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United Kingdom
This segment outlines the advantages and the drawbacks for British businesses in different versions of Brexit. The rights of British citizens living in EU countries and EU citizens living in Britain are also discussed.
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United Kingdom
The focus of this segment is on the Chequers Deal, the preferred deal of Prime Minister Theresa May, which blends aspects of both Hard and Soft Brexit deals. It also outlines what could happen if no deal is struck by the deadline.
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United Kingdom
In the next 35 years, we’ll have to produce more food than all of the world’s production over the last 2000 years combined. So what will the farms of the future look like?
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Australia
There's been some bad news for the Great Barrier Reef, with experts declaring another mass bleaching—the fifth in just eight years. We find out what coral bleaching is and how it's impacting Australia's World Heritage-listed wonder.
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United Kingdom
People are increasingly interested in seeing animals in natural settings, so traditional jail-like zoos are giving way to open-plan zoos, and to eco-tourism.
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United Kingdom
Barbary macaques are among the most popular tourist attractions in Gibraltar. The apes have a taste for junk food, which enables tourists to see them up close and allows scientists to easily capture them for research.
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United Kingdom
We leave the macaques in Gibraltar to travel to the Galapagos Islands to learn about marine and land iguanas.
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United Kingdom
The segment focuses on the alien striped iguanas of the Galapagos Islands, albinism in a variety of animals, and the peppered moth.
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Australia, United Kingdom
The last segment focuses on Australia. We visit the Warrawong Earth Sanctuary, where there are breeding programs to reintroduce such indigenous animals as bandicoots and quolls, creatures that came close to extinction.
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United Kingdom, USA
More than 800 million people around the world use the social media video platform TikTok. However, some governments around the world are concerned that the Chinese-owned app allows the Chinese government to access people's data.
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United Kingdom, USA
The European Union says it will begin shipping arms to Ukraine. This is the first time in its history that it has supplied arms in a conflict.
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United Kingdom
President Vladimir Putin has put Russia's nuclear forces on high alert. The theory is that the possibility of mutually assured destruction is the strongest of reasons not to press the button. But the pressure is mounting.
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United Kingdom, USA
Strict water restrictions come into force for millions of people in California as the US west coast continues to experience a crippling drought.
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Ireland
In the coastal town of Laguna, Brazil, a strong bond has formed between wild dolphins and local fishermen over generations. The dolphins herd schools of fish towards the shoreline and then give distinct signals telling the fishermen when to cast their nets.
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Ireland, Israel
At a privately-owned wildlife park in South Africa, Or Lazmi has integrated herself into a group of four lions. Having known her since they were cubs, the lions treat her as a dominant figure and allow her to get extremely close.
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