On the southern shores of Vietnam, whales are revered as gods of the oceans.
Why is Sweden home to so many dollar billionaires?
Our technology dominated world is in a crisis – what are the solutions?
The life and death of a non-existent country - and the rebirth of its improbable pub
David Haig and Max Webster's stage adaptation of Philip K Dick's Minority Report
South Korea’s shamans are now online
How do you prepare for the worst-case scenario?
Israelis share their experiences after Iran’s drone and missile attack
Robert Beckford explores the significance of slave names and their impact on individuals
Why teaching a child how to call, raise and bluff can impart important life lessons
Could going vegan help feed the world and save the planet?
Reggaeton’s the soundtrack to Puerto Rico, reflecting the cultural and political scene
A turning point for the Middle East? Analysis from The Global Story
Landscape architect Helle Nebelong designs one of America's largest natural playgrounds
Dr Zoe Williams examines historical inequalities in the diagnosis and treatment of women
What is it like to live and work as a journalist in Israel right now?
What it’s like to live in Sudan after one year of civil war
Lina Khan: The woman taking on big tech billionaires - The Global Story
Former Guantanamo Bay interrogator Dr Jennifer Bryson on torture, faith and mercy
Is Botswana really going to send Germany 20,000 elephants?
Why a celebrated astrophysicist believes space research needs a new approach
Can the French settlers and indigenous Kanak of New Caledonia agree on a constitution?
The Paralympic gold medallist follows the construction of a new public swimming pool
Children separated from their parents by civil war now in search of their birth families
How are people observing Ramadan around the world, and why is it different this year?
How six young women around the world are living with cancer
How the Hindu majority in Modi’s India is still divided by caste
Ukrainian citizens and soldiers who survived the siege of Azovstal recount their ordeal
The dilemmas caused by treatments that could tackle some of our most serious illnesses
Belarus has huge numbers of political prisoners - many of them are women
Maria Grachvogel shares her passion for creating outfits and working with Victoria Beckham
Fugees Family: the refugee football team who became my life - Lives Less Ordinary
Who is behind the Crocus City Hall attack? We track the blame game.
Four women share their experiences of resilience, fear and despair in war-torn Gaza
The older women taking vows and becoming nuns in their 50s and 60s.
On the road in Guyana - HARDtalk
What it’s like to live and die in a polluted city
Rwanda's journey towards healing and reconciliation after the 1994 genocide
The lives of 14 black American footballers are changed forever in a fight against racism
An acclaimed pianist and baritone tackle Franz Schubert's song cycle
Rare access inside Sudan's forgotten war - The Global Story
Bjarke Ingels and the Manhattan Flood project
Why are farmers taking to the streets?
How the Church’s role in Argentina’s bloody military dictatorship changed people’s faith
Tales of kidnap and extortion from those who risk everything to enter the US from Mexico
Energy solutions in the Philippines
How has Oregon’s radical drug decriminalisation policy changed lives?
The fight to bring home a group of Malawian domestic workers trapped in servitude
Inside the creative world of the acclaimed author of Brooklyn
Panama Canal: It's running dry and it's going to cost us - The Global Story
People in Haiti trying to survive and the struggle for aid workers trying to help them
How young Muslims manage Ramadan in their lives and work
The ongoing effects of Zero Tolerance, the policy that divided families on the US border
Sand mining is fuelling Cambodia's construction boom but at what cost to the environment?
Miracle on the ocean floor – Lives Less Ordinary
Artist and film-maker Peter Beatty turns his barge into a film studio
Why young people are having less sex – The Global Story
Daily experiences from the country’s worst economic crisis in a generation
Why Jibra’il Omar, formerly Timothy Weeks, joined the Taliban after they kept him hostage
Are Tibetans being forced into Chinese language schools, made to abandon their culture?
Meet the young scuba divers of colour who are searching for sunken slave ships
Will Robert F Kennedy Jr’s views on vaccines help or hinder his bid for the White House?
A unique refugee-led celebration of music and solidarity in Dzaleka Refugee Camp, Malawi
Singer Ghawgha from Afghanistan explores identity, displacement and her people's struggle
Are you ever too old to have a baby? – The Global Story
African-American musicians and fans around the world discuss why they love country music
How the ancient tradition of iconography is being translated for the 21st Century
The battle to keep the peace between people and elephants in northern Botswana
Disinformation has erupted on social media in the battle between Israel and Hamas.
The farmers and industry leaders working to secure the identity and future of Nepali tea
Argentina's 'Queen of Suspense' on her latest novel
Is #Me Too finally exploding in French cinema? – The Global Story
In 2017, Alexey Navalny spoke about the risks of being a prominent critic of Putin
Giving birth during a war and returning from a safe haven abroad to conflict
Three million people died in the Bengal Famine. Why are they not better remembered?
The discovery of cassette tapes that throw new light on colonial responsibility
Famine grips Bengal, but publicly, no-one is calling it a famine
The escalating food crisis forces people to make life and death decisions
The story of the Bengal Famine of 1943, where at least three million people died
How the language of Thessaloniki’s Jews disappeared
Journalists in Pakistan speak of coming under threat for criticising the authorities
How indigenous Malaysians are using technology and social media to assert land rights
Oleg Boldyrev on how ordinary Russians are dealing with life in a country at war.
Brazilian artist Vik Muniz likes to trap and fool his audience with trickery and illusion
For this year's World Radio Day, we celebrate women in community radio
Putin’s re-election is certain, but there is still a lot at stake for the Kremlin
Reuniting with a family trying to rebuild their lives.
Stephen Sackur interviewed Alexey Navalny in 2017.His death has been reported by Russia.
Psychiatrist Gwen Adshead reflects on her faith and working with violent offenders
Emily Wither reports from Istanbul on the threat of an earthquake striking the city
How a mayor in Mexico became embroiled in a deepfake audio scandal
We investigate the increasing threats to journalists’ ability to report freely in Europe.
Land artist Jon Foreman takes us through the creation of a new work in Pembrokeshire
Could Taylor Swift swing the US election? – The Global Story
The inspirational and personal stories behind the Las Vegas Super Bowl
How an AI scam phone call has had a lasting effect on a family.
What does it mean to be a Buddhist today?
Tensions are rising in Ireland over the increasing number of refugees
Fentanyl, a synthetic opioid made in Mexico is destroying lives in Mexico and the U.S.A.
Does Serbia’s ruling SNS party command the online activity of a small army of citizens?
Cairo's young graphic novelists tell the modern story of their city
Discovering Awais’s radical solution to find the right words.
Elon Musk says Chinese electric vehicles could destroy competition - The Global Story
Life in a Gaza hospital and the guilt of leaving loved-ones behind.
What does it mean to be a young Hindu in 2024?
Has feminism gone too far? A world cup kiss that set a match to Spanish gender relations
Trending investigates a sprawling network of fake social media accounts in Uganda.
People who survived the 7 October attacks in Israel by Hamas describe how events unfolded
A new documentary about homelessness by filmmaker, Leonard Manzella.
Justin Webb unpicks some of the terminology associated with the US election
A picture of Yemen through the words of its people.
What does it mean to be a young Muslim in the world today?
Why former soldiers were hired to carry out assassinations in Yemen in 2015
In Japan, drones are being developed to mitigate the risks from tsunamis and earthquakes
What happens if you give a homeless person a house, with no strings attached?
Maria Djurkovic on My Policeman.
What is it about Paris's banlieues that helps create such amazing football talent?
Inspiring stories on adapting to a new life.
How Moscow is using divisions within Orthodox Christianity to extend its power in Africa
The men who risk jail to help migrants across Europe
Meet the Berliners tracing the plight of Jewish families who once lived in their flats
Thelma Schoonmaker reveals the secrets of the cutting room
Shared experiences of rejection, resilience and unexpected success.
Defying taboos to ease the passing of those with terminal illness in Kenya.
How a resort for millionaires sparked a battle for a Caribbean island paradise
Meet the people on the frontline of climate change
Promoted by the Ghanaian government, African-Americans are investing and settling in Ghana
Fred D’Aguiar on his collection For the Unnamed, inspired by a black jockey from 1852.
Burnt-out doctors, long Covid sufferers and positive stories from the pandemic
Thousands of people were killed in the 'war on drugs' in the Philippines
A pioneering closure system is enabling octopus to flourish in Madagascar
Can mountaineering survive in an age of rapidly warming mountains?
How one of Saudi Arabia's most established artists navigates its changing society
A special programme remembering past HARDtalk guests who died in 2023
Three adventurers share their experiences of 2023
The giant freshwater fish that's invading Bolivia's Amazonian rivers
Stephen Sackur looks back at thought-provoking interviews from the past year
Documenting the political and economic crisis across the country
Mani Djazmi talks to current and former footballers about their faith.
Experts and fans discuss the global appeal of the singer-songwriter megastar.
The mysterious twilight world of Celtic traditions and folklore that continue today
How will Ukraine ensure the billions needed to rebuild the country are properly spent?
Former Samburu warriors rescue baby elephants, but can they rewild them during drought?
Inside the creative mind of one of the world's most celebrated theatre directors
People directly affected by the war share their experiences at home and abroad.
Esther Ogola meets Christians who have formed Kenya’s first openly queer-affirming Church
Meet the citizens battling for better government on Ukraine's home front
What does increased co-operation with China mean for Iceland?
One of the world’s finest architects plans an unusual monument
Two young Taiwanese share their lives and views in the run up to the election
Living with air pollution and deciding not to have children to save the planet.
How Sarajevo’s most famous artefact captures the story the city wants to tell
How killing migrating birds became a multi-million dollar criminal business
30 years after South Africa's momentous changes what’s happened to the hope and promises?
30 years after South Africa's momentous changes what’s happened to the hope and promises?
30 years after South Africa's momentous changes what’s happened to the hope and promises?
How is China's Polar Silk Road impacting Norway?
Iryna Tsilyk has won awards for her documentaries in east Ukraine.
Sport but not as you know it. A brand new sports storytelling podcast
Henry Kissinger was one of the most important diplomatic figures of the last 50 years
Families on both sides share their experiences of reunions with loved ones
Frank Mugisha, Uganda’s best-known LGBTQ+ activist, on faith, fear and personal freedom
In a 2022 interview, Henry Kissinger reflects on his life and experiences
Poland builds a wall through one of Europe’s most precious forests. What’s the impact?
Farida and Khalid document their struggle to survive the war in Gaza.
How Sweden became a European hotspot for gangs, drugs and deadly violence
Creating a dance spectacular to launch Manchester’s new venue
South Korean actress Min-ha Kim explores the phenomenal global impact of K-drama
Israelis and Palestinians discuss the prospect of peace and the return of loved ones
In 2014 Audrey Brown told the dramatic story of the trial of the athlete Oscar Pistorius
How nurse Margaret Ruto's determination brought justice for Kenyan child abuse victims
From Miami to Chicago, Lucy Proctor meets the conservatives and liberals swapping states
Candice Brathwaite revisits Barbados two years after its decision to become a republic
Damon Galgut’s Booker Prize-winning novel, The Promise, moves from the page to the stage.
Mishal Husain is joined by guests to discuss what happens when the Israel Gaza war ends.
Men and women share their experiences of Islamophobia and antisemitism.
The projects trying to build understanding between Israelis and Palestinians.
A journey though Cambodia where the Mekong river is feared to be in crisis
Paralympian Tanni Grey-Thompson looks at changes in attitude to disability the world over
Why are bees dying? An elder from the ‘Land of Bees’ seeks answers, wherever it leads.
Taking inspiration from the flea markets of Taipei to show on the catwalks of London
Israelis share their grief and memories of family members killed on 7 October.
Should the Anglican Church allow and conduct LGBT blessings, and even marriages?
How Jews and Arabs are working together to keep the peace in their Israeli neighbourhoods
Why is the situation for Syrian refugees in Turkey becoming increasingly hostile?
Carol Morley tells Stephen Hughes about writing and selling a screenplay
Two men share their grief and memories of family killed in the war.
Twenty years ago, China began a crackdown on Falun Gong. What has become of the movement?
Reported cases of teachers beating their students in Kenyan schools are on the rise
Is Portugal's 'Raspberry Visa' the answer to the west's lack of workers?
Creating impressive spaces to inspire people to fall in love with wildlife.
Mixed-heritage couples and families share their experiences.
Fighting to become the first female Hasidic New York Supreme Court judge in the US
How Russia’s oldest independent theatre – from a remote town - was forced into exile
The opportunities and challenges of Africa's rapid urbanisation
The opening of The Perelman Performing Arts Center built on the site of NY’s Twin Towers
The rarely heard voices of the domestic workers who care for other people's children
Young people on both sides describe their lives right now
The history and context of the decades long conflict between Israel and the Palestinians
Exploring extraordinary spiritual awakenings that follow a confrontation with death
An ancient village in northern Portugal fights plans for a lithium mine on its doorstep
What is the future for Africa's rapidly swelling cities?
Mohsen Makhmalbaf takes us behind the scenes of the making of Kandahar
“I’m in love with the mountains.” A special episode from Kalki Presents: My Indian Life
Israelis and Palestinians share their stories
The 100th anniversary of the world's best-known animation studio
A new statue in Virginia shines a light on histories hidden in plain sight
The opportunities and challenges for Dar es Salaam, Tanzania's commercial centre
Producer Anton Skrypets on making his film Stay Online about the war in Ukraine
Refugees and volunteer aid workers share stories of the situation
The Catholic church is discussing its future but what do young Catholics want?
BBC Africa Eye investigates the sexual abuse of young footballers in Gabon
What is the future for Africa's rapidly swelling cities?
Can narwhals, which rely on echolocation, survive in an increasingly noisy Arctic?
