2026-01-24
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I'm Helena Merriman, and in a new BBC series,
I'm talking to the reporters who first covered this story.
What did they miss the first time?
The History Bureau, Putin and the apartment bombs.
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Hello, I'm Uncle Desai and in this edition,
how an Ethiopian man who needed two heart operations as a child ended up working with the American surgeon who'd saved him.
It's a dream come true life.
It's such an amazing privilege to serve together.
I applaud Messvan for going back home and paying back.
I'm very proud of him, what he's done.
Also, I think I could cry all over again.
I have goosebumps and butterflies and it's just to see, it's history made.
When I opened it and touched the braille, it was just freedom.
a Paralympic athlete and guitarist whose blind talks of his joy at being sent a specially designed amplifier.
Later on, how a new AI chatbot is helping farmers in rural areas of Malawi.
And do stick with me on this one,
why a cow is using a broom to scratch its back and why it's exciting scientists.
The surprising thing was he was using it as a multi-purpose tool and the other example that we know of in nature comes from the team.