Members of the Verkhovna Rada in session, with Ukrainian and EU flags displayed throughout the chamber

Ukrainian official probed for corruption amid calls for elections

Full Episode
50:10

In this file photo, Ukrainian lawmakers vote for a new bill proposed by President Volodymyr Zelenskyy to restore the independence of the country’s anti-corruption agencies at the parliament session hall in Kyiv, Ukraine, July 31, 2025.

Vadym Sarakhan/AP/File photo

An anti-corruption investigation reaching into the highest ranks of Ukraine’s government and a former defense minister’s call for elections are adding to political tensions in Kyiv. Also, how AI is changing the way information about conflicts gets out, not just by creating fake images, but by making it harder to know what’s real. And, a restaurant 7,500 feet up in the Italian Dolomites is being overrun with tourists seeking a certain pastry. Plus, the UK creates a national strategy for combatting loneliness.

In This Episode

Zelenskyy deputy probed for corruption as fired defense minister demands elections
8:09
AI is adding to confusion and doubt during conflicts
5:17
China announces first regularly scheduled shipping route
6:25
Pastries good enough to climb a mountain for
1:27
Crowd of people holding hands raised, with an Amnesty International sign reading #moreincommon MORE IN COMMON
UK first to create National Strategy For Loneliness
Special Coverage
12:19
Japan’s sacred sake songs
5:26
Whitewater rafting in Ecuador
7:21