Australia’s colonisation, told from an Indigenous perspective
The 1973 Arab-Israeli war that lasted 19 days but changed the world forever
Fighters, families and journalists share their experiences of the conflict
Jake Emlyn, the world’s number one Hare Krishna rapper on his journey of self-discovery
Why travelling without a ticket on public transport in Germany could land you in jail
People born as a result of egg and sperm donation on finding their real identities
On set with Ken Loach as the shooting starts on The Old Oak
Libyans share their experiences of the disaster in Derna
The former Catholic nun helping others who want to leave their religious communities
How once friendly relations between Norway and Russia have frozen in the far north
How single women cricketers are challenging the expectations of marriage in India
Portuguese artist Alexandre Farto aka Vhils creates a 31m long mural for Unesco
What is a war crime? How is it different to a crime against humanity and genocide?
The BBC's Audrey Brown looks back at the life of South Africa's Zulu leader
Survivors, volunteers and rescue workers share their experiences
Former Guantanamo Bay interrogator Dr Jennifer Bryson on torture, faith and mercy
The desperate search by thousands of Syrian families for their missing relatives
Why is Delhi's new parliament controversial and what does it tell us about modern India?
Antonia Quirke follows costume designer Eimer Ni Mhaoldomhnaigh on her next project
Sue Nelson shares her journey to understand a condition that affects millions worldwide
Farmers, activists and journalists from across the continent share their experiences
Izabela Dłuzyk explores the wonderful sounds of Europe’s last primeval forest
Three men describe surviving one of the worst migrant shipwrecks in decades
Why the coming elections in a small state in the centre of Europe could disrupt the West
Inside the world of a leading crossword designer
Democrats, Republicans and independents discuss the 2024 US election candidates
Can you be a sex worker and still follow your faith?
The young female stars of Gnawa music now challenging the boundaries of Moroccan identity
How students in Myanmar have continued their education after the 2021 coup
Ahead of the Rugby World Cup in France, we follow the creation of the home team's new kit
Professional and unskilled men and women discuss why they want to leave the continent
The legacy of one of the 20th Century's defining speeches
Can a financial deal with a conservation charity save Belize's economy?
Live-action role-playing (LARPing) is no longer just the world of Dungeons & Dragons
Nicola Benedetti starts her new job running an organisation and commissioning new works
Journalist Raissa Ioussouf meets the people worst affected by Madagascar's famine
Losing the family home and volunteers respond to the disaster
Confronting the challenges modern Jewish soldiers face serving in the German military
Why tens of thousands of Zimbabweans are fleeing their country to work in the West
How can we change the world for disabled actors and crew?
What do big tech recommendations mean for LGBTQ people around the world?
The brother-and-sister fashion design duo unveil their first-ever disco
Space engineers discuss their return to the moon and what that entails
Fans, journalists and a rising star in Saudi women’s football share their experiences
Rev Malcolm Rogers extraordinary story of faith and diplomacy
The fear stalking Russia as ex-convicts from the Wagner mercenary group return home
The women developing solar tech to reduce the environmental impact of fishing in SE Asia
Sana Safi find out how teenage girls are getting around the Taliban ban on education
Ajay Chowdhury writes his latest crime fiction novel using artificial intelligence tools
DJ and writer Lynnée Denise reflects on hip-hop as it marks its 50th year
Friends in Niger share their experiences of the recent coup
The millennials exploring big spiritual questions, outside of traditional religion
With 20% of its population living abroad, the Romanian government wants its diaspora back
The US teens and children campaigning for used batteries to be recycled
Catherine Merridle explores Russian science fiction in the age of Putin
Follow author Sophie Hannah as she completes her third Hercule Poirot novel
Tawanda Mudzonga explores why Zimbabwe has produced so many renowned women writers
Sportswomen and commentators discuss being female in a male dominated profession.
The battle to keep the peace between people and elephants in northern Botswana
The journeys of church bells herald Africa's new role as the beating heart of Christianity
Mumford and Sons founder Ben Lovett on designing the perfect performance space
We bring together people to discuss the impact of extreme heat on their lives
The American atheists removing illegal religious signs from streets across the states
Is Tunisia’s democracy being dismantled by its president?
The Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew is re-examining its past and preparing for the future
Behind the scenes of the Royal Shakespeare Company’s new production
What is the state of play for women’s football around the globe?
James Reynolds brings people around the world together to share experiences of inflation
Meet the shamans of north-east India, determined not to be the last of their kind
In South Africa, cultural activists are determined to reclaim a language – Afrikaaps
Can clothes be sustainably produced and still remain affordable?
Following the architects creating the only permanent sports facility for the Paris Games
France has questions to answer around inequity and its approach to policing
Hannah Ajala explores the new generation of chieftaincy and royalty in Nigeria
The ancient Iraqi community still can't go home years after fleeing Islamic State terror
The Global Jigsaw hears how Russia's friends and foes have responded to Wagner's mutiny
Creating a multimedia work Inspired by the music and writing of Yusef Lateef
Following the Wagner group march on Moscow, we hear from Russians and Belarusians
The Archbishop of Canterbury in conversation with the musician Nick Cave
How did a young man in Nigeria get caught up in an international plot?
Can Biniam Girmay be the first black African cyclist to win a stage of Tour de France?
The theatre director on his hip-hop, futuristic production of Tambo & Bones
People share their stories of being lost in jungles and at sea
Barbara Blake-Hannah talks about her life on the 75th Anniversary of Windrush
How a housing crisis contributes to a population problem
The disturbing trade in the torture of Macaque monkeys filmed and sold online
Backstage with Wayne McGregor as he takes dancers through their paces for Untitled: 2023
The cell phone has revolutionised the way we live our lives since the first call in 1973
Families in Canada and New York share experiences of the smoke from wildfires in Canada
Meet the Christians at odds over a so-called conversion therapy ban in Switzerland
BBC investigation exposes those profiting from sexual assaults against women in East Asia
Hip-hop artist Mrs M, actress Bayra Bela and throat-singer Zolzaya on culture in Mongolia
The poem that will be sent into space
We hear about the aftermath of the train crash in Odisha in India
The work of Florida's Baptist Relief in response to Hurricane Ian and floods in Kentucky
Thousands of Ukrainian men are dodging the draft and risking their lives in the process
The pivotal role of art in the creation of Yellowstone, the world's first national park
Behind the scenes of Ken Loach's new film, The Old Oak
The effects of climbing expeditions and tourism on Nepal
How members of the global movement L'Arche are trying to heal following a scandal
The Myanmar military is struggling to suppress a pro-democracy uprising.
The people of Evin in France live above an environmental disaster they cannot flee from
Artist Alberta Whittle on her major new exhibition at the National Galleries of Scotland
Parents and couples discuss living with Attention Deficit Hyperactivity Disorder
Michael Goldfarb explores "evangelical" and "political" Christianity in the US
What can be done to save Germany’s forests?
How a music collective is advocating for oppressed communities in Brazil
Keeping nightlife alive in a country in crisis
Writer Lina Mounzer reveals how the people of her beloved Beirut are coping amid crisis
The artist and audio investigator prepares for a live performance in New York
Young Iraqis recall life under US-occupation and speak of their hopes for the future
On a mission to make sense of the world
People still affected by long Covid share their stories
Why are some young Muslim men being drawn to a toxic online view of masculinity?
New Orleans is the murder capital of the United States
Introducing season 2 of an original podcast about hackers and North Korea
Sir Lenny's new one-man play gives an insight into lives impacted by the Windrush scandal
Babita Sharma meets young people from around the world working to fight climate change
Young people working to diversify science, technology, engineering and maths
Young people trying to change attitudes and save lives
Can a new generation of activists solve the problem of hunger for good?
As Russia commemorates World War Two, Russians discuss today’s Ukraine conflict
How the Chè-lâm Presbyterian Church is helping Hong Kong activists who’ve fled to Taiwan
Omar’s son was pulled alive from the rubble of Turkey’s earthquake, but where is he?
The novelist takes In the Studio on a tour of Los Angeles
The anguish, fear and important practicalities of escaping war
How can followers of the UK’s fastest growing religion prove their beliefs are sincere?
Why thousands of Kenyan villagers are being given free cash
What kind of monarch will King Charles III be?
Director Tinuke Craig embarks on her opera debut, Blue, at the English National Opera
People across the world recall their meetings with King Charles III of the United Kingdom
Families share their stories of losing a loved one and the stigma around the drug
Professor Robert Beckford explores the Christian understanding of reparations
50 years since the last US bombs fell on Laos, they’re still killing and maiming.
Rewriting Miss Marple
Will February's deadly earthquake change Anatolia's support for President Erdogan?
“He’s a coward, he’s not a man.” Martine’s mum passes judgement on Farouk
“He won’t wake up...I think he’s dead.” What Farouk did in the hours after Martine died
Friends panic when "street-smart" Martine fails to come home
The hunt for the suspected killer of 23-year-old Norwegian student Martine Vik Magnussen
Three women, a doctor and a nurse discuss the impact of fighting on families and patients
How have the Church of England's historic slave plantations affected Barbados?
Record numbers are fleeing the island in the wake of a brutal economic crisis.
Coming soon: The hunt for the suspected killer of Norwegian student Martine Vik Magnussen
Indian workers are thriving in Silicon Valley but some say they face caste discrimination
The RSC stages the world premiere of Maggie O'Farrell's award-winning novel
A tanker drifts, unmanned, onto an Indian beach - like a ghost. What really happened?
As new research promises hope, people with MS share their experiences
How a new generation of Sikhs are decolonising their sacred music
A massive new road across Paraguay threatens a fragile eco-system and two communities.
A new musical marking 25 years since the Good Friday Agreement
The hunt for the leaders of a cybercrime network conning victims across the globe
Container ships carry everything we buy - but those giant boxes hold secrets too
How sanctions on Russian oil have increased the world's secretive "dark fleet"
Bulk carriers are the unseen porters of the world, even during war and pandemic
Experiences of dealing with the aftermath of a shooting
Meet the young men preparing to join the most dangerous priesthood in the world
Does Vienna have the world’s best public housing?
A Greek goddess of witchcraft gets poetic treatment
We hear accounts of what it's like to be LGBT in different parts of Africa
How nudity is helping Gwen heal from purity culture’s teachings about the female body
How has Finland managed its relationship with its unpredictable neighbour, Russia?
Bulk carriers are the unseen porters of the world even during war and pandemic
Iraqis at home and abroad on the continuing consequences of the US-led invasion
Salimata faces a choice between her hijab and competing in the sport she loves
The synthetic opioid that’s destroying thousands of lives in southern California
Ramadan Younes investigates the world of genetic eye disease ‘treatments’
Is technology eroding democracy or can it reconnect citizens to their governments?
After the disastrous war in Iraq, should the West ever intervene in foreign conflicts?
A family discusses escaping Vietnam by boat and the reality of the American dream
Fentanyl is a synthetic opioid killing thousands of Americans – it is made in Mexico
How boats used in migrant Chanel crossings are sourced and the huge profits being made
How misogyny and tech have made South Korea the digital sex crime capital of the world
Survivors and volunteers in Turkey and Syria on the challenges one month on
The young working class Irish people keeping horses in urban areas.
The challenge for scientists globally in finding a treatment for long Covid
We hear from people who travelled by boat to reach Europe
Fighting the powerful criminal gangs terrorising rural Nigeria
The travelling project bringing circus and play to marginalised kids around the world
Meet the Vietnam war veterans who have decided to leave the USA and retire to Vietnam
We speak to Ukrainian women about how Russia's invasion has impacted their lives
How were Russians persuaded to support a war against their closest neighbour Ukraine?
How journalists in Namibia and Iceland broke an epic corruption scandal, all about fish
Nigerians discuss issues that are important to them in this month's elections
David Baker assesses the impact of Brexit in Northern Ireland.
Szu Ping Chan looks at the the history and collapse of The Freedman’s Bank and its legacy
How Rumphi FM in Malawi and Inuit radio in Canada are supporting marginalised communities
We hear from people in Turkey and Syria since the earthquake struck the region on Monday
Who is going to make the sausages in Germany if no-one wants to be a butcher?
Speech therapist Mary Weinder travels to the Turks & Caicos islands to teach children
We hear from people who experience regular power interruptions
How does Uruguay’s beef industry compete with their neighbours and climate change threats
The all-female Soviet combat unit which terrorised German forces using wooden biplanes
Author Helen Russell explores a history of gloom, and how different cultures tackle it
Why people decide to have children or choose to be childfree
Why did people take to the streets, risking arrest and a barrage of bullets?
What happened to Sierra Leone's child soldiers?
Why was the Black Book, a chronicle of the Nazi extermination of Soviet Jews banned?
A journey to discover Yiddish songs confiscated by the KGB
We speak to Afghan women about life under the Taliban
Survivors rebuild a town destroyed by one of the worst wildfires in California's history
Are animals 'sentient' beings? Sue Armstrong reports on the latest scientific evidence
What does it mean to be a citizen? Is it about belonging, or about convenience?
We speak to people in China and Chinese abroad about the country's Covid policy
Why an Italian judge is taking kids away from Mafia families
The scientific evidence that animals are not only conscious but also have a sense of self
Brazil remembers one of its most famous figures.
Oritsé Williams hears from children who are unpaid carers for family members
How women surfers fought the sexism of the 1970s to create the first pro-surf world tour
Three people caring for loved ones with Alzheimers share their experiences and challenges
Sana Safi returns to the story of two Afghan women judges trying to escape the Taliban
The Brazilian city passing laws to fight discrimination against people who are obese
Ukrainians at home and abroad reflect on the turmoil of the past year
Can Spain's most iconic live music and dance recover from the pandemic?
