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Assignment: Death marches - uncovering the truth beneath the soil

How a town in Poland – once in Germany - is discovering its troubling past

In the Studio: Michael Visocchi

Michael Visocchi’s sculpture Commensalis, celebrates the whales of Antarctica

The Coming Storm: Inauguration

Gabriel Gatehouse follows the characters who have propelled Trump into the White House

The Fifth Floor: IVF and me

BBC journalist Ana Maria Roura shares her experience of undergoing fertility treatments

BBC OS Conversations: Living through the Los Angeles fires

Survivors share their experiences of escaping the flames

Heart and Soul: Kaddish - why we pray for the dead

Michael Goldfarb looks at the origins of Kaddish, the Jewish prayer for the dead

Solutions Journalism: Prison of the mind

Dr Jenny Okolo asks if a mental-health-first approach to justice can reduce crime rates

BBC Trending: The chatbot bridging an aid gap

The female engineer who has created a chatbot on WhatsApp to help deliver aid in Lebanon

Assignment: The Gambia - when migrants are forced to go home

The young Gambians who had to give up on their journey to Europe

In the Studio: Madame Gandhi

Musician, artist and activist Madame Gandhi makes music from the sounds of the Arctic

Paths of return: A special homecoming to Sierra Leone

A group of African Americans are in Sierra Leone for a very special homecoming

The Fifth Floor: China's empty maternity wards

How falling birth rates led to the closure of over 400 maternity wards in China

BBC OS Conversations: Dealing with trauma after vehicle-ramming attacks

Survivors, relatives and counsellors share their experiences of vehicle-ramming attacks

Heart and Soul: The plight of Hindus in Bangladesh, part two

Sahar Zand investigates the plight of Hindus in Bangladesh

Licence to operate a space object

The night sky holds so much power - why are we not fighting harder to protect it?

Child soldiers and capoeira

In the city of Goma, former child soldiers are being rehabilitated using capoeira

BBC Trending: Were Valencia's floods engineered weather?

The conspiracy theories that swirled around Valencia's floods

Assignment: South Korea - the feminist hunters

How feminists in South Korea are being hunted down, attacked and sacked

In the Studio: Dan Perri

How Dan Perri created title sequences for some of cinema's most famous films

The Fifth Floor: Fighting crime with kitchen spoons

How a group of Nigerian women came together to protect their community from violence

BBC OS Conversations: How going viral changed my life

Megan Boni, actor Kirsty Paterson, Kelley Heyer, and Auri Kananen on going viral

Heart and Soul: The plight of Hindus in Bangladesh: Part one

Sahar Zand investigates the plight of Hindus in Bangladesh

The dogs of Palermo

In Palermo, neighbourhood dogs roam freely and are embraced by locals, protected by law

Built different: Why women athletes suffer ACL injuries more than males

Lianne Sanderson explores the science and solutions for ACL injuries in female athletes

Assignment: The human cost of developing Cambodia's Angkor wonder

Changing the temple complex of Cambodia's '8th wonder of the world'

Bonus: Americast - Former US President Jimmy Carter has died aged 100

Justin Webb looks at Jimmy Carter's journey from peanut farmer to the White House

In the Studio: Tomás Saraceno

Argentinian artist Tomás Saraceno on his hot air balloon creation, Aerocene

Bonus: HARDTalk - Past Notes

A special programme remembering some past HARDtalk guests who died in 2024

The Fifth Floor: Bollywood binge

Old hits and horror movies: what is trending in Bollywood right now

BBC OS Conversations: Becoming an Olympic and Paralympic trailblazer

Thea LaFond, Paralympian Palesha Goverdhan and boxer David de Pina share their stories

Heart and Soul: From the ashes of Notre Dame

Stories of hope and inspiration around the reopening of Notre Dame Cathedral

The street that tech built

Are new technology and hyper-tourism changing the Italian city of Florence forever?

Bonus: HARDTalk - 2024 Review

We look back on some of the most powerful moments from 2024

Assignment: Poland's ghosts, Ukraine's heroes

The ghosts haunting Ukraine's relations with Poland - and the killers some see as heroes

In the Studio: International film school

At a school in Bulgaria, pupils are making movies for Le Cinema Cent Ans De Jeunesse

The Global Jigsaw: Russia’s gateway to Africa in jeopardy

What would the potential loss of Syrian bases mean for Russia?

The Fifth Floor: K-drama craze

K-dramas are taking the world by storm. What's the secret of their success?

BBC OS Conversations: Syrian prisoners and their families

Former inmates of the notorious Saydnaya share their experiences of Assad’s brutal regime

Heart and Soul: Antisemitism in Turkey

The rising antisemitism faced by the Jewish community in Turkey

The Watermelons: Myanmar's military moles

The soldiers spying for the enemy

Footprints: How did human feet get washed up on the west coast of Canada and the US?

Since 2007, more than 20 human feet have washed up on the shores of Canada and the US

Assignment: Argentina - Milei's Chainsaw

President Milei promised to hack Argentina's state and budget, what's the impact?

In the Studio: Creating Selfridges’ Christmas windows

Behind the scenes with the teams designing the London store’s festive windows

The Fifth Floor: Fleeing Chechnya

Why do some young women in Chechnya decide to leave everything behind?

BBC OS Conversations: Syrians after the fall of Assad

After 50 years of dictatorship, Syrians have their voices back

Heart and Soul: Black Madonnas

Searching for the origins of images of black representations of the Virgin Mary

Srebrenica’s forgotten refugees

In Bosnia's Tuzla region, survivors of the war are still living in refugee camps

Introducing World of Secrets S6: The bad guru

The search for inner peace through yoga leads Miranda into a dark, hidden world

Assignment: Mining the Pacific – future proofing or fool’s gold?

The Cook Islands and the plan to harvest the bottom of the sea

Bonus: The Food Chain is 10!

Celebrating 10 years of The Food Chain with some of our favourite moments

Morse code: Ready to transmit

At the world Morse Code championships in Tunisia, competitors battle to be the fastest

The Fifth Floor: Javier Milei's first year in power

Argentina's president promised to cut spending with his infamous chainsaw. Did it work?

BBC OS Conversations: The Israel-Hezbollah ceasefire

Residents in Israel and Lebanon share their experiences, hopes and fears

Heart and Soul: Should I change my name?

Robert Beckford explores the significance of slave names and their impact on individuals

Over the fence: From Turkey into the EU

How more people are reaching the EU from Turkey, and the efforts to police this movement

100 Women: Byline Afghanistan

What has happened to Afghanistan’s female journalists?

The Global Jigsaw: The rebels who retook Aleppo

A shock offensive turned Syria’s forgotten conflict into hot war

Assignment: France - trouble on the vine

How climate, finances and changing habits has brought French wine-makers to the brink

Blood on the shelves

How tomato paste made with forced labour in China is likely to be in supermarkets

In the Studio: The rebuilding of Notre Dame

Agnès Poirier follows the craftspeople reconstructing France's famous gothic cathedral

The Fifth Floor: Russia's runaway soldiers

Russian soldiers are fleeing in record numbers. How should the West treat them?

BBC OS Conversations: Life in Ukraine after 1000 days of war

Ukrainians share their experiences of the war

Heart and Soul: At the end of the wall

At the end of America’s border wall, James Naughtie meets the people helping migrants

The Cultural Frontline: James Baldwin centenary

How the works of US writer and activist James Baldwin still resonate 100 years on

Bonus: The Conflict

We take a look at what history can teach us about the conflict in the Middle East

Assignment: Afghanistan - our whole life is a secret

One young woman's story from Taliban controlled Afghanistan

In the Studio: Brian Eno

Legendary musician, composer and producer Brian Eno on technique and inspiration in nature

Me and my digital twin

Ghislaine Boddington explores how to create an AI version of herself

The Fifth Floor: How to apologise to a king

What to do and what to wear when apologising to the Ashanti King of Ghana

BBC OS Conversations: Smog in Delhi and Lahore

The difficulties of living and breathing when the air outside is toxic

Heart and Soul: An African missionary in France

France used to send missionaries to Africa, now it’s the other way round

Amapiano: The sound of South Africa

South African DJ Legendary Crisp charts the rise of the Amapiano music genre

In the Studio: David Chipperfield

How renowned architect David Chipperfield is improving lives in Galicia's coastal towns

Life at 50°C: Syria's water wars

Why the people of once-fertile north-east Syria have almost no drinking water

Assignment: Plastic recycling’s dirty secrets

Malaysia; the global hub for recycling plastic waste

The 10 years that changed women's football

How women's football has boomed in the past decade, and what challenges still lie ahead

The Fifth Floor: Leaving for an African dream

Actor Idris Elba is planning to move to Africa. What's inspiring him, and many others?

BBC OS Conversations: The aftermath of the Valencia floods

A family shares their experience of searching for their missing father

Heart and Soul: The human shield

Why an Australian journalist decided to try and stop Western powers bombing Iraq

Faith on the fly: The airport chaplains

Spend a week with the chaplains of Heathrow Airport supporting passengers and staff

Poisoned flood: South Sudan life at 50°C

Blood, pollution and oil in South Sudan but who is responsible? BBC Eye investigates

In the Studio: Opera Australia

Ce Benedict goes behinds the scenes of Opera Australia

The Fifth Floor: What do Georgians want?

Why are people protesting on the streets of Tbilisi, in Georgia?

BBC OS Conversations: Americans react to Donald Trump's re-election

We get reaction from Republicans, Democrats and Ukrainians

Heart and Soul: The Arab Holocaust museum

Why an Arab Israeli set out to educate his fellow Palestinians about the Holocaust

Tuvalu: The first digital nation?

With its future under threat, how can Tuvalu preserve its culture?

Bonus: People Fixing the World: Fixing elections - for the better

2024 has been a big year for elections. But how can we make sure people can vote safely?

Tongue and talk: Keeping language alive in Africa

Ghanian journalist Justice Baidoo examines the threat to hundreds of languages in Africa

In the Studio: TRIVAX

TRIVAX on their mission to fight against oppression and totalitarianism through music

Assignment: Denmark’s weight loss boom town

Assignment visits the small Danish manufacturing town making the weight loss drug Wegovy

The Fifth Floor: Ikat fashion and other Uzbek wonders

Ibrat Safo explores Uzbekistan's love story with textiles

BBC OS Conversations: US voters and the cost of living

How major news stories are affecting the lives of people around the world

Heart and Soul: How the war in Gaza helped me find God

How the unshakeable faith of Palestinian Muslims in Gaza led Vanessa to embrace Islam

The jaguar's last stand

The Jaguar is the apex predator in the Pantanal, Brazil, but loss of habitat is a threat

BBC Trending: The cost of an addiction to Somali TikTok battles

Cash-strapped and verbally abused – players of the TikTok game taking Somalia by storm

Assignment: Choosing race

Stories of people fighting to claim their racial identity, and those looking to police it

In the Studio: Ishmael Reed

Legendary American author Ishmael Reed is 86 – how does he keep creating?

Bonus: The Climate Question

Is the climate on the ballot at the US election?

The Fifth Floor: Where do vampires come from?

Where did the vampire myth originate from?

BBC OS Conversations: US black and Latino male voters

We discuss if the male vote is a problem or opportunity ahead of the US election

Heart and Soul: Seeking justice from Opus Dei

Former assistant numeraries who worked in Opus Dei centres say they were abused

Iraq's secret women's shelters

The dangerous and secretive work of the Iraqi women helping victims of domestic violence

BBC Trending: Meet the anti-witch hunter

Meet the man who intervenes to protect people accused of witchcraft across Africa

Assignment: Singing in Gaza

Amid the rubble, children in Gaza are learning music. How and why do they go on singing?

In the Studio: Jonny Banger

Jonny Banger is an artist who blurs the lines between fashion, music and activism

Caught at the helm

Are Greece's tough people smuggling policies seeing the wrong people pay the price?

The Fifth Floor: Who runs Russia's African Initiative?

African Initiative claims to be a media organisation. Who's behind it?

BBC OS Conversations: Living alongside Mexico's drug gangs

Residents in Mexico on coping with crime, kidnappings and murders

Bonus: What in the World - Liam Payne

Liam Payne: Why One Direction fans are so heartbroken

Heart and Soul: The dead are not dead

What is Enkumbi, a ritual practised in certain cultures in Uganda and across Africa?

The children's hospital of Entebbe

A new free-to-access children’s hospital is revolutionising paediatric care in Uganda

BBC Trending: Yami Baito - Inside Japan’s dark part-time jobs

How job postings on social media are luring people into organised crime in Japan

Assignment: Singapore – drugs, rehab, execution

Singapore and drugs: compulsory rehabilitation, and traffickers paying the ultimate price

In the Studio: Mia Lehrer and the LA River

Mia Lehrer on the revitalisation of an American icon

An end to Aids?

