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Evidence mounts for Rohingya genocide in Myanmar. Plus: in the face of food and supply shortages, Venezuela’s unrest grows, and Zimbabwe’s new president reverses Mugabe’s policy on land-leasing to white farmers.
Turkey’s incursion into northern Syria could strain its relationship with the US. Plus: in 90 days, Cape Town will be the world’s first major city to run out of water, and the European Union tries to eliminate plastics.
Despite current US policies, the world continues to work toward responsible climate policies, including important ocean protections. Plus: North Korea gets sanctioned again (and again and again and again), and the global back-and-forth between the US and Russia gets more complicated.
The backlash against Trump's decision to move the US Embassy to Jerusalem intensifies, and the ethnic cleansing of Rohingya in Myanmar continues. Plus: Canada's got a cannabis boom, and China builds refugee settlement ahead of a potential Korean conflict.
North Korea's big new missile ups the stakes, Trump mulls recognizing Jerusalem as Israel's capital, and Honduras is on the brink of a civil conflict as an opposition leader calls for a new presidential election.
Plus: Trump designates North Korea a state sponsor of terror, Saudi Arabia eases its blockade of Yemen, and "the butcher of Bosnia" gets life in prison.
In this international edition of the runoff, Saudi Arabia makes aggressive domestic and regional moves under its young new leadership, but the fallout has led to increased tension and conflict in the Middle East.
