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World Service,21 Aug 2026,49 mins

El Niño set to be 'strongest in living memory'

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The UK’s national weather and climate agency, the Met Office, has warned that the El Niño climate phenomenon developing over the Pacific Ocean is likely to be the strongest in living memory. We speak to our colleagues at BBC Weather. The amount of people being diagnosed with autism has gone up huge amounts in recent years, and there's a continuing row over whether it matters if such a broad spectrum of people are defined as having autism. We speak to our health correspondent. The United States has deported 160 people to Haiti - the first group since the government won a legal case ending the temporary protected status of 350,000 Haitians in the country. We speak to our reporter in the capital of Haiti. Palestinian officials say a 17-year-old boy has died after being shot in the chest during clashes with Israeli settlers in the occupied West Bank. We have the latest. How should you address your elders? A video has gone viral of the moment a prominent businessman in Nigeria corrected a young woman who had called him by his first name at a public forum. We speak to our colleagues from Nigeria, India and Syria, and we hear messages from around the world. Presenter: James Reynolds. (Photo: Philippine weather bureau warns of drought in several provinces, Taguig City, Philippines - 22 Feb 2024. Credit: FRANCIS R MALASIG/EPA-EFE/REX)

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