Is the goal of an end the Aids pandemic by 2030 really possible?

The Fifth Floor: The wolf salute

Who are the Grey Wolves, and why is their salute controversial?

BBC OS Conversations: Israelis remember the hostages

Family members of hostages taken by Hamas discuss the agony of silence

Heart and Soul: Reclaiming yoga

Yoga is big business but has it become disconnected from its spiritual roots?

BBC Trending: The curse of the blessing scam

The female crooks who exploit superstition and family love to swindle other women

Bonus: The World Debate: What is the path to peace in the Middle East?

Mishal Husain hosts a debate on the prospects for peace in the Middle East

Bonus: People Fixing the World

Switching off our smartphones

Bonus: The Conflict: Israel and Gaza one year on

One year on from the start of the war, we analyse what’s going on in Israel and Gaza

US local news 2024: On the front page frontline

Gary O'Donoghue meets newspaper editors during the US presidential election campaign

The Fifth Floor: Mollywood's MeToo

New abuse allegations have emerged about one of India's film industries

BBC OS Conversations: My year in Gaza

Three young women in Gaza share their experiences living through war in their own voices

Heart and Soul: Father Adamski

How a tragic loss inspired a pharmaceutical executive to become a Catholic priest

Bonus: Lives Less Ordinary

Anoosheh Ashoori was imprisoned in Iran, falsely accused of spying - Lives Less Ordinary

BBC Trending: The Baku initiative?

Is Azerbaijan capitalising on France’s struggle in the South Pacific?

Saving a sinking city: Jakarta

Indonesia's capital Jakarta is sinking but how easy is it to build a new capital city?

Assignment: Panama’s water fights

Panama’s fight for water in one of the world’s wettest countries

In the Studio: Ian Rankin, part two

Ian Rankin is on a deadline to complete his next Inspector Rebus thriller

In the Studio: Ian Rankin, part one

Crime novelist Ian Rankin begins writing his latest Inspector Rebus novel

The Fifth Floor: Who is Mexico's first female president?

What will Claudia Sheinbaum's presidency look like?

BBC OS Conversations: People in Lebanon and northern Israel

Sharing personal experiences from both sides of the border

Heart and Soul: Istanbul’s church of wishes

The sacred spring that unites people of all faiths in hope

Bonus: The Inquiry - How are the Taliban governing Afghanistan?

What changes have the Taliban made to Afghanistan in their 3 years of power?

BBC Trending: An (online) storm in a Philippine rainforest

How a nature reserve in the Philippines got caught in an information battle

Bonus: The Climate Question

Somalia - Where climate change meets conflict

Assignment: Reproductive rights: A divided flock

How the debate over abortion and IVF has divided evangelical Christians in the US

In the Studio: Erdem Moralıoğlu

Designer Erdem Moralıoğlu on taking inspiration from powerful women in culture

The new Germans

Damien McGuinness talks to a generation of refugees in Germany now becoming citizens

The Fifth Floor: The silent death of an anti-Putin pianist

Pavel Kushnir: a classical pianist or a dangerous dissident?

BBC OS Conversations: Talking to someone with suicidal thoughts

Stories of how strangers have been able to help when they’ve seen a person in distress

Heart and Soul: I became a Muslim after the Taliban kept me hostage

Jibra’il Omar, formerly Timothy Weeks, spent three years in captivity in Afghanistan

Stories from the New Silk Road: Space

How does a controversial ground station in Argentina help China land the space race?

BBC Trending: Woman, life, surveillance

We speak to women targeted by the Iranian government after posting on social media

The great dolphin release

Freeing Johnny, Rocky and Rambo, the dolphins of the world's last travelling circus

Assignment: Ageing without a safety net in Malaysia

How Malaysia failed to plan for its fast-growing elderly population

In the Studio: Lenin Tamayo and Q-pop

Peruvian singer Lenin Tamayo, creator of Quechua pop, works on his next EP

Solutions Journalism: The African 'Babelfish'

How Bonaventure Dossou's translation app is increasing accessibility to African dialects

The Fifth Floor: Exam nightmares

Stories from India and China about the exams that shape the lives of millions

BBC OS Conversations: Are we still in love with dating apps?

We hear from people who ditched their dating apps and from those who found love on them

Heart and Soul: Indigenous healing on the party island of Ibiza

Indigenous spirituality on the modern island of Ibiza

Trending: Can we live without our phones?

Marianna Spring investigates the impact of smartphones and social media on teens

Flying high: The return of the peregrine falcon

The fastest animal on earth – the peregrine falcon – is thriving alongside us

The Midwife’s Confession: Eye Investigates

‘Now another girl has been born, kill her’ – Indian midwives make a shocking confession

Assignment: Ivory Coast's cocoa crisis

The journey from cocoa to chocolate in Ivory Coast

In The Studio: Tuan Andrew Nguyen - The healing power of art

Using film, sculpture and installations, Tuan explores how memories haunt the present

Bonus: Lives Less Ordinary

Indiana Jones: the kids who remade a blockbuster — Lives Less Ordinary

The Fifth Floor: Pakistan's internet mystery

People in Pakistan are struggling to use social media. Why?

BBC OS Conversations: What's it like to have mpox

Mpox sufferers and doctors share their experiences

Heart and Soul: Synagogue for sale

Polish anthropologist Alexandra Janus deliberates buying back a piece of her heritage

Bonus: CrowdScience - How do fish survive in the deep ocean?

What allows fish to cope with the immense water pressure of the ocean depths?

West Bank: Settlers, guns and sanctions

Extremist settlers are supported by “state-linked” organisations, BBC Eye reveals

Assignment: The 'ghost city' of Cyprus

The beach resort frozen in time by 50 years of conflict, and the struggle over its future

Global Dancefloor: Tbilisi

In Georgia’s capital Tbilisi, the underground music scene is fighting against a clampdown

In the Studio: Laurie Anderson

One of America's most daring artists records a new album inspired by Amelia Earhart

Three Million: 8. Road to the past

Kavita meets some of the last survivors of the 1943 Bengal famine

The Fifth Floor: Ukraine's 'Memory Cafés'

Could a cup of coffee become an act of love and remembrance?

BBC OS Conversations: Three years of Taliban rule in Afghanistan

Afghan women discuss their everyday life and the impact of tighter new restrictions

Heart and Soul: Afghanistan 20 years on

Julia Paul discovers what happened to the young women she taught in Kabul 20 years ago

Courting success: A journey to Paris 2024

Kgothatso Montjane talks about her life as a wheelchair tennis champion

Bonus: The Inquiry - What does Hezbollah want?

Hezbollah has intensified attacks on Israel - who are they and what do they want?

Assignment: The struggle for Jerusalem’s Old City

Why Armenians in Jerusalem say they are fighting an existential battle

In the Studio: Architect Daniel Libeskind

Creating a building to house Albert Einstein's legacy, work and research in Jerusalem

The next Paralympians

The trailblazing sports stars with a learning disability and the barriers they face

The Fifth Floor: What really happened in Bakhmut?

Why was the Ukrainian city of Bakhmut such an important target for Russia?

BBC OS Conversations: Women's safety in India

Indians share their experiences of attitudes towards women in the country

Heart and Soul: Corruption in the Curia

How financial investigator Libero Milone fell foul of the Vatican but kept his faith

Solutions Journalism: A better start

The people finding solutions to improve the odds for premature babies

Invisible souls

The fishermen who say they were mistreated by a Scottish fishing company speak out

Assignment: Ukraine - on the front line

Drone technology is transforming the battlefield in Ukraine.

In the Studio: Ad Minoliti

Creating geometric works for both humans and nature

Under ash: Uncovering Maui’s past

How historic mistreatment contributed to the 2023 deadly Hawaiian wildfires

The Fifth Floor: The rise of caste influencers in India

The young women taking to social media to show 'caste pride'

BBC OS Conversations: Life in Venezuela

Venezuelans inside the country and abroad share their stories

Heart and Soul: Muslim sex education

The educators teaching Muslim women about healthy sex

India's fight against TB

India has set itself a target to eradicate tuberculosis by 2025. But can it succeed?

Solutions Journalism: The art of air pollution

We meet the creatives that are turning deadly air pollution into art, ink and jewellery

Assignment: Rejecting Public Education in Arizona

‘School choice’: Why are parents opting out of public education for their children?

In the Studio: Munch on the move

How do you take an Edvand Munch exhibition worth millions to both sides of the Atlantic?

'Indocumentados’: America’s undocumented migrants

First-hand accounts of the precarious lives of America’s undocumented Latinos

The Fifth Floor: Vietnam's matchmakers

Why so many Vietnamese women use matchmaking agencies to find a foreign spouse?

BBC OS Conversations: Gen Z and power change in Bangladesh

Young voices on the extraordinary political upheaval in their country

Heart and Soul: Digital grief

Could AI versions of loved ones who have died help the bereaved deal with their grief?

The Global Jigsaw: The Taliban’s war on women

The group’s return to power in Afghanistan has seen the erasure of women from public life

Bonus: The Engineers - Intelligent Machines

We speak to three engineers at the forefront of the 'Machine Learning: AI' revolution

Solutions Journalism: Going bananas

Can the killer fungus Tropical Race 4 that is ravaging banana plantations be stopped?

Assignment: The Italian town where praying is a political issue

Monfalcone’s mayor has effectively tried to ban collective Muslim prayer in her town

In the Studio: B-girl Ray Gun

Australia’s top female breakdancer prepares for her debut at the Paris 2024 Olympics

Erasing Hong Kong

Paul French explores how Hong Kong's history is being revised and erased

The Fifth Floor: Three years of Taliban rule

Two BBC Afghan journalists reflect on the third anniversary of the Taliban takeover.

BBC OS Conversations: Protests in Bangladesh

The fears, stress and loss experienced by those both within and outside the country

Heart and Soul: Wrestling for redemption in Jordan

The would-be Olympic champion who is now fighting to overcome his past traumas in Jordan

Bonus: World Book Club - Edna O'Brien

We look back to an interview with Irish author, Edna O'brien, on her book Country Girls

Bonus: The Global Story - Divorce

In a bonus episode of The Global Story podcast - Divorce: The art of breaking up

Bonus: HARDtalk - The Whistleblowers

In a bonus episode from HARDtalk - what motivates whistleblowers?

In the Studio: Willard Wigan

World-renowned micro-sculptor Willard Wigan carves a tribute to Charles Darwin

Las Patronas

Exploring the Mexican town where the women have been feeding migrants for 30 years

The Fifth Floor: Make-up and rebellion

Can a woman wear make-up if she is expected to be modest?

BBC OS Conversations: Supporters of Kamala Harris

Chucks and pearls - the appeal to supporters of Kamala Harris

Heart and Soul: America’s Atheist Street Pirates

The American atheists removing illegal religious signs from streets across the states

India's wrestling school for girls

Young girls wrestling for justice and Olympic glory. Divya Arya finds out what it takes

The gay activists who won an Olympic-sized battle

The power of peaceful protest and how to affect change

Introducing: World of Secrets S3

The Apartheid Killer. All the victims were black and the youngest was just 12 years old

In the Studio: Massimo Bottura

Go behind the scenes at one of the world’s best and most creative restaurants

The Romani holocaust: An unfinished history

The destruction of the Roma by the Nazi state and allies and their post war fate

The Fifth Floor: From Paris to the world, Olympics 2024

The Olympics Games through the lens of our Fifth Floor colleagues

BBC OS Conversations: After the attempted assassination of Donald Trump

How the image of the bloodied and defiant former president is redefining the election

Heart and Soul: Georgia's maverick Bishop and his peace cathedral

We follow the communities involved in Tblisi's interfaith project - The Peace Cathedral

Instagram's fake guru

A story of witchcraft, sexual exploitation and human trafficking

Assignment: A slogan and a land, part two

Tim Whewell completes a trip across the West Bank and Israel, reaching the Mediterranean

Assignment: A slogan and a land, part one

A journey through the contested land between the River Jordan and the Mediterranean Sea

Assignment: The child rescue con

Exposed: the charity which claims to save children from trafficking and abuse

In the Studio: Anchi Lin (Ciwas Tahos)

Creating a multi-media installation inspired by an Indigenous story

The Fifth Floor: The reality of conscription

In its third year of war, how is Ukraine dealing with conscription?

BBC OS Conversations: Voters in Britain and France

Why feeling fed up led to a vote for political change

Heart and Soul: How should I remember Mum in Islam?

