The Peace-prize winner, Trump and Venezuela strikes
Donald Trump's pressure on Venezuela is giving hope to the country's opposition party, including Nobel Peace Prize winner Maria Corina Machado. While some hope Trump's policies will pressure Venezuela's president Nicholas Maduro to step down, others worry about the human cost of Trump's pressure campaign. Our investigative reporter Sarah Kinosian and Pentagon correspondent Phil Stewart explore what Trump's policies mean for Venezuela and the wider Caribbean.
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Syria's hidden graves
A Syrian mechanic's curiosity led to the discovery of a massive cover-up operation. In this episode, our journalists investigate how the Assad regime moved tens of thousands of bodies from an exposed mass grave to a secret desert location, and what this means for families still searching for their missing loved ones.
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Viktor Orban's political future
As Budapest gets ready to host Donald Trump and Vladimir Putin, Hungarian Prime Minister Viktor Orban is preparing for his re-election. Hungarians vote this spring, and the man known as Europe's strongman is losing in the polls. Reporter Krisztina Than returns to the countryside where Orban cemented his power base by building a migrant wall. Now, he faces growing dissatisfaction over the country's economy and a rising opponent who is connecting with rural voters.
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This is the town that Wegovy helped build
Denmark's seaside town of Kalundborg is also known as "Novo Town." It's the core of pharmaceutical company Novo Nordisk's production empire. Wegovy, launched in 2021, made Novo Nordisk Europe's most valuable company. Since then, fierce competition has slowed Wegovy sales and Novo Nordisk's share price has plunged by more than $400 billion. Denmark's senior correspondent Jacob Gronholt-Pedersen explores the impact of the company on a single town.
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Federal workers under attack
President Donald Trump is threatening mass firings of federal workers during the shutdown. This week's On Assignment takes us inside the work done by our investigative reporters this summer to document the intimidation and harassment of federal workers by a group linked to Trump.
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