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Last year, many facilities run by US Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE) became COVID-19 hot spots. Now, infections at these facilities are rising again as vaccination rates remain low, below the national average and rates at federal prisons. The World’s immigration editor Monica Campbell reports.

A strange phenomenon is occurring among small American children — they're speaking in a British accent! A popular cartoon called “Peppa Pig” has children speaking like the popular character, repeating lines and words used in the program. The World's Marco Werman spoke with Dominique Wellman about her daughter's use of British words and phrases after watching “Peppa Pig.”

Poland and Hungary have been denounced once again by the European Commission. Both countries were on Tuesday accused of curtailing judicial independence and restricting press freedom in a new EU rule of law report. The accusations are far from new. Press freedom has been under threat in Poland since the current government came to power in 2015. A new proposal on TV licences puts independent news n...

Peruvian elections officials declared the leftist Pedro Castillo as the country’s presidential contest winner six weeks after the closely fought election against right-wing former politician Keiko Fujimori. 

Who's in charge? That's the question that many Haitians have been asking following the assassination of their president, Jovenel Moïse. Now, there seems to be some clarity. On Tuesday, Haitian officials announced that Claude Joseph, the prime minister who took control of the government following the assassination, is stepping down, and a new prime minister, Ariel Henry, is stepping in. Host Marco...

Lithuania — one of the Baltic states — has seen a sudden increase of migrants from Iraq. The Lithuanian government wants Baghdad to do something about this. But it's not as simple as Iraq changing its migration policies. The influx of Iraqi migrants has a lot to do with a dispute between Lithuania's next door neighbor, Belarus, and the European Union. Belarus is accused of sending Iraqi migrants i...

The future of a major Obama-era immigration policy is now in doubt. DACA — Deferred Action for Childhood Arrivals — can protect certain undocumented immigrants who came to the US as children from deportation, and offers a work permit. A federal judge in Texas ruled last week that the program is unconstitutional. The World’s Monica Campbell reports on what this means for people in the program and t...

Abdul Latif Nasser — imprisoned at the Guantanamo Bay military detention camp for 19 years — was transferred on Monday to Moroccan authorities. This is the first such transfer under the Biden administration. The World's host Marco Werman talks to Carol Rosenberg to discuss the prison's future. Rosenberg is a reporter for The New York Times, who has covered Guantanamo Bay since the camp was built i...

Starting in the early 1990s, Sudan was a self-described Islamic state. Under the rule of Omar al-Bashir, Islamic law took precedence in the governing of the country. That’s no longer the case, though, since Bashir was overthrown in 2019. Sudan’s government is now signaling a big change — saying there will be a separation of religion and state. Some parts of the country, in fact, are insisting that...

The US and its allies have formally blamed China for the hacking of a Microsoft Exchange email server that affected tens of thousands of computers in March. The announcement signals a shift in US policy, but also comes without any sanctions. The World's Marco Werman spoke with Chris Painter, a former cyber diplomat at the US State Department, about the significance of this announcement.

The hacking tool Pegasus — famously used by the Saudis in the lead-up to the killing of Jamal Khashoggi — has been used in other countries with authoritarian governments, as a new investigation by a consortium of media organizations has revealed. Host Marco Werman speaks with András Pethő co-founder of Direkt36, a Hungarian news organization that was penetrated by the Israeli-made spyware.

Amazon founder Jeff Bezos is set to launch into space tomorrow. British billionaire Richard Branson beat him by nine days. They've both received a lot of flak in the media, but The World’s Sarah Birnbaum asks the question, “Is there public benefit to what they’re doing?”

From a blistering heat wave across Canada and the Pacific Northwest to massive flooding in Germany and Belgium, recent extreme weather has some climate scientists surprised by just how extreme it’s gotten — and how fast. Climate change is partly fueling these types of events. But are climate models keeping up with the rapid pace of change? Host Marco Werman speaks with Michael Mann, a climate scie...

Some are calling it "Freedom Day," because today, across England, most COVID-19 restrictions are being lifted. At the same time, British Prime Minister Boris Johnson and Chancellor Rishi Sunak are both self-isolating, as the country’s Health Secretary Sajid Javid has tested positive for the virus. In other parts of Europe, it's a different story. Countries like the Netherlands, Greece and Spain ar...

“Drama” is Rodrigo Amarante's second solo album. But that doesn't accurately reflect this Brazilian's 25-plus years making music professionally.  From his collaborations with a member of The Strokes to his own rock band in the 1990s, Amarante speaks to Marco Werman about his career in music.

Danish Siddiqui. Peter de Vries. Lekso Lashkarava. These are some names you likely don't recognize, but without journalists like them, we wouldn't have a window into many of the stories reported every day. All three have recently died as a result of their journalism. They are not alone — many journalists today face life-threatening danger all over the world, including in the US. Pauline Adès-Mével...

Booster shots and the return of indoor masks. Israel continues to be a living experiment in controlling COVID-19. The World’s reporter Ariel Oseran explains the country's strategy now. 

Cuba is a world leader in medicine, and has quickly developed its own promising COVID-19 vaccines. About a quarter of the population has received at least one dose. The World’s Elana Gordon reports on Cuba's unusual success in vaccine development, and how that is colliding with the current unrest in the country.

During his presidency, Donald Trump reimposed sanctions on Cuba, which already faced an economic embargo by the United States. Many of these factors contributed to current food and medicine shortages on the island. The World's Carol Hills spoke with Cuban American historian, Ada Ferrer, about the impact of the embargo and sanctions on Cuba and President Joe Biden's approach to the crisis.

"Please do not touch" is a refrain you'll often hear when wandering the halls of museums. But Maite Gomez-Rejón, the founder of ArtBites, wants you to have a sensory experience when you visit a collection — in fact, she wants you to taste it. Her interactive workshops are what happens when cooking lessons meet art and history. Host Carol Hills speaks with Gomez-Rejón.

Athletes have started making their way to Tokyo, as the Summer Olympics are set to kick off in just one week. While international travel is always stressful, The World’s Bianca Hillier reports on this year's unique challenges.

In the last few days, parts of Germany and Belgium have seen devastating flash floods. More than 120 people have died, and homes and streets have been ripped up by the sudden rush of water. Some climate scientists are surprised that flooding this severe would occur in the impacted areas, and at this time of year. Host Carol Hills speaks with Dieter Gerten, a professor at the Potsdam Institute for...

Devastating floods in western Germany and Belgium have left at least 108 people dead and more than 1,300 others unaccounted for. Meteorological experts say this amount of rainfall is the most the region has seen in over a hundred years. Rebecca Rosman reports from the Belgian city of Liège, where debris from homes destroyed in nearby towns flowed through the swollen river this week and the water n...

The conflict in Ethiopia's Tigray region continues to evolve. Rebels forces recently retook Tigray's capital city, Mekelle, from government forces. Since then, they've gone on the offensive to take more territory. To understand the motives behind the rebel forces latest moves, The World Carol Hills spoke with Michelle Gavin, a senior fellow at the Council on Foreign Relations.

"A tale as old as time." That's how musician Marvin Brooks starts his latest track "One Breath."  Brooks' tale starts in Germany. His father is German, his mother is Ghanaian. Brooks' dual citizenship gives him a special perspective into culture on two continents. A sense of pride, loss and joy. With this track, Marvin Brooks touches on joy.