Breaking with tradition in a diverse Muslim world

Shaken goalposts

How Hatayspor football club is fighting to survive the aftermath of Turkey’s earthquake

Trending: The scammers who make you kidnap yourself

Why are criminals tricking Chinese foreign students into faking their own kidnapping?

In the Studio: Wendy Sharpe

Wendy Sharpe breaks conventions with her new exhibition Spellbound

Assignment: Cry witch - take my land, take my life

Why one elderly person is killed every week in eastern Kenya - in the name of witchcraft

Three Million: 7. Live show

Kavita Puri, the creator and presenter of Three Million, on how the series was made

The Fifth Floor: Can climate change stories be cool?

A real life Squid Game in South Korea and a virtual tour of Brazil's giant ravines

BBC OS Conversations: Kenya’s Gen Z protesters

Young Kenyan protestors share the stories of their lives and why they took to the streets

Bonus: The Global Story - Keir Starmer: Who is the UK's new prime minister

A historic loss for the conservatives ushers in a new era in British politics

Heart and Soul: Journey to Sepharad

Michael Goldfarb goes on a journey to find the exiled Jews of Sepharad, Hebrew for Spain

Suicide's silent survivors

A look at the countries where it is still a criminal offence to attempt suicide

Trending: Scammed by the fake Chinese police

The con men who threaten to extradite their victims to China if they do not pay “bail”

Assignment: Loving, living and dying together in the Netherlands

The story of Jan and Els who opted for euthanasia, and died together in the Netherlands

In the Studio: Baek Mi-kyoung

Baek Mi-kyoung on creating the sequel to the hugely popular Strong Girl Bong-soon

Bonus: What in the World - Why are so many young people leaving Nigeria?

Japa, the Yoruba word for escape, has become shorthand for moving abroad.

The Fifth Floor: India's deadliest scam

Instant loan apps promise easy money. But what's the catch?

BBC OS Conversations: Hajj pilgrims

Three Muslims from the US, Kenya and Saudi Arabia share their pilgrimage experiences

Saint Sara: Patron saint of the Romani people

Artúr Čonka joins the pilgrimage for Sara-La-Kali, patron saint of the Romani people

The West Indies’ first black captain: Sir Frank Worrell

How Frank Worrell became the first Black captain of the West Indies cricket team

Trending: The American pushing Russian disinformation

An American ex-cop living in Moscow is pumping out messages targeting American voters

Assignment: Germany’s AI detectives

How German podcasters tracked down a terrorist suspect with an AI facial recognition tool

In the Studio: Hanna Harris

How Helsinki’s design boss creates a vibrant environment for a diversifying city

The Global Jigsaw: The evolution of the Islamic State Group

After a lull in activities, in 2024 IS claimed to be behind several major attacks

Alvin Hall's other America

In his hometown Alvin Hall considers America’s past and its divided present

The Fifth Floor: Is Islamic State still a threat?

Jihadist media specialist Mina Al-Lami analyses IS' most recent activities

BBC OS Conversations: National service

We bring together people with different experiences of national service

The Antarctic Midwinter Broadcast 2024

Music and messages for the isolated staff at British research stations in the Antarctic

Ukraine to Korea

Ethnically-Korean Ukrainian refugees returning to Korea are receiving a mixed welcome

Trending: Colombia’s guerrilla recruitment video problem

Fighters from dissident armed groups in Colombia are using TikTok to recruit youngsters.

Assignment: Decolonising Russia

Is Russia Europe's last colonial power? What would "decolonising" Russia mean?

In the Studio: Nazanin Moradi

Artist Nazanin Moradi challenges male dominance through ancient Mesopotamian myths

Three Million: 6. Silk scarves

How the legacy of the Bengal Famine of 1943 lives on in Britain today

The Fifth Floor: My AI boyfriend

Would you turn to AI to create your perfect partner?

BBC OS Conversations: Far-right voters in Europe

Far-right voters in Europe share what's informing their views

Losing Attar

Jigyasa Mishra meets farmers and perfumers trying to keep a dying scent alive in Kannauj

Heart and Soul: Last Christians of Gaza

A story of hope and faith from Gaza’s only Roman Catholic church

Trending: The Kenyan influencer championing climate denial

How Kenyan farmer Jusper Machogu became the flag bearer for fossil fuels in Africa

Assignment: Ireland’s phone-free town

The town where primary schools asked parents not to buy smartphones for their children

In the Studio: Senua's Saga - Hellblade II

We follow the sequel to the award-winning Hellblade video game

Greening the Hajj

What can Muslims do to reduce the enormous carbon footprint of the pilgrimage to Mecca?

The forgotten people of the Ravi River

We meet the people in western India cut off from the mainland by a bridgeless river

BBC OS Conversations: Stories from Mexico

Ordinary Mexicans share their concerns and hopes for new President Claudia Sheinbaum

Heart and Soul: Losing my religion

The young Nigerians creating a community for the irreligious in a highly religious society

The Fifth Floor: For the love of football

Why is football such a universal language? Stories from Argentina, Iran and Kenya

Bonus: What in the world - Africa and FGM: When will it end?

The Gambia could be about to reverse its ban, but elsewhere rates are going down

Whose Truth?: Online women haters

How Nobel Prize laureate Maria Ressa came under fire for doing her job

Whose Truth?: Climate change denial

Nobel Prize laureate Sir Paul Nurse wants science to guide the climate change debate

Whose Truth?: Russia v Ukraine

Can information become a weapon of war? Oleksandra Matviichuk on documenting war crimes

Whose Truth?: The vaccine

Nobel Prize laureate Katalin Kariko was caught up in a Covid vaccine disinformation storm

Trending: Is Russia targeting Poland's farmers’ protests?

A pro-Russian image from a farmers protest in Poland went viral. Who's the man behind it?

Assignment: El Salvador – life after the gangs

How people’s lives have changed since a crackdown on criminal gangs

In the Studio: Andy Riley

Andy Riley, Emmy-winning scriptwriter and a million-selling author and cartoonist

The Fifth Floor: Russia's lost troops

Olga Ivshina on the human cost of Russia’s war in Ukraine

BBC OS Conversations: Toxic politics

Politicians share their experiences of threats and intimidation

Heart and Soul: Hijabs and skinny jeans

Nora Akachar questions what it means to be Muslim in the Netherlands today

Gaming Africa

Gamer and broadcaster Kobby Spiky looks at the video games industry across Africa

Trending: Love and deception in the age of AI

How is AI redefining love on Tinder?

Assignment: Myanmar - Rise of the resistance

Quentin Sommerville reports from Myanmar on the rising resistance to the military junta

Perfume’s dark secret

The BBC reveals the human cost of one of perfume’s most luxurious ingredients

Mad Women: Portraying mental health in theatre

Constanza Hola Chamy directs two casts for her play about female artists with bipolar

Shadow War: China and the West

Are China and the West on a collision course?

The Fifth Floor: Life in exile

Two journalists from Afghanistan and Russia share their experience of living in exile

BBC OS Conversations: Beauty pageants

Contestants, judges and an organiser on the stereotypes and positive experiences

Heart and Soul: Hervé's Way, the story of a one-legged pilgrim

The amputee who regained his will to live by walking to Santiago de Compostela

Denmark's esports revolution

Why a European country has put competitive gaming on the school curriculum

Trending: Long Covid: Think yourself well?

BBC Trending investigates a controversial treatment programme being promoted online

Assignment: The Caspian crisis

Why is the Caspian Sea shrinking and what does this means for the region?

In the Studio: Zoë Barrett and Patrick Eley

From massive signs to tiny icons, Zoë Barrett and Patrick Eley's signs help us on our way

Bonus: The Global Jigsaw

Beijing says it is building, not buying, Africa. Do people in Nairobi agree?

Labelling the world: The power of DSM

How the Diagnostic and Statistical Manual of Mental Disorders influences mental health

The Fifth Floor: Message in a bottle to North Korea

Park Jung-oh tries to reach people in North Korea by throwing bottles into the Yellow Sea

BBC OS Conversations: The floods in Brazil

Residents of Porto Alegre and volunteer rescue workers share their experiences

Heart and Soul: Glorifying God through wine

Meet the French, Benedictine monks who give glory to God by producing heavenly wine

Bonus: The Global Story

EncroChat: The crime family brought down by their violent messages - The Global Story

Bonus: Lives Less Ordinary

I ‘kidnapped’ my brother to save his life — Lives Less Ordinary

Assignment: Return of the Benin Bronzes

Nigeria's long battle to bring home ancient treasures taken by British forces in 1897

Crime and punishment in South Africa

With trust in police falling, volunteer groups have begun patrolling the streets

In the Studio: Cressida Cowell

The magical world of How to Train Your Dragon author Cressida Cowell

The Fifth Floor: China’s global mining for green tech

The Global China Unit's latest report on Chinese mines overseas

OS Conversations: Mass tourism

Influencers and residents from popular destinations on the pros and cons of tourism

Heart and Soul: A Colombian Christmas in February

How the days of slavery led to a belated Colombian Christmas in the town of Quinamayo

Twin towns

Why being a twin in Nigeria could mean life or death

Bonus: World of Secrets: The Disciples investigation live show

Inside the investigation – the story of the journalism behind The Disciples.

Assignment: Italy's mafia whistleblower

Why a high-profile mafia informant testified against his powerful family

In the Studio: Abhishek Singh

Indian artist Abhishek Singh creates a new animal and environment-centred mythology

The Fifth Floor: Love and politics in Russia

Why did Yulia Navalnaya step in for her husband after his death?

BBC OS Conversations: Student protests in the US

The experience on campus for both protesters and Jewish students

Heart and Soul: Jewish dating

Navigating Jewish dating in a globalised world

South Africa: The people shall govern

Has 30 years of democracy in South Africa delivered for its citizens?

Bonus: Lives Less Ordinary

Evy Mages learns the truth about her time in an Austrian ‘child-observation station'

Assignment: Kosovo - euro or bust?

Could new financial restrictions revive the spectre of violence?

In the Studio: Kenyan artist Wangari Mathenge

Exploring the plight of female domestic workers in Kenya through art

The Cultural Frontline: Exposing the fake Russian modern art collection

How museums and collectors have been sold dubious Russian modern art.

The Fifth Floor: The disinformation wars

How is disinformation created and spread? Stories from Latin America, Russia and Nigeria

BBC OS Conversations: Ukrainian aid from the US

How Americans with Ukrainian heritage are funding medical packages, vans and art therapy

Heart and Soul: The whale worshippers of Vietnam

On the southern shores of Vietnam, whales are revered as gods of the oceans.

Super-rich Swedes

Why is Sweden home to so many dollar billionaires?

Forward Thinking: Can feminism fix the internet?

Our technology dominated world is in a crisis – what are the solutions?

Assignment: Armenia's lost garden

The life and death of a non-existent country - and the rebirth of its improbable pub

In the Studio: David Haig and Max Webster

David Haig and Max Webster's stage adaptation of Philip K Dick's Minority Report

Bonus: What in the World: South Korea’s shamans are now online

South Korea’s shamans are now online

The Fifth Floor: My emergency kit list

How do you prepare for the worst-case scenario?

BBC OS Conversations: Living in Israel

Israelis share their experiences after Iran’s drone and missile attack

Heart and Soul: Should I change my name?

Robert Beckford explores the significance of slave names and their impact on individuals

The poker parent

Why teaching a child how to call, raise and bluff can impart important life lessons

Forward Thinking: Can going vegan feed the world?

Could going vegan help feed the world and save the planet?

Assignment: Reggaeton - the pride of Puerto Rico?

Reggaeton’s the soundtrack to Puerto Rico, reflecting the cultural and political scene

Bonus: The Global Story on Iran-Israel attacks

A turning point for the Middle East? Analysis from The Global Story

In the Studio: Helle Nebelong

Landscape architect Helle Nebelong designs one of America's largest natural playgrounds

His and hers medicine

Dr Zoe Williams examines historical inequalities in the diagnosis and treatment of women

The Fifth Floor: A journalist's life in Israel

What is it like to live and work as a journalist in Israel right now?

BBC OS Conversations: Sudan's war - One year on

What it’s like to live in Sudan after one year of civil war

Bonus: The Global Story

Lina Khan: The woman taking on big tech billionaires - The Global Story

From the Archive: Heart and Soul - Faith, terrorists and mercy at Guantanamo

Former Guantanamo Bay interrogator Dr Jennifer Bryson on torture, faith and mercy

Bonus: What in the World

Is Botswana really going to send Germany 20,000 elephants?

Forward Thinking: Jocelyn Bell Burnell

Why a celebrated astrophysicist believes space research needs a new approach

Assignment: New Caledonia - new agreement needed

Can the French settlers and indigenous Kanak of New Caledonia agree on a constitution?

