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Podcast: The Lede
Episode: Dispatches from Forever Wars - with Nabih Bulos, Bel Trew and Faisal Al Yafai
Description: With so many wars across the world, a new one supplants the previous on our TV screens and front pages. As conflicts drag on, the attention of the public moves on too.Â
When Russia invaded Ukraine two years ago, that war began to dominate the news cycle, displacing coverage of Myanmar, Sudan and Syria. But, as the months wore on, the Ukraine war, too, slipped from our screens. Now the war in Gaza has captured global attention, but for how long?Â
Why is it that while the human suffering never gets less tragic, we seem to...