Bangladeshis head to the polls in consequential elections
The World
PRX
4.6 • 943 Ratings
🗓️ 12 February 2026
⏱️ 50 minutes
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A look at where the youth stand as Bangladeshis head to the polls in one of the most consequential elections in the country's history. Also, a new South African video heist game lets players recover real ancient African artifacts that are currently displayed in Western museums. And, Russia announces restrictions on the Telegram and WhatsApp messaging platforms. Plus, a look at why Milan-Cortina Olympic medals keep falling and breaking.
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| 0:00.0 | Russians rely on smartphone apps like WhatsApp and Telegram. |
| 0:09.0 | The Kremlin is blocking their use. |
| 0:11.0 | They are in the business like a lot of authoritarian regimes of, you know, |
| 0:15.0 | imagining and fighting threats where they don't necessarily exist. |
| 0:19.0 | I'm Marco Wurman. Also today we take you to Bangladesh. |
| 0:22.7 | Today's election there is a crucial one, |
| 0:25.0 | especially for young people who led the protests |
| 0:27.2 | that toppled the previous government. |
| 0:29.3 | Are you excited? |
| 0:30.2 | Yes, very much. |
| 0:32.4 | And in Britain, for criminal defendants |
| 0:34.5 | who also happen to be musicians, |
| 0:36.6 | prosecutors can use their song lyrics against them at trial. |
| 0:40.3 | That's not facts. That's false. You know what I'm saying? It's just art. It's music. It never happened. How could you use that in court? |
| 0:48.2 | There's now an effort to change that policy. All that and more today, here on the world. |
| 1:04.1 | This is the world. I'm Marco Werman. Voters in Bangladesh went to the polls today in the first election since longtime Prime Minister Sheikh Hasino was ousted from office in August of 2024. |
| 1:09.8 | Voters hope it will be the first free and fair election in more than a decade. |
| 1:13.9 | It is one of the most consequential in Bangladesh's 55-year history. |
| 1:18.3 | The world's Carolyn Beeler has been reporting in the Bangladeshi capital Dhaka. |
| 1:21.8 | Carolyn, what is it like there today? |
| 1:24.0 | DACA feels pretty festive today, actually. |
| 1:26.9 | It is the first contested election in many years, and people are excited to vote. |
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