In the Studio: Ellie Simmonds

The Paralympic gold medallist follows the construction of a new public swimming pool

El Salvador's missing children

Children separated from their parents by civil war now in search of their birth families

The Fifth Floor: My Ramadan

How are people observing Ramadan around the world, and why is it different this year?

BBC OS Conversations: Living with cancer

How six young women around the world are living with cancer

Heart and Soul: The caste faultlines in Modi’s India

How the Hindu majority in Modi’s India is still divided by caste

Azovstal: The 80 day siege

Ukrainian citizens and soldiers who survived the siege of Azovstal recount their ordeal

Forward Thinking: Is it ethical to live longer?

The dilemmas caused by treatments that could tackle some of our most serious illnesses

Assignment: Secret Sisters. Political prisoners in Belarus

Belarus has huge numbers of political prisoners - many of them are women

In the Studio: Maria Grachvogel

Maria Grachvogel shares her passion for creating outfits and working with Victoria Beckham

Bonus: Lives Less Ordinary

Fugees Family: the refugee football team who became my life - Lives Less Ordinary

Bonus: The Global Jigsaw: Moscow attack: disinfo wars

Who is behind the Crocus City Hall attack? We track the blame game.

BBC OS Conversations: Messages from Gaza

Four women share their experiences of resilience, fear and despair in war-torn Gaza

Heart and Soul: An ‘Encore’ for Jesus

The older women taking vows and becoming nuns in their 50s and 60s.

Bonus: HARDtalk

On the road in Guyana - HARDtalk

Assignment: Choking in Chiang Mai

What it’s like to live and die in a polluted city

Rwanda 30 years on

Rwanda's journey towards healing and reconciliation after the 1994 genocide

Bonus: The Black 14

The lives of 14 black American footballers are changed forever in a fight against racism

In the Studio: Helmut Deutsch and Michael Volle - Staging Winterreise

An acclaimed pianist and baritone tackle Franz Schubert's song cycle

Bonus: The Global Story

Rare access inside Sudan's forgotten war - The Global Story

The Cultural Frontline: Bjarke Ingels

Bjarke Ingels and the Manhattan Flood project

BBC OS Conversations: Protesting farmers

Why are farmers taking to the streets?

Heart and Soul: How the Church’s role in Argentina’s dictatorship shook the nation’s faith

How the Church’s role in Argentina’s bloody military dictatorship changed people’s faith

Assignment: Border Stories, part 2 - Coyotes and Kidnap

Tales of kidnap and extortion from those who risk everything to enter the US from Mexico

Bonus: What in the World

Energy solutions in the Philippines

A reckoning with drugs in Oregon

How has Oregon’s radical drug decriminalisation policy changed lives?

Trapped in Oman

The fight to bring home a group of Malawian domestic workers trapped in servitude

In the Studio: Colm Tóibín

Inside the creative world of the acclaimed author of Brooklyn

Bonus: The Global Story

Panama Canal: It's running dry and it's going to cost us - The Global Story

BBC OS Conversations: Haiti gangs and stray bullets

People in Haiti trying to survive and the struggle for aid workers trying to help them

Heart and Soul: Not even water?

How young Muslims manage Ramadan in their lives and work

Assignment: Border Stories, part one - Zero Tolerance

The ongoing effects of Zero Tolerance, the policy that divided families on the US border

Running out of sand

Sand mining is fuelling Cambodia's construction boom but at what cost to the environment?

Bonus: Lives Less Ordinary

Miracle on the ocean floor – Lives Less Ordinary

In the Studio: Peter Beatty

Artist and film-maker Peter Beatty turns his barge into a film studio

Bonus: The Global Story

Why young people are having less sex – The Global Story

BBC OS Conversations: The cost of living crisis in Nigeria

Daily experiences from the country’s worst economic crisis in a generation

Heart and Soul: I joined the Taliban after they kept me hostage

Why Jibra’il Omar, formerly Timothy Weeks, joined the Taliban after they kept him hostage

Assignment: Educating Tibet

Are Tibetans being forced into Chinese language schools, made to abandon their culture?

Diving With a Purpose

Meet the young scuba divers of colour who are searching for sunken slave ships

Trending - The anti-vax candidate?

Will Robert F Kennedy Jr’s views on vaccines help or hinder his bid for the White House?

Tumaini

A unique refugee-led celebration of music and solidarity in Dzaleka Refugee Camp, Malawi

In the Studio: Ghawgha

Singer Ghawgha from Afghanistan explores identity, displacement and her people's struggle

Bonus: The Global Story

Are you ever too old to have a baby? – The Global Story

BBC OS Conversations: Beyoncé and the changing face of country music

African-American musicians and fans around the world discuss why they love country music

Heart and Soul: The new iconographers

How the ancient tradition of iconography is being translated for the 21st Century

Assignment: Botswana - living with elephants

The battle to keep the peace between people and elephants in northern Botswana

Trending - The disinformation war in the Middle East

Disinformation has erupted on social media in the battle between Israel and Hamas.

Storm over a teacup

The farmers and industry leaders working to secure the identity and future of Nepali tea

In the Studio: Claudia Piñeiro

Argentina's 'Queen of Suspense' on her latest novel

Bonus: The Global Story

Is #Me Too finally exploding in French cinema? – The Global Story

Bonus: Hardtalk - Defying Putin

In 2017, Alexey Navalny spoke about the risks of being a prominent critic of Putin

BBC OS Conversations: Ukraine war babies and returning home

Giving birth during a war and returning from a safe haven abroad to conflict

Three Million: 5. Ghosts

Three million people died in the Bengal Famine. Why are they not better remembered?

Three Million: 4. The tapes

The discovery of cassette tapes that throw new light on colonial responsibility

Three Million: 3. The f-word

Famine grips Bengal, but publicly, no-one is calling it a famine

Three Million: 2. The cigarette tin

The escalating food crisis forces people to make life and death decisions

Three Million: 1. War

The story of the Bengal Famine of 1943, where at least three million people died

Heart and Soul: Ladino - Saving Greece’s ancient Jewish language

How the language of Thessaloniki’s Jews disappeared

Assignment: Pakistan - journalists under fire

Journalists in Pakistan speak of coming under threat for criticising the authorities

Trending: The new fight for land rights

How indigenous Malaysians are using technology and social media to assert land rights

Two Years of War: Voices from Russia

Oleg Boldyrev on how ordinary Russians are dealing with life in a country at war.

In the Studio: Vik Muniz

Brazilian artist Vik Muniz likes to trap and fool his audience with trickery and illusion

World Wide Waves '24

For this year's World Radio Day, we celebrate women in community radio

Bonus: The Global Jigsaw - Does Russia’s election matter?

Putin’s re-election is certain, but there is still a lot at stake for the Kremlin

BBC OS Conversations: The earthquake in Turkey and Syria – one year on

Reuniting with a family trying to rebuild their lives.

Bonus: HARDtalk - Alexey Navalny: The interview

Stephen Sackur interviewed Alexey Navalny in 2017.His death has been reported by Russia.

Heart and Soul: The killer's counsel

Psychiatrist Gwen Adshead reflects on her faith and working with violent offenders

Assignment: Tempting fate - Istanbul's earthquake dilemma

Emily Wither reports from Istanbul on the threat of an earthquake striking the city

Trending: The Mexican mayor and a deepfake scandal

How a mayor in Mexico became embroiled in a deepfake audio scandal

Reporting Greece

We investigate the increasing threats to journalists’ ability to report freely in Europe.

In the Studio: Jon Foreman

Land artist Jon Foreman takes us through the creation of a new work in Pembrokeshire

Bonus: The Global Story

Could Taylor Swift swing the US election? – The Global Story

Bonus: Sportshour at the Super Bowl Las Vegas edition

The inspirational and personal stories behind the Las Vegas Super Bowl

BBC OS Conversations: Deepfake attacks

How an AI scam phone call has had a lasting effect on a family.

Heart and Soul: Religion in the 21st century - Buddhism (episode 3)

What does it mean to be a Buddhist today?

Assignment: Is Ireland’s reputation for tolerance under threat?

Tensions are rising in Ireland over the increasing number of refugees

Bonus: Killer drug: Fentanyl in Mexico and the US

Fentanyl, a synthetic opioid made in Mexico is destroying lives in Mexico and the U.S.A.

Trending: Serbia’s real life ‘bots’

Does Serbia’s ruling SNS party command the online activity of a small army of citizens?

Cairo in comics

Cairo's young graphic novelists tell the modern story of their city

In the Studio: Awais Khan - Overcoming writer’s block

Discovering Awais’s radical solution to find the right words.

Bonus: The Global Story

Elon Musk says Chinese electric vehicles could destroy competition - The Global Story

BBC OS Conversations: Leaving Gaza

Life in a Gaza hospital and the guilt of leaving loved-ones behind.

Heart and Soul: Religion in the 21st Century - Hindus (episode 2 of 3)

What does it mean to be a young Hindu in 2024?

Assignment: Spain, the kiss and the culture war

Has feminism gone too far? A world cup kiss that set a match to Spanish gender relations

Trending: Power

Trending investigates a sprawling network of fake social media accounts in Uganda.

The Israeli hostages

People who survived the 7 October attacks in Israel by Hamas describe how events unfolded

In the Studio: Shoeshine Caddie

A new documentary about homelessness by filmmaker, Leonard Manzella.

Understand: The US election

Justin Webb unpicks some of the terminology associated with the US election

BBC OS Conversations: Life in Yemen

A picture of Yemen through the words of its people.

Heart and Soul: Religion in the 21st Century: Islam

What does it mean to be a young Muslim in the world today?

Assignment: American mercenaries - killing in Yemen

Why former soldiers were hired to carry out assassinations in Yemen in 2015

Solutions Journalism: Reducing risks in a risky world

In Japan, drones are being developed to mitigate the risks from tsunamis and earthquakes

Solutions Journalism: Ending homelessness the Finnish way

What happens if you give a homeless person a house, with no strings attached?

In the Studio: Maria Djurkovic

Maria Djurkovic on My Policeman.

Paris: Football’s greatest talent factory

What is it about Paris's banlieues that helps create such amazing football talent?

BBC OS Conversations: Surviving sepsis

Inspiring stories on adapting to a new life.

Heart and Soul: Russia’s Africa crusade

How Moscow is using divisions within Orthodox Christianity to extend its power in Africa

Assignment: Bulgaria - the people smugglers

The men who risk jail to help migrants across Europe

Our House: Stories of the Holocaust

Meet the Berliners tracing the plight of Jewish families who once lived in their flats

In the Studio: Thelma Schoonmaker

Thelma Schoonmaker reveals the secrets of the cutting room

BBC OS Conversations on graduate unemployment

Shared experiences of rejection, resilience and unexpected success.

Heart and Soul: Facing death in Kenya

Defying taboos to ease the passing of those with terminal illness in Kenya.

Assignment: The struggle for Barbuda's future

How a resort for millionaires sparked a battle for a Caribbean island paradise

Building a future for cyclone-hit Mozambique

Meet the people on the frontline of climate change

The Return

Promoted by the Ghanaian government, African-Americans are investing and settling in Ghana

In the Studio: Poet Fred D’Aguiar

Fred D’Aguiar on his collection For the Unnamed, inspired by a black jockey from 1852.

BBC OS Conversations: Covid-19 four years later

Burnt-out doctors, long Covid sufferers and positive stories from the pandemic

Assignment: Bones that speak

Thousands of people were killed in the 'war on drugs' in the Philippines

An octopus's garden

A pioneering closure system is enabling octopus to flourish in Madagascar

The Approach

Can mountaineering survive in an age of rapidly warming mountains?

In the Studio: Manal AlDowayan

How one of Saudi Arabia's most established artists navigates its changing society

HARDtalk: Past notes

A special programme remembering past HARDtalk guests who died in 2023

BBC OS Conversation: Adventurers

Three adventurers share their experiences of 2023

Assignment: Bolivia’s giant fish intruder

The giant freshwater fish that's invading Bolivia's Amazonian rivers

HARDtalk: 2023 in review

Stephen Sackur looks back at thought-provoking interviews from the past year

In the Studio: Andrea Hernández

Documenting the political and economic crisis across the country

Football and faith

Mani Djazmi talks to current and former footballers about their faith.

BBC OS Conversations: The Taylor Swift phenomenon

Experts and fans discuss the global appeal of the singer-songwriter megastar.

Heart and Soul: Irish myths and fairy tales

The mysterious twilight world of Celtic traditions and folklore that continue today

Assignment: Ukraine - building back better

How will Ukraine ensure the billions needed to rebuild the country are properly spent?

