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Scotland

A missile launching into a clear blue sky, leaving behind a trail of smoke and flames as it ascends from a wooded area, with communication towers visible to the left.
Last remaining US-Russia nuclear arms control treaty expires
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50:09
All of the Olympic curling stones come from this small Scottish island
4:12
A scenic coastal view with white sandy beaches, clear blue waters, and distant mountains under a partly cloudy sky, with a weathered wooden fence post in the foreground.
DW
Sabbath observance is dwindling on the islands of the Outer Hebrides
6:59
Sabbath observance dwindling on the islands of Outer Hebrides
6:59
‘Poetry can be like a piece of music’
12:00
Cheating scandal at the World Stone Skimming Championships
1:44
Arts, Culture & Media
With nearly 4,000 shows, all the world’s a stage at Edinburgh Fringe
4:53
Political tensions mount as UK towns rally against asylum seeker hotels
4:59
Inside the chaos of Edinburgh Fringe
4:53
Finding solutions to the international law crisis
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49:32
Shipwreck on Scottish island identified
1:51
Rwanda and DRC sign draft peace deal
Full Episode
48:18
Scotland’s first Black professor remembered as innovating grain scientist, human rights advocate
6:36
What the ‘Ultimate Crash Test’ reveals about road safety
8:23
Trying to decipher place names in Scotland
1:51
New tartan design to honor women persecuted by Scotland’s Witchcraft Act
5:11
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This Scottish peat bog has become an unlikely tourist attraction
5:28
This Scottish peat bog has become an unlikely tourist attraction
5:28
Viking fire festival continues ancient tradition
1:01
Britain’s first legal drug use room opens
5:04
Scotch distilleries take on the hefty carbon footprint of their industry
5:18
Scottish try to slow erosion of historic monuments due to climate change
7:31
Scottish comedian Janey Godley
1:37
Reintroducing an ancestor of cattle to the Scottish Highlands
5:05
World’s stone skimming championship
1:04
Automakers adjust as EV demand fluctuates
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48:03
‘1984’ library seeks permanent home on Scottish island where Orwell lived
1:37
The rocky road to the Edinburgh Fringe Festival
5:33
Missing geological records found on Scottish islands
3:50
Taylor Swift concerts in Scotland set off earthquakes
1:04
Some Ukrainian students were evacuated from Ukraine thanks to a Czech circus company, Cirk La Putyka. “Boom," a performance they took to Edinburgh, was rewritten to reflect the students’ perspectives of war and displacement.
Ukraine
A bittersweet experience for Ukrainian artists at Edinburgh Festival
President Joe Biden meets virtually with Chinese President Xi Jinping from the Roosevelt Room of the White House in Washington
Top of The World
US and Chinese presidents strike conciliatory tone during hourslong meeting
Climate activists hold a demonstration through the venue of the COP26 UN Climate Summit in Glasgow, Scotland, Nov. 12, 2021. Negotiators from almost 200 nations were making a fresh push to reach agreements on a series of key issues that would allow them t
Climate Change
COP26 made incremental progress but failed to deliver on ‘transformational’ change, negotiators say 
Migrants make their way to the checkpoint "Kuznitsa" at the Belarus-Poland border near Grodno, Belarus
Top of The World
EU places new sanctions on entities facilitating migration to Belarus
Xavier Matsutaro is a climate negotiator from the islands of Palau.
Climate Change
‘A heavy load to carry’: A day in the life of a negotiator at COP26
Pastoralists and their livestock at one of the few functioning boreholes in Marsabit County, Kenya. Community leaders organize when people and their animals can drink from the borehole, Nov. 3, 2021.`
Climate Change
Who will pay for ‘losses and damages’ caused by climate change? Developing countries make their case at COP26.
Maldivian President Mohammed Nasheed signs a document underwater calling on all countries to cut down their carbon dioxide emissions in Girifushi, about 20 minutes by speedboat from the capital Male, Maldives
Climate Change
At COP26, island nations push hard for countries to meet goal of limiting global warming to 1.5 degrees Celsius
A view of a tent camp set by migrants from the Middle East and elsewhere gathering at the Belarus-Poland border near Grodno, Belarus
Top of The World
EU officials accuse Belarus of creating a new migrant crisis
A Tesoro Corp. refinery, including a gas flare flame that is part of normal plant operations, in Anacortes, Washington.
Climate Change
Are carbon offsets really as effective as advocates claim?
Climate activist Greta Thunberg, center, demonstrates with others in front of the Standard and Chartered Bank during a climate protest in London, Oct. 29, 2021. People were protesting in London ahead of the 26th UN Climate Change Conference (COP26), which
Climate Change
Why COP26 is the ‘last, best hope’ for fighting climate change 
A record number of wolves are roaming the forests and fields of Oregon, 20 years after the species returned to the state.
Arts, Culture & Media
Charlotte McConaghy’s new novel imagines reintroducing wolves to the Scottish Highlands
A blue border town sign along a road with foliage.
Borders
Concerns about an English border loom over Scottish elections
A police officer is shown walking on a grassy meadow with the wreckage of a large white aircraft in the background.
Justice
Justice Dept. charges bombmaker in 1988 Pan Am explosion
Top of The World
Harris veep pick welcomed by diasporas; Scottish passenger train derails; New Zealand reimposes lockdown measures
People protest, one woman with a sign "for my future kids my life matters"
Top of The World
Protests raise concerns of COVID-19 spread; Researchers retract hydroxycholorquine study
A man is shown wearing a white protective facemask and carrying a briefcase while walking.
COVID-19
To work or not to work? UK lockdown unwind mired by confusion
A close up of hands holding a bourbon bottle and a bottle of hand and surface sanitizer
COVID-19
Iconic distilleries turn to hand sanitizer production around the world
A woman in a red coat poses triumphantly in front of a group of happy adults.
Elections
After UK elections, could Johnson face a ‘disunited’ kingdom?
Wooden barrels of Scotch sit on a shelf in a storage area
How much will a 25% tariff hurt sales of Scotch?
People crossing the street.
Brexit
With Brexit looming, calls for Scottish independence grow
Eryk Bean is in charge of quality control and product development at Gibson Bagpipes
50 States
A small company in New Hampshire exports their handcrafted bagpipes worldwide
Feminine hygiene products are seen stacked on a shelf
Women & Gender
Scotland tries to combat poverty by providing free menstrual products
Book tells story ‘most famous man most of us have never heard of’
bru
Scots love Irn Bru. But they can’t get it at Donald Trump’s golf resort.
Arts
How this filmmaker went from dealing heroin to working on ‘T2 Trainspotting’
The British Union Flag, right, and a Scottish Saltire flag fly above the Scottish Office in Whitehall, with the London Eye wheel seen behind, in London.
Global Politics
Scotland’s leader wants another independence vote before Brexit
Latin rockers Locos por Juana
Music
The World’s music features this month: Music for dogs, DJ Panko and Locos por Juana
Business
A Silicon Valley engineer is on a quest to green the world by making buildings smarter
Leslie Guy is a postman on the Scottish Isle of Lewis, where Donald Trump's mother was born and raised.
Election 2016
Donald Trump’s mother was an immigrant — from a remote rugged island in Scotland
A workers counts ballots after polling stations closed in the Referendum on the European Union in Islington, London.
Global Politics
The geography of Brexit: What the vote reveals about the Disunited Kingdom