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How much trouble are UK universities in?

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Avian flu is evolving but what risk does it pose to us?

103

Why is the water industry in so much trouble?

104

How does America fix its border crisis?

105

Are Britain's missing workers really a problem?

106

India: Is democracy under threat?

107

What does Iran want?

108

What's happened to Hamas?

109

What's the future of the state pension?

110

Election special 3. Uncertain times for the ANC in South Africa

111

Election special 2. Elections without democracy

112

How is technology changing warfare?

113

Russia: State of the Nation

114

The synthetic opioids claiming lives in the UK

115

The crisis in dentistry: why is it happening and what should we do about it?

116

What’s the point of Ofsted?

117

Is the UK prepared for more floods?

118

Why is local government in such trouble?

119

Israel-Gaza: Is it turning into a regional conflict?

120

Brexit: Could we rejoin the EU even if we wanted to?

121

Aliens: Are we closer to finding intelligent life beyond Earth?

122

What’s behind the record homelessness figures?

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What can the UK learn from other countries about assisted dying?

124

Ukraine: what's the counter-offensive latest?

125

Net migration: What’s happening in the UK?

126

Israel-Gaza war: What's going on in the West Bank?

127

Israel/Gaza: What happens next?

128

What was Hamas thinking?

129

If Trump gets re-elected what does the world do?

130

What a murder in Canada tells us about India's place in the world

131

The UK’s financial headache

132

Who do we think we are now?

133

No concrete plans?

134

What's the problem with Airbnb?

135

How much trouble is Donald Trump in?

136

The UK and the European Convention on Human Rights

137

What’s behind the Niger coup?

138

Is it Saudi's century?

139

Can we meet the net zero challenge?

140

The China Threat

141

What can schools do about record absences?

142

What happened to the Israel/Palestine peace process?

143

Why is Britain getting inflation so wrong?

144

Ukraine: the long game

145

The Online Safety Bill

146

Ukraine: Is it all about to change?

147

Sudan conflict: what led to this?

148

Does Rishi Sunak's maths calculation add up?

149

The AI Revolution

150

Trump's Legal Woes

151

The Windsor Framework

152

Who's Afraid of The Wagner Group?

153

Why was the Turkey-Syria earthquake so bad?

154

How worried should we be about avian flu?

155

How do we get over-50s back into work?

156

How to Fix Britain's Railways

157

Britain's Energy Crisis: An Update

158

NHS: Are there any quick fixes?

159

Ukraine: How will the war evolve in 2023?

160

Our Ageing World

161

Can we colonise the Moon?

162

Strikes: How can we avoid a return to the 1970s?

163

House of Lords reform

164

China's winter of discontent

165

UK Trade Deals

166

Could Vladimir Putin use nuclear weapons?

167

Public Spending

168

Protests in Iran

169

Turmoil on the markets

170

Britain's productivity puzzle

171

Ukraine: Have we reached a turning point in the war?

172

Can we keep the lights on this winter?

173

The staffing crisis in the NHS

174

Fighting drought

175

The Cost of Living Crisis

176

Scotland's drugs problem

177

Adapting to a hotter Britain

178

Ukraine: Who is winning?

179

Covid - how worried should we be this time?

180

What's wrong with the NHS, and how do we fix it?

181

What's happening in Afghanistan?

182

Is the crypto bubble bursting?

183

What impact will the Northern Ireland election have?

184

How has the war in Ukraine changed German politics?

185

What's the impact of the Shanghai lockdown?

186

Will the Rwanda plan work?

187

Russia's invasion: what more can the west do to help Ukraine?

188

Russia's invasion: what could a peace deal look like?

189

Russia's invasion: what level of support does Putin have at home?

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Russia's invasion: what's the military strategy?

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Russia's invasion: will sanctions work?

192

What do drones mean for the future of warfare?

193

Will the levelling up plans work?

194

Is the Prime Minister’s Office fit for purpose?

195

How do we learn to live with Covid?

196

BBC Funding

197

Inflation

198

Brexit: What Have We Learned?

199

Who Do We Think We Are?

200

Space Wars and Laws