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The battle to save the Amazon in Brazil is also a fight against drug gangs, militias, and corrupt  politicians. Follow the fight from the cities to the rainforest, and meets the indigenous people trying to save their land.

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IKEA factories use about one tree every second. to make furniture.  An  investigation  has discovered that some of the wood  has been cut down by crime gangs in the Carpathian mountains, near Ukraine.  

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The UK government banned this Christmas advert by a supermarket. So why was it so controversial?

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 The science behind zoos. 

Do we care about animal welfare?  How good are zoos at conservation?

 How should they change in the future? 

English is now the global language of business. More and more multinational companies are using English as their corporate language. to improve performance across different parts of the organization. Companies like  Airbus, Daimler-Chrysler, Nokia, Renault, Samsung, SAP, Technicolor, and Microsoft in Beijing have made English their corporate language. Why?

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Real estate is a multi-trillion dollar industry, the biggest business in the world, but what is the cost? The financialization of housing - treating housing as a commodity and an investment opportunity - is stopping people from getting a home. To change this, we need houses to become homes, not equity, and places where people, not capital, are the primary investment, says UN Special Rapporteur on Housing, Leilani Farha. 

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Buying a home is expensive and difficult. Explore the alternatives from homes made from shipping containers to houses built with 3D printers. 

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Professor Jim Al-Khalili explains the science behind nuclear power, showing how it is used to generate electricity. 

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In Ukraine, in 1986, there was a deadly accident at the Chernobyl nuclear plant. Radiation poisoning killed thousands of people across Europe and it became the subject for a popular TV series. Now, the old Chernobyl tourists are  has become a tourist attraction. Despite the radiation being higher than normal, thousands of tourists take the trip every year. Nature has recovered and wild animals roam the area.   

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Would you drink vodka made in Chernobyl, the site of the world's deadliest nuclear disaster?  'Atomik Vodka' is made with grain and water from the Chernobyl exclusion zone. It is the first consumer product to come from the abandoned area around the damaged nuclear power plant - and it's very expensive to buy!

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Almost 30 years after the Chernobyl nuclear disaster, which killed thousands of people across Europe from radiation poisoning and turned the area around the plant into a deadly no-go zone, scientists are making an experiment to whether nature can recover. 

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Nuclear technology has come a long way - but can we get over our fears?  Emmy-nominated conservation scientist Dr. M. Sanjayan talks with  with experts, scientists, thought leaders, and activists about nuclear power and whether it can help solve climate change or whether it will kill us all.

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Business that thinks about the environment, society, and the welfare of its employees is worth more than $32tn. It's the fastest growing and safest form of investment. Now companies know they can't ignore climate change, income inequality and issues like sexism and racism. Meanwhile, investors want more than just profits. Some call it greenwashing, but conscious capitalism is definitely on the rise. 

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From improving wages to time off for staff who have children, from the environment to the #MeToo campaign, companies are changing the way they think. Experts look at why companies have changed and whether it's long-term or just the latest fad.

There is a global debate on women's safety. In Britain,  a woman was murdered by an off-duty policeman. Thousands of women protested

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Police in Azerbaijan seized protesters calling for the country to adopt laws outlawing violence against women. The country is plagued by high levels of violence against women, sexual violence and child marriages. 

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Tennis legend Serena Williams reads her version of Rudyard Kipling's famous poem, 'If'.