in mortality from HIV, TB and Malaria
27 Mar 2025,26 mins
What��s your poison: The methanol crisis
How methanol poisoning from illicit alcohol affects victims around the world
20 Mar 2025,26 mins
LOUD: Is noise an invisible killer?
How our noisy world is increasing health problems from heart attacks, to sleep and anxiety
15 Mar 2025,49 mins