Rewilding the orphaned elephants

Former Samburu warriors rescue baby elephants, but can they rewild them during drought?

In the Studio: Ivan Hove

Inside the creative mind of one of the world's most celebrated theatre directors

BBC OS Conversations: Ukrainians and hope

People directly affected by the war share their experiences at home and abroad.

Heart and Soul: Queer and Christian in Kenya

Esther Ogola meets Christians who have formed Kenya’s first openly queer-affirming Church

Assignment: Ukraine - fighting for openness

Meet the citizens battling for better government on Ukraine's home front

Stories from the New Silk Road: Iceland

What does increased co-operation with China mean for Iceland?

In the Studio: Kengo Kuma

One of the world’s finest architects plans an unusual monument

Taiwan's balancing act

Two young Taiwanese share their lives and views in the run up to the election

BBC OS Conversations: Climate change and the young

Living with air pollution and deciding not to have children to save the planet.

Heart and Soul: The Sarajevo Haggadah

How Sarajevo’s most famous artefact captures the story the city wants to tell

Assignment: Cyprus and the battle over songbird slaughter

How killing migrating birds became a multi-million dollar criminal business

The Children of Paradise: Without hope you're dead

30 years after South Africa's momentous changes what’s happened to the hope and promises?

The Children of Paradise: A deadly mixture

30 years after South Africa's momentous changes what’s happened to the hope and promises?

The Children of Paradise: The future must change

30 years after South Africa's momentous changes what’s happened to the hope and promises?

Stories from the New Silk Road: Norway

How is China's Polar Silk Road impacting Norway?

Filmmaker Iryna Tsilyk: Animating Ukraine’s War

Iryna Tsilyk has won awards for her documentaries in east Ukraine.

Introducing Amazing Sport Stories

Sport but not as you know it. A brand new sports storytelling podcast

Kissinger’s Legacy

Henry Kissinger was one of the most important diplomatic figures of the last 50 years

BBC OS Conversations: Israel and Gaza - securing freedom

Families on both sides share their experiences of reunions with loved ones

Heart and Soul: Follow God, not the people

Frank Mugisha, Uganda’s best-known LGBTQ+ activist, on faith, fear and personal freedom

Kissinger

In a 2022 interview, Henry Kissinger reflects on his life and experiences

Assignment: Poland's forest frontier

Poland builds a wall through one of Europe’s most precious forests. What’s the impact?

Gaza diaries

Farida and Khalid document their struggle to survive the war in Gaza.

Sweden: Living with guns and gangs

How Sweden became a European hotspot for gangs, drugs and deadly violence

In the Studio: Danny Boyle

Creating a dance spectacular to launch Manchester’s new venue

The Cultural Frontline: K-drama

South Korean actress Min-ha Kim explores the phenomenal global impact of K-drama

BBC OS Conversations: Hostages, prisoners and peace

Israelis and Palestinians discuss the prospect of peace and the return of loved ones

The Trial of Oscar Pistorius

In 2014 Audrey Brown told the dramatic story of the trial of the athlete Oscar Pistorius

Heart and Soul: Wolves in sheep's clothing

How nurse Margaret Ruto's determination brought justice for Kenyan child abuse victims

Florida's political refugees

From Miami to Chicago, Lucy Proctor meets the conservatives and liberals swapping states

We the people are Barbados

Candice Brathwaite revisits Barbados two years after its decision to become a republic

In The Studio: Damon Galgut - Adapting The Promise for the stage

Damon Galgut’s Booker Prize-winning novel, The Promise, moves from the page to the stage.

The Debate: Israel Gaza - What happens when the war ends?

Mishal Husain is joined by guests to discuss what happens when the Israel Gaza war ends.

BBC OS Conversations: Hate against Jews and Muslims

Men and women share their experiences of Islamophobia and antisemitism.

Heart and Soul: Israel – Gaza: Can interfaith work prevail?

The projects trying to build understanding between Israelis and Palestinians.

The mighty Mekong’s last hope

A journey though Cambodia where the Mekong river is feared to be in crisis

Tanni's lifetime road to disabled equality

Paralympian Tanni Grey-Thompson looks at changes in attitude to disability the world over

A man without bees

Why are bees dying? An elder from the ‘Land of Bees’ seeks answers, wherever it leads.

In The Studio: Jenn Lee: Taiwan fashion designer

Taking inspiration from the flea markets of Taipei to show on the catwalks of London

BBC OS Conversations: Israeli losses

Israelis share their grief and memories of family members killed on 7 October.

Heart and Soul: Queerly beloved: Same-sex love and the Synod

Should the Anglican Church allow and conduct LGBT blessings, and even marriages?

The Jews and Arabs coexisting in crisis

How Jews and Arabs are working together to keep the peace in their Israeli neighbourhoods

My Forgotten War

Why is the situation for Syrian refugees in Turkey becoming increasingly hostile?

In The Studio: Carol Morley

Carol Morley tells Stephen Hughes about writing and selling a screenplay

BBC OS Conversations: Palestinian losses

Two men share their grief and memories of family killed in the war.

Heart and Soul: Finding Falun Gong

Twenty years ago, China began a crackdown on Falun Gong. What has become of the movement?

Assignment: Taught to fear - corporal punishment in the classroom

Reported cases of teachers beating their students in Kenyan schools are on the rise

The Raspberry Visa

Is Portugal's 'Raspberry Visa' the answer to the west's lack of workers?

In the Studio: Kieran Stanley - Designing a Zoo

Creating impressive spaces to inspire people to fall in love with wildlife.

BBC OS Conversations: Jewish-Palestinian couples

Mixed-heritage couples and families share their experiences.

Heart and Soul: The New York Supreme Court's first female Hasidic judge

Fighting to become the first female Hasidic New York Supreme Court judge in the US

Assignment: The Life, Death and Rebirth of a Russian Theatre

How Russia’s oldest independent theatre – from a remote town - was forced into exile

Africa's urban future: What next?

The opportunities and challenges of Africa's rapid urbanisation

In the Studio: PAC NYC

The opening of The Perelman Performing Arts Center built on the site of NY’s Twin Towers

Other people's children

The rarely heard voices of the domestic workers who care for other people's children

BBC OS Conversations: Teenagers in Gaza and Israel

Young people on both sides describe their lives right now

Understand: Israel and the Palestinians

The history and context of the decades long conflict between Israel and the Palestinians

Heart and Soul: My journey beyond death

Exploring extraordinary spiritual awakenings that follow a confrontation with death

Assignment: The village versus the mine

An ancient village in northern Portugal fights plans for a lithium mine on its doorstep

Africa’s Urban Future: South Africa

What is the future for Africa's rapidly swelling cities?

In the Studio: Mohsen Makhmalbaf

Mohsen Makhmalbaf takes us behind the scenes of the making of Kandahar

Special: My Indian Life

“I’m in love with the mountains.” A special episode from Kalki Presents: My Indian Life

BBC OS Conversations: Israel and Gaza

Israelis and Palestinians share their stories

The Cultural Frontline: How Disney redefined animation

The 100th anniversary of the world's best-known animation studio

Assignment: America’s hidden histories

A new statue in Virginia shines a light on histories hidden in plain sight

Africa's urban future: Tanzania

The opportunities and challenges for Dar es Salaam, Tanzania's commercial centre

In the Studio: Anton Skrypets

Producer Anton Skrypets on making his film Stay Online about the war in Ukraine

BBC OS Conversations: Fleeing Nagorno-Karabakh

Refugees and volunteer aid workers share stories of the situation

Heart and Soul: Young Catholics on the Francis revolution

The Catholic church is discussing its future but what do young Catholics want?

Gabon’s dark football secret

BBC Africa Eye investigates the sexual abuse of young footballers in Gabon

Africa's urban future: Ghana

What is the future for Africa's rapidly swelling cities?

Will the unicorns of the sea fall silent?

Can narwhals, which rely on echolocation, survive in an increasingly noisy Arctic?

In the Studio: The visitors

Australia’s colonisation, told from an Indigenous perspective

October 1973: The war that changed everything

The 1973 Arab-Israeli war that lasted 19 days but changed the world forever

BBC OS Conversations: War and fatigue in Ukraine

Fighters, families and journalists share their experiences of the conflict

Heart and Soul: The Hare Krishna MC

Jake Emlyn, the world’s number one Hare Krishna rapper on his journey of self-discovery

Germany: Jail for fare-dodging

Why travelling without a ticket on public transport in Germany could land you in jail

Donor babies: A question of identity

People born as a result of egg and sperm donation on finding their real identities

In the Studio: Ken Loach: The Sequel

On set with Ken Loach as the shooting starts on The Old Oak

BBC OS Conversations: The floods in Libya

Libyans share their experiences of the disaster in Derna

Heart and Soul: Poland's nuns lifting the veil

The former Catholic nun helping others who want to leave their religious communities

How a war has changed a Norwegian town

How once friendly relations between Norway and Russia have frozen in the far north

Cricket and the maidens

How single women cricketers are challenging the expectations of marriage in India

In the Studio: Vhils

Portuguese artist Alexandre Farto aka Vhils creates a 31m long mural for Unesco

Bonus: The Explanation

What is a war crime? How is it different to a crime against humanity and genocide?

Remembering Buthelezi

The BBC's Audrey Brown looks back at the life of South Africa's Zulu leader

BBC OS Conversations: The earthquake in Morocco

Survivors, volunteers and rescue workers share their experiences

Heart and Soul: Faith, terrorists and mercy at Guantanamo Bay

Former Guantanamo Bay interrogator Dr Jennifer Bryson on torture, faith and mercy

Missing in Syria

The desperate search by thousands of Syrian families for their missing relatives

Building power: India’s new parliament

Why is Delhi's new parliament controversial and what does it tell us about modern India?

In the Studio: Eimer Ni Mhaoldomhnaigh

Antonia Quirke follows costume designer Eimer Ni Mhaoldomhnaigh on her next project

Inside an autistic mind

Sue Nelson shares her journey to understand a condition that affects millions worldwide

BBC OS Conversations: Climate change in Africa

Farmers, activists and journalists from across the continent share their experiences

Izabela in the forest

Izabela Dłuzyk explores the wonderful sounds of Europe’s last primeval forest

Surviving Greece's migrant boat disaster

Three men describe surviving one of the worst migrant shipwrecks in decades

Slovakia divided

Why the coming elections in a small state in the centre of Europe could disrupt the West

In the Studio: Robyn Weintraub

Inside the world of a leading crossword designer

BBC OS Conversations: American voters

Democrats, Republicans and independents discuss the 2024 US election candidates

Heart and Soul: My sex work and my faith

Can you be a sex worker and still follow your faith?

Singing Morocco's new identity

The young female stars of Gnawa music now challenging the boundaries of Moroccan identity

A new term in Myanmar

How students in Myanmar have continued their education after the 2021 coup

In the Studio: France's Rugby World Cup kit

Ahead of the Rugby World Cup in France, we follow the creation of the home team's new kit

BBC OS Conversations: Migrating from Africa

Professional and unskilled men and women discuss why they want to leave the continent

Heart and Soul: 60 years since ‘I have a dream’

The legacy of one of the 20th Century's defining speeches

Belize's blue bond

Can a financial deal with a conservation charity save Belize's economy?

Back to school: Supporting neuro-divergent students through LARP

Live-action role-playing (LARPing) is no longer just the world of Dungeons & Dragons

In the Studio: Nicola Benedetti

Nicola Benedetti starts her new job running an organisation and commissioning new works

The famine at the edge of the ocean

Journalist Raissa Ioussouf meets the people worst affected by Madagascar's famine

BBC OS Conversations: The fires in Hawaii

Losing the family home and volunteers respond to the disaster

Heart and Soul: German, soldier, Jew

Confronting the challenges modern Jewish soldiers face serving in the German military

Zimbabwe's worker exodus

Why tens of thousands of Zimbabweans are fleeing their country to work in the West

Directing disability

How can we change the world for disabled actors and crew?

Did big tech know I was gay before I did?

What do big tech recommendations mean for LGBTQ people around the world?

