Just in time: why we keep running out of everything
The global supply chain seems to be in a perpetual state of crisis. Whether its groceries, petrol or micro-chips for electric vehicles, everything just keeps running out. But why does it keep happening?
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The crux of the matter lies in the way our global supply chain works, and how companies have come to rely on a unique system of efficiency, dubbed 'just in time', which developed in Japan in the late 1960s and early 70s. Josh Toussaint-Strauss explores how the prevalence of just in time supply systems are contributing to a global supply chain crisis
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January 26, 2022
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Ukraine's frontline soldiers waiting for a Russian invasion: 'This is a resort of ghosts'
The Guardian's Luke Harding travels to the eastern Ukraine coastal city of Mariupol to see how preparations are being made for a potential Russian attack.
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With tensions in the region high and Russian troops gathering on the border, Ukrainian soldiers remain defiant, despite their depleted firepower. And while the world's attention has returned to the region for the first time since Russia took Crimea in 2014, for Ukrainians the war has been ongoing
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January 25, 2022
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Life in the Arctic: how climate change is killing a culture
As the arctic warms four times faster than the global average, Europe’s only indigenous population is under threat.
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For centuries, the Sámi people have herded reindeer throughout northern Europe, formerly known as Lapland. Now, warmer winters are turning the snow the reindeer dig through to find food into ice, blocking their only source of sustenance. In the last two years, 10,000 reindeer died. If this winter is bad, herders fear up to half the herd could be lost
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January 25, 2022
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Love jihad: India's lethal religious conspiracy theory
The mutilated body of a 24-year-old Muslim, Arbaaz Aftab Mullah, was discovered on a railway track near his home.
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His family believe he was murdered because of his interfaith relationship with a Hindu woman and that he is one of the latest victims of the 'love jihad' conspiracy theory, which has swept across groups of Hindu nationalists in India. The theory claims that Muslim men are seducing Hindu women and luring them into marriage in order to convert them to Islam. The claims are baseless, yet the consequences are real
• This video was amended on 24 January 2022 to correctly refer to [Narendra] Modi as prime minister rather than president.
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January 11, 2022
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The Black Cop: a villain, a victim and a hero?
This intimate portrait of Gamal 'G' Turawa, an ex-Metropolitan police officer, explores his memories of racially profiling and harassing black people and homophobia in his early career. Now an openly gay man, Turawa’s story is a multi-layered one and sits in the centre of three pivotal moments in recent British history, from the black communities’ resistance of oppressive policing, to the push for LGBTQIA equality and the aftermath of the west African 'farming' phenomenon, where white families took care of black children outside the remit of local authorities?. The Black Cop has been longlisted for a 2022 BAFTA Film Award in the British Short Film category.
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January 18, 2022
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Climate change is happening now: Meet the people on the front lines
The Guardian and Observer’s 2021 charity appeal is fighting for climate justice. In this video, we meet some of those on the climate frontline, and the charities helping them. This year we are supporting four charities - Global Greengrants Fund, Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew, Environmental Justice Campaign, and Practical Action - that fight to protect the rights and livelihoods of communities hit by extreme weather events caused by the climate emergency.
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December 22, 2021
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How the Guardian covered 2021: a year of Covid, Cop26 and sporting triumphs
2021 was another extraordinary period for news and investigations, in the Guardian's 200th anniversary year. Twelve months of Covid stories ranged from the hope of vaccination through to government mismanagement. It was also the year of Cop26, with world leaders and activists gathering in an attempt to slow the climate crisis. There were protests against injustice, including those about violence against women in the UK. It was also a year of global political shifts, not least in Afghanistan. Meanwhile, it was a year of sporting inspiration in Euro 2020, the Olympics, and Emma Raducanu's improbable US Open victory. Here are some of the highlights of our journalism over that time.
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December 20, 2021
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Happiness is a Journey: the hidden life of an American warehouse worker
Warehouse workers in Austin, Texas, work through the night to process newspapers for delivery before Christmas. In this impressionistic documentary, visual artists and film-makers Ivete Lucas and Patrick Bresnan follow Eddie 'Bear' Lopez at the Austin American-Statesman newspaper printing warehouse where Lopez has worked for more than 20 years. Throughout his life Lopez has been collecting items he comes across – creating shrines at his home, in his vehicles and his work station. The film-makers join Lopez as he ventures out into the empty streets to deliver newspapers
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December 15, 2021
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How white mobs firebombed homes and decimated a Black community in Illinois
This is the final episode of Red Summers, a 360 video series by artist Bayeté Ross Smith covering the untold American history of racial terrorism.
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After the first world war, Black laborers moved to northern towns like East St Louis, Illinois, trying to escape Jim Crow in the south. In 1917, members of the White American Federation of Labor went on strike – and the company responded by hiring Black workers.
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Angry white workers began attacking Black people in the city. Eventually this leads to white mobs firebombing houses with Black families inside, while others outside waited to shoot and kill them. Historians estimate between 39 and 150 Black people were killed in the East St Louis riots.
