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Kenyan cult leader Paul Mackenzie and 28 others have been found guilty of 191 counts of murder. Over 400 bodies were exhumed from a forest where Mackenzie is believed to have led his followers, ordering them to starve themselves and their children to death.
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The leader of a Kenyan cult and 28 others have been found guilty of murder over the deaths of 190 children and one adult. Paul Mackenzie was accused of organising a doomsday sect which ordered its followers to starve themselves and their children to death. Investigators discovered more than 400 bodies from shallow graves after Mackenzie was arrested in 2023. For more on this story, watch our Unreported World investigation into Mackenzie on YouTube, where Symeon Brown tracked down survivors of his so-called 'death cult'.
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After preventing another case of shoplifting by an elderly person, store detective Itoh shows little sympathy for the pensioners stealing everyday items. He thinks that Japanese prisons have ‘become softer’, so pensioners know they’ll be looked after there.
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Jay resorted to seeing a faith healer after rapid weight loss because initial medical doctors couldn’t find the cause. He gave the healers money he couldn’t afford and his condition worsened.
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Tenerife has a squatting problem. In summer 2025, Anja Popp joined a private eviction group as they tried to negotiate with squatters. Mid-negotiation, the group’s leader Roberto is arrested for coercion, a charge he denies.
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As Xavier drives Helen and Martha to the airport to voluntarily ‘self-deport’ to Ecuador, he becomes overwhelmed. He is not just losing a child he loves from his school. He is left wondering who will be next.
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Tourism makes up more than a third of Tenerife’s economy, but the holiday rental boom has priced many locals out of the market. The situation has become so extreme that shanty towns are appearing across the island.
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Guillermo Galdos meets Olga, who has used hard drugs on and off for 45 years. She explains the effect that fentanyl has had on her body.
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“We are the new Nelson Mandelas.” @symeonbrown asks Slay Queens Eva and Tebogo if their content makes young people desperate to achieve financial success. But they argue there’s nothing wrong with being materialistic.
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@krishgm says the problems created by Japan’s ageing population is ‘a wake-up call to the rest of the world.’ Fujisawa received welfare help and support, which he believes stopped him from returning to prison. But how will the rest of the world face the challenge?
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Unreported World is from South Africa investigating a so-called discipline camp promising to reform children that can’t be controlled by their parents. But reporter Sahar Zand discovers allegations of serious abuse. Watch the full documentary here: youtu.be/-V2pax7r65Q
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