The indigenous Sami people who say carbon-cutting technology is harming their way of life
Calling the world since 1932. Meet the journalists and hear the treasured archive
Farrah Jarral on preparing for first contact with extra-terrestrials
We hear from striking workers around the world
The nuclear power plant in Hungary being built by Russia; will the Ukraine war stop it?
What is being done to change Japanese attitudes toward mental health?
Human beings will soon be living in space - but who will go and what will it be like?
Armed gangs, kidnappings and everyday life in a dangerous nation
Giving communities targeted in the 'war on drugs' a share in the legal cannabis boom
India aims to have electrified the entirety of its rail network by the end of 2023
Lesbians and gay men, including a rabbi, bishop and a Buddhist, share their experiences.
How has Putin's war against Ukraine affected one remote city in Siberia?
The legal battle that could transform life for Native Americans in the US
Abigail Disney meets an unusual group of millionaires who are demanding to pay more tax
Ukrainians discuss the impact of power shortages on their lives and work
What do Taiwanese people think about the increased rhetoric from China in recent months?
How mixed heritage players decide which country to represent in international football
Alex Capstick investigates the controversial bidding process for the Qatar World Cup
On the road with the oldest mobile clinic in the Appalachian mountains of Virginia
We hear conversations about the football and the politics surrounding Qatar 2022
The women battling the Chinese state after their loved ones were jailed as dissidents
The story of African-American ‘Harmonica Wizard’ DeFord Bailey and country music
How a message hidden inside a pop song saved the lives of soldiers in captivity
We bring together people who have escaped wildires, floods and hurricanes
Rhiannon Giddens uncovers the life of fiddler and guitarist Arnold Shultz
What is weather modification, does it really work and if so, is it problem free?
Americans talking about the issues that may affect how they vote
America’s Safe Haven laws for new-born babies – an alternative to abortion?
Rhiannon Giddens explores the lives of black fiddlers Frank Johnson and Joe Thompson
Why are women penalised for ageing?
Stories of sexual exploitation and human trafficking in Amsterdam's red light district
Rishi Sunak is made UK Prime Minister, as people continue to struggle to buy essentials
Svalbard is estimated to be heating at six times the global average
Is Russia's interest in Ukraine motivated by the huge mineral deposits there?
Poet Raymond Antrobus traces the lost story of a deaf man freed from slavery
What is behind the covert war between Iran and Israel?
Women, life, freedom – the women protesting in Iran
The ‘brain drain’ of doctors from developing countries to work in the UK
Misha Glenny discovers why the future of the world depends on rare earth metals
Young women of Japan are starting a gender revolution. Akiko Toya finds out how
How China’s Xi Jinping took control of his party and his country
How the war with Ukraine is creating rifts among Russian families and producing exiles
The bakers and farmers trying to wean Senegal off imported wheat.
Father figures of black men killed by the police share their stories
From Ukraine field to Lebanon bakery we follow the 'bread line’
Survivors and sports broadcasters discuss their response to football’s latest disaster
Recent tensions in the English city of Leicester
Ruth Omar investigates sexual violence in the Democratic Republic of Congo
How Iranians took to the streets after the death of Mahsa Amini
Living with hyperinflation in Argentina – how do people cope with everyday life?
Can measures to stop the practice of illegal gold mining in Ghana succeed?
The rising queer artists of Atlanta trying to build a more inclusive future for hip-hop
Why people are raiding banks to get their own money
Israel’s ultra-Orthodox Jews struggle to come to terms with child sex abuse scandals
Reha Kansara follows her mum and aunt as they return to Uganda 50 years after expulsion
Will rising queer artists and women allow hip-hop to shake off homophobia and misogyny?
What was it like to meet Queen Elizabeth?
How Kentucky has responded to the recent challenge of unprecedented flooding.
How are people in the UK coping with rising prices?
A radio station at a Texan prison is creating community and changing inmates' lives
Lisa-Marie Misztak meets Josephine Kulea, a Samburu woman fighting against child marriage
Locals and family members abroad share their concerns and urgent needs
What has Boris Johnson's tumultuous premiership meant for Britain's standing in the world?
What’s it like to be a teenager in Ukraine? School leavers in Chernihiv tell it how it is
What do people search for online in the world’s major conflict zones?
The personal toll on families of Europe's biggest armed conflict since World War Two
Why lacrosse is much more than just a game for Native Americans
What do people search for online in the world’s major conflict zones?
A fiercely independent city living through a time of war
Afghans discuss what it’s like to live under Taliban control
This former Soviet republic faces both east and west
A year on from the Taliban takeover, Sahar Zand talks to prominent Afghan musicians
The man who stole the atomic bomb. This is season 2, episode 1: A grave matter
Kevin Fong chairs a debate on the future of cars
We hear how drought is affecting people around the world
When the president stands accused of drug trafficking, what hope is there?
Kavita Puri marks the 75th anniversary of the division of the Indian subcontinent
Female footballers and commentators on the challenges and progress within their fields
The dilemma facing the citizens of Kherson
Claire Hynes goes on a personal journey to uncover the story of her enslaved ancestor
US firefighters discuss one of the most dangerous jobs in the world
Tigers are making a remarkable comeback in Nepal
Exploring what the idea of ‘commonwealth’ means to Birmingham's grassroots sports heroes.
People around world discuss how extreme heat is affecting their lives
How covid changed China’s commercial capital
In Zambia there is still only 13 nurses per 10,000 people, compared to 175 in Switzerland
People across Sri Lanka describe how the crisis has affected their lives
How one man survived to bear witness to one of the worst atrocities of the war in Ukraine
The village women in Bangladesh taking on the global shrimp industry to protect their land
Reactions to the UK Prime Minister’s resignation
Assignment follows the stories of four young women whose lives have been changed by war
Delivering justice by boat, on board the the João Bruno II, Amazon’s floating court
We hear stories of illegal border crossings, the American dream and fitting in
Unpicking fact from fiction in a war
The exodus of Ukrainians to Israel and the unusual life awaiting them in the Middle East
We hear how life has changed since the Russian invasion
The enterprising young Kenyans making money from a political scramble for power
Russia’s foreign minister speaks to the BBC’s Russia editor, Steve Rosenberg
Justin Rowlatt explores how global warming may trigger irreversible changes to our planet
Living in fear of the violent attacks which have become commonplace in Nigeria
A village to village network to help grown food in Ukraine
Alan Dein talks to anyone, anywhere about their lives and their world
Why did Ukraine give up its nuclear weapons in 1994 and how did it shape the world today?
The memories of those who have lost friends, family and colleagues in the war
Has Russia rescued a million Ukrainian refugees? Or deported them in another war crime?
People around the world who are reaching further and seeking a different path in life
Have you ever wondered what life is like at the very top of the North Korean regime?
Katty Kay meets award-winning writer and magazine editor Tina Brown
How fuel shortages and prices are affecting people in Lebanon, the UK and Sri Lanka
British academics accused of sharing Russian disinformation about the war in Ukraine
Alan Dein talks Shugofa, an Afghan refugee in Rome, Leo in Moldova, nurse Maureen
Meet the security staff at the Baltimore Museum of Art who are curating their own show
We hear how the cost of living crisis is affecting people's lives around the world
Emma Barnett tells the story of Queen Elizabeth II's unique global diplomacy
Are tougher sentences for rapists in Senegal deterring sexual violence against women?
Alan Dein talks to anyone, anywhere about their lives and their world
What affect does having a relative facing execution have on families of the condemned?
Philosopher Peter Singer on how to live a moral life
Digital advertising has taken over the world. But is it all based on smoke and mirrors?
Residents and hosts on US black-owned radio stations reflect on a mass shooting
Can music and culture help unite Estonia?
Alan Dein talks to Anna, Verena and Roman and hears how their lives have been blown away
Sana Safi follows the stories of Afghan women judges trying to escape the Taliban.
How the super-rich bought English football
Women share experiences of undergoing and performing abortions
A sport bridging generational divides in West London
Cambodia wants its gods - stolen statues - returned from western museums and collectors
Daria in Zaporizhzhia, Ukraine, talks to Alan Dein about unexpectedly finding love at war
Laura Trevelyan discovers her family’s connection to the slave trade in Grenada
Kim Tserkezie soars into the skies with the drone racers
Three Ukrainian women go to Kosovo to learn how to defuse bombs and help their country
Resistance and division among Mexico’s indigenous Yaqui people
Jonathan Glancey travels to Cairo to report on a truly remarkable construction project
What are the challenges of continuing your education during a war?
What is fake, what is real? Stories from the information war over Ukraine
From political novice to Ukraine’s wartime leader - a profile of President Zelensky
The fast-paced sport of korfball, which claims to be a fully gender-equal team sport
Why has accordion music led to the killing of so many in the mountain kingdom of Lesotho?
The sisters embracing the environment, and sustainability into Australia's cattle farming
We hear the experiences of three Ukrainian journalists who have been reporting on the war
Delve into the weird and wonderful world of your genes with Dr Kat Arney
Why a centuries-old combat sport means so much to Nigeria's Hausa community
A mother and a student have sacrificed everything to join a fight for Myanmar's future
Could paying farmers to conserve nature help save Australia’s unique wildlife?
We hear from people in Ukraine working to evacuate orphaned children from conflict zones
The unsolved murder of Yemen’s former foreign minister, Mohamed Noman, in 1974
Thousands of Russians fled to Georgia following the invasion of Ukraine
In the land of the Yuin people, cultural burning is being reintroduced to revitalise land
We hear from people who have given up their time to help Ukrainian refugees
Stories from France’s troubled history with Algeria and why they still matter today
A string of fatal accidents have turned hunting into a hot topic in the French elections
Three fatal shark attacks have changed the remote, ocean-loving community of Esperance
As the fighting in Ukraine continues, we hear about the psychological effects of war
What are the big mysteries that people want to understand about life?
Searching for the identities of those who died in a Mediterranean shipwreck
Viktor Orban and the war in Ukraine. How dangerous is it for him and for Hungary?
How major news stories are affecting the lives of people around the world
How do we deal with a nagging sensation of guilt?
On the war's 40th anniversary, Mike Wooldridge reports on life in the Falklands today
The impact of the most restrictive abortion law in the United States
Author Jerry Barnett investigates the recent decline in sex in the western world
How do we find peace with our mothers when we have a difficult relationship with them?
Tim Whewell follows the story of a Russian prisoner of war in Ukraine
Why do governments shut down the internet during times of conflict?
Is the Pacific island of Bougainville ready to become the world's newest country?
The UN says war in Ukraine has created Europe's fasting growing refugee crisis since WW2
How do we learn to adapt when life does not turn out the way we planned?
A lethal drugs crisis is changing politics in one of America’s most permissive cities
Why do internet shut downs happen during elections and what is the impact on democracy?
Living under attack in Kherson, Kharkiv and Kyiv
How do we overcome the feelings of guilt and grief that can arise when a loved one dies?
Lal Bihari - the farmer who discovered he was dead when he was very much alive
India has been responsible for more shutdowns each year than any other country. Why?
The men and women helping to run Unicef's central distribution hub in Copenhagen
We hear ordinary Ukrainians as they prepare for war and try to live as normal
Can self-love help us to believe in ourselves more and trust our own abilities?
The billion dollar subscription scam industry
How people were hired to work for a successful design agency but the whole thing was fake
Reporting in one of the world’s most violent countries
When someone we trust betrays us, the feelings can be corrosive. How might we move on?
How Italy has failed to confront the scourge of clerical sex abuse
The complex web designs manipulating us to click, buy or subscribe
Has the 2016 peace accord delivered on its promises to help women?
Radio stations around the world keeping traditions alive
We hear from people impacted by the truckers' protest in Ottawa
Ros Atkins looks at the western military alliance’s influence in global politics
Have you ever looked back at your past and thought – I wish I hadn’t done that?
Lucy Ash catches up with a warzone bakery comforting people in an east Ukrainian town
Why young people are having less sex than previous generations
The challenges of helping communities caught in Ethiopia's brutal war
Who hear from two skiers from Peru and Lebanon who will be competing in Beijing.
Ros Atkins looks at the Spotify misinformation controversy
When we seem to have lost some of the passion for life, how do we re-engage?
The impact of Mexican 'narco cultura' on the women of Sinaloa
Owen Bennett-Jones examines the long game Pakistan played in the US defeat in Afghanistan
Can lessons from past atrocities help resolve the current political crisis?
How music was kept alive by Jewish musicians in the camps and ghettos of Nazi Europe
We speak to women in Kyiv and Moscow about tensions between Russia and Ukraine
Ros Atkins explains why everyday essential items are costing more now
Can we learn to let go of negative thoughts that are bringing us down?
The high stakes cat and mouse game between police and darknet drug dealers
The story of Brenda Chitindi's efforts to introduce a Tobacco Control Bill in Zambia
A female student in Afghanistan speaks to former US Secretary of State Hillary Clinton
The wealth of music during the Nazi era including secret sessions by Jewish musicians
What happens if you disagree with your relatives on Covid vaccines?
Ros Atkins looks at why China is still pursuing a strict zero-Covid strategy
Can developing self-love mean we need less appreciation from others?
Imagine walking down a street in a European capital and meeting your torturer
The last prison writings of Ken Saro-Wiwa in the run-up to his execution
How global sports stars are approaching Covid vaccines.
Ros Atkins looks at the issue of vaccination in sport
Trying to become the real you can be hard, especially if it means upsetting your family.
How a new motorway is fuelling fears about debt, corruption, and submission to Beijing
Deforestation allows what's hidden within to get out, possibly to spread deadly pathogens
We connect to people helping to administer vaccines in different parts of the world.
Ros Atkins looks at the aftermath of the attack in 2021
It can be hard to choose how to spend our precious time in later life. How do we decide?