In the Studio: Christopher and Tammy Kane

The brother-and-sister fashion design duo unveil their first-ever disco

The Engineers: Lunar exploration

Space engineers discuss their return to the moon and what that entails

BBC OS Conversations: Football in Saudi-Arabia

Fans, journalists and a rising star in Saudi women’s football share their experiences

Heart and Soul: Moscow vicar returns home

Rev Malcolm Rogers extraordinary story of faith and diplomacy

When Wagner came home

The fear stalking Russia as ex-convicts from the Wagner mercenary group return home

Female founders: Green tech in the blue economy

The women developing solar tech to reduce the environmental impact of fishing in SE Asia

Inside Afghanistan's secret schools

Sana Safi find out how teenage girls are getting around the Taliban ban on education

In the Studio: Ajay Chowdhury

Ajay Chowdhury writes his latest crime fiction novel using artificial intelligence tools

Beats, rhymes and life: Hip-hop at 50

DJ and writer Lynnée Denise reflects on hip-hop as it marks its 50th year

BBC OS Conversatioms: Living through a coup

Friends in Niger share their experiences of the recent coup

Heart and Soul: Online spiritual communities

The millennials exploring big spiritual questions, outside of traditional religion

Returning to Romania

With 20% of its population living abroad, the Romanian government wants its diaspora back

A billion batteries

The US teens and children campaigning for used batteries to be recycled

Invading the past: Russia and science fiction

Catherine Merridle explores Russian science fiction in the age of Putin

In the Studio: Sophie Hannah

Follow author Sophie Hannah as she completes her third Hercule Poirot novel

Women writing Zimbabwe

Tawanda Mudzonga explores why Zimbabwe has produced so many renowned women writers

BBC OS Conversations: Women in sport

Sportswomen and commentators discuss being female in a male dominated profession.

Botswana: Living with elephants

The battle to keep the peace between people and elephants in northern Botswana

Song of the bell

The journeys of church bells herald Africa's new role as the beating heart of Christianity

In the Studio: SO - IL and Ben Lovett: The architects of music

Mumford and Sons founder Ben Lovett on designing the perfect performance space

BBC OS Conversations: Surviving a heatwave

We bring together people to discuss the impact of extreme heat on their lives

Heart and Soul: America’s atheist street pirates

The American atheists removing illegal religious signs from streets across the states

Tunisia’s democratic dream

Is Tunisia’s democracy being dismantled by its president?

Kew Gardens: Botany and the British empire

The Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew is re-examining its past and preparing for the future

In the Studio: Gregory Doran

Behind the scenes of the Royal Shakespeare Company’s new production

Women's football: Passion versus profit

What is the state of play for women’s football around the globe?

BBC OS Conversations: Living with rising prices

James Reynolds brings people around the world together to share experiences of inflation

Heart and Soul: Future shaman

Meet the shamans of north-east India, determined not to be the last of their kind

Speaking for themselves

In South Africa, cultural activists are determined to reclaim a language – Afrikaaps

Bangladesh's clothing conundrum

Can clothes be sustainably produced and still remain affordable?

In the Studio: The Aquatics Centre, Paris Olympics 2024

Following the architects creating the only permanent sports facility for the Paris Games

BBC OS Conversations: Race in France

France has questions to answer around inequity and its approach to policing

Heart and Soul: A new generation of Nigerian royalty

Hannah Ajala explores the new generation of chieftaincy and royalty in Nigeria

What's happened to Iraq's Yazidis?

The ancient Iraqi community still can't go home years after fleeing Islamic State terror

Wagner's revolt: The world takes stock

The Global Jigsaw hears how Russia's friends and foes have responded to Wagner's mutiny

In the Studio: Shezad Dawood

Creating a multimedia work Inspired by the music and writing of Yusef Lateef

BBC OS Conversations: What do Russians and Belarusians make of the Wagner Group?

Following the Wagner group march on Moscow, we hear from Russians and Belarusians

Heart and Soul: Nick Cave on grief, faith and music

The Archbishop of Canterbury in conversation with the musician Nick Cave

The Organ Harvesters

How did a young man in Nigeria get caught up in an international plot?

Biniam Girmay: Africa’s new cycling hero

A 2023 profile of the first black African cyclist to win a stage at the Tour de France

In the Studio: Matthew Xia

The theatre director on his hip-hop, futuristic production of Tambo & Bones

BBC OS Conversations: Survival

People share their stories of being lost in jungles and at sea

Heart and Soul: Windrush at 75

Barbara Blake-Hannah talks about her life on the 75th Anniversary of Windrush

South Korea: A room with a view

How a housing crisis contributes to a population problem

The monkey haters

The disturbing trade in the torture of Macaque monkeys filmed and sold online

In the Studio: Wayne McGregor

Backstage with Wayne McGregor as he takes dancers through their paces for Untitled: 2023

Controlled and connected: 50 years of the cell phone

The cell phone has revolutionised the way we live our lives since the first call in 1973

BBC OS Conversations: Air pollution

Families in Canada and New York share experiences of the smoke from wildfires in Canada

Heart and Soul: Swiss Christians and conversion therapy

Meet the Christians at odds over a so-called conversion therapy ban in Switzerland

Catching a Pervert

BBC investigation exposes those profiting from sexual assaults against women in East Asia

Swan's head, tiger's roar

Hip-hop artist Mrs M, actress Bayra Bela and throat-singer Zolzaya on culture in Mongolia

In the Studio: Ada Limon

The poem that will be sent into space

BBC OS Conversations: India train crash

We hear about the aftermath of the train crash in Odisha in India

Heart and Soul: America's relief mission

The work of Florida's Baptist Relief in response to Hurricane Ian and floods in Kentucky

Ukraine: The men who don’t want to fight

Thousands of Ukrainian men are dodging the draft and risking their lives in the process

Yellowstone: The first national park

The pivotal role of art in the creation of Yellowstone, the world's first national park

In the Studio: Ken Loach

Behind the scenes of Ken Loach's new film, The Old Oak

BBC OS Conversations: Mount Everest

The effects of climbing expeditions and tourism on Nepal

Heart and Soul: The ‘living saint’ who hid a mystical sex sect

How members of the global movement L'Arche are trying to heal following a scandal

Myanmar’s war in the air

The Myanmar military is struggling to suppress a pro-democracy uprising.

Metaleurop : A stain on France

The people of Evin in France live above an environmental disaster they cannot flee from

In the Studio: Alberta Whittle

Artist Alberta Whittle on her major new exhibition at the National Galleries of Scotland

BBC OS Conversations: Living with ADHD

Parents and couples discuss living with Attention Deficit Hyperactivity Disorder

Heart and Soul: Evangelical or political Christianity?

Michael Goldfarb explores "evangelical" and "political" Christianity in the US

Germany’s forests under threat

What can be done to save Germany’s forests?

Global dancefloor: Salvador

How a music collective is advocating for oppressed communities in Brazil

Global dancefloor: Beirut

Keeping nightlife alive in a country in crisis

Beirut: Life in the unliveable city

Writer Lina Mounzer reveals how the people of her beloved Beirut are coping amid crisis

In the Studio: Lawrence Abu Hamdan

The artist and audio investigator prepares for a live performance in New York

Iraq: Generation Invasion

Young Iraqis recall life under US-occupation and speak of their hopes for the future

Introducing The Explanation

On a mission to make sense of the world

BBC OS Conversations: Long Covid

People still affected by long Covid share their stories

Heart and Soul: The emerging Muslim 'manosphere'

Why are some young Muslim men being drawn to a toxic online view of masculinity?

Hard times in the Big Easy

New Orleans is the murder capital of the United States

Bonus: The Lazarus Heist

Introducing season 2 of an original podcast about hackers and North Korea

In the Studio: Sir Lenny Henry

Sir Lenny's new one-man play gives an insight into lives impacted by the Windrush scandal

Generation Change: Battling for a sustainable environment

Babita Sharma meets young people from around the world working to fight climate change

Generation Change: Equality in science and technology

Young people working to diversify science, technology, engineering and maths

Generation Change: Tackling taboos around organ donation

Young people trying to change attitudes and save lives

Generation Change: Fighting hunger

Can a new generation of activists solve the problem of hunger for good?

BBC OS Conversations with Russians

As Russia commemorates World War Two, Russians discuss today’s Ukraine conflict

Heart and Soul: Ticket to Taiwan

How the Chè-lâm Presbyterian Church is helping Hong Kong activists who’ve fled to Taiwan

Searching for my son

Omar’s son was pulled alive from the rubble of Turkey’s earthquake, but where is he?

In the Studio: Kevin Kwan

The novelist takes In the Studio on a tour of Los Angeles

BBC OS Conversations: Escaping from Sudan

The anguish, fear and important practicalities of escaping war

Heart and Soul: Will the real Shaman stand up?

How can followers of the UK’s fastest growing religion prove their beliefs are sincere?

Kenya's Free Money Experiment

Why thousands of Kenyan villagers are being given free cash

The making of King Charles

What kind of monarch will King Charles III be?

In the Studio: Tinuke Craig

Director Tinuke Craig embarks on her opera debut, Blue, at the English National Opera

The day I met the King

People across the world recall their meetings with King Charles III of the United Kingdom

BBC OS Conversations: Fentanyl in the United States

Families share their stories of losing a loved one and the stigma around the drug

Heart and Soul: The Church's slave plantation, part two

Professor Robert Beckford explores the Christian understanding of reparations

Laos: the most bombed country on earth

50 years since the last US bombs fell on Laos, they’re still killing and maiming.

Miss Marple returns

Rewriting Miss Marple

After the earthquake: Turkey’s election

Will February's deadly earthquake change Anatolia's support for President Erdogan?

4. Murder in Mayfair: The home front

“He’s a coward, he’s not a man.” Martine’s mum passes judgement on Farouk

3. Murder in Mayfair: The flight

“He won’t wake up...I think he’s dead.” What Farouk did in the hours after Martine died

2. Murder in Mayfair: Martine

Friends panic when "street-smart" Martine fails to come home

1. Murder in Mayfair: Finding Farouk

The hunt for the suspected killer of 23-year-old Norwegian student Martine Vik Magnussen

Caught in Sudan's conflict

Three women, a doctor and a nurse discuss the impact of fighting on families and patients

Heart and Soul: The Church's slave plantation, part one

How have the Church of England's historic slave plantations affected Barbados?

Leaving Sri Lanka

Record numbers are fleeing the island in the wake of a brutal economic crisis.

Introducing: Murder in Mayfair

Coming soon: The hunt for the suspected killer of Norwegian student Martine Vik Magnussen

The hidden caste codes of Silicon Valley

Indian workers are thriving in Silicon Valley but some say they face caste discrimination

In the Studio: Erica Whyman: Directing Hamnet

The RSC stages the world premiere of Maggie O'Farrell's award-winning novel

The ghost ship

A tanker drifts, unmanned, onto an Indian beach - like a ghost. What really happened?

BBC OS Conversations: Living with multiple sclerosis

As new research promises hope, people with MS share their experiences

Heart and Soul: Sikhism’s lost song

How a new generation of Sikhs are decolonising their sacred music

Gran Chaco - Paraguay’s vanishing forest

A massive new road across Paraguay threatens a fragile eco-system and two communities.

In the Studio: Telling the John Hume story

A new musical marking 25 years since the Good Friday Agreement

Deep Waters: Container ships

Container ships carry everything we buy - but those giant boxes hold secrets too

Deep Waters: Sanctions and the new 'dark' fleet

How sanctions on Russian oil have increased the world's secretive "dark fleet"

Deep Waters: The hidden world of global shipping

Bulk carriers are the unseen porters of the world, even during war and pandemic

OS Conversations: Guns in America

Experiences of dealing with the aftermath of a shooting

Heart and Soul: Clergy in cartel land

Meet the young men preparing to join the most dangerous priesthood in the world

Vienna: Getting housing right

Does Vienna have the world’s best public housing?

In the Studio: Nikita Gill

A Greek goddess of witchcraft gets poetic treatment

Being gay in Africa

We hear accounts of what it's like to be LGBT in different parts of Africa

Heart and Soul: Purity to nudity

How nudity is helping Gwen heal from purity culture’s teachings about the female body

Finland’s uneasy relationship with its neighbour

How has Finland managed its relationship with its unpredictable neighbour, Russia?

Deep Waters: The hidden world of global shipping

Bulk carriers are the unseen porters of the world even during war and pandemic

Iraqis and the consequences of the Iraq War

Iraqis at home and abroad on the continuing consequences of the US-led invasion

My hijab or my sport

Salimata faces a choice between her hijab and competing in the sport she loves

Killer drug: Fentanyl in the US

The synthetic opioid that’s destroying thousands of lives in southern California

Blind faith: Do genetic eye disease ‘treatments' work?

Ramadan Younes investigates the world of genetic eye disease ‘treatments’

Can technology save democracy?

Is technology eroding democracy or can it reconnect citizens to their governments?

A choice of horrors

After the disastrous war in Iraq, should the West ever intervene in foreign conflicts?

