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BBC World Service 637 - ‘Spermageddon’: what’s going on with male fertility?

Where the world and America meet, with episodes each weekday. The world is changing. Decisions made in the US and by the second Trump administration are accelerating that change. But they are also a symptom of it. With Asma Khalid in DC, Tristan Redman in London, and the backing of the BBC’s international newsroom, The Global Story brings clarity to politics, business and foreign policy in a time of connection and disruption.

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Episodes

‘Spermageddon’: what’s going on with male fertility?

Is Iran really trying to kill Trump?

Is Trump trying to influence foreign elections?

China is a robot superpower – but are the people being left behind?

AI goes on a hacking spree

Is it OK to talk about Ariana Grande's body?

Will Hamas actually disarm?

Why some Westerners are moving to Russia

Who is to blame for the chaos on Spain’s border?

Iran school strike: Will the truth come out?

Is embryo selection allowing parents to ‘build-a-baby’?

Was Lindsey Graham the last US foreign policy hawk?

The criminal allegations against Jared Leto

The US-Saudi Arabia nuclear deal: could it all go wrong?

Is Cuba waging a ‘campaign of subversion’ against the US?

Who is really running Venezuela?

Trump v Carney round two

Is the Iran war back on?

British CPAC: Can MAGA politics be exported to the UK?

Is the International Criminal Court coming for Americans?

America's World Cup awakening

Rubio, Antifa and the global threat from the far-left

Jeffrey Epstein, Howard Lutnick, and the disgraced former prince

Are the tech billionaires taking over?

The air conditioning culture wars

Bonus: Soccer in the USA - from More than the Score

Is a long-term peace with Iran possible?

Citizen Vigilante and Elon Musk’s war on ‘woke’ films

Is Turkey’s Erdogan Nato’s greatest asset?

Trump, Fifa and the disappearing red card

Is Putin on the backfoot in Ukraine and in Russia?

Is the American century over? Your questions answered

Was ‘Made in China’ made in America?

Covert power: The CIA’s hidden history

Abdi’s American Dream

The soft power superpower, with Roman Mars

The US and the World at 250

Why is the US ending AIDS funding for South Africa?

Is the US falling out of love with Israel?

The kid-fluencers selling younger looking skin

Britain’s decade of political chaos

Why aren’t more people quitting their jobs?

How to stop Iran from building a nuclear weapon

Could Trump-backed ‘El Tigre’ become the next president of Colombia?

Hungary pays couples to have babies: Does it work?

Iran, the US and Israel: who really won?

What are Jared Kushner and Ivanka Trump up to in Albania?

The World Cup referee barred from the United States

The world according to Marco Rubio

World Cup 2026: Your questions answered