The ambitious new canal project that's dividing opinion in Istanbul
Wafa Mustafa has been searching for her dad since he went missing in Syria in July 2013
Lyse Doucet hears about the hopes of a younger generation of Afghans
How will we wean ourselves off fossil fuels?
Three experts who have been tracking the spread and the impact of Covid-19
The pandemic has changed many of the ways we connect socially with others
The hidden pandemic in Peru; the thousands of children who have lost a parent to Covid-19
Reflecting on the life of the Nobel Peace Prize winner and anti-apartheid campaigner
Lyse Doucet speaks to two key players who have shaped Afghanistan's recent history
Our modern comfortable way of life and how it was made possible by fossil fuels
The birth of a ground-breaking concept - MTV, 24-hour music TV
Vaccines, vaccine hesitancy, Delta, Omicron. What’s it like reporting on the pandemic?
How do you find inner happiness when life in your home country has become very hard?
The fortunes of teenage football players settling into new lives in the UK and Europe
A delicate rescue operation is helping hundreds of young African women trapped in Arabia
The remarkable stories of the children who act as interpreters for their deaf parents
Justin Rowlatt looks at the energy revolutions that drove human history
How food packages from American relief organisation CARE eased starvation after WW2
Health workers discuss abuse and death threats during the pandemic.
Ros Atkins looks at how the pandemic evolved this year
Recovery from a life-threatening illness doesn't always mean we know how to live again
The story of a cryptocurrency scam that cost two men in India their life savings
The mastery of fire by early humans and how it transformed our metabolism
The pressures on people’s mental health after caring for those who are sick or dying.
Ros Atkins looks at the debate around Covid vaccine mandates
A battle of wills between Belarus and the EU leaves a border community divided.
The provocative and practical ways Swedes made menstruation less taboo
Is Jacob Zuma the victim of an elaborate international conspiracy to poison him?
A new variant in a festive season where many people traditionally come together
Ros Atkins looks at the debate around abortion rights in the US
Korea is one of the most tired nations on earth and helping people sleep is big business.
Meet the internet instigators who are who are organising protests through social media
We speak to people who are resisting or refusing to get the jab
Ros Atkins looks at the politics of migration in the UK
How drone technology is inspiring young Malawians to reach for the sky
The gulf between the reality of war and our ability to comprehend it
Several European countries are seeing surges in coronavirus infections
Ros Atkins looks at recent developments between Russia and the West
How a bitter fight is playing out in the American west over the future of a fish
The highs and lows of financial trading on smartphone apps
Who was behind the 2009 hack and leak of emails that fuelled climate change sceptics?
How medical teams look after the emotional well-being of Covid patients and families
Two coal miners in North America discuss the impact of climate regulations on their lives
Ros Atkins on how the British-Iranian is caught up in a complex geo-political situation
The wildfires on the Greek island Evia which devastated lives and landscapes
Could a farming technique called Pfumvudza be Zimbabwe's answer to food security?
Three people explain why they take part in civil disobedience to fight climate change
Ros Atkins looks at why vast tree planting initiatives are concerning some experts
In July, the River Ahr in Germany rose engulfing ancient towns and villages in its path
Could human engineering stabilise the Earth's climate and chemistry in the long term?
How activists and medical staff fought the government to U-turn on Aids treatment in SA
We consider the impact of climate change on animals and the food chain
Ros Atkins looks at the climate promises of two of the world’s biggest polluters
Climate Crisis isn't coming. It's here!Extreme weather events are becoming the new normal
What can the last 66 million years teach us about the consequences of climate change?
How South Africa became the epicentre of the global HIV-Aids crisis
We hear from people the in the countries affected by sea level rise
Ros Atkins explains why Covid-19 cases in the UK are higher than most of its neighbours
A unique project aimed at reducing harm to women selling sex in Copenhagen
Each of us takes more than 25,000 breaths a day. But are we even doing it right?
How a chemical element may have held evolution back for a billion years
How the Aids protest group Act Up accelerated America's response to the crisis
Forgiving someone who has hurt us badly can seem impossible. Is it?
We discuss climate activism through generations
Ros Atkins looks at what’s behind China’s military pressure on Taiwan
The story of BBC correspondent Sarah Rainsford’s expulsion from Russia
The sailors held captive for years and the retired British Colonel who helped free them
An exploration of Freedom of Expression around the world.
How two of the most important developments in our planet's evolution occurred
Many worry for the world their children will live in. How do we keep hope alive?
The early years of the HIV-Aids crisis, as told by the people who lived through it
We speak to parents whose children have weakened immune systems
Ros Atkins examines if the UK is on track to reach its 2050 net zero goal
How money made from the 'world's biggest bribery scandal' ended up in UK property
The myth of male genius is debunked by science writer and broadcaster Angela Saini
How did the continuous chemical reaction that we call "life" first begin?
Big life decisions can seem overwhelming. Can we learn to make them?
Two Americans share how they refused vaccine and ended up in hospital with Covid-19
Ros Atkins on how global supply chain problems have led to some shortages in the West
Can a new generation of pro-British Unionists build a more harmonious Northern Ireland?
Is love coaching really the route to finding love, or simply a way to sell a dream?
How do you create a successful relationship? Can wishing for one stand in your way?
We hear experiences of the pandemic in Vietnam and the Philippines
Ros Atkins on the race to succeed Angela Merkel
BBC journalist Nga Pham investigates people-smuggling from Vietnam into the UK
Why are learning disability athletes still feeling the impact of cheating 21 years on?
Thirty years of Afghan’s tumultuous history, told through one woman’s experience
Dreams can inspire our lives, but what if they are distraction from what matters most?
We hear from nurses who are battling Covid-19 surge in Florida
Ros Atkins looks into the issue of vaccine inequity
The rise and fall of Hushpuppi – the social media influencer and global money-launderer.
A criminal case is brought against the alleged cheats. Will justice be done?
Jealousy, rudeness, lack of respect - it can be hard to cope with how others treat us
We hear from people caught up in the demonstrations
New Yorkers and others remember how they coped with the trauma of 9/11
The mystery illness that has struck American diplomats and spies
An investigation into whether the cheating went wider has shocking consequences
The prolific and turbulent life of Greek composer Mikis Theodorakis
The personal challenges of 'opening up' again after Covid restrictions are lifted
We hear from Afghan women inside and outside the country
Stories from people who survived the fire in the Greek refugee camp a year ago
The truth is out, the medals handed back. Now the questions. How? And why?
A look at popular and puzzling internet searches from around the world
How can we stay at peace in a time of war?
We hear from people who left the country and those who stayed
How Catalonia’s housing crisis spawns opportunities for organised crime
Maya Millett speaks to the archivists amplifying the buried stories of African-Americans
Some of the gold-medal-winning team are recognised back home - and they're not disabled
Twenty years after the collapse of Enron, how difficult is it to commit corporate fraud?
Dr Shefali Tsabary offers guidance to a man who has lost his mother and his sister
We hear from people desperate to leave Afghanistan
Lal Bihari - the farmer who discovered he was dead when he was very much alive
Team captain Ray is genuinely disabled - and going to Sydney is beyond his wildest dreams
Afghans who fear for the future of their country
Sister Dang Nghiem, Dr Shefali Tsabary and Eckhart Tolle offer advice on wellbeing
The violent crime wave afflicting Arab communities in Israel
As memories of the atomic bomb fade, an unusual practice keeps survivors’ stories alive
How emojis have come to define us, and what they tell us about global communication
We speak to athletes who won gold at the Tokyo Games
The story of how three teenage refugees ended up being accused of terrorism in Malta.
The effort to make vaccine manufacturing in Africa a home grown industry
How emojis have come to define us, and what they tell us about global communication
Liyang Liu explores her home city Beijing in the wake of the pandemic
We hear from people affected by floods and wildfires
Can Beirut’s unique Karantina district survive after the blast that rocked the city?
Ken Nishikawa and Nick Luscombe take inspiration and hope from the Tokyo Olympics of 1964
How emojis have come to define us, and what they tell us about global communication
How a network of black performance venues in a segregated USA shaped music history
The Tokyo Olympics are underway, a year late than planned
The impact of Mexican 'narco cultura' on the women of Sinaloa...
Paralympian Lex Gillette and guide coach Wesley go for Gold in 2021
How do the Unicode Consortium decide what is included in the official emoji keyboard?
How Communist Party slogans reveal a turbulent century of Chinese history
How breaking went from the inner city streets of New York City to the Olympic Games
Reflecting the conversations ahead of the lifting of legal Covid restrictions
James Clayton on a new technique for solving cold case murders using ancestry websites
Paralympian Tanni-Grey Thompson explores the role of women in sport through history
How emojis have come to define us, and what they tell us about global communication
Nora Fakim takes a look at mixed identity and how it’s evolving over generations
We hear from countries struggle with vaccine hesitancy among their populations
As America’s biggest city emerges from the pandemic, Lucy Ash asks what’s changed
They are both feared and revered but what can we learn about bats?
How emojis have come to define us, and what they tell us about global communication.
We hear from Israel, Italy and Russia as the debate around mask-wearing continues
Tricked, abused and trapped in a foreign land. Who will rescue the African maids of Oman?
Ishleen Kaur investigates abuse allegations at a yoga organisation she once called home
Have we learned how to permanently accelerate drug development?
What will be the biggest healthcare issue in the next decade?
We hear how some Covid-19 survivors are struggling with guilt
How armed gangs are inflicting terror upon schools in northern Nigeria
Ishleen Kaur investigates abuse allegations at a yoga organisation she once called home
Celebrating the life and legacy of Kenneth Kaunda, the first President of Zambia
The Deepwater Horizon oil rig explosion that caused the largest environmental disaster
Three young Iranian women discuss their lives, their families and their futures
How Syria's secret photographer worked and survived under every force in the conflict
Allegations of abuse at the Sivananda Yoga, one of the world’s most revered yoga schools
How Henry Kissinger's secret to trip China 50 years ago changed the Cold War
We bring together Iranians to discuss their lives and future prospects
The astonishing story of a group of young men who chose to resist so-called Islamic State
Ateira Griffin challenges assumptions about black single motherhood
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Doctors in Tokyo discuss their concerns about the Olympics going ahead in July
The story of a library in a besieged Syrian town which was a lifeline to the community
Karishma Vaswani in conversation with Singapore Prime Minister Lee Hsien Loong
Alvin Hall tells the story of the 1921 Tulsa Race Massacre
How the local community is using art and music to commemorate the 1921 Tulsa Race Massacre
Two people talk about how they got Covid-19 after being fully vaccinated.
Lina Sinjab and Tim Whewell on a how civil war split friends from a Syrian football team
Can a human chain between New York and LA ever form again?
Behind the scenes of the Covid vaccine rollout
How Yuri Gagarin's first human flight into space launched a new chapter in exploration
People on both sides describe the impact of the Israel-Gaza conflict on their lives
Lina Sinjab presents a special series on the 10 years of civil war in Syria
Ed Adoo and DJ T Storm examine the global impact of “Stop and Search” policies
Three doctors talk about working under pressure during the pandemic
Linda Pressly reports from the coast of Baja California on a dangerous clash of interests
Memories of when Jamaica came to a standstill for Bob Marley’s funeral
The experiences of parents raising transgender children around the world
We hear from two pilots who lost their jobs during the pandemic
The brutal military coup puts three young activists in a fight for their future
Days before his company embarked on a share listing, billionaire Jack Ma went missing
A single mother shares her experiences of raising her transgender daughter
Two Indian doctors talk about the coronavirus crisis in their country
Daring escapes and tragic consequences after militants attack a remote town in Mozambique
Meet Rohan, a young Jamaican farmer, who faces the challenges of drought and the pandemic
The pioneering women of NYC dance music Gladys Pizarro, Gail Sky King, Carla Bandini-Lory
We hear the experiences of three women in Sudan during the coronavirus pandemic
The villagers who believe Prince Philip is returning to his ancestral home on their island
What is it like to spend decades as a prisoner in solitary confinement?
Alan Dein follows 19-year-old Mursalina in Kabul as she strives to promote education
Meet the pioneering women of New York’s underground dance music
Nuala McGovern hears from single parents and those who are isolating alone in quarantine
People around the world remember their meetings with Prince Philip
Healing the deepest of battle wounds through ground-breaking sexual therapy
Alan Dein follows 25-year-old entrepreneur Fahad in Dhaka, who has over 200 employees
Three people describe what it is like to lose sense of smell and taste for months
The Philippines’ fight to contain Islamist extremism in the wake of the Marawi siege
Remembering the projects and causes to which the Duke of Edinburgh dedicated his life
Jonny Dymond looks back at Prince Philip's links with the armed forces
The global impact of Prince Philip's work with charities
Remembering the life of Prince Philip, who has died aged 99
Can Denmark's mink industry rise again?
Margaret in Uganda cares for nine children orphaned by Aids and has HIV herself
Brazil’s healthcare system is on the brink of collapse
How can Germany make up for its colonial atrocities in Namibia?
Yoshie Matsumoto examines how the overwork culture affects women in Japan
A look at what is being done to help with the impact of the virus on health and finance
Ros Atkins considers whether Joe Biden's policies have led to a spike in child migration
Two people who became homeless because of the pandemic tell us their stories
Lifting the lid on the dangerous and polluting world of international shipbreaking
Is it time the US Constitution got a 21st Century makeover?
Life-lessons on kids in lockdown, coping with bereavement and learning to love yourself
Three wise people offer advice on anxiety, screen dependence and learning from lockdown
How did a vaccine hailed as a gamechanger end up in a scientific and political storm?
We speak to journalists who have spent the past year reporting on the pandemic
From Dundee to the Orkneys we hear voices on both sides of Scotland’s independence debate
Nada Tawfik explores economic empowerment, opportunity and pay for women in the US economy
Ros Atkins examines the monarchy's role in a modern, multicultural and democratic society
We hear from people whose lives have followed an extraordinary path during the pandemic
China’s new strategy of promoting disinformation in the West through social media
Why are women experiencing disproportionate job losses due to Covid in the US?