Asian-Americans

A family discusses escaping Vietnam by boat and the reality of the American dream

Killer drug: The Mexico connection

Fentanyl is a synthetic opioid killing thousands of Americans – it is made in Mexico

The boat smugglers

How boats used in migrant Chanel crossings are sourced and the huge profits being made

Somebody is watching me

How misogyny and tech have made South Korea the digital sex crime capital of the world

Life after the earthquakes

Survivors and volunteers in Turkey and Syria on the challenges one month on

Ireland’s Urban Horses

The young working class Irish people keeping horses in urban areas.

The long haul of long Covid

The challenge for scientists globally in finding a treatment for long Covid

Migrants

We hear from people who travelled by boat to reach Europe

Nigeria's battle against bandits

Fighting the powerful criminal gangs terrorising rural Nigeria

Flying Seagulls: Child's play

The travelling project bringing circus and play to marginalised kids around the world

No place like 'Nam

Meet the Vietnam war veterans who have decided to leave the USA and retire to Vietnam

Women and the war in Ukraine

We speak to Ukrainian women about how Russia's invasion has impacted their lives

The Parallel Universe of Russia’s War

How were Russians persuaded to support a war against their closest neighbour Ukraine?

Fishrot: Clear waters, murky dealings

How journalists in Namibia and Iceland broke an epic corruption scandal, all about fish

Nigeria elections

Nigerians discuss issues that are important to them in this month's elections

On the frontline of Brexit

David Baker assesses the impact of Brexit in Northern Ireland.

America's first black bank

Szu Ping Chan looks at the the history and collapse of The Freedman’s Bank and its legacy

World Wide Waves '23: The sounds of community radio

How Rumphi FM in Malawi and Inuit radio in Canada are supporting marginalised communities

The earthquake in Turkey and Syria

We hear from people in Turkey and Syria since the earthquake struck the region on Monday

The great German sausage crisis

Who is going to make the sausages in Germany if no-one wants to be a butcher?

The travelling speech therapist

Speech therapist Mary Weinder travels to the Turks & Caicos islands to teach children

Living with power cuts

We hear from people who experience regular power interruptions

Uruguay’s Cash Cow

How does Uruguay’s beef industry compete with their neighbours and climate change threats

The Night Witches of World War Two

The all-female Soviet combat unit which terrorised German forces using wooden biplanes

A short history of sadness

Author Helen Russell explores a history of gloom, and how different cultures tackle it

Babies and families

Why people decide to have children or choose to be childfree

Iran Protests: Tales from the frontline

Why did people take to the streets, risking arrest and a barrage of bullets?

Sierra Leone's children of war

What happened to Sierra Leone's child soldiers?

The Black Book

Why was the Black Book, a chronicle of the Nazi extermination of Soviet Jews banned?

Yiddish glory: Jewish refugees in Central Asia

A journey to discover Yiddish songs confiscated by the KGB

Afghan women

We speak to Afghan women about life under the Taliban

A return to Paradise

Survivors rebuild a town destroyed by one of the worst wildfires in California's history

What do you think you are? Part two

Are animals 'sentient' beings? Sue Armstrong reports on the latest scientific evidence

The price of citizenship

What does it mean to be a citizen? Is it about belonging, or about convenience?

Covid in China

We speak to people in China and Chinese abroad about the country's Covid policy

Saving children from the mafia

Why an Italian judge is taking kids away from Mafia families

What do you think you are?: Part one

The scientific evidence that animals are not only conscious but also have a sense of self

Farewell to Pelé

Brazil remembers one of its most famous figures.

Kids who care

Oritsé Williams hears from children who are unpaid carers for family members

Women pro surfers: Battling the waves

How women surfers fought the sexism of the 1970s to create the first pro-surf world tour

Hope for Alzheimers

Three people caring for loved ones with Alzheimers share their experiences and challenges

Escape from the Taliban: Point of no return

Sana Safi returns to the story of two Afghan women judges trying to escape the Taliban

Fighting 'fat-phobia' in Brazil

The Brazilian city passing laws to fight discrimination against people who are obese

Ukrainians at Christmas

Ukrainians at home and abroad reflect on the turmoil of the past year

Spain's flamenco on the edge

Can Spain's most iconic live music and dance recover from the pandemic?

Sweden's green power struggle

The indigenous Sami people who say carbon-cutting technology is harming their way of life

The World Service is 90

Calling the world since 1932. Meet the journalists and hear the treasured archive

First contact

Farrah Jarral on preparing for first contact with extra-terrestrials

Striking workers

We hear from striking workers around the world

Hungary’s Power Dilemma

The nuclear power plant in Hungary being built by Russia; will the Ukraine war stop it?

Asylums of Japan: Makiko's story

What is being done to change Japanese attitudes toward mental health?

Living in space

Human beings will soon be living in space - but who will go and what will it be like?

Haiti

Armed gangs, kidnappings and everyday life in a dangerous nation

California's cannabis reparations

Giving communities targeted in the 'war on drugs' a share in the legal cannabis boom

India: Our trains, electric

India aims to have electrified the entirety of its rail network by the end of 2023

Being LGBT

Lesbians and gay men, including a rabbi, bishop and a Buddhist, share their experiences.

Cold-calling Siberia

How has Putin's war against Ukraine affected one remote city in Siberia?

Tribal justice

The legal battle that could transform life for Native Americans in the US

The reluctant millionaires

Abigail Disney meets an unusual group of millionaires who are demanding to pay more tax

Power cuts in Ukraine

Ukrainians discuss the impact of power shortages on their lives and work

Trouble in Taiwan?

What do Taiwanese people think about the increased rhetoric from China in recent months?

Which country should I play for?

How mixed heritage players decide which country to represent in international football

Qatar and the fall of Fifa

Alex Capstick investigates the controversial bidding process for the Qatar World Cup

The health wagon

On the road with the oldest mobile clinic in the Appalachian mountains of Virginia

Qatar World Cup

We hear conversations about the football and the politics surrounding Qatar 2022

China's accidental activists

The women battling the Chinese state after their loved ones were jailed as dissidents

Black Roots: DeFord Bailey and country music in Nashville

The story of African-American ‘Harmonica Wizard’ DeFord Bailey and country music

Colombia's life-saving pop song

How a message hidden inside a pop song saved the lives of soldiers in captivity

Living with climate change

We bring together people who have escaped wildires, floods and hurricanes

Black Roots: Arnold Shultz and bluegrass in Kentucky

Rhiannon Giddens uncovers the life of fiddler and guitarist Arnold Shultz

The weather changers

What is weather modification, does it really work and if so, is it problem free?

Voting in the US

Americans talking about the issues that may affect how they vote

America’s Dropbox Babies

America’s Safe Haven laws for new-born babies – an alternative to abortion?

Black Roots: Frank Johnson, Joe Thompson and the fiddle in North Carolina

Rhiannon Giddens explores the lives of black fiddlers Frank Johnson and Joe Thompson

The crime that only women commit

Why are women penalised for ageing?

The bleak reality behind the red light district

Stories of sexual exploitation and human trafficking in Amsterdam's red light district

The UK’s cost of living

Rishi Sunak is made UK Prime Minister, as people continue to struggle to buy essentials

Svalbard’s climate change fight

Svalbard is estimated to be heating at six times the global average

The scramble for rare earths, part 2

Is Russia's interest in Ukraine motivated by the huge mineral deposits there?

Recaptive number 11,407

Poet Raymond Antrobus traces the lost story of a deaf man freed from slavery

Out of the shadows

What is behind the covert war between Iran and Israel?

Women in Iran

Women, life, freedom – the women protesting in Iran

The Brain Drain

The ‘brain drain’ of doctors from developing countries to work in the UK

The scramble for rare earths, part 1

Misha Glenny discovers why the future of the world depends on rare earth metals

Ojousan power

Young women of Japan are starting a gender revolution. Akiko Toya finds out how

Who is Xi Jinping?

How China’s Xi Jinping took control of his party and his country

Russians going to war

How the war with Ukraine is creating rifts among Russian families and producing exiles

Bye-bye Baguette?

The bakers and farmers trying to wean Senegal off imported wheat.

Father figures

Father figures of black men killed by the police share their stories

The bread line

From Ukraine field to Lebanon bakery we follow the 'bread line’

Indonesia stadium disaster

Survivors and sports broadcasters discuss their response to football’s latest disaster

Leicester: Behind the Divide

Recent tensions in the English city of Leicester

Peace and justice: Sexual violence in the DRC

Ruth Omar investigates sexual violence in the Democratic Republic of Congo

Protests in Iran

How Iranians took to the streets after the death of Mahsa Amini

Argentina: Life with hyperinflation

Living with hyperinflation in Argentina – how do people cope with everyday life?

Going for gold In Ghana

Can measures to stop the practice of illegal gold mining in Ghana succeed?

The future of hip-hop: Atlanta

The rising queer artists of Atlanta trying to build a more inclusive future for hip-hop

Money in Lebanon

Why people are raiding banks to get their own money

A ‘Me Too’ Moment for Israel’s Ultra-Orthodox Jews?

Israel’s ultra-Orthodox Jews struggle to come to terms with child sex abuse scandals

Finding home in Uganda

Reha Kansara follows her mum and aunt as they return to Uganda 50 years after expulsion

The future of hip-hop: New York

Will rising queer artists and women allow hip-hop to shake off homophobia and misogyny?

The Queen

What was it like to meet Queen Elizabeth?

Kentucky flooding

How Kentucky has responded to the recent challenge of unprecedented flooding.

Britain's cost of living

How are people in the UK coping with rising prices?

The Texas Tank: A Prison Radio Station Changing Lives

A radio station at a Texan prison is creating community and changing inmates' lives

Samburu: The fight against child marriage

Lisa-Marie Misztak meets Josephine Kulea, a Samburu woman fighting against child marriage

The floods in Pakistan

Locals and family members abroad share their concerns and urgent needs

Global Britain after Boris Johnson

What has Boris Johnson's tumultuous premiership meant for Britain's standing in the world?

What next for School no 20?

What’s it like to be a teenager in Ukraine? School leavers in Chernihiv tell it how it is

What are we searching for? Part 2

What do people search for online in the world’s major conflict zones?

Ukrainians six months on since the start of war

The personal toll on families of Europe's biggest armed conflict since World War Two

Lacrosse: Reclaiming the Creator’s game

Why lacrosse is much more than just a game for Native Americans

What are we searching for? Part 1

What do people search for online in the world’s major conflict zones?

How things are done in Odesa

A fiercely independent city living through a time of war

OS Conversations: One year of the Taliban

Afghans discuss what it’s like to live under Taliban control

Moldova - East or West?

This former Soviet republic faces both east and west

Afghan Stars now

A year on from the Taliban takeover, Sahar Zand talks to prominent Afghan musicians

Bonus podcast: The Bomb

The man who stole the atomic bomb. This is season 2, episode 1: A grave matter

The Engineers: The future of cars

Kevin Fong chairs a debate on the future of cars

OS Conversations: Drought

We hear how drought is affecting people around the world

After the ‘narco president’: Rebuilding hope in Honduras

When the president stands accused of drug trafficking, what hope is there?

Inheritors of partition

Kavita Puri marks the 75th anniversary of the division of the Indian subcontinent

Women's football

Female footballers and commentators on the challenges and progress within their fields

Ukraine: Collaboration and Resistance

The dilemma facing the citizens of Kherson

My granny the slave

Claire Hynes goes on a personal journey to uncover the story of her enslaved ancestor

Fighting wildfires

US firefighters discuss one of the most dangerous jobs in the world

The return of the tigers

Tigers are making a remarkable comeback in Nepal

Birmingham’s grassroots heroes

Exploring what the idea of ‘commonwealth’ means to Birmingham's grassroots sports heroes.

Extreme heat

People around world discuss how extreme heat is affecting their lives

Shanghai lockdown

How covid changed China’s commercial capital

Nursing matters

In Zambia there is still only 13 nurses per 10,000 people, compared to 175 in Switzerland

Sri Lanka crisis

People across Sri Lanka describe how the crisis has affected their lives

The man who came back from the dead

How one man survived to bear witness to one of the worst atrocities of the war in Ukraine

Shrimps, saris and guns

The village women in Bangladesh taking on the global shrimp industry to protect their land

Boris Johnson

Reactions to the UK Prime Minister’s resignation

Ukraine war stories

Assignment follows the stories of four young women whose lives have been changed by war

Floating justice

Delivering justice by boat, on board the the João Bruno II, Amazon’s floating court

Latinos in Texas

We hear stories of illegal border crossings, the American dream and fitting in

Ethiopia’s Disinformation War

Unpicking fact from fiction in a war

From Ukraine to Israel: An exodus for our times

The exodus of Ukrainians to Israel and the unusual life awaiting them in the Middle East

Life in Kyiv

We hear how life has changed since the Russian invasion

Kenya's election hustle

The enterprising young Kenyans making money from a political scramble for power

The Interview: Sergei Lavrov

Russia’s foreign minister speaks to the BBC’s Russia editor, Steve Rosenberg

The climate tipping points

Justin Rowlatt explores how global warming may trigger irreversible changes to our planet

Insecurity in Nigeria

Living in fear of the violent attacks which have become commonplace in Nigeria

Ukraine’s homegrown harvest

A village to village network to help grown food in Ukraine

Don't log off: Keeping going

Alan Dein talks to anyone, anywhere about their lives and their world

The night Ukraine gave up its nuclear weapons

Why did Ukraine give up its nuclear weapons in 1994 and how did it shape the world today?

