The UN General Assembly has voted to replace the traditional world map with one that more accurately reflects the size of Africa.

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As the world watches the aftermath of devastating floods in Nepal, journalist Anup Kaphle has been asking a difficult question: When does coverage of a natural disaster cross from rightful global concern into spectacle?

Kaphle is the group editorial director of Kantipur Media Group, Nepal’s largest media organisation. He’s also a native of Nepal. After more than two decades working for American newsrooms, he returned to his home country with a mission to help tell Nepal’s story for the people who live there. Now, he finds himself confronting one of the greatest challenges of his career: helping Nepalis understand the full scale of the flooding and its impact on their lives, at a moment when international attention is focused on the most dramatic accounts.

Asma Khalid, co-host of The Global Story, speaks with Kaphle about the ongoing humanitarian efforts, the potential long-term impact of the disaster on Nepalis, and why he worries that the international community will soon turn its attention away from Nepal.

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0:00 How is Nepal covering its devastating floods?
4:24 Why is international coverage so different?
7:07 Are foreign victims getting too much attention?
9:40 When does disaster coverage become a spectacle?
10:26 Is climate change making Nepal more vulnerable?
13:25 Why Nepal’s geography makes recovery difficult
16:57 What does the disaster mean for Nepal’s tourism industry?
19:54 Can international attention actually help Nepal?
22:33 Can Nepal’s new government rebuild after the disaster?

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Rescue crews in Nepal have saved two workers from a blocked hydropower tunnel, nine days after they were trapped by debris from flash floods. An advisor to the rescue operation has describes it has “layer upon layer of layer of miracles”.

About 40 people are believed to still be trapped in the tunnel. Flooding along the Nepal-Tibet border last week has left almost 1,300 people dead, and more than 5,000 missing.

Also in the Global News Podcast:

05:15 Britain’s right-wing Reform party says it’s investigating, after two officials – including a senior aide to leader Nigel Farage – were filmed appearing to suggest ways of getting round electoral laws which ban foreign funding

09:15 Two Palestinian teenagers are killed in an incursion by Jewish settlers and Israeli soldiers in the West Bank

12:29 False claims of “genital theft” have led to dozens of killings across Africa

16:29 Volkswagen says it will cut another 50,000 jobs by 2030

18:26 Psychiatrists in New Zealand are authorised to prescribe MDMA – the active ingredient in Ecstasy – to some patients

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Accusations of foreign interference have been making headlines this week.

Elon Musk’s X alleges that China has been stirring up a backlash against American data centres.

Israel and Russia have denied allegations from Spain’s prime minister that they’re partly to blame for the migrant crisis in Ceuta.

And Germany has accused Russia of being behind a spate of drone attacks at a German airport. Vladimir Putin has dismissed those claims and accused Germany of a‘ false flag’ operation.

We speak to the BBC’s social media investigations correspondent, Marianna Spring to examine the evidence and ask whether foreign interference is really to blame in every case, or if it is just a convenient scapegoat.

0:00 Introduction to the episode
1:48 Why is Elon Musk/X accusing China of misinformation surrounding data centres
5:33 How do bot farms work?
8:00 Why does Elon Musk even care?
8:53 The Ceuta migrant crisis and Spain’s critique of Isreal and Russia
12:23 Mirage content and how that encouraged people to go to Ceuta
13:36 So why is Spain involving Isreal and Russia?
17:09 Why is it beneficial for a leader to accuse another country of foreign interference?
18:27 Germany’s blames Russia for airport drone attack
21:11 What do we know about Russia’s alleged campaigns of foreign intervention?
24:33 Which operation is more beneficial to Russia in the long run?

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