Ros Atkins on Joe Biden’s first foreign policy test - how to deal with Saudi Arabia
How does the experience of a pandemic compare to being in a war?
Meet the team devising President Biden’s foreign policy
The story of a year of Covid-19 told through the voices of England’s doctors and nurses
Ros Atkins considers whether the company is now too powerful and its impact on democracy
Two doctors in Venezuela talk about the healthcare crisis in their country
How one young doctor’s death has exposed problems in Kenya’s health sector
The story of the first African-American to have a full face transplant
Fergal Keane explores the profound influence the Irish have had on Britain
With millions of schools shut worldwide, how do we get children back in the classroom?
A Syrian father and his daughter talk about life in the Zaatari refugee camp in Jordan
Can Norwegians with psychosis benefit from radical, drug-free treatment?
The ideas that made Jeff Bezos the richest man on Earth
For World Radio Day, we visit community radio stations around the globe.
Why does so much remain unknown about the start of the pandemic?
A hospital porter and a hospital cleaner talk about their work during the pandemic
How protected are the factory workers who make gloves used by doctors fighting Covid?
The medical teams at Bradford investigate the hesitancy over the Covid-19 vaccine
Challenges of parenting and home schooling during lockdown
Ros Atkins looks at the future of the GOP after Donald Trump and the Capitol storming
Bucharest’s crumbling buildings are full of life despite the frequent earth tremors
Winifred Robinson reports on the global race to create a vaccine for Covid-19
Are people in the medical and humanitarian professions suffering from emotional burnout?
We hear why some people from ethnic minorities are worried about the vaccine
Hong Kong pro-democracy protesters facing a tough decision. Do they stay or do they flee?
Republican voters in Idaho reflect on President Trump’s legacy and their country’s future
The contemporaneous attempt to preserve the memory of life in the Warsaw Ghetto
Nuala McGovern hosts conversations on the challenges ahead for the Biden presidency
The story behind one of America’s most shocking murders – and the woman who did it
James Naughtie charts the life of the soon-to-be 46th president of the USA, Joe Biden
Colm Flynn tracks down the internet’s original viral video superstars
Women who have founded a support group after losing their husbands to Covid-19
How online influencers get paid to promote cosmetic surgery
Aleks Krotoski explores how the digital world influences the way we live
Mark Coles presents a profile of Kamala Harris, vice president-elect
We hear from ICU doctors in the US, Brazil and South Africa
How seven ruthless brothers held a small Libyan town in their murderous grip.
Aleks Krotoski explores how violent content is viewed and why
The impact of the Trump presidency on US policy convention and political discourse
The businessman and TV show host who became the 45th President of the United States
Nuala McGovern catches up with people she spoke to earlier in the year
As the year draws to a close, correspondents muse on the upcoming global events of 2021
Dr Kevin Fong talks to the people who have created a coronavirus vaccine in record time
How one young man went missing after Nigerian troops opened fire at a protest
Does how we treat our subservient robots affect how we treat one another?
In 1914 an Indian student caused a sensation when she won a top Welsh cultural prize
Has Covid-19 changed the way we hear, see, smell, taste and touch?
We return to some of the people we've featured to hear how their lives have changed
Why do so many of us treat Silicon Valley billionaires like our new messiahs?
Former Samburu warriors turn their skills to caring for baby elephants in Kenya
Conversations about Christmas during a pandemic
As UN peacekeepers leave Sudan’s troubled Darfur region, who will now protect civilians?
Alan Dein connects with individuals whose lives have shifted in the coronavirus pandemic
Two Kenyan doctors explain why they’re prepared to strike over their working conditions
The young Syrians who find themselves fighting in the war in Nagorno Karabakh
Alan Dein connects with individuals whose lives have shifted in the coronavirus pandemic
Dazzling poet Valzhyna Mort explores a hundred days of protest in Belarus
Is it time to abandon dreams of human space travel?
Is imminent large-scale vaccination a path back to normality?
One victim’s quest to discover why complete strangers tormented her on social media
The UN Secretary General joins Lucy Hockings and activists from around the world
Alan Dein connects with individuals whose lives have shifted in the coronavirus pandemic
Day 115 of the astonishing protests in Belarus
Mary Ann Sieghart hears the inspiring stories of women in power
Conversations about the impact of coronavirus in the US, Japan and Gaza
The Mapuche battle to get respect for their approach to healthcare in southern Chile
Alan Dein connects with individuals whose lives have shifted in the coronavirus pandemic
How Chido Govera's curiosity with mushrooms helped feed her family and other growers
Three women in Latin America talk about how coronavirus has affected their societies
The historic link between slavery and the toxic contamination of a Caribbean island
Voters talk about waiting for results of the unusually protracted US presidential election
Why are Buddhist monks in Thailand more obese than the population at large?
The frenzied attack in a farmhouse that left two dead and a South African town divided
US voters discuss the election
Investigating a palm oil giant buying vast areas of Asia’s largest remaining rainforest
Rajini Vaidyanathan searches for one of the many Indian children trafficked into slavery
Voters from across the country share their thoughts and feelings about the election
Eighteen Sicilian fishermen are in jail in Benghazi, accused of fishing in Libya’s waters
The shocking violence against Native American women
Conversations with serving officers, Black Lives Matter protesters and former Neo-Nazis
Two socially distanced views of the pre-election political landscape of America
What does a pioneering scientist's story reveal about China and America?
How the Korean War forced the US military to desegregate
Truck drivers and farmers talk about the past four years of Trump presidency
Grimsby, the once-mighty UK fishing port that hopes Brexit will bring a renaissance
The inequalities in US healthcare exposed through a deeply personal story
Sophia Smith Galer finds out how TikTok could influence the outcome of the US election
Americans consider how their lives have changed since the election of Donald Trump
People across America talk about losing their jobs during the pandemic
A death-defying migrant's story...
Stella Sabin looks at the continuing impact of dyslexia in adult life
How a WW2 icon was made, piece by piece, against all odds. With historian Victoria Taylor
Americans discuss President Trump's Covid-19 diagnosis
How the death of a black teenager highlighted America’s struggle with white gang violence
Toby Withers explores how you can be dyslexic in one language, but not in another
What have Americans made of President Trump's response to the pandemic?
How the death of a black teenager highlighted America’s struggle with white gang violence
The story of Roger Payne’s best-selling environmental album, released 50 years ago
What it takes to win a Nobel prize and what it means for the lives and careers of winners
What life is like now in the Chinese city where Covid-19 was first detected
The row over sexuality that threatens to unleash a culture war in Poland
A conversation about friendships during the pandemic
Must the Netherlands' world-beating cows be sacrificed to save the country's environment?
A Palestinian shepherd fights for his livelihood under pressure from Israeli settlers
The stories behind the numbers in the coronavirus pandemic
The price of going ‘dry’ during the pandemic
This is what happened to my life when I was accused of hacking the Pentagon
An investigation into the deep-seated and increasing passion for motorcycling in India
We hear about life on Pacific islands with no coronavirus cases
The Pakistani journalist on holding her country’s powerful elite to account
Why Greenland is opening up its first prison, after years as a modern prison-less society
The army of Soviet women spreading feminist ideas in Afghanistan
How parents of children with special educational needs have coped in lockdown
A summer of protest in Belarus recorded by Minsk journalist Ilya Kuzniatsou
Hugh Sykes recounts the drama, danger and humour of life on the journalistic frontline
The handbook for train hopping American hobo culture and the man behind the guide
Can refugees save the small, conservative town of Cactus, Texas?
People who have had Covid-19 but are still suffering from debilitating symptoms
The writer Barbara Demick discusses her ‘narrative non-fiction’ style of journalism
The phenomenon of disappearance is rooted in Japanese culture. Meet those who disappear
What will it really take to vaccinate the world against Covid 19?
How two men fought their addictions during lockdown
Maria Margaronis sews and hears the stories of Gee’s Bend's historic quilters
How a boy from Soweto rose to become the BBC’s chief journalist in Africa.
What impact does the language we use around cancer have on those living with the disease?
What will it really take to vaccinate the world against Covid-19?
We speak to people in Beirut following a massive explosion at its port
If globalisation is on its last legs - again - what might the impacts be?
In the United States a small but increasingly vocal group of people believe that of to...
A tale of two plagues in the Algerian city of Oran - one fictional and the other Covid-19
Driver Safdar's experiences reveal a remarkable story of life and death in Pakistan
Spanish business owners react to the news as the UK adds Spain to its quarantine list
A failed coup in Venezuela - a story of hubris, incompetence, and treachery
Why some of us are unable to digest dairy and the intricate process of creating a baby
What can ambulance drivers tell us about political change in Pakistan?
We hear from Sheneen McClain, whose son Elijah died after being detained by police
Why is watching sport so important to us as a species? What happens when it disappears?
How Syria's secret photographer worked and survived under every force in the conflict
The origins of the ginger gene and the genes that can increase the risk of breast cancer
How Jewish children and French nuns together defied the Nazis
How does banning alcohol sales help doctors tackling Covid-19?
Tony May was abandoned as a baby in 1942. Can DNA testing reveal who his parents were?
What is the impact of Coronavirus on Africa?
What’s behind the scandal sparked by a delivery of tainted fuel to crisis-ridden Lebanon?
What do at-home DNA test kits tell us about our identity?
Listening to conversations on black-owned radio after the killing of George Floyd
From vaccine trials to new treatments, this investigation tracks Covid-19 breakthroughs.
Families search for their loved ones, victims of Covid-19, in Ecuador’s largest city
Why is so much of Africa still not mapped properly?
Three women share the history of slavery in their families and discuss its impact today
Where did Covid-19 come from? John Sudworth searches for answers where it first emerged
A scheme which trains up grandmothers in talking therapy has helped over 50,000 people
Alongside the medical emergency, what will Covid-19 mean for the global economy?
Health experts and listeners share their views of life in a post-pandemic world
How can engineers re-imagine the everyday and make life safer across the globe?
As desert locusts swarm across East Africa, can Kenya’s locust hunters prevent a plague?
Public health leader Dr Tom Frieden reflects on the global pandemic.
How the coronavirus pandemic has created new opportunities to change our world
How local newspapers the Mumbai Mirror and the Courier Journal reported the pandemic
With job cuts and falling salaries, does going to university still make financial sense?
A new spike in China's capital, escaping a violent partner and reopening a business
Assignment investigates how bad science could be damaging people’s health
Who wrote a fake story that smeared a Senegalese politician in Michelle Madsen’s name?
The impact of Coronavirus on Latin America: how has it dealt with the pandemic?
The debate surrounding the push for change by protests after the death of George Floyd
How thousands of seafarers are stuck working on vessels and unable to go home
People across the world broadcast their experience of the coronavirus pandemic
Rapper Killer Mike made a plea for calm after George Floyd’s death
Six authors on different continents convey their thoughts during their present isolation
Powerful conversations about race and racism in America
How can America move beyond its history of racial discrimination?
Who is behind the wave of assassinations and attacks on Chechen asylum seekers in Europe?
What happened in Texas when coronavirus closed the abortion clinics?
How the coronavirus pandemic is affecting the job prospects of the class of 2020
Parents of children with autism, Brazilian doctors and US obituary editors
What should we be taught about sexual pleasure?
Jerzy Dudek relives his star role in Liverpool's extraordinary 2005 Champions League win
Alan Dein connects with people experiencing sleepless nights during the pandemic
Carry on regardless says Belarus’s president in the face of the coronavirus pandemic
An inmate’s first-hand account of creating a book club on Death Row
New mums, being pregnant in prison and Covid-19 survivors
Why is Spain rubbish at recycling and Chile so much better? Leena Vuotovesi finds out
Alan Dein connects with individuals whose lives have shifted in the coronavirus pandemic.
Homage to Harlem with poetry, music and the story of chef and resident Marcus Samuelsson
The desperate race to save migrants at sea over one weekend
Zeinab Badawi looks at doctors from developing countries working in the developed world
Listeners offer their perspectives on a global crisis and their lives in lockdown
Stories from an August weekend of gun violence in Chicago, narrated by Clarke Peters
Comedians, loneliness and going back to school
How does the financial help on offer where you are compare to other parts of the world?
Alan Dein connects with people who are anxious about their family businesses
What catching Covid-19 reveals about the politics and leadership style of Boris Johnson
In December 2019, Chinese doctors and officials grapple with a mysterious new virus
One hundred days with new MPs in the North of England from Brexit, Day to lockdown
Hairdressers, funeral directors and sex workers
World Questions explores the impact of Covid-19 with experts from around the world.
Alan Dein connects with individuals whose lives have shifted in the coronavirus pandemic
The devastating effect of the coronavirus pandemic on Bangladesh’s garment industry
Listeners from different countries offer their unique perspectives on a global crisis
Losing loved ones on the frontline, coping during 40-day lockdown and hospital chaplains
Why did so many people die in just one elderly care home in Madrid?
Every citizen gets an annual dividend from the state’s oil fund. Mark Whitaker reports
The foreign care workers who look after Britain’s elderly and disabled people
Coronavirus Global Conversations is a place to talk about the impact of the disease
Alan Dein connects with individuals whose lives have shifted in the coronavirus pandemic
Honey bees, cow dung and mulch; how a company in Zimbabwe is preventing deforestation
Has the epidemic weakened or strengthened the grip of China’s Communist Party?
Are millennials across the world being hit by a mid-20s crisis?
