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On today's episode, the UN Security Council unanimously votes to keep the last border crossing between Turkey and north-west Syria open for another six months for the delivery of humanitarian aid.
Pope Francis says the Zayed Award for ... Show More
Oct 10
Ceasefire to begin in Gaza, hostages release timeline announced
A ceasefire in Gaza is set to begin as the Israeli cabinet in the early hours of Friday voted to accept the framework of the plan for the release of all hostages. With the agreement coming into effect, Israel’s military has 24 hours to move to a pre-determined line within Gaza, a ... Show More
8m 48s
Jan 2023
Pope Francis arrives in Kinshasa
Pope Francis has arrived in the Democratic Republic of Congo, the country’s first papal visit in nearly four decades. He will also travel to South Sudan during the trip.
Plus, with less than a month to go before Nigeria's presidential election, we speak to the candidate of the op ... Show More
31m 32s
Nov 2022
COP27: Climate summit shines spotlight on Egypt's political prisoners
Urgent questions are being asked about one of Egypt's most high-profile prisoners, the civil rights activist Alaa Abd El-Fattah, who has just escalated his months-long hunger strike, so that he is, according to his family, no longer even drinking water. We hear from the UN High C ... Show More
47m 7s
Dec 2021
December 5, 2021 | On GPS: Global vaccine inequality; will the vaccines protect against Omicron?; fears of a Russian invasion of Ukraine grow; will the Iran nuclear deal collapse?
Fareed welcomes South African human rights lawyer and the founder of the Health Justice Initiative in South Africa, Fatima Hassan, to discuss travel bans and the unequal distribution of vaccines around the world. Then, will the vaccines hold up against the Omicron variant? Fareed ... Show More
40m 51s
Apr 2023
Gay in Uganda: A life or death situation
Uganda’s President Yoweri Museveni must this week either sign, veto, or send back to parliament one of the world’s toughest anti-gay bills. Whatever he decides, life for the country’s LGBTQ community is a dangerous endeavor. A corruption scandal at FC Barcelona and the war of wor ... Show More
11m 35s