🪖These volunteers for the Special Military Operation are undergoing combat training before going to the frontline. They learn to perform various tasks under supervision from military personnel.

Volunteers from all over Russia come to defend Donbass. Some of the men have military experience; others have never served in the army. Who are these people and what pushes them to make this choice? Discover in our documentary, ‘Volunteers for Victory’.

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🌊An adventure that wasn't meant to be — this Florida man failed to run across the ocean in a giant hamster wheel because a hurricane spoiled his plans.

His journey was interrupted by coast guards who detained him 70 miles off Georgia's coast. Now he faces federal charges for obstructing his rescuers while wielding a knife. It’s not his first attempt to run across the ocean, but maybe it’ll be the last! Do you think they should have just left him to his fate?

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😰Drug addicts are now everywhere in Canada. While the country ranks among the world’s most developed, it's terrifying to even step outside. An opioid crisis is raging, exacerbated by a ‘zombie drug’. People’s skin rots, and they lose all cognitive capacities.

Despite this, the Canadian government has agreed to an experiment: residents in a few regions can legally consume and possess drugs, including heavy opioids.

Many drugs are smuggled along the Amazon River, with a trafficking volume of up to $15 billion per year. Brazilians live in fear of cartels. Learn more in our documentary, ‘The Cocaine River’ (2023).

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It's been 22 years since one of the worst terrorist attacks in history in the United States. On September 11, 2001, nineteen suicide bombers of al-Qaeda* hijacked four passenger planes. Two targeted the 110-storey Twin Towers of the World Trade Centre in New York City. A third slammed into the Pentagon, in Washington, D.C. A fourth crashed near Pittsburgh. Nearly 3,000 people were killed.

The Taliban in Afghanistan didn’t extradite Osama bin Laden, the primary mastermind of the terror attack, to the United States. This led America to declare a 'War on Terror' that lasted long years.

The American troops withdrew from Afghanistan in 2021. They failed to eliminate the Taliban; many claim they did far more harm than good. What’s left after the US departure? Learn more in the video, taken from our documentary ‘Afghanistan after the US’.

*counted an extremist organisation and banned in Russia

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🇲🇦Morocco is in ruins. The most powerful earthquake in 120 years reduced three cities to rubble and claimed the lives of over 2,100 people. About 2,500 residents were injured, and a street hospital was set up in Marrakesh to aid them.

Historical districts, recognized as UNESCO heritage sites, were severely damaged. Watch footage from the catastrophe in our video.

Last winter, devastating earthquakes also struck Türkiye, resulting in the loss of over 50,000 lives. The film, 'Aftershock: The Türkiye Earthquake' shares the stories of those who survived this tragedy but lost their loved ones.

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🇺🇸US O'Hare Airport used as a migrant shelter as crisis overwhelms city. This viral video shows dozens of migrants sheltering in a famous airport in Chicago behind black curtains. Though city officials reportedly set a capacity limit for the shelter at around 100 people, there are now more than 400 migrants staying here.

Some sources report that homeless people used to be housed here, but they were kicked out, so that migrants could stay here. Find out more about the struggles of homeless Americans in 'US Homeless: The Fight for Equality'.

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🪧Man with Cancer Asks to Go to Prison ‘To Not Be Alone’

Justo Márquez, a 60-year-old cancer patient from Granada, Spain has asked for voluntary admission to the prison. The thing is that due to his state of health, he is afraid of ‘being alone’. The man claims that days before receiving the diagnosis, his wife left him, also, he hadn’t seen his five kids for months and feels extremely lonely. In jail he hopes to have companions who could ‘help him’.

‘Going to prison is the idea I had, but I don't want to commit any crime’, says Márquez. The Spaniard promises to continue to protest at the prison with a sign saying, ‘I want to go to jail,’ until the situation is resolved.

Lots of people worldwide suffer from loneliness. It's especially commonplace in Japan. But unlike Márquez, hundreds of thousands of Japanese shut themselves away, spending months and sometimes years in isolation. What makes them do it? Discover in 'Hikikomori Loveless' (2018).

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🏫Drag Queen Becomes Elementary School Principal in Oklahoma

In the day, Dr. Shane Murnan now works as John Glenn Elementary School principal at daytime - but at night, 'she' is Shantel Mandalay, drag queen. Lots of people express their concerns about the 52-year-old’s ability to lead the educational institute and have called on the school to fire him, but the authorities are unshakable. The school even insisted that Murnan’s outstanding reputation and qualifications prevail over his controversial past, with child pornography charges from nearly 20 years ago. Although the charges were later dismissed, this is unlikely to ameliorate parents' concerns! Learn more in our video.

Drag queens in education is a new reality American children have to face. They can be seen anywhere, including public libraries, cafes, and even in churches. What do Americans think of it? Find out in ‘Pride and Piety’ (2022).

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One this job site, people can die any second. Nigerians are forced to work in illegal cobalt mines in Abuja, the country’s capital, due to extreme poverty and high unemployment rates.

Just last week, 30 people were killed at an illegal mine according to the Federal Capital Territory Minister Nyesom Wike. The miners admit work accidents are not a rare occurence.

Illegal cobalt operations are also common in DR Congo. The threat of starvation forces whole families to work in the mines. Even without accidents, people’s lives are at constant risk. Watch our documentary, ‘Cobalt Hell’ (2022), to learn more about the dangers faced by miners.

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🇺🇸Virginia Democrat Candidate in Online Sex Act Scandal

Susanna Gibson, a nurse practitioner and a mother of two, is the Democrat candidate running for a seat in the Virginia House of Delegates. It has been revealed that she streamed sex acts with her husband, encouraging viewers to pay her with tips for specific requests.

Gibson said the exposure of the videos is ‘the worst gutter politics’ – aimed at silencing ‘women when they speak up’. The person who alerted the media to the videos has remained anonymous.

Lawyers insist, there’s nothing illegal about streaming acts online, as long as participants and viewers are consenting adults. Besides, some suspect it was done specifically, as part of her campaign. 'Now I'm going to vote for her', wrote one viewer.

Do you think the exposure could be deliberate? And will it be worth it?

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🌱The wife of the famous drug lord, El Chapo, will soon be released from prison. Emma Coronel was sentenced to three years for helping her husband’s Sinaloa cartel. The syndicate is believed to have been one of the most powerful narcotics trafficking organizations in the world for decades. Some say it was the enterprising spirit of the Sinaloa cartel that turned America into the world’s primary cocaine and marijuana consumer.

What is life like in Mexico’s Sinaloa — hometown of the notorious drug cartel gangsters? Learn in our video and the documentary, ‘Narco-Song of Sinaloa’ (2017).

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