Listeners across the globe share their experiences of lockdown and the coronavirus crisis
Losing loved ones, getting married in a lockdown and the risk to black Americans
As coronavirus spreads people are worrying about their money as well as their health
Alan Dein connects with individuals whose lives have shifted in the coronavirus pandemic
Students and teachers in Chile demand an end to inequality in education
Two very different uses for everyday waste in Paraguay and Sweden
A place to talk about the impact of the disease on you, your family and your communities
The challenges posed by and the consequences of the outbreak of Covid-19 in Europe
Kim Chakanetsa talks to the acclaimed authors Isabel Allende and Edna O’Brien
Alan Dein connects with individuals whose lives have shifted in the coronavirus pandemic
Can extremists who murder people like Jack Merritt ever be de-radicalised?
Saeedeh Hashemi explores the upsides of ADHD for individuals and society
Peter White, blind since birth, explores Melbourne through the sounds he hears.
Coronavirus Global Conversations is a place to talk about the impact of the disease.
As Germany struggles with a teacher shortage, can refugee teachers fill the gap?
Alan Dein connects with individuals whose lives have shifted in the coronavirus pandemic
A mystery killing has shocked Romania as the fight over its ancient forests turns deadly
Peter White, blind since birth, explores Miami through the sounds he hears
What does the future hold on either side of the Ethiopia-Eritrea border?
How North Korean defectors have become a hugely valuable commodity in South Korea
Saying no to dating is part of a growing ultraconservative social movement in Indonesia
Becky Milligan presents a profile of Jurgen Klopp, manager of Liverpool Football Club
Joe Pascal meets Darryl McDaniels of the legendary rap group Run-DMC
How young people in Ireland are facing a huge housing crisis
A new wave of end of life rituals is emerging across northern England
What is motivating the demonstrators on the city’s streets – and their opponents?
Illegal logging of the endangered rosewood tree is decimating forests in Casamance
Nele and Ellie identified as transmen in their teens. Both are now reidentifying as female
Jump on-board a doomed mission to the Moon. Apollo 13: the extraordinary story
Cabin crew claim toxic air is harming them, but airlines say there’s no proven link
Transgender journeys of people who transitioned and then returned to their birth gender
MC and producer Ryan Burvick and the inmates learning to rap in Rikers Island jail
Dominic Casciani gets exclusive access to a former mafia boss turned prosecution witness
People in Afghanistan, the Philippines, Sierra Leone and beyond explore what unites them
Can new judges transform Houston’s criminal justice system?
MC and producer Ryan Burvick and the inmates learning to rap in Rikers Island jail
California’s homeless take a ride on the ‘Motel 22’
Using social media, Alan Dein connects with strangers across the world seeking fulfilment
Cattle farmers from the USA and South Africa share perspectives
Award-winning UK rapper Guvna B explores the ‘gospel hip-hop’ music genre
How can beauty pageants adapt in the wake of the #MeToo movement?
A woman is murdered in El Salvador every 3 days. Karla Turcios was one of them
Relationships between black and Asian origin South Africans
What is life like for the billions of people who live along earthquake fault lines?
The 2020 US Presidential campaign as it unfolds over the countertop of a New Jersey diner
“They’re coming for our children”: How fear of social workers has gripped Bulgaria
Thousands of boys and young men were kidnapped and taken to work on sugar plantations
All sorts of Muslims, some very dynamic and modern, are embracing polygamy in Malaysia
Michael Buchanan gets rare access to Colombia’s cocaine producers and smugglers
The islanders fighting to save their home and their language
The personal stories of students and young people struggling with the pressure to succeed
Lilo and Erich Gloeden hid Jews from the Nazis in wartime Berlin
The Finnish fisherman who believes he has a solution to climate change
Why do we hold our opponents in contempt?
How would you feel if your father was a convicted torturer?
Kate Molleson explores music’s place on the world’s largest island
Psychedelic plants, the spiritual tourism backlash - and sexual abuse
Meet the New Zealanders making an art-form out of coffin creation
How has Germany tried to come to terms with the legacy of its Nazi past?
'We lived with wolves' says 90-year-old Galina - a witness to life before Chernobyl
The controversial laws over how people can change gender in Japan
What will the end of the world’s dependence on oil mean for geopolitics?
A grisly discovery in a murder investigation in Thailand may lead to significant change
The seamstresses who sewed soft goods components for space craft and space suits
The Soviet War in Afghanistan told through its teenage soldiers and their music
Iceland's glaciers are melting and scientists predict they could be gone in 200 years.
The town of Ii in northern Finland is a green trailblazer
Razia Iqbal speaks to US Supreme Court Justice Ruth Bader Ginsburg
How Star Wars changed the cinematic universe in 1977
The story of girls trapped in the violent world of cross-country drugs gangs in the UK
How has Romania moved on from its totalitarian past?
A Canadian organisation is helping LGBT people escape persecution via a secret network.
The story of Judy Garland's last concerts in London at the Talk of The Town nightclub
How a corrupt system condemns Lebanese to the misery of constant power-cuts
GCHQ's listening station at Bude, its hidden past and how it was forced out into the open
What happens when an Iranian marries a South Korean and their families meet?
US political media expert Travis Ridout assesses efforts to influence UK voters
Muslims in Sri Lanka are deciding whether to stay or leave amidst a new climate of fear
GCHQ's Scarborough station and its role in WW2, the Cold War and the Cuban Missile Crisis
John Lennon and Yoko Ono's bed-in for peace protest and the people who witnessed it
Remembering Raed Fares the Radio Fresh FM founder who fought hatred with humour in Syria.
Huang built China’s first 'privatised city'. Is it utopia or his personal fiefdom?
Preserving the treasure trove of traditional harmonies, rhythms and instruments of Malawi
Domestic violence is endemic and often deadly in Russia but some women are fighting back
What happens to migrants who give up trying to reach Europe – and go home as failures?
How have the protests affected the married lives between Hong Kong and mainland Chinese?
How Communist East Germany tried to influence Africa via radio during the Cold War
Who are Albania’s Iranian guests?
Huey Morgan celebrates the life and work of blind musician Moondog
Francis Ngannou's odyssey from child labour in a sand quarry to superstardom in the UFC
Inside the lives of Liberia’s forgotten child soldiers
Ruth Sanderson looks back at the Scarman testimonies and the violence in Belfast in 1969
How the guerrilla war in Uganda led to the current leadership
Meet the black Italians fighting to claim their place in a nation that’s still very white
How the violence of the Northern Ireland Troubles began in August 1969
Nalini Sivathasan meets young Zoroastrians trying to save their religion from extinction
Meet the inspirational supersisters on whose shoulders today's female sport stars stand
Are lithium-powered electric vehicles as ‘green’ as we think they are?
Gordon Brown meets billionaires inspired by the great philanthropist Andrew Carnegie
Black eyeliner is more than just make-up. It's a symbol of the power of Persian women
Cubans are getting online – so how is the internet transforming this communist country?
University professors sexually harassing and blackmailing female students in Nigeria
Meet the children who help their immigrant parents navigate life in the UK by translating
In Vanuatu, a tiny Pacific Island Nation, a controversial passport scheme is a concern
The clerics facilitating so-called ‘pleasure marriages’ in return for payment
The winners and losers from the booming global citizenship trade
In America children can get married legally in most states. Jane O'Brien investigates
A Chilean man - adopted at birth - searches for the mother forced to give him up
Searching for justice for South Africa’s Imam Abdullah Haron who spoke against apartheid
How the countries involved in WW2 fought to feed their people and fund their armies
Long hours, little pay, for the workers who pick Turkey's hazelnuts.
Aleks Krotoski on the history of leprosy and its stigma.
Precipitous mountain roads, specially-modified bikes, and deadly consequences.
What does life sound like for someone whose hearing has suddenly changed?
Audrey Brown looks back at the life of former Zimbabwean president Robert Mugabe
The Philippine city that was besieged by Islamic State supporters
A Costa Rican city is an unexpected home for people in search of a better life in the US
Imran fled violence in Myanmar – now he is in detention in Papua New Guinea
Dead bodies travel along mountain passes for cremation in another country
Wild elephants surround a village in Assam, India. And they’re hungry
Medical student Elena ran out of money, so she started writing fake stories for cash
How Michelle Bachelet rose to be the first woman to serve as president of Chile
Inside the ruin of Brazil’s National Museum – and the struggle to revive it
Brazil’s party capital, Rio de Janeiro, is witnessing a killing spree.
On its 50th anniversary, we explore the social impact of the legendary Woodstock Festival
Talent show finalist Zahra Elham and the musicians defying the Taliban
As a critic of President Duterte, her arrest this year was seen as politically motivated.
When Julia discovers she has more than twenty siblings, she must redefine her family
Can one man's campaign for motorways in Romania make a difference and save lives?
The TV talent show at the forefront of the continuing struggle in Afghanistan
Betty Bigombe spent much of her career trying to negotiate peace with warlord Joseph Kony
Who will shape the future of the hurricane-hit, tropical isle of Barbuda?
On 16 August 1819, troops charged the crowds in St Peter's Field in Manchester
Vaira Viķe-Freiberga became president of Latvia in 1999 and re-elected in 2003
An icon of Italian design; a centrepiece of a community; a tragedy waiting to happen?
Does maintaining good hair stop black girls from getting into the water?
A small town goes on life-support after its lone hospital closes
A former CIA officer begins 20 years in prison for selling secrets to the Chinese
Linda Yueh uncovers the trend of Africans moving to live in China
How sophisticated spy-ware can be used to track our everyday activities. Who's watching?
Is there even something sinister and oppressive to the idea of monolingualism?
The history of the space race told through music and lyrics
A celebration of the life and music of Zimbabwe’s Oliver Mtukudzi
The harrowing story of rape, murder and violence on a Kenyan tea plantation
What is it like to live in a place where you have to speak several languages to get by?
How the death of nine Russian students has fuelled conspiracy theories for 60 years
A German forest is disappearing; devoured by a coalmine. Can the trees be saved?
Meet the people who speak many languages. How do they do it, and why?
Denmark's immigration policy is among the most controversial in western Europe.
Meet the people who speak many languages. How do they do it, and why?
The Dalai Lama shares his thoughts on President Trump, Brexit, the EU and China
Iraq’s female archaeologists return to Mosul to work on restoring their ancient heritage
Students throw sabers and rifles in the American Sport of the Arts
As its city centre falls apart, Marseille is facing a crisis.
The life behind the magic fingers of Afghan spin bowler Rashid Khan
Eight female archaeologists from Mosul travel to London to train with the British Museum
How mistrust of vaccine has brought a forgotten disease back to Europe
Why do people hesitate over vaccinations around the world?
Liyang Liu talks to Chinese school students studying in the UK
Ahmad Zahir died in 1979 yet his music still unites generations of Afghans
Growers, smugglers and the police who’d stop them.
The challenges faced by Native American young people
Many Pacific Islanders enter New Zealand’s visa lottery. What happens to the winners?
How Mexico’s illegal petrol trade is creating a new culture through film, song and prayer
How has rivalry on the football field reflected the political divisions in Turkey?
The Tanzanian mothers forced to hide their children with Down syndrome due to stigma
Sudan’s doctors on the frontline. The white-coated men and women who defied a president
What happened to the Nigerian women trafficked to Europe during the migrant crisis?
The stories of six Syrian refugees across the world, followed over five years
Amar was orphaned in an Iraqi bombing so who is the woman claiming he is her son?
The extraordinary story of a young man from Ghana going undercover on the migrant trail
Is a driverless future really just round the corner?
How Syrian refugees have found new lives in Canada and Lebanon
The story of a 12-year-old girl seeking asylum in a strange county – told from the inside
In 2009, Mennonite women in a far-flung Bolivian colony reported mass rape.
Tayo Popoola discovers the story of the slaves owned by the Cherokee Indian tribe
Migrants make headlines all the time, but what about those they leave behind?
South America’s second poorest nation is about to get very rich
The coalition of centre-right and far-right parties that are running Austria and Italy
An internet of things insider reflects on the implications of ‘things’ that talk
The British gangs making big money smuggling migrants across the English Channel.
The populists governing European nations along the former Iron Curtain’s route
If data is the new oil, are data centres the new oil rigs?
What went wrong in flat 113 at Grenfell Tower? Katie Razzell pieces together the evidence
Thousands of Bangladeshi addicts are hooked on Yaba, a methamphetamine and caffeine mix
What the Trump presidency means for America's old European allies
South Africa 25 years after the 1994 elections that brought Nelson Mandela to power
10, 9, 8, 7: The dramatic missions that made the Moon landing possible
Can the treasures lost when Brazil's National Museum burnt down be salvaged or replaced?
Stephen Hendry examines the rise in popularity of snooker in China
A deep dive into the life and work of an Indian newspaper
The secretive radio stations that link the Big Apple’s vibrant migrant communities
Mark D’Arcy reviews the chaotic past few weeks of debates on Brexit in the UK Parliament
For some in Poland the Cursed Soldiers are national heroes; for others they are murderers
How inter-faith and inter-caste marriages are leading to bitter divisions in India
Will robotisation prevent poorer countries taking the traditional route to prosperity?
Hunting western paedophiles is a priority for a new police unit in Nepal
Will the competition between China and the US inevitably lead to military conflict?
Helene Daouphars asks why #MeToo was so controversial in France.
Tensions are rising on Ukraine's western border
Romanians work right across the UK economy. So why do they get such a bad press?
People in London are asked where they are going to reveal hidden truths about their lives
Exploring the growing role of robots in education and elderly care in Singapore and Japan
Cryptocurrencies have been around for 10 years, so why are many still dogged by scandal?
In a series of five programmes, Neil MacGregor explores how other countries see Britain
In Belfast, strangers are asked where they are going to reveal insights into their lives
Robots are designed to help us, so why do humans like to hurt them?
