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Hurricane Melissa intensifies as it approaches Jamaica

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50:36

Workers board up shop windows ahead of Hurricane Melissa’s forecast arrival in Kingston, Jamaica, Oct. 26, 2025.

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Hurricane Melissa intensifies into a Category 5 hurricane as it heads towards Jamaica. We look at how, in the age of climate change, storms are becoming wetter, stronger, slower and more destructive. Also, US President Donald Trump is on a weeklong trip to East Asia. And, Ireland elects left-leaning lawmaker Catherine Connolly as its new president, known for her outspoken views on the war in Gaza, NATO and Irish unification. Plus, a small abandoned village in Greenland is seeing a revival.

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In This Episode

How Hurricane Melissa exemplifies storms in the age of global warming
7:46
As Trump visits East Asia, there’s a lot at stake for US allies
5:27
The life and music of Spain’s first superstar singer: Joselito ‘The Mockingbird’
5:50
King Charles attends unveiling of new memorial honoring LGBTQ military personnel
2:02
Cameroon’s 92-year-old president claims re-election win as protests grow
6:13
Left-leaning lawmaker Catherine Connolly wins Irish presidency
4:57
New report finds half of world’s uncontacted people could disappear in a decade
6:21
A small, remote settlement with a blue house and a red building on a rocky shoreline, surrounded by icy waters and mountains in the background, with icebergs floating in the sea.
‘Abandoned’ settlement in Greenland still hums with life
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7:25
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