It’s the first UN General Assembly since October 7, in a year marked by the unprecedented escalation of violence in Gaza and war throughout the world. As world leaders take their time on the world stage, how has it all exposed the weaknesses of the United Nations?

In this episode:

• Biesan Abu-Kwaik (@BiesanAK), Al Jazeera Arabic UN Correspondent

Episode credits:

This episode was produced by Chloe K. Li, Amy Walters, and Sonia Bhagat with Sarí el-Khalili, Phillip Lanos, Hisham Abu Salah, Duha Mosaad, Hagir Saleh, Cole van Miltenberg and our host Malika Bilal.

Our sound designer is Alex Roldan. Our lead of audience development and engagement is Aya Elmileik. Munera Al Dosari and Adam Abou-Gad are our engagement producers.

Alexandra Locke is The Take’s executive producer. Ney Alvarez is Al Jazeera's head of audio.

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Falsely accused of eating pets by Donald Trump and JD Vance, migrants in Springfield, Ohio are now living in a climate of fear – including many Haitians. With more than 30 bomb threats targeting schools and government buildings, how are the migrants, who arrived seeking work and safety, dealing with the growing tensions?

In this episode:

• Anar Virji (@anarvirji), Al Jazeera Journalist
• Sophia Pierrelus, Community Organizer and Consultant

Episode credits:

This episode was produced by Ashish Malhotra, Tamara Khandaker and Sonia Bhagat, with Phillip Lanos, Hisham Abu Salah, Hagir Saleh, Cole van Miltenburg, Duha Mosaad, and our host Malika Bilal.

Our sound designer is Alex Roldan. Our lead of audience development and engagement is Aya Elmileik. Munera Al Dosari and Adam Abou-Gad are our engagement producers.

Alexandra Locke is The Take’s executive producer. Ney Alvarez is Al Jazeera's head of audio.

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The world's largest diaspora of international adoptees comes from South Korea. Among them are mixed-race children who were forcibly sent for adoption due to the country's racist laws. One Black adoptee's search for a home reflects hard truths about the past of hundreds of thousands of international adoptees.

In this episode:

• Anna Kook (@annakook), AJ+ Reporter

Episode credits:

This episode was produced by Amy Walters and Sarí el-Khalili, with Khaled Soltan, Chloe K. Li, Duha Mosaad, Sonia Bhagat, Philip Lanos, Hisham Abu Salah, and our host, Malika Bilal. It was edited by Alexandra Locke.

Our sound designer is Alex Roldan. Our lead of audience development and engagement is Aya Elmileik. Munera Al Dosari and Adam Abou-Gad are our engagement producers.

Alexandra Locke is The Take’s executive producer. Ney Alvarez is Al Jazeera's head of audio.

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Israel’s assault on Lebanon has led to more deaths in one day than any time since the end of Lebanon’s civil war in 1990. What is the calculus in what happens next?

In this episode:

• Makram Ouaiss, Executive Director, Lebanese Center for Policy Studies

Episode credits:

This episode was produced by Khaled Soltan and Amy Walters with Hagir Saleh, Duha Mosaad, Cole van Miltenburg, Phillip Lanos, Hisham Abu Salah, and our host Malika Bilal. It was edited by Alexandra Locke.

Our sound designer is Alex Roldan. Our lead of audience development and engagement is Aya Elmileik. Munera Al Dosari and Adam Abou-Gad are our engagement producers. Alexandra Locke is The Take’s executive producer. Ney Alvarez is Al Jazeera's head of audio.

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The lens is now in Palestinian hands, capturing their reality at the heart of occupation and war. Their powerful images are exposing the horrors of conflict and leading people to turn to new media sources for information and redefine narratives. We hear how a new film distribution company run by Palestinians is empowering a new generation.

