This podcast episode covers a range of international news stories, including the ongoing humanitarian crisis in Gaza, the impact of an earthquake in Taiwan on nearby Japanese islands, the Constitutional Court of Uganda upholding an anti-gay law, insights from Pope Francis on the election of his predecessor, scrutiny over police violence and high suicide rates in France, the challenges of mining critical minerals for clean energy, the potential dissolution of Thailand's Move Forward Party, the Maoist insurgency in India, the stabbing of an Iranian journalist in London, the conflict between the Indian government and Maoist rebels in Jharkhand, and the US government's request for a new lunar time standard.