Messages for those lost in Ukraine

The memories of those who have lost friends, family and colleagues in the war

Evacuated to Russia

Has Russia rescued a million Ukrainian refugees? Or deported them in another war crime?

Don't log off: A different way

People around the world who are reaching further and seeking a different path in life

Inside the Kim regime

Have you ever wondered what life is like at the very top of the North Korean regime?

The interview: Tina Brown

Katty Kay meets award-winning writer and magazine editor Tina Brown

The rising cost of living: Fuel

How fuel shortages and prices are affecting people in Lebanon, the UK and Sri Lanka

Ukraine: The disinformation war

British academics accused of sharing Russian disinformation about the war in Ukraine

Don't log off: Roads less travelled

Alan Dein talks Shugofa, an Afghan refugee in Rome, Leo in Moldova, nurse Maureen

Guarding the art

Meet the security staff at the Baltimore Museum of Art who are curating their own show

The rising cost of living: Food

We hear how the cost of living crisis is affecting people's lives around the world

The Royal diplomat

Emma Barnett tells the story of Queen Elizabeth II's unique global diplomacy

When rape becomes a crime

Are tougher sentences for rapists in Senegal deterring sexual violence against women?

Don't log off: People are alike all over

Alan Dein talks to anyone, anywhere about their lives and their world

The other side of death row

What affect does having a relative facing execution have on families of the condemned?

How can we live an ethical life?

Philosopher Peter Singer on how to live a moral life

The advertising trap

Digital advertising has taken over the world. But is it all based on smoke and mirrors?

The Buffalo shooting

Residents and hosts on US black-owned radio stations reflect on a mass shooting

Love-bombing Estonia’s Russian speakers

Can music and culture help unite Estonia?

Don't log off: Russia's invasion of Ukraine

Alan Dein talks to Anna, Verena and Roman and hears how their lives have been blown away

Escape from the Taliban

Sana Safi follows the stories of Afghan women judges trying to escape the Taliban.

Billionaire ball game

How the super-rich bought English football

Abortion in the US

Women share experiences of undergoing and performing abortions

Hidden Sport: Switch

A sport bridging generational divides in West London

Cambodia: Returning the gods

Cambodia wants its gods - stolen statues - returned from western museums and collectors

Don't log off: Daria, love and war

Daria in Zaporizhzhia, Ukraine, talks to Alan Dein about unexpectedly finding love at war

Grenada: Confronting the past

Laura Trevelyan discovers her family’s connection to the slave trade in Grenada

Hidden Sport: Drone racing

Kim Tserkezie soars into the skies with the drone racers

Ukraine mine clearance

Three Ukrainian women go to Kosovo to learn how to defuse bombs and help their country

Mexico: The Yaqui fight back

Resistance and division among Mexico’s indigenous Yaqui people

The Grand Egyptian Museum

Jonathan Glancey travels to Cairo to report on a truly remarkable construction project

Ukrainian students

What are the challenges of continuing your education during a war?

War on Truth: Ukraine

What is fake, what is real? Stories from the information war over Ukraine.

Zelensky: The making of a president

From political novice to Ukraine’s wartime leader - a profile of President Zelensky

Hidden Sport: Korfball

The fast-paced sport of korfball, which claims to be a fully gender-equal team sport

The accordion wars of Lesotho

Why has accordion music led to the killing of so many in the mountain kingdom of Lesotho?

Shifting Cultures: From paddock to plate

The sisters embracing the environment, and sustainability into Australia's cattle farming

Ukrainian journalists

We hear the experiences of three Ukrainian journalists who have been reporting on the war

Ingenious II

Delve into the weird and wonderful world of your genes with Dr Kat Arney

Hidden Sport: Dambe boxing

Why a centuries-old combat sport means so much to Nigeria's Hausa community

Myanmar: Fighting the might of the junta

A mother and a student have sacrificed everything to join a fight for Myanmar's future

Saving our species

Could paying farmers to conserve nature help save Australia’s unique wildlife?

Saving Ukraine's children

We hear from people in Ukraine working to evacuate orphaned children from conflict zones

Who killed my grandfather?

The unsolved murder of Yemen’s former foreign minister, Mohamed Noman, in 1974

Russia's unwelcome new exiles

Thousands of Russians fled to Georgia following the invasion of Ukraine

Healing with fire on koala country

In the land of the Yuin people, cultural burning is being reintroduced to revitalise land

Helping Ukrainians

We hear from people who have given up their time to help Ukrainian refugees

The shadow of Algiers

Stories from France’s troubled history with Algeria and why they still matter today

Dying to hunt in France

A string of fatal accidents have turned hunting into a hot topic in the French elections

A coastal town in fear of the sea

Three fatal shark attacks have changed the remote, ocean-loving community of Esperance

Talking to Ukraine's children

As the fighting in Ukraine continues, we hear about the psychological effects of war

Life's big questions

What are the big mysteries that people want to understand about life?

Shipwreck

Searching for the identities of those who died in a Mediterranean shipwreck

The house that Viktor built

Viktor Orban and the war in Ukraine. How dangerous is it for him and for Hungary?

Destroying Ukrainian history

How major news stories are affecting the lives of people around the world

World of Wisdom: Guilt

How do we deal with a nagging sensation of guilt?

Counting them in

On the war's 40th anniversary, Mike Wooldridge reports on life in the Falklands today

Heartbeats, abortion and Texas

The impact of the most restrictive abortion law in the United States

Why are we having less sex?

Author Jerry Barnett investigates the recent decline in sex in the western world

Relationships with mothers

How do we find peace with our mothers when we have a difficult relationship with them?

The fate of Russia’s soldiers

Tim Whewell follows the story of a Russian prisoner of war in Ukraine

The Shutdown: Conflict

Why do governments shut down the internet during times of conflict?

Bougainville's long road to independence

Is the Pacific island of Bougainville ready to become the world's newest country?

Welcoming Ukraine's refugees

The UN says war in Ukraine has created Europe's fasting growing refugee crisis since WW2

World of Wisdom: Changing expectations

How do we learn to adapt when life does not turn out the way we planned?

Tough Love’ in San Francisco

A lethal drugs crisis is changing politics in one of America’s most permissive cities

The shutdown: Elections

Why do internet shut downs happen during elections and what is the impact on democracy?

Surviving in Ukraine

Living under attack in Kherson, Kharkiv and Kyiv

World of Wisdom: Living with losing the one you love

How do we overcome the feelings of guilt and grief that can arise when a loved one dies?

India's living dead

Lal Bihari - the farmer who discovered he was dead when he was very much alive

The shutdown: Misinformation

India has been responsible for more shutdowns each year than any other country. Why?

Inside the world's biggest humanitarian warehouse

The men and women helping to run Unicef's central distribution hub in Copenhagen

Ukraine

We hear ordinary Ukrainians as they prepare for war and try to live as normal

World of Wisdom: Self-confidence

Can self-love help us to believe in ourselves more and trust our own abilities?

Subscription scams

The billion dollar subscription scam industry

Jobfished

How people were hired to work for a successful design agency but the whole thing was fake

Journalists in Mexico

Reporting in one of the world’s most violent countries

Word of Wisdom: Overcoming betrayal

When someone we trust betrays us, the feelings can be corrosive. How might we move on?

Italy’s hidden sins

How Italy has failed to confront the scourge of clerical sex abuse

Dark patterns

The complex web designs manipulating us to click, buy or subscribe

Women building peace: Colombia

Has the 2016 peace accord delivered on its promises to help women?

World Wide Waves '22: The sounds of community radio

Radio stations around the world keeping traditions alive

Coronavirus: Protesting truckers

We hear from people impacted by the truckers' protest in Ottawa

Nato’s role in the Ukraine crisis

Ros Atkins looks at the western military alliance’s influence in global politics

World of Wisdom: Regrets

Have you ever looked back at your past and thought – I wish I hadn’t done that?

Ukraine’s frontline bakery revisited

Lucy Ash catches up with a warzone bakery comforting people in an east Ukrainian town

No satisfaction

Why young people are having less sex than previous generations

Women building peace: Ethiopia

The challenges of helping communities caught in Ethiopia's brutal war

The Winter Olympics

Who hear from two skiers from Peru and Lebanon who will be competing in Beijing.

Joe Rogan, Spotify and Covid

Ros Atkins looks at the Spotify misinformation controversy

World of Wisdom:The passion for life

When we seem to have lost some of the passion for life, how do we re-engage?

Dangerous liaisons in Sinaloa

The impact of Mexican 'narco cultura' on the women of Sinaloa

Pakistan's long game

Owen Bennett-Jones examines the long game Pakistan played in the US defeat in Afghanistan

Women building peace: Bosnia-Herzegovina

Can lessons from past atrocities help resolve the current political crisis?

Music that survived the Nazis: Part two

How music was kept alive by Jewish musicians in the camps and ghettos of Nazi Europe

Women in Ukraine and Russia

We speak to women in Kyiv and Moscow about tensions between Russia and Ukraine

The rising cost of living

Ros Atkins explains why everyday essential items are costing more now

World of Wisdom: Judging ourselves harshly

Can we learn to let go of negative thoughts that are bringing us down?

Hunting the darknet dealers

The high stakes cat and mouse game between police and darknet drug dealers

Fighting tobacco in Zambia

The story of Brenda Chitindi's efforts to introduce a Tobacco Control Bill in Zambia

Women Building Peace: Afghanistan

A female student in Afghanistan speaks to former US Secretary of State Hillary Clinton

Music that survived the Nazis: Part one

The wealth of music during the Nazi era including secret sessions by Jewish musicians

Coronavirus: Family arguments

What happens if you disagree with your relatives on Covid vaccines?

China's Zero-Covid Dilemma

Ros Atkins looks at why China is still pursuing a strict zero-Covid strategy

World of Wisdom: Feeling used

Can developing self-love mean we need less appreciation from others?

Hunting Syria's war criminals

Imagine walking down a street in a European capital and meeting your torturer

Silence would be treason

The last prison writings of Ken Saro-Wiwa in the run-up to his execution

Coronavirus: Athletes and teachers

How global sports stars are approaching Covid vaccines.

Djokovic, sport and vaccine mandates

Ros Atkins looks at the issue of vaccination in sport

World of Wisdom: Being your true self

Trying to become the real you can be hard, especially if it means upsetting your family.

Montenegro’s Chinese road

How a new motorway is fuelling fears about debt, corruption, and submission to Beijing

Forest fear

Deforestation allows what's hidden within to get out, possibly to spread deadly pathogens

Coronavirus: The vaccinators

We connect to people helping to administer vaccines in different parts of the world.

The storming of the US Capitol: what happened next

Ros Atkins looks at the aftermath of the attack in 2021

World of Wisdom: Precious time in later life

It can be hard to choose how to spend our precious time in later life. How do we decide?

Turkey's crazy project

The ambitious new canal project that's dividing opinion in Istanbul

Gone but not forgotten: Syria's missing persons

Wafa Mustafa has been searching for her dad since he went missing in Syria in July 2013

A Wish for Afghanistan: The advocate and the musicians

Lyse Doucet hears about the hopes of a younger generation of Afghans

A Pyrotechnic History of Humanity: The future

How will we wean ourselves off fossil fuels?

BBC OS Conversations: Tracking the pandemic

Three experts who have been tracking the spread and the impact of Covid-19

World of Wisdom: Social distance

The pandemic has changed many of the ways we connect socially with others

Peru's left behind children

The hidden pandemic in Peru; the thousands of children who have lost a parent to Covid-19

Archbishop Desmond Tutu

Reflecting on the life of the Nobel Peace Prize winner and anti-apartheid campaigner

A Wish for Afghanistan: The Talib and the president

Lyse Doucet speaks to two key players who have shaped Afghanistan's recent history

A Pyrotechnic History of Humanity: Fossil fuels

Our modern comfortable way of life and how it was made possible by fossil fuels

MTV@40

The birth of a ground-breaking concept - MTV, 24-hour music TV

Coronavirus: Reporting Covid