Welcome to Beyond the Borders, your lowdown of the international news you've missed over the last week. This week: what are continuous elections doing to Israel's voters? Why are North Korea shooting rockets again? And what happens when you run out of royal heirs? Answers to all of this over the next 15 minutes.

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Beauty Flow by Kevin MacLeod
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Loopster by Kevin MacLeod
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Unanswered Questions by Kevin MacLeod
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