The UK was one of the first countries to adopt 5G but now it has one of the worst networks in the world. Why is it so difficult to get a decent phone signal in the UK? 

Writer: Sophie Fenton

Producer: Tomini Babs

Host: Claudia Williams

Executive Producer: Rebecca Moore

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While national debate raged in Spain over who should be held accountable for the deadliest floods in decades, heavy rainfall flooded parts of Southern Italy. Extreme floods are likely to increase as a consequence of climate change: is Europe ready to deal with them?

Writer: Serena Cesareo

Producer: Casey Magloire

Host: Tomini Babs

Executive Producer: Rebecca Moore

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Robert F. Kennedy Jr has a long record of criticising vaccines and spreading medical misinformation. President-elect Donald Trump has chosen him to be the secretary of Health and Human Service in his upcoming administration. 

To listen to Basia’s interview with RFK Jr click here: https://www.tortoisemedia.com/audio/what-the-rfk-jr/ 

Writer: Rebecca Moore with additional reporting from Alexi Mostrous. 

Producer: Claudia Williams 

Host: Claudia Williams

Photography: Joe Mee

Executive Producer: Jasper Corbett

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An emperor penguin has turned up on a surfers beach in southwestern Australia, more than 2000 miles away from its natural habitat in the Antarctic. How did it end up so far off course? 

Writer and producer: Claudia Williams

Episode photography: Jon Jones

Executive producer: Rebecca Moore

With thanks to Jazz Bailey for her videos.

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Justin Welby is the first Archbishop of Canterbury to resign. He stood down following a report into a decades long abuse scandal. Why did it take the CofE more than forty years to get to the bottom of it? 

Writer: Phoebe Davis

Producer: Eleanor Biggs

Photography: Jon Jones

Executive Producer: Rebecca Moore

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At the COP29 summit in Azerbaijan, countries are exploring the best ways to fund climate action. What lessons can they take from a new aid strategy that helped people in Bangladesh navigate this year’s floods?

Writer: Jeevan Vasagar

Producer: Casey Magloire

Photography: Jon Jones

Host: Tomini Babs

Executive Producer: Rebecca Moore

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Thanks to his alliance with Donald Trump, Elon Musk has achieved an unprecedented combination of political power and immense wealth. What form will this new, supercharged Musk take? 

Writer and producer: Patricia Clarke

Host: Tomini Babs

Photography: Jon Jones

Executive Producer: Rebecca Moore 

With thanks to Alexi Mostrous, Gary Marshall, Basia Cummings and Matt Russell

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The high-speed rail project is now tens of millions of pounds in the red and an expensive bat tunnel is the latest major cost. With its future in doubt, how did it all go so wrong?

Featuring Christian Wolmar, host of the podcast Calling All Stations - https://shorturl.at/KTypI

Writer and producer: Eleanor Biggs

Photography: Jon Jones

Host: Tomini Babs

Executive Producer: Rebecca Moore

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The conflict in Sudan is intensifying and the fighting has caused the biggest displacement crisis in the world. What is being done to help those fleeing to neighbouring countries?

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Donald Trump returns as President of the United States on 20th January 2025. What happens next? We consider the implications for America and the world – from Ukraine and climate change to the US southern border.

Writer: David Taylor

Producer: Katie Gunning

Host: Claudia Williams

Executive Producer: Rebecca Moore

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Donald Trump has been elected US president for a second time, in what some have seen as the greatest comeback in political history. How did he do it?

Writer: Xavier Greenwood

Producer: Patricia Clarke

Host: Claudia Williams

Photography: Jon Jones

Executive Producer: Rebecca Moore 

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