In this episode:

• Badie Ali (@watermelon_pics), Co-founder, Watermelon Pictures

Episode credits:

This episode was produced by Tamara Khandaker, Marcos Bartolomé, and Sonia Bhagat with Phillip Lanos, Hisham Abu Salah, Shraddha Joshi, Duha Mosaad, Hagir Saleh, Cole van Miltenburg, and our host Malika Bilal.

The Take production team is Amy Walters, Ashish Malhotra, Catherine Nouhan, Chloe K. Li, Duha Mosaad, Hagir Saleh, Hisham Abu Salah, Khaled Soltan, Marcos Bartolomé, Phillip Lanos, Sarí el-Khalili, Sonia Bhagat, Shraddha Joshi, Cole van Miltenburg, and Tamara Khandaker.

Our sound designer is Alex Roldan. Our lead of audience development and engagement is Aya Elmileik. Munera Al Dosari and Adam Abou-Gad are our engagement producers.

Alexandra Locke is The Take’s executive producer. Ney Alvarez is Al Jazeera's head of audio.

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We are coming to you on Sundays with weekly roundups as the US election approaches and Israel's war in Gaza continues. Israel shut down Al Jazeera's bureau in the Occupied West Bank. US presidential candidates sought to win over voters. Forty-three days remain until the U.S. presidential election. It is day 352 of the war in Gaza, where more than 42,391 Palestinians have been killed.

In this episode:

• Zeina Khodr, (@ZeinakhodrAljaz) Al Jazeera Correspondent
• Walid al-Omari, Al Jazeera Occupied West Bank Bureau Chief
• Nida Ibrahim, (@Nidajourno) Al Jazeera Correspondent
• Ibrahim Al Khalili, Al Jazeera Correspondent
• John Hendren, (@johnhendren) Al Jazeera Correspondent
• Kimberly Halkett, (@KimberlyHalkett) Al Jazeera Correspondent

This episode was produced and mixed by David Enders. Our sound designer is Alex Roldan. Our lead of audience development and engagement is Aya Elmileik and Adam Abou-Gad is our engagement producer. Alexandra Locke is The Take’s executive producer. Ney Alvarez is Al Jazeera's head of audio.

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Every Saturday, we revisit a story from the archives. This originally aired on May 25th, 2023. None of the references from that time have been changed.

English rivers are polluted. Could giving them legal rights clean them up? In the town of Lewes, the answer to that question was yes. In February, the town’s council voted yes to a rights of river motion, the first in the UK. This motion is the first step in a two-year long journey to give the River Ouse legal representation and rights. The UK is facing heavy river pollution: most of them are not swimmable, and all failed a quality test in 2019. Since then, government testing of rivers has only plummeted. Lewes’ council now takes on the task of figuring out what exactly rights of a river should be.

In this episode:

• Matthew Bird (@mjbirdy), mayor and former councillor of Lewes

Episode credits:

This episode was updated by Sarí el-Khalili. The original production team was Chloe K. Li, Miranda Lin, and our host, Malika Bilal. Our sound designer is Alex Roldan.

Our lead of audience development and engagement is Aya Elmileik. Adam Abou-Gad is our engagement producer.

Alexandra Locke is The Take’s executive producer, and Ney Alvarez is Al Jazeera’s head of audio.

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Less than 1% of the Jamaican coastline is accessible to the public. People's livelihoods and leisure rely on access to the waters, but locals are prevented from beach access to make room for more all-inclusive resorts for foreign tourists. How are Jamaicans fighting back?

In this episode:

• Devon Taylor, Jamaica Beach Birthright Environmental Movement

Episode credits:

This episode was produced by Marcos Bartolomé and Veronique Eshaya, with Duha Mossad, Manahil Naveed and Kevin Hirten, in for Malika Bilal. It was edited by Amy Walters.

Our sound designer is Alex Roldan. Our lead of audience development and engagement is Aya Elmileik. Munera Al Dosari and Adam Abou-Gad are our engagement producers.

Alexandra Locke is The Take’s executive producer. Ney Alvarez is Al Jazeera's head of audio.

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