Three white cattle roaming a dry, barren field in rural India with sparse trees in the background

Indian government’s role in nation’s heat crisis

Full Episode
49:51

Cattle make their way across a parched field during a heat wave in Banda, Uttar Pradesh, India, as extreme temperatures continue to affect the region, June 21, 2026.

Rajesh Kumar Singh/AP

The Indian government has declared heat waves to be official natural disasters. Also, with more than 4,000 cases reported in Democratic Republic of Congo, the Africa Centers for Disease Control and Prevention say responders need to shift their focus to door-to-door disease tracking. And, just over a week since around 72,000 migrants crossed into the Spanish enclave of Ceuta, roughly 2,000 minors, most of them Moroccan children, remain there, exposed and unprotected. Plus, this week marked a chord change in one of the world’s longest concerts — lasting hundreds of years.

In This Episode

Children playing cricket on a dry open field with two large trees in the background under a cloudy sky
The role of the government in India’s heat crisis
Special Coverage
9:00
A minor chord change in one of the world’s longest concerts
4:26
Responders in DRC hunt Ebola door to door as cases surpass 4,000
8:13
Thousands of mostly Moroccan children unprotected in Ceuta
4:59
A man wearing a gray beanie and hoodie shown from two angles, looking alert against a dark wall
Investigative report traces global reach of ‘revenge porn’ website
Special Coverage
10:37
How ‘We Are the World’ change the life of this musician from Uganda
1:59
Poetry and wine in the Georgian capital
4:56
Westminster Council proposes a reduction in ‘vertical drinking’
2:05