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Pascale Harter introduces storied from Greenland, Colombia, and the global market in Irish whiskey - from Japan to India.

President Trump has repeatedly insisted that the US needs to 'own' Greenland, to prevent Russia and China taking it over. But this vast, frozen territory is officially part of the Kingdom of Denmark - and the Greenlanders themselves have their own views on its future. Katya Adler has been in the capital Nuuk, speaking to people of Inuit descent about their island's painful history of colonisation - and how much say they will have in what comes next.

Colombia has also been attracting attention from America, following the recent US operation in Venezuela. An ongoing war of words between its President, Gustavo Petro, and the US President on issues from migration to drugs US strikes on fishing boats in the Caribbean, has raised the level of tension. Can Mr Petro continue to walk the tightrope and avoid US intervention? Ione Wells reports from Bogota.

While Irish pubs have spread across the world - there's even one on Antarctica - the fortunes of Irish whiskey have been more variable. Once, the island was the word's biggest whiskey exporter, with bars across the British Empire stocking its product. But then Irish brands lost ground in global markets, to whiskeys made in Scotland, the US and Japan. Now premium single malt is being made across states across India too. Jordan Dunbar explores how whiskey drinkers' tastes have changed and how Irish distillers are staging a comeback.

Producer: Polly Hope
Producer: Richard Fenton-Smith
Production Co-Ordinators: Sophie Hill & Jack Young

Correction: The Greenland dispatch incorrectly states the distance from Greenland to the United States.

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