Assignment Episodes Episode guide
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Leaving Sri Lanka
Record numbers are fleeing the island in the wake of a brutal economic crisis.
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Gran Chaco: Paraguay鈥檚 vanishing forest
A massive new road across Paraguay threatens a fragile eco-system and two communities
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Vienna: Getting housing right
Does Vienna have the world鈥檚 best public housing? Chris Bowlby reports
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Finland鈥檚 uneasy relationship with its neighbour
How has Finland managed its relationship with its unpredictable neighbour, Russia?
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Killer drug: Fentanyl in the US
The synthetic opioid that鈥檚 destroying thousands of lives in southern California
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Killer drug: The Mexico connection
Fentanyl is a synthetic opioid killing thousands of Americans 鈥� it is made in Mexico
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Ireland鈥檚 Urban Horses
The young working class Irish people keeping horses in urban areas.
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Nigeria's battle against bandits
Fighting the powerful criminal gangs terrorising rural Nigeria
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The parallel universe of Russia鈥檚 war
How were Russians persuaded to support a war against their closest neighbour Ukraine?
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On the frontline of Brexit
David Baker assesses the impact of Brexit in Northern Ireland
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The great German sausage crisis
Who is going to make the sausages in Germany if no-one wants to be a butcher?
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Uruguay鈥檚 cash cow
How does Uruguay鈥檚 beef industry compete with their neighbours and climate change threats
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Iran Protests: Tales from the frontline
Why did people take to the streets, risking arrest and a barrage of bullets?
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A return to Paradise
Survivors rebuild a town destroyed by one of the worst wildfires in California's history
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Saving children from the mafia
Why an Italian judge is taking kids away from Mafia families
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South Korea: A room with a view
How a housing crisis contributes to a population problem
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Fighting 'fat-phobia' in Brazil
The Brazilian city passing laws to fight discrimination against people who are obese
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Spain's flamenco on the edge
Can Spain's most iconic live music and dance recover from the pandemic?
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Hungary鈥檚 Power Dilemma
The nuclear power plant in Hungary being built by Russia; will the Ukraine war stop it?
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California's cannabis reparations
Giving communities targeted in the 'war on drugs' a share in the legal cannabis boom
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Cold-calling Siberia
How has Putin's war against Ukraine affected one remote city in Siberia?
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Trouble in Taiwan?
What do Taiwanese people think about the increased rhetoric from China in recent months?
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China's accidental activists
The women battling the Chinese state after their loved ones were jailed as dissidents
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Iraq: Under poisoned skies
The toxic impact of gas flaring on people and the environment in southern Iraq
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America鈥檚 Dropbox Babies
America鈥檚 Safe Haven laws for new-born babies 鈥� an alternative to abortion?
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Svalbard鈥檚 climate change fight
Svalbard is estimated to be heating at six times the global average
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The brain drain
The 鈥榖rain drain鈥� of doctors from developing countries to work in the UK
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Bye-bye Baguette?
The bakers and farmers trying to wean Senegal off imported wheat.
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Leicester: Behind the divide
What's behind the recent tensions between Hindi and Muslim communities in Leicester?
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Argentina: Life with hyperinflation
Living with hyperinflation in Argentina 鈥� how do people cope with everyday life?
