On Easter Sunday, explosions across Sri Lanka killed hundreds of people and wounded many more. As...
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Macron, Merkel and the battle for the future of Europe
The French president, Emmanuel Macron, has staked out his vision for the future of Europe, but...
Can the NHS cope with coronavirus?
NHS staff are bracing for a surge in hospital admissions as the number of people in the UK with...
US election 2020: Donald Trump and the rise of white supremacist extremism
White supremacist extremism is the most lethal terrorism threat to the United States. It’s a...
What’s driving Vladimir Putin and his assault on Ukraine?
The president’s attitude to power – in Russia and beyond – has changed steadily since 1999, says...
Ukraine’s counteroffensive: breaking the Russian lines
Ukraine’s much-anticipated summer offensive has been slow to the point of stalling. But a recent...
Why is the flu so bad this year? - Science Weekly podcast
Hannah Devlin explores why 2018 is such a bumper year for seasonal flu and asks how scientists...
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Covid-19: how worried should we be about Omicron?
Last week, a new variant of Covid-19 was detected by scientists in South Africa. Since then,...
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Covid-19: how worried should we be about Omicron?
Last week, a new variant of Covid-19 was detected by scientists in South Africa. Since then,...
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Covid-19: how worried should we be about Omicron?
Last week, a new variant of Covid-19 was detected by scientists in South Africa. Since then,...
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What Russians are being told about the war in Ukraine
The world has reacted with revulsion to stark images of Russia’s brutal invasion of Ukraine. But...
The Guardian’s editor-in-chief, Katharine Viner, talks about how the newspaper covered a year...
From the archives: The fall of Saigon: witnessing the end of the Vietnam war
We are raiding the Audio Long Reads archives and bringing you some classic pieces from years...
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From the archives: Why Silicon Valley billionaires are prepping for the apocalypse in New Zealand
We are raiding the Audio Long Reads archives and bringing you some classic pieces from years...
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From the archives: Remembrance of tastes past: Syria’s disappearing food culture
We are raiding the Audio Long Reads archives and bringing you some classic pieces from years...
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Inspired by nature: the thrilling new science that could transform medicine – podcast
Jeffrey Karp is at the forefront of a new generation of scientists using nature’s blueprints to...
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‘We are witnessing a crime against humanity’: Arundhati Roy on India’s Covid catastrophe – podca
It’s hard to convey the full depth and range of the trauma, the chaos and the indignity that...
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From the archive: The Machiavelli of Maryland – podcast
We are raiding the Audio Long Reads archives and bringing you some classic pieces from years...
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The death truck: how a solution to Mexico’s morgue crisis created a new horror – podcast
How did a lorry carrying 273 dead bodies end up stranded on the outskirts of Guadalajara? By...
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From the archive: Operation Car Wash: Is this the biggest corruption scandal in history? – podcast
We are raiding the Audio Long Read archives to bring you some classic pieces from years past,...
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