Just months later, another race riot in Houston broke out after member of the all-white Houston police department arrested a high-ranking soldier in an all-Black army regiment – a group that had recently returned from war. Only the Black soldiers were penalized
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December 16, 2021
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On the Ukraine frontline: 'only the dead aren't afraid'
With tensions escalating along the border with Russia, Luke Harding visits troops in Ukraine's Donbas region to gauge the mood ahead of a possible invasion. The war here has continued since 2014, when pro-Russian fighters attacked Ukrainian territory. But in recent weeks large numbers of separatist troops have entered the region, while talks between Vladimir Putin and US president Joe Biden have not provided the diplomatic solution many had hoped for
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December 16, 2021
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Darwin's lost microscope: the auction of a history-making 'box of brass'
The first microscope used by Charles Darwin was up for auction at Christie's this week, and this video tells the story of its discovery and importance. This intricate and rather beautiful 'box of brass’ contains the microscope used by Darwin at university in Edinburgh and Cambridge as he studied botany, fine-tuning his microscopy skills prior to and during his Beagle voyage. The auctioneer describes the microscope as one of the most exciting lots they've handled, with collectors queuing up to get their bids in
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December 15, 2021
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Cuts, covid and community in Blackpool: 'There's no such thing as a hopeless case'
Mark and Abbie Butcher run Amazing Graze, a pizzeria which hands out free food and advice to those who need it in Blackpool. One of the poorest parts of the UK, with jobs seasonal and dependent largely on tourist income, Blackpool has been left reeling from the pandemic and the restaurant has seen heightened levels of demand it is struggling to cope with. As the government pursues its hallmark 'levelling up' policy, Mark and Abbie question what the slogan actually means as they deal with the effects of the £20 cut in universal credit on some of the town's most vulnerable, and prepare for the challenging winter ahead.
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December 14, 2021
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How we get tree planting wrong
In the face of the impending climate catastrophe, there has been a growing clamour to repopulate the trillions of trees our planet has lost over the centuries. But large-scale tree planting is not helping, and in some cases it's creating more problems for the environment. Josh Toussaint-Strauss discusses how we've been getting tree planting wrong, and what we should be doing instead to safeguard precious ecosystems and reduce greenhouse gases
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How soil offers hope for the climate crisis ► https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=BSHR4sUZpcw
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December 08, 2021
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From Libya to Europe: on board a refugee rescue ship
An overcrowded ship with asylum seekers leaves Libya bound for Europe – triggering a high-stakes showdown between a Doctors Without Borders vessel wanting to escort it to safety and the Libyan Coast Guard fighting to turn it back. As the Libyans issue armed threats, tension grows below deck. With European countries' responsibilities toward refugees once again in the spotlight, here is an inside view of the desperate hope that is the deadly race for Europe
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November 30, 2021
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Lithium mine pits electric cars against sacred Indigenous land
As the United States turns to electric vehicles, solar and wind for its clean energy transition, the demand for lithium – used in rechargeable batteries – is on the rise. In a remote corner of the Nevada desert sits Thacker Pass, the site of a planned lithium mine that would make a major contribution to domestic supply of the mineral. But the project faces opposition from members of nearby Indigenous communities, who say the area holds spiritual, cultural and historical importance and would be irreversibly damaged by large-scale mining activity
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December 01, 2021
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When wild animals escape: could the exotic pet trade be our downfall? | Human Animal
Exotic pet ownership in the UK has grown 60% since 2000, according to the wildlife charity Born Free. But escaped wild animals are also a growing concern for their potential to spread disease, and the impact an invasive species might have on nature. The Guardian visits BeastWatch, an organisation of volunteers that specialises in the safe retrieval of exotic pets, and Bristol Zoo to see how wild animals are kept in captivity and ask if new laws can address some of the issues
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November 30, 2021
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Should horse racing be banned? | Human Animal
Horse racing is a lucrative industry, the playground of kings and billionaires, and financed by betting. But its focus on money is at the detriment of horses, which are at constant risk of injury or death, with unknown numbers of also-rans living short, difficult lives away from the racecourse. After a string of controversies, the industry is opening up with welfare and PR initiatives aimed at improving the outlook for thoroughbreds and widening the appeal of the sport. Can racing ever offer a good life to the many horses it produces?
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November 23, 2021
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Why are all my weather apps different?
Predicting what is going on with the weather is important. It impacts every aspect of our life: from deciding what to wear and when we go outside to predicting natural disasters and managing a public health crisis.
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In this digital age, we have a vast array of different apps that can predict the weather to a decent level of accuracy. But there is a frustrating anomaly with weather apps: often they cannot seem to agree. Josh Toussaint-Strauss explores why there are regular discrepancies between weather apps and how to get the best out of them.
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November 16, 2021
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The Beatles, Get Back and London: on the trail of a timeless story
In early 1969, John, Paul, George and Ringo worked on a project in London that would result in an amazing performance on a West End rooftop, and some of their most-loved songs. The story is captured in the new documentary series Get Back. In a film specially commissioned by Apple Corps, John Harris and John Domokos follow the Beatles' steps, get immersed in their archive, and do what the Fab Four's film-makers did – talk to the public
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November 17, 2021
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Why do people hate Insulate Britain? Inside the controversial protest movement
Guardian reporter Damien Gayle spent two months with the environmental campaigners Insulate Britain as they blocked motorways, glued themselves to road networks, got arrested multiple times and defied injunctions banning them from the highways – infuriating everyone from drivers, to cyclists and presenters on breakfast TV. He finds out what drives them, how they plan for key actions, and asks what's next after nine activists are jailed for blocking the M25
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November 17, 2021
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