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A visually dramatic protest unfurled in Yorkshire, England, on Thursday at the private home of British Prime Minister Rishi Sunak. Demonstrators for Greenpeace climbed on the roof of the large two-story country house and draped the building in black fabric. Host Marco Werman explains they were protesting Sunak's decision this week to expand oil and gas drilling in the North Sea.

The children of migrant families, who are often on the move, sometimes struggle to keep up with their studies. A pilot program in Ventura County, California, is offering summer school this year to elementary-school aged children. Some of the teachers are visiting from Mexico. KCLU's Lance Orozco visits a classroom where both sides of the border are celebrated.

Residents of Warsaw, Poland, lit a candle on a birthday cake to commemorate the 10th anniversary of a highway overpass that has no on ramp or off ramp. An aerial photo shows a smart-looking highway bridge above four railway tracks, but at each end of the overpass the concrete turns into grass. Host Marco Werman explains.

Ukraine is now considered the most heavily mined country in the world. Nearly 1,000 civilians have been killed or injured by mines and unexploded ordnance since the beginning of the full-scale Russian invasion last February.  And about a third of the country needs to be cleared of these explosives. Much of that land is farmland. The World’s Carolyn Beeler visited a farm in the Kyiv region that is...

In Colombia on Thursday, a six-month ceasefire begins with the rebel group, the National Liberation Army, or ELN. The truce is controversial, because the ELN is known for attacks on civilians, its association with drug trafficking cartels, and its violent hold on the region around Colombia's border with Venezuela. From Bogotá, Manuel Rueda reports on the hopes and fears surrounding the peace deal....

On Thursday, Amnesty International released one of the first human rights reports on the ongoing conflict in Sudan. It accuses both sides of the conflict of committing gross human rights atrocities, including sexual violence against women and girls. The World's Africa correspondent Halima Gikandi reports.

Paleontologists have discovered the fossils belonging to the most-massive animal called Perucetus colossus. The animal is whale-like, and was discovered in Peru. The World's Marco Werman talks to Alberto Collareta, one of the paleontologist on the team who found it, about how the discovery redefines our understanding of Earth's largest animals. 

Preliminary results from a Swedish trial found that artificial intelligence-supported reading of mammograms detected 20% more cases of breast cancers compared with the double reading of mammograms by two radiologists. The study looked at the mammograms of 80,000 women and the early results were published in Lancet Oncology this week. Marco Werman speaks with Aldana Rosso, professor of Medical Radi...

Pope Francis is in Portugal for World Youth Day, when more than a million young Catholics come from around the globe to celebrate and meet with the pope. But this time, it's coinciding with the host country dealing with the fallout from its own role in the Catholic clergy sex abuse scandal. Marco Werman speaks with Elise Ann Allen, senior correspondent for the Crux news site who is in Lisbon cover...

Thousands of tourists evacuated off the Greek island of Rhodes last month are being offered a free holiday on the island next year by the country’s government. The offer is just one attempt by the Greek government to try and erase some of the the bad publicity that the tourist hot spot suffered because of catastrophic wildfires. But a new report by the European Commission suggests that summer holi...

The Jamaica women's soccer team are through to the next stage of the World Cup for the first time. They drew 0-0 with Brazil, kicking one of the top teams out of the tournament. The World's Marco Werman shares the update. 

South Korean boy and girl bands like BTS have almost always have a rapper or two in their lineup. And hip-hop itself has been grounded in country since the 1990's. Haekyung Um has written extensively about Korean pop culture and the hip-hop scene. She also teaches global popular music and Asian music industries at the University of Liverpool. She speaks to host Marco Werman.

For seven weeks, Azerbaijan has in effect blocked Armenia's access to Nagorno-Karabakh. The majority of the disputed region is inhabited by ethnic Armenians, however Baku has claimed this territory as part of sovereign Azerbaijan. Now, international organizations like the Red Cross have stated that the people of Nagorno-Karabakh are facing a humanitarian crisis, with shortages in food, fuel, and m...

Rising temperatures have pulled invasive species like the lionfish from the Red Sea and into the Mediterranean, where their pretty-but-poisonous spikes and voracious appetites are threatening unsuspecting vacationers and local wildlife alike. In an effort to help local fishermen and keep lionfish populations in check, Turkish environmentalists are selling invasive fish to restaurants in the hopes...

A rising in the number of cases in Florida of Hansen's disease, commonly known as leprosy, highlights the increase in tropical disease infections found in the US. The World's Marco Werman speaks with professor Peter Hotez, co-director of the Texas Children’s Hospital Center for Vaccine Development and dean of the National School of Tropical Medicine at Baylor College of Medicine, about the conditi...

Former President Donald Trump has been indicted for his efforts to overturn the 2020 election by special counsel Jack Smith. The detailed indictment was unsealed on Tuesday, and since then, no European leader has commented on the charges. The World's Marco Werman talks with Jeremy Shapiro, a research director at the European Council on Foreign Relations who focuses on the trans-Atlantic relationsh...

Top American officials have been visiting Saudi Arabia and Israel in recent weeks to discuss a possible normalization deal between the two sides. President Joe Biden said last week that a deal may be on the way, but as The World’s Shirin Jaafari reports, both sides have put forward major demands.

Simon Squibb is the new owner of a staircase in southwest London. The four-story glass-enclosed stairwell is no longer connected to the building it once served. Squibb bought it at auction for nearly $37,000. Host Marco Werman steps up with details.

The Ukrainian government is doing an unusually thorough job of documenting environmental damages being caused by Russian attacks. Their primary goal, according to the Ministry of the Environment, is to eventually win compensation for these damages. The government isn’t alone in this effort — a handful of nonprofits are also helping, with volunteers combing news reports to help build databases of e...

China’s capital has been battered by more than 29 inches of rain since Saturday. It’s the heaviest rainfall Beijing residents have seen in 140 years and has taken the lives of at least 20 people. Beijing resident Yajun Zhang tells The World’s Marco Werman climate change is a hot topic for some of China’s urban elite, but others don’t link the extreme weather to global warming.

It's a country of little more than 10 million people but when it comes to pop music, Sweden punches far above its weight. Taylor Swift, The Weeknd, Coldplay and countless other international stars have had some of their biggest hits produced and written by Swedish artists. The Nordic nation is the third-largest exporter of pop music in the world, after the US and the UK. But musicians in Sweden ar...

Myanmar's best-known political prisoner will spend slightly less time in prison, the military rulers there announced on Tuesday. Aung San Suu Kyi was sentenced to 33 years in prison for 19 different offenses that her supporters say were an attempt to discredit her. On Tuesday, the military-led government reduced the 78-year-old former leader's sentence by six years. Host Marco Werman has more deta...

Gang violence in Haiti has threatened to take over the capital. Organized crime has infiltrated most parts of everyday life. As Haiti becomes more fragile and has asked for security assistance, Kenya has made an offer. The World's Marco Werman talks with Daniel Foote, a former US special envoy to Haiti, about the offer and the latest in the security crisis. 

The United States has long relied on Niger as a host to drone bases that run surveillance across Africa. They've also worked with Nigerien forces to counter off-shoots of Al Qaeda and ISIS that have troubled the Sahel region. As the US may be forced to pull back, the West African economic union, ECOWAS, has threatened to use force to return Niger to civilian democratic government. The World's Marc...

Marta is a legend of Brazilian and international soccer. She was the first player to ever score in five consecutive Olympics, and she has scored the most goals in Brazil’s history, and the most World Cup goals in world history. This World Cup, she says, is her last one. The World’s Bianca Hillier reports on Marta’s journey to the top and the legacy she will leave behind.