The dangers of flying in the great wilderness of the Brazilian rainforest
Denys Arcand, Madeleine Thienand and Chrystia Freeland share their views of Britain
One question reveals hidden truths about the lives of strangers in Cardiff
Anne Soy investigates why there is no business like slum business
How a Church of Denmark priest sexually abused children for a decade without detection.
Wole Soyinka, Yeni Kuti daughter of Fela Kuti; and Muhammadu Sanusi II on Britain
One question reveals hidden truths about the lives of strangers around the world
Emmanuel 'Jagari' Chanda, Zambia’s first rock star tells his story and that of Zamrock
How does a lonely, Spanish shepherd find love when single women have left for the city?
Neil MacGregor explores how other countries see Britain
What does life sound like for someone whose hearing has suddenly changed?
How an impoverished school achieved amazing success on and off the basketball court
A ground-breaking re-sentencing project has changed the fates of more than 100 inmates
Political and cultural figures in Germany on how they and their communities see Britain
Is Liberia’s footballing President George Weah achieving his goals?
The inside story of how players and betting gangs are fixing matches in tennis
Republican insider Ron Christie assesses how Donald Trump has shaken up his own party
If space aliens are out there…why haven’t we found them?
Fourteen year-old Emmett Till was murdered in 1955. His death has resonated ever since
Students die every year on US college campuses because of dangerous “hazing” rituals
For Adrian Goldberg, Brexit has raised a dilemma: should he get a German passport?
Imtiaz Dharker presents a reflective evocation of the broom, in words, sound and music
How Mongolia’s massive hip hop scene is shaping the country’s future
Elderly pensioners in Japan commit petty crimes so that they can be sent to prison
How best to live and die with dementia and the difficult choices people have to make
Blessed with a photographic memory Aleksander Kulisiewicz recorded songs of the damned...
Hundreds of illegal orphanages in Uganda, many funded by UK charities, face closure.
How will governments find the money and workers to care for Alzheimer’s sufferers?
Who killed Benazir Bhutto? Why has a 10-year investigation failed to find her killers?
A widow’s 60 year campaign for the truth about her husband’s death in the Algerian War
Is there a viable case for drone deliveries in East Africa?
How fear and lack of understanding of Alzheimer’s is stigmatising those who have it
Who killed Benazir Bhutto? And why has 10-year investigation failed to find her killers?
Old enemies Serbia and Kosovo discuss what for some is unthinkable - an ethnic land swap
Ordinary Cubans reveal what their lives have really been like under Castro’s socialism
The Central African Republic and its struggle to develop after years of conflict
How one boy’s dream was cut short by the beautiful game’s ugly prejudice in Brazil.
What does it take to make a living in the New York flower market?
How and why Childish Gambino’s This is America video echoed around the world in 2018
Two British firefighters revisit the scene of Armenia's devastating earthquake in 1988.
A profile of US First Lady Melania Trump
Composer Bob Chilcott explores the history of A Festival of Nine Lessons and Carols
How home DNA testing kits are revealing more than some people bargained for.
The story of the US servicemen captured and imprisoned 50 years ago by North Korea
A sound-rich immersive journey along the Congo River in the Democratic Republic of Congo
The BBC gains rare access to a region of China where Muslims are being held without trial
Exploring how ancient cave paintings in Somaliland can be protected from terrorists
Ana Matronic visits a retreat for people who have tired of tech
Is the rise of online porn in India to blame for sexual violence against women?
An investigation into repression in Burundi, one of Africa's most secretive countries.
How one woman uncovered a medical scandal that rocked Ireland
Radio La Colifata confronts prejudices by broadcasting from a psychiatric hospital
Locked up for renting out their wombs, mothers in Cambodia must make an agonising choice.
How migrants' food businesses have shaped communities in northern Britain
Why do women in Canada women give birth to somebody else’s baby without getting paid?
Is the media reporting the issues that matter to Women?
Marking the 50th anniversary of Bristol’s cultural gem – the St Pauls Carnival
Nigerian patients held in hospital because they can’t pay their medical bills.
The Sahrawi women clearing up unexploded bombs left in the world's longest minefield
The feminist revolution taking place in the home of machismo and the Tango
How instant noodles went global with the help of students, travellers and prisoners
Babies addicted to opioids and the school kids caught up in the US addiction crisis
How the police and courts deal with the opioid epidemic in one city—Louisville, Kentucky.
Exploring the real-time impact of the US opioid epidemic in Louisville, Kentucky
The African genocide that fed a gruesome trade in human body parts
US politician Joe Tydings shares vivid memories of the Kennedys in his final interview.
Mohammed bin Salman is under intense scrutiny following the killing of Jamal Khashoggi
The amazing work of the little known astronomer George Ellery Hale
Moira Stuart tells the astonishing story of the Unknown Soldier
Stories from the travelling underbelly of America, collected on Greyhound buses
An important fish that millions depend on is being turned into animal feed for export.
Could voting laws and partisan district maps swing November’s US midterm elections?
How young, cool Kazakhstanis are forging a new identity for their country
Violence against women is a persistent problem in Serbia. Nicola Kelly reports.
Ruth Alexander looks at the rise in violent crime in Sweden
The impact of Africa's new wealth and social media on home-grown philanthropic causes
Down but not out in a Colombian border town, four Venezuelans pin their hopes on music.
Is money from foreign investors helping or hindering African farmers?
Do some athletes exaggerate or even fake a disability in order to win Paralympic medals?
The impact of philanthropy on healthcare and disease reduction in Africa
When someone takes their own life, how does it affect those left behind?
Over a hundred people with disabilities have been killed by the police in the US in 2018
An exploration of loneliness – seen through the eyes of one 94-year-old woman
A survivor of the Holocaust reunites with her 15-year-old self via BBC archive recordings
Brazil’s Zika babies – now toddlers – and their 'warrior' mums
The name ‘Macedonia’ is disputed by two neighbouring nations. That may be about to change
Spartan conditions and demanding casting directors - the challenges of aspiring models
Simon Cox investigates a new far right youth organisation in Europe, Generation Identity.
Tales of colourful figures from the Oxford Dictionary of National Biography
How humans make babies could be about to change, thanks to IVF and reproductive tech
One small country and the legacy of a local crisis that went global
Dark secrets of Chile's Catholic Church - one of South America's devout congregations
How the late Victorian institution has remained relevant in the internet age
Forty years after the first IVF baby, Krupa Padhy explores how human beings procreate
Nevada’s legal sex trade faces a campaign for reform
How has comedy helped Northern Ireland cope with conflict and move on?
'He was using prisoners like oxen' - an ex-convict recalls life on a Ugandan prison farm.
Anthony Zurcher looks back at the life and career of US Senator John McCain.
The everyday reality of living and dying under siege in Syria.
Dr Keon West explores the good and bad of shedding your clothes
A life in limbo for two Britons. Not wanted in the UK and not wanted in Jamaica.
Personal recollections of the legendary American conductor and composer
Why does South Korea have the lowest fertility rate in the world?
The amazing stories of strangers in Seoul, uncovered by asking - Where are you going?
How footballer Mo Salah is changing the world on and off the football pitch
Aurelia Brouwers had mental illness - when she died from euthanasia in Holland she was 29
Amazing stories in Vietnam are uncovered by asking strangers - Where are you going?
Norway's child protection system under scrutiny once again after expert's conviction.
The amazing stories of strangers in Japan revealed by asking where they are going
The best from OZY Fest with Salman Rushdie, Rose McGowan, hip hop artist Common and more.
The resurrection of a murdered Kremlin critic in Ukraine.
Legendary newspaper man Harold Evans reveals his lifelong pursuit of the truth.
Can a blockchain technology boom reboot the fate of hurricane ravaged Puerto Rico?
How a wooden board with four roller-skate wheels started a sub-culture across the globe
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Exploring the idea that money is power by looking at the fetish of financial domination
The story of Labour politician Nye Bevan, who created Britain’s National Health Service
How do you deradicalise and reintergrate former ISIS members who have returned to the UK?
Lottery jackpot winners around the globe on whether their windfall has made them happier
Is it really so odd to have an only child?
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Africa’s first and only World Scrabble Champion tells his story
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Filipina migrant workers in the UK and their children tell their stories
Highlights from Windsor on the day that saw Prince Harry marry Meghan Markel.
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An investigation into Jim Dowson, the front-man for the Knights Templar International.
Masculinity plays out against a backdrop of class, caste and a rapidly changing economy
Athletes prepare to run a marathon through the forgotten land of Western Sahara
The Commonwealth’s has its origins in the British Empire, what is its value now?
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Inside, ‘the largest foreign bribery case in history’
How hundreds of Russian jihadi brides and their children vanished in Iraq
How Bermuda has become the first country in the world to repeal same-sex marriage
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A 50th anniversary look at the murders of Martin Luther King and Robert Kennedy
One woman's mission to re-unite families in Mosul
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Satire in the Arab world that targets social injustice, corruption and political leaders
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Linda Pressly travels to Arctic Norway to investigate child sexual abuse
Retelling of an ancient Native American story and its resonance with contemporary issues
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How migration has impacted on three generations of women in one family
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How the circle of Ukraine's disgraced ex-president continues to profit from his people.
Madeha al-Ajroush battled for 30 years to get women the right to drive in Saudi Arabia
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Monica McWilliams was one of two women in the negotiations for the Good Friday Agreement
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The dark, demonic landscape of a 17th Century masterpiece The Temptation of St Anthony
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Fears of brain damage is leading to Americans stopping playing football
The rise of talk show host, philanthropist, media proprietor and actress Oprah Winfrey
The ethos of the Paralympic movement is fair and equal competition.
George Bellow’s masterpiece Men of the Docks reveals life in the Brooklyn docks in 1912
What has President Trump’s first year has meant for US Defence?
What can President Trump's tweets tell us about his presidency and the US?
Investigation into one of the world’s biggest degree mills
Discover life in Regency England through the extraordinary detail of Ann West's Coverlet
How criminal gangs in Venezuela use children as young as 10 and teenagers in their wars
How the flu pandemic of 100 years ago affected every corner of the world
Priscilla Ng’ethe joins a family celebration for her 117 year old great grandmother
Lucy Ash meets the staff and customers of a bakery which is in war-torn east Ukraine.
Intellectuals banished to an inhospitable land created a pool of talent and creativity
How black Brazilians are asserting their rights thanks to a controversial education law
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A journey up the 'suicidal' Pilcomayo river that separates Paraguay from Argentina...
How a hallucinogenic ceremony led to an attempt to climb Cerro Autana in Venezuela
Robert Mugabe stepped down after four decades in power, the transition took just ten days
Fortune-telling via Turkish coffee grounds, a practice popular across the Middle East
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There are 33 ways to dispel a mistress according to one of China's top love detectives.
How military service shapes Israeli society and its future
Tanya Streeter’s remarkable dive – on just one breath of air – to the depth of 160m
America’s longest running circus, Ringling, Barnum and Bailey, is closing after 146 years
The Great Depression and how the US government used the arts to uplift national spirit
A brutal killing, an unsolved murder and the divided island of Malta
How former Afghan child refugee Dr Waheed Arian is breaking medical boundaries
Why is the word America such a controversial one outside of the US?
Many thousands of Polish people took a chance to escape Soviet gulags by joining an army
Kati goes to meet her biological parents for the first time since she was abandoned
How young offenders and the US legal system are being reformed through neuroscience data
What Chinese magazines and their readers tell us about culture and politics in China
A son uncovers his father's double-life as a CIA spy in a covert mission in 1960s Laos
How our ancient forebears made music and how ancient sites affected sounds of their time
A love for Arabian horses unites Israelis and Palestinians
Is taking offence on social media over-sensitivity or a force for progress?
How did stockfish - cod that is dried in Norway’s cold air - became a Nigerian staple?
The chilling story of a massacre of Rohingya muslims in a small village in Myanmar
Life in Christchurch, New Zealand, as it recovers from two earthquakes
Is Poland sliding towards autocracy or just on a different, democratic path?
Mark Urban examines the impact General Mladic had on the lives of thousands of people
The sounds and smells of Berlin experienced through the senses of a blind man
Hungary is becoming an "illiberal democracy". Is that its right, or a slide to autocracy?
Five Solidarity members reflect on the movement that ended communist rule in Poland
David Grossman on Namibia’s missing tax millions revealed in the Paradise Papers
Martin Wolf of the Financial Times examines the economic impact of President Donald Trump
The indoctrination of Japan’s World War Two suicide pilots told by the last survivors
Donald Trump’s election win revisited - could he do it again in 2020?
Searching for captive children still lost after the retreat of so-called Islamic State
Four people share their life-affirming experience of living with a terminal illness
The story of the Red Terror in the North of Russia nearly 100 years ago
A tiny South Pacific island hosts 25,000 cruise ship tourists a month but at what cost?
Why do asylum-seeking children in Sweden withdraw from the world & how can they recover?
Nigerian director Tope Oshin celebrates women film-makers currently reinventing Nollywood
How foreign troops incarcerated Russians on 'Death Island' in the White Sea
How a reforming priest brought revolution to Russia’s Orthodox Church
The mentally-sick in Zanzibar turn to profiteering exorcists for treatment
Brazil is the caesarean capital of the world. What is behind this C-section “epidemic”?
The story of a forgotten war fought by Western troops in Arctic Russia at the end of WW1
"Growing up and not speaking the language, I felt this loss or this void"
Indonesia has just conducted its first ever national survey on domestic violence
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Unity is a village without men set up by Samburu women in response to domestic abuse
Manveen Rana uncovers hate speech and sectarianism in the UK's Urdu media
Five decades after his death, how important is El Che for young Cubans today?
How the locals of Thailand and Myanmar are resisting the destruction of their forests
Why some people want to eradicate the lionfish from Florida's waters
Africa’s migrant trade is among the most lucrative. Can it ever be stopped?
The global expansion of British music exams, and its very modern challenges
The amazing success story of the avocado in the US as a case study for the future trade
The communities of rainforests of South-east Asia resisting destruction of their forests
How thousands of Americans given life sentences as children now have a chance of freedom
Panama’s idyllic islands are threatened by a rising sea, but one community has a plan
Meet the self-experimenters and scientists trying to add years to our lives
Periods are a taboo in many places but for some in Tanzania first periods are celebbrated
Behind the bars of New York’s notorious jail, Rikers Island, inmates are learning to rap
How do you make a new home in the African bush with a machete, rope and plastic?
We join the world’s cyclists on the gruelling Vuelta a Colombia race
Meeting the people with a passion for flowers in a city of conflict
Following storm Harvey, what are the challenges facing Houston’s diverse population?
Poet and broadcaster Wana Udobang speaks with lonely and isolated people in the city
What’s it like to live in the country with the fastest-shrinking population in the world?
What’s the best way to spend $100 million to fix one of humanity’s problems?
A Syrian father and daughter in Berlin and their struggle to reunite with family
A young Somali refugee tries to live the American dream
What’s the best way to spend $100 million to fix one of humanity’s problems?
Exploring the often overlooked connections between the Falkland Islands and South America
Germany is celebrating 500 years since the Reformation
Niger has the highest fertility rate in the world and the government wants to change that
Why are climate change sceptics in Republican Texas embracing renewable energy?
Examining the mythology and psychology behind solar eclipses
Examining the divided nation in the run-up to the recent Constituent Assembly vote
Inside Romania’s live, web-camming world – the engine of the online sex industry
Witnesses recall the aftermath of partition as former British territories were divided.
Kavita Puri hears the untold stories of those who witnessed India’s partition in 1947.
Vladimir Hernandez reports from Caracas
Has Pakistan has lived up to the vision of its founder, Mohammad Ali Jinnah?
The mass migration of 1947 and what that version of events says about the country now
In besieged East Aleppo a terrified mother of three makes one last desperate phone call
Somali life and culture through the work of poet Mohamed Ibrahim Warsame 'Hadraawi'
Openly bisexual journalist Nichi Hodgson explores what it means to be bisexual
Pakistan's Hijra, or third gender, community shun a new emerging transgender identity
he effects of the Partition of India in 1947 on generations of Indians.
Why is it OK to be gay in the UK but not in Zambia?
Inside Yangon as revealed through the artists, writers and musicians forging new Myanmar
Igor Stravinsky’s ground-breaking concert for a black audience at the height of apartheid
The creation and capture of Mughal India’s coveted Peacock Throne
In the summer of 1967, thousands of hippies descended on San Francisco
On the frontline with the female Kurdish fighters liberating Raqqa and themselves
Our planet's sand reserves may be running out, with serious consequences for society
Inspiring stories of change from the streets of Pakistan's largest city
President Trump's first 100 days as seen by the residents of the city of Boise, Idaho
First-hand stories of migrants' journeys to America and what the Trump presidency means
Insights into the impact of Obamacare and what its repeal means for Americans
The real lives of Americans and what they want from their president
Sarah Darwin follows Charles Darwin’s footsteps to see the Galapagos Islands
The conflict in Kashmir told through the life and times of a burnt-out movie theatre
India and Pakistan's tussle for Indus Valley antiquities after partition
Soldiers speak out about what it is like to serve as a Muslim in the British army
A vigilante drug squad tackles a heroin epidemic in northern Myanmar’s jade mines
The untold story of how Jewish women became the first female superstars of Indian cinema
In 1892, Liberian farmer Martha Ann Erskine Ricks presented Queen Victoria with a quilt
Why did a mob seek out and kill a college “genius”?
A white land owner and black farm workers share ownership of their land in South Africa
Who is the former banker and civil servant and how did he rise so far so fast?
Irish crime journalist Paul Williams asks whether Europe’s drugs wars are out of control
Did music help bring down the Berlin Wall? Chris Bowlby reports
One night of terror at Dhaka's Holey Artisan Bakery in July 2016
Peter White explores the sounds and smells of London’s Square Mile
The post-1997 generation of Hong Kong, how they see themselves and what makes them tick
How have the hopes and fears of Hong Kong's handover from Britain to China played out?
Each year 35,000 New Yorkers end up in jail because they can’t afford bail
The sounds of Marrakesh explored through the ears of a blind man
Why is Germany such a reluctant military power?
Behind the gambling, glitz and glamour of this extraordinary desert oasis
What the UK election results say about Britain, Brexit, and the different generations
How western high tech mass surveillance is being sold to governments in the Middle East
How Brazil went from economic boom years to its worst recession on record
Carlos Dews revisits the world of cockfighting – now illegal – of his youth
One man’s extraordinary quest to find out what became of his home in Aleppo’s old town
The 1958 Grand Prix in Havana that ended with the kidnapping of F1's Juan Manuel Fangio
How Lebanese citizens are learning to clean up their own government’s stinking mess
A portrait of the UK Election campaign and the role of populism in the 2017 UK election
War and crippling sanctions, yet Syria’s extraordinary World Cup journey continues
Exploring the meaning of The American Dream, and how it began
The rise in suicide rates among Indian farmers and the impact on their families
Four people affected by the Challenger space shuttle disaster reflect on the event
The Kenyan women trafficked to Somalia to be sex slaves for al-Shabaab
The music of Soweto that came to represent resistance and black South African culture
The Israeli doctors treating Syrians who have been smuggled over the border with injuries
The Muslim male actors taking over Bollywood amidst growing Hindu fundamentalism in India
The role of music as defiance in Soweto, South Africa's oldest township
How might robots help us live, work and even love in the future?
Port chaplains provide support to the world's 1.5 million merchant seafarers
Religiously and politically potent, Sri Lankan elephants are killing more and more humans
The story of African-American novelist and folklorist Zora Neale Hurston
How veterans of Colombia's war are dealing with genital wounds and loss of masculinity
How the murky world of subversion still dominates East-West relations
Anne Soy meets the Kenyan activists helping intersex people take their place in society
Many people rent out their homes or cars - in Japan some are now renting middle-aged men
A journey to the The Valle de los Caidos, a memorial to Spain's civil war dead
The practice of chhaupadi, in which menstruating women are isolated from community life
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Men in the Faroe Islands are having to look far beyond their shores for marriage
Mr Trump supporter Joe Borelli kept an audio diary about the president’s first 100 days
People are sharing their thoughts and fears about dying at Death Cafes around the world
Young stars of social media share lessons in life from their grandmothers.
In a revolutionary first, one of Cuba’s cancer treatments gets a US drug trial
How some Indonesians live with dead family members for years
From childhood to old age, a journey through life reflected in the mirror
Russian, American, British and Afghan soldiers talk about fighting in Afghanistan
Do separation walls and barriers work, or do they make problems worse?
Lucy Ash meets the young Russians taking death-defying photos to gain internet fame
Great grandmother Elizabeth Gathoni Koinange celebrates her 117th birthday in Kenya
How far has Marine Le Pen detoxified the far-right legacy of France's Front National?
How Sri Lanka and Uganda have kept the peace after civil war
The secret lives of the thousands of people who live on industrial sites in Hong Kong
How Burmese MPs and sex workers are joining forces to improve lives
Peter Taylor reflects on his 50-year career reporting terrorism
A Brazilian novel about street children written 80 years ago still resonates today
Muslim mums discuss their fears of extremist Islam influencing their children
Six years after protests began in Syria, Lina Sinjab explores why the revolution failed
The glamour, graft and glory at the most important thoroughbred horse auction on earth
How the Burmese military stand accused of abusing Myanmar’s Muslims
The unique and ancient bond between humans and dogs explored
Phil Kemp investigates a Florida-based stem cell study.
The role of Irish keeners - women who were paid to cry, wail and sing over the dead
How should the media report on Donald Trump?
The musicians being persecuted for raising their voices against repression
Why is the tolerant Netherlands home to a major anti-immigration, anti-Islamic party?
Catherine Carr travels to Tijuana in Mexico, and asks strangers - where are you going?
The Polish property scandal now being linked to a brutal and unsolved murder
Mayors of cities from Helsinki to Bogota, Los Angeles to Cape Town on delivering change
Why do populist Western politicians want warmer relations with Russia?
The plight of unaccompanied migrant children stranded in Greece
The story of Dalida, an Egyptian-Italian singer, who is remembered for her tragic life
An investigation into discrimination based on skin tone - 'colourism' or 'shadeism'
A crash in the currency has left a critical lack of drugs, and left thousands desperate
Meet the refugees behind the microphones on Germany’s pioneering Refugee Radio Network
Aboriginal people share their words, wisdom and concern for the future of water
A master communicator with a passion for global development, the world has lost a legend
As birthrates fall and its population ages, can Japan avert a demographic disaster?
The Indian wildlife park that protects its animals by shooting suspected poachers
An exclusive behind-the-scenes analysis of the world's most valuable football club.
America’s lost history of eugenics through the eyes of its last remaining survivors
Rainwater is collected from roofs, drains into a tank and is then pumped towards taps
Economic growth benefits the poorest families in Peru
Futons and martial arts-trained police play a part in Japan's low gun crime
A Muslim country with a cosmopolitan outlook, Tunisia is both liberal and conservative
Becoming a maths master is within reach for every pupil taught this way
Anti-smoking messages come at Australians from all angles. Only 13% of them smoke
Did a white US police officer break the law by shooting dead an unarmed black youth?
The illegal trade in baby chimpanzees, exported as pets or to private zoos
Former US Secretary of Defence William J Perry on nuclear security in our changing world
RB Leipzig, the saviour of a city or the unacceptable commercial face of football?
The proposed abortion reform that has divided Malawian society
Far from family, a group of Indian migrants in Dubai become brothers on the cricket pitch
The 90th anniversary of the BBC’s first radio football commentary in 1927
What will new President Trump do about healthcare in the United States?
What do Donald Trump’s tweets tell us about America's next president?
A history of how the White House and the press corps learned how to live with each other.
One night of terror at Dhaka's Holey Artisan Bakery in July 2016.
The relationship between Islam and coffee
How drones are fundamentally changing the face of warfare
Dramatic and poignant tales exploring how Africa’s football and politics are bedfellows
Women in Poland are angry with their government and with the Catholic church
Dealing with immigration, an exploding population, and a divide between rich and poor
Yuliya Stepanova revealed the use of performance enhancing drugs by Russian athletes
There’s a crisis of homelessness for families in Britain
How the way the world is shaped and reported on changed fundamentally in 2016
How music has become a crucial source of comfort and resilience for refugees in Lebanon
Street artist Reza captured public dissatisfaction when he caricatured the PM as a clown
Why did Indonesians flock to a remote mountain shrine to have sex with strangers?
Faster Rudolph! Competitive reindeer-racing is a popular sport across the Arctic Circle
The story and legacy of the vast Soviet nuclear test site in Kazakhstan, The Polygon
The battle of ideas that accompanied the Arab uprisings
Disputes in Islam’s most misunderstood sect - the Wahhabis, also known as Salafis
Why the Muslim Brotherhood has fractured since the Arab uprisings
The debate within Shi’ism about the role of Islam in government
Safa Al Ahmad chairs a discussion about the role of Islam in politics in the Arab world
The Kafkaesque story of the brutal killing of a woman found dead by a lake in Sweden
Protecting cows has now become the focus of armed Hindu vigilante groups.
Tito's career is wrecked now that so many of Egypt’s hotels have closed
Black sporting talent is still struggling to break through into South Africa's top teams.
When Louisa Smith was eight, her father, a Vietnam veteran, dealt with an armed attacker
Breaking taboos by exploring sex and female sexuality in conservative Nigeria
How President Duterte's 'war on drugs' is playing out in real life
The inspirational cheerleading grandmothers of Arizona who refuse to act their age
Linda Pressly and Albana Kasapi investigate the 'Green Gold' rush in the Balkan nation
The BBC’s Security Correspondent, Gordon Corera interviews the CIA Director, John Brennan
Why is feminism still regarded by many as a word to avoid?
The women in India who are bucking the trend and doing jobs traditionally done by men
Cuba's iconic leader has died - we look back over his life
The bizarre tale of Kirsan Ilyumzhinov - master or pawn in the great game of chess?
Five ordinary Cuban women on their lives, their passions and their struggles
Meet the women in India working in jobs traditionally done by men
Public employee one day, enemy of the state the next. The post coup reality in Turkey.
How country music became a powerful form of expression for Australia’s Aboriginal peoples
A post-election view of the US presidential race from the perspective of the winning side
In Mississippi in 2008, 15-year-old Tobias dreamt of being a policeman. Did he succeed?
How the Bamboo Club in Bristol, England, became a lifeline for a victimised community
Acclaimed percussionist Dame Evelyn Glennie explores the evolution of musical rhythm
There’s a shortage of criminals in the Netherlands. What are the Dutch doing about it?
Listeners' stories of incidents and actions that proved to be a turning point in life
Life as a volunteer out on call with Ice-SAR: Iceland’s search and rescue workers
How has the US changed since 2008?
Gavin Lee documents the tense final days of France’s notorious migrant camp.
Which African books deserve a wider audience?
How Oklahoma City transformed itself after the devastating bomb in 1995
How synthetic psychoactive drugs produced in China make their way onto Britain’s streets.
Mary Ann Sieghart is not rude, she just cannot identify people by their faces
Maggie Aderin-Pocock looks at the surprising history of African space exploration
What have we learned from three US Presidential debates?
Why a group of Armenian war veterans who stormed a police station are seen as heroes.
Explore in minute detail a pair of Japanese screens that depict the historic city
The surprising history of African space exploration
Monica Vasconcelos learns to negotiate the world as her sense of sight diