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Still to come on this podcast, a Dutch territory takes the Netherlands to court over climate change. Now they have to help us, listen to us and work with us so we are not treated as second-hand citizens anymore. We hear from a vegetable farmer on the tiny island.
Available now on the documentary from the BBC World Service. We look at the challenge to power in Hungary. Hungary is approaching a monumental political crossroads. After 16 years in power, Viktor Orban's National Conservative Party, Fidesz, now faces a serious challenge. From Peter Magyar and the Tisza Party, what could a post-Orban government look like? Hungary, the alternative to Orban. Listen now by searching for the documentary wherever you get your BBC podcasts.
Maistuvia tarjouksia arkeen ja juhlaan. K-Marketista, oman kilan kaupasta.
Rauha on pysÀhtynyt, mutta moni ympÀristö on edelleen ennustettavissa, kun rautat ja pisteet on pysÀhtyneet, koska rautat ja pisteet on pysÀhtyneet, koska rautat ja pisteet on pysÀhtyneet.
All our clothes are in the water and we only managed to save the children. I lost everything. This is all that is left of me. I hope the government can help me and give me a piece of land, but I no longer have the means to build. Wading through muddy water that flooded his crops, Lucas Chilengu says his livelihood has been ruined.
TÀmÀn vuoden puutteet ottiin monia asioita maailmalle, yleensÀ ominaisuuksiamme. TÀmÀn vuoden ajan me menemme syömiin koko vuoden. MeillÀ ei ole kasavaa, meillÀ ei ole kornia. Valtuutettavaa resursseja on vÀhentynyt. Vastuutettavaa asuntoa ei saa syödÀ.
Maria Benvida-Levy on Moosembiikin pÀÀministeri. TÀllÀ hetkellÀ ihmiset eivÀt vain oletaneet kaikkea, mutta he ovat myös huonosti vahvistuneet ja tarpeet huolehtimisesta, ympÀristöstÀ ja ympÀristöstÀ. Katastrofic floods forced thousands to flee their homes. Many residents were trapped on rooftops as the water rose around them.
Nomsa Maseko reporting. A court has ruled that the Netherlands violated human rights by failing to address climate change in Bonaire, a Dutch territory in the Caribbean. The judge said those on the tiny island had been treated differently to other citizens on the European mainland and ordered the government to protect the vulnerable territory. Oni Emmerensina, a vegetable farmer on Bonaire, told us he was pleased with the ruling. He was speaking to Rebecca Kesby.
What's the problem? How they can help us? And sometimes in the past they gave us money, only money, without expertise, without machinery. So I think now they have to come with plans and how they are going to help us. And they have to listen to us and work with us so we are not treated as second-hand citizens anymore.
I think this case has opportunities for all the islands in the Caribbean, not only the islands, over the whole world. So it's also a start case for all the other islands of lands that we have to save this world. Because if we go like we do it now, cutting trees and not helping the world, we don't have in a couple of years no world anymore. Oni, Emma and Sianna from Bonaire.
Scientists think they've found a way to spot the signs of dementia earlier, and they've got there by using the works of one of the world's best love fantasy authors. Will Chalk has been looking at the study. Through dozens of novels translated into more than 40 languages, Terry Pratchett's stories have been enjoyed by millions of people around the world. It appears, Vimes, that while steeling themselves for the fracas to come, both the trolls and the dwarfs came into possession of what I assume they thought was beer?
But now scientists think his fantasy tales have helped them unlock something else. A greater understanding of the condition the author himself suffered with towards the end of his life. Dementia. I don't like the disease. I can't skim read this.
That's Terry Pratchett speaking to the BBC in 2013, six years after his diagnosis. But researchers at the University of Loughborough here in the UK now think they can spot subtle signs of the condition appearing in his writing from much earlier.
We got Terry Pratchett's novels and fed them into a computer program that was able to identify different word types. That's Dr. Tom Wilcoxon, who's behind the study. He says that whilst other authors who've been analysed have a stable vocabulary well into their 90s, Terry Pratchett is different. The changes are so subtle that a reader would struggle to notice, but their statistical analysis did.
Olemme löytÀneet, ettÀ koko ajan hÀnellÀ oli erityinen loppupointi, jossa hÀnen kÀyttöönsÀ ajattelut pysyivÀt hieman, mikÀ voi olla osoittanut alkuperÀisiÀ demensioita. Se oli itse asiassa 10 vuotta ennen hÀnen edellisestÀ diagnoosistaan, joten se nÀyttÀÀ, ettÀ demensio rikkii sinulle.
Now you might be thinking, what use is this to those of us who don't have huge back catalogues of novels waiting to be analysed? Well, we might not all be authors, but with every second we spend at work or online, we're building up our own vast, albeit more mundane, back catalogues of things like emails, reports and messages. So it's hoped this technique might one day help people be diagnosed with dementia sooner, whether they write fantasy or not.
Will Chalk reporting.
And that's all from us for now. If you want to get in touch, you can email us at globalpodcast at bbc.co.uk. And you can also find us on X at BBC World Service, and you can use the hashtag Global News Pod. This edition of the Global News Podcast was mixed by Zabiula Korosh. The editor is Karen Martin, and I'm Ankur Desai. Until next time, goodbye.
RavintolisÀ ei tule kÀyttÀÀ monipuolisen ja tasapainoisen ruokavalion korvikkeena.
If journalism is the first draft of history, what happens if that draft is flawed?