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The Secret’s Out

Some American farmers are hacking into their tractors, with software from Eastern Europe

Why are American farmers turning to hackers from Eastern Europe to fix their tractors?

Also on the programme; a visit to the secret city that the US government built for nuclear scientists; a look at the underground railroad that took American slaves to freedom...in Mexico; the story of how Fadi BouKaram, a Lebanese photographer, got his camper van back; plus, we discover the secret venue where Portuguese Fado singers perform when they want to escape the tourists.

(Image: A farmer operates a John Deere & Co. tractor. Credit: Eddie Seal/Getty Images)

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Mon 15 May 201701:32GMT
BBC World Service except News Internet

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  • Sat 13 May 201704:32GMT
    BBC World Service except Americas and the Caribbean, East and Southern Africa, News Internet & South Asia
  • Sat 13 May 201721:32GMT
    BBC World Service except East and Southern Africa, News Internet & West and Central Africa
  • Sun 14 May 201710:32GMT
    BBC World Service except News Internet
  • Sun 14 May 201719:32GMT
    BBC World Service East and Southern Africa
  • Mon 15 May 201701:32GMT
    BBC World Service except News Internet

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