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RTÉ Radio 1
From the unusual to the topical, World Report brings you interesting stories from around the world.
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Apr 21, 2024 • 16min
CANARIES - DENMARK - UK
This weekend thousands of people marched in the Canary Islands to call on authorities to change the model of tourism - they say their limit has been reached. In Denmark questions are being raised about the cause of a fire which ravaged one of Copenhagen's oldest buildings, and in London Elvis is being brought back to life in hologram form.See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

Apr 14, 2024 • 15min
LEBANON -PRAGUE - INDIA
In Lebanon, Palestinian refugees who have been there for decades still harbour hopes of returning to their homes. Slovakia’s closely-fought presidential election was won last week by Peter Pellegrini, an ally of the country’s populist prime minister Robert Fico, and in India measures to curb attacks by stray dogs have been criticised as ineffectiveSee omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

Apr 7, 2024 • 15min
PRAGUE - CAMEROON - TURKEY
A spate of bear attacks in Slovakia has been raised as a problem ahead of this weekend’s presidential election. In Cameroon aid agencies have been trying to provide alternative employment to women who carry out female genital mulitation procedures, and in Turkey the local elections have seen the emergence of a new right wing party.See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

Mar 31, 2024 • 17min
Sudan - Canada - USA
The United Nations has warned that 340 days of conflict in Sudan has led to one of the worst humanitarian crises in recent memory. The rush of visitors to Niagra Falls, to watch a Solar Eclipse, has led to a state of emergency in the area. And in the US, the battle between Disney, and the former US Presidential candidate Ron De Santis continues.See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

Mar 24, 2024 • 16min
Tunisia - India - USA
An Imam who after living in France for nearly 40 years was expelled after making unacceptable remarks about the french flag. India's government is appealing to Russia to return almost 100 citizens who were lured to fight in Ukraine, and the US government is investing in rail travel to encourage people to use public transport instead of their car.See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

Mar 17, 2024 • 15min
Tunisia - Australia - Denmark
The biggest fraud trial in Danish history started this week, in Australia the government could face many false imprisonment claims after the High Court ruled that it was unlawful to indefinitely hold a person in immigration detention, and in Tunisia the children of political prisoners were in Geneva to ask the UN Human Rights Council for helpSee omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

Mar 10, 2024 • 16min
Kenya - Portugal - UK
Rights groups and campaigners in Kenya are now calling for urgent action and for femicide to be recognized as a criminal offence in its own right, protests in Portugal at plans to address water shortages, and further disruption for UK travellers entering the EUSee omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

Mar 3, 2024 • 16min
Lebanon - Canada - Turkey
We go to Camp Shamrock in Southern Lebanon where 332 Irish peacekeepers are stationed, lawmakers in Canada are coming after car thieves after surging numbers of auto thefts across the country, and we highlight Turkey's inter-cultural side with a visit to Taksim SquareSee omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

Feb 25, 2024 • 16min
Texas - India - Cyprus
In the United States, the border crisis could have huge implications in this year's presidential election, workers from India are heading to Israel where many sectors of the economy, especially the construction industry, are experiencing labour shortage and Irish soldiers buried in Gaza.See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

Feb 18, 2024 • 16min
DRC - Tunisia - Cyprus
Fighting between the M23 rebels and government forces in the Democratic Republic of Congo has intensified, with rebel forces advancing on Goma. In Tunisia the two year sentence for a graffiti artist has prompted criticism from human rights groups, and in Cyprus tensions over the Israel-Hamas war are being felt in the EU's most easterly country.See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.


