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For more than four decades, UN peacekeepers in southern Lebanon have tried to keep the peace between Israel and Lebanon. They have not always been successful. As tensions flare yet again on the Blue Line that divides the two countries, Rebecca Collard visits the UN peacekeeping base just a few miles from the tense border.

Starting in 2024, the Uber app will offer Londoners the option of a ride via the city's iconic black cabs. A previous effort in 2014 didn't yield much interest among drivers. London black cabs are known for their service, due in part because drivers must first pass the Knowledge, a test of the city’s thousands of streets, before they can drive. Host Marco Werman gets reaction to Uber's plans from...

The small nation of Guyana is sounding the alarm about a national referendum taking place in neighboring Venezuela. On Dec. 3, voters will weigh in on whether the country should lay claim to a large swath of disputed, potentially oil-rich, territory that's currently considered part of Guyana. The World’s Tibisay Zea reports.

Ed Sheeran's new album "Autumn Variations" has many of the chords and narratives that the British singer is well-known for. But the music videos for the songs on the album are a departure from his previous work, as they've been made by fans in 14 countries across the globe. Host Marco Werman has the details.

Despite a recent election in Poland, its unclear exactly which party will rule the country's next government. But no matter the outcome, humanitarian activists say one thing is likely to stay the same: Poland's rough and possibly illegal treatment of refugees from the Global South. There will also be little change in the border wall that Poland has built to prevent more migrants coming over from B...

Virgin Atlantic flew a Boeing 787 from London to New York today, fueled by SAF — Sustainable Aviation Fuel. In this case, it was a blend of 88% waste fats and 12% synthetic kerosene made from plant sugars. Host Marco Werman speaks with Camille Mutrelle, a policy officer with the Brussels-based advocacy group Transport & Environment, about today's flight, what it represents for the future of gr...

After the Paris climate agreement was ratified in 2015, policymakers were optimistic that it would help get climate change under control. But since then, confidence in the UN climate process has gone down. Emissions need to fall drastically to limit the worst effects of climate change, but they have only increased. And this year, the summit president is someone who also heads up UAE's national oil...

Audio intercepts are revealing what Russian soldiers have to say about fighting in Ukraine. The intercepts — obtained by the Associated Press — show an increasing number of soldiers want to get out of Ukraine. They also speak of the dead and wounded, and about those seeking to desert the battle. Host Marco Werman speaks with AP reporter Erika Kinetz about what these messages tell us about the mora...

Forty-one construction workers emerged dazed and smiling on Tuesday from a collapsed tunnel in northern India. They had spent the past 17 days there in an ordeal that gripped the nation. Host Marco Werman has more.

For more than 30 years, a community of Palestinian shepherds say they lived relatively peacefully in a remote valley in the Israeli occupied West Bank. A few days after the deadly attack by Hamas in southern Israel, the families say they faced the worst harassment and threats from armed Jewish settlers and Israeli soldiers they'd ever seen. On Oct.12, the Bedouin community emptied out, saying they...

Panama’s Supreme Court ruled unanimously on Tuesday that a 20-year lease for a Canadian copper mine is unconstitutional. As The World has reported, the mine was the subject of widespread environmental protests there. Host Marco Werman has more.

A new documentary, "Beyond Utopia," follows a secret operation to move North Korean defectors along a treacherous route. Their journey crosses hazardous terrain and unfriendly borders. Their destination: South Korea. Host Marco Werman speaks with the film's director Madeleine Gavin and one of the main subjects of the film, Pastor Seungeun Kim.

A Sumatran rhinoceros calf was born over the weekend at a sanctuary in Indonesia. The highly vocal and hairy animals are believed to be the closest living relatives to the wooly rhinoceros of the Ice Age — and there are only about 50 of the species left. Host Marco Werman speaks with Nina Fascione, executive director of the International Rhino Foundation, who says the calf born today speaks to the...

CIA Director Bill Burns landed in Qatar today for a meeting with his Israeli and Egyptian counterparts. The presumed agenda: a broader hostage exchange deal with Hamas. What does each side bring to the table, and is this just about the release of hostages, or is it also about what the future of Gaza may look like? Host Marco Werman speaks with Steven Cook, a senior fellow for Middle East and Afric...

The Russian feminist performance art collective Pussy Riot is on tour but not in Russia, where they might end up in jail again. A four-person iteration of the collective is currently playing in North America. Host Marco Werman sat down with Pussy Riot's co-founders, Masha Alyokhina, and one of their newest members, Olga Borisova, about their new performances and how they're trying to keep attentio...

Violence by gangs in Haiti continues to ravage communities. For Haitian Jean Appolon, the founder of a contemporary dance company rooted in folkloric culture, it has been his salvation. Appolon told "Stories From The Stage," produced by our partners at GBH's TV channel — World — that his love for dance began when he was young. 

Since the Brexit vote, hundreds of thousands of eligible Brits have taken up citizenship of European Union countries, so they can continue to work and travel freely on the continent. But thousands are also uncovering their Jewish heritage to apply to EU member states that offer passports to descendents of people persecuted by the Nazis and others. Theo Merz reports on a new generation connecting t...

Loneliness can be as bad for your health as 15 cigarettes a day, the World Health Organization said this month. In Sweden, a third of 16- to 19-year-olds say they are experiencing problems as a result of loneliness. The World's Europe correspondent Orla Barry reports that Luleå, in northern Sweden, has set out to do something about it.

The ceasefire brokered between Hamas and the Israeli government has given Gaza a brief respite from the war. But the flow of aid into Gaza still remains tenuous. The World's Marco Werman talks with Avril Benoit, executive director of Doctors Without Borders, about how much aid has made it in so far during the ceasefire and what needs to happen to maintain crucial services to civilians like water,...

Angered by the bombing of Gaza, South Africa is one of the few countries to cut diplomatic ties with Israel. President Cyril Ramaphosa has also said the deaths and destruction are tantamount to war crimes, and referred it to the International Criminal Court. Many South Africa leaders believe Israel's control over the Palestinian territories looks a lot like apartheid.

Every day, people perform astonishing acts of generosity, sometimes at great risk. Small acts of selflessness occur almost everywhere you look. Stephanie Preston is a professor of psychology at the University of Michigan and an expert on why humans developed a powerful drive to help one another. She speaks to The World's Marco Werman about her book, “The Altruistic Urge: Why We’re Driven to Help O...

Far-right politician Geert Wilders and his party won the Dutch parliamentary election last week. It was a surprise victory for Wilders, who has a long track record of Islamophobia and anti-immigrant rhetoric. The World's Marco Werman spoke with Sanne Van Oosten, a Dutch researcher at the University of Oxford, about the factors behind Wilders' victory as well as his chances of forming a coalition g...

The Russian invasion of Ukraine sent energy costs surging, European leaders scrambling for alternative suppliers of gas, and redirected flows of Russian oil toward Asia. At the time, more than half of Germany’s gas came from Russia. The war pushed a German government that was behind on renewable energy goals to enact some ambitious new policies. Brett Simpson reports from Berlin. (This story origi...

Amid the devastation of climate change, author Judith Schwartz looks for bright spots: stories about people restoring landscapes and living more harmoniously with nature. The World's Marco Werman spoke with Schwartz in 2020 about her book, "The Reindeer Chronicles." (This interview originally aired on Sept. 24, 2020.)

Brazilian president Luiz Inacio "Lula" da Silva was sworn in in January, with a pledged to halt the destruction of the Amazon without harming the agricultural industry there. Michael Fox reports from the Brazilian state of Para on the balance between the region's biggest economic driver, and the goal to protect the Amazon. (This story originally aired on Jan. 16, 2023.)