The US and Iran are set to hold another round of nuclear negotiations in Geneva on Thursday, aiming to resolve the ongoing dispute over Tehran’s nuclear program. The major tension is over Tehran’s insistence that it has a right to enrich uranium for civilian use, while Washington wants strict limits that would reduce any potential pathway to a weapon. We unpack this with Ferooze Ali, Senior Lecturer at the Department of Law and International Relations at Sultan Zainal Abidin University. (Starts at 21:40)

• Zii Jia joins Thomas Cup: After weeks of negotiations with the Badminton Association of Malaysia, Lee Zii Jia has reached an agreement to be part of Malaysia's national squad in Horsens, Denmark. We speak to sports journalist Kirubashini Rasalingam about the significance of this, and how she thinks Zii Jia will perform. (Starts at 16:30)

• Videotaping childbirth for views: An influencer who goes by ‘Paul in USA’ was recently under fire for posting a video of his wife’s entire childbirth process, which took 23 hours, on Chinese social media platform Weibo. We discuss when sharing pricate moments to the public becomes too much. (Starts at 10:47)

• Floods and earthquakes hit Sabah: The northern parts of Sabah as they were hit with massive floods and a 6.8 magnitude earthquake which was described as the strongest earthquake Malaysia has seen in 11 years. Goh Thian Lai, a senior lecturer at the Department of Earth and Environmental Sciences at UKM shares why damage was minimal. Meanwhile, Sharmijasdy Abdul Razak, Senior Principal Assistant Director of the National Weather and Geophysics Operation Centre at MetMalaysia tells us about rainfall in the area. (Starts at 5:28)

• Stuck on Tokyo Skytree: 20 passengers ended up being stuck in a lift about 30 metres above ground at the country’s top tourist attraction, the Tokyo Skytree. They may it out safely, but not before waiting nearly six hours to be rescued. We banter about claustrophobia and urban nightmares. (Starts at 0:23)

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Tags:  US Iran nuclear talks,  Iran uranium enrichment dispute,  Paul in USA,  Childbirth video privacy,  Tokyo Skytree tourist incident,  lee zii jia,  badminton association of malaysia (bam),  sabah earthquake,  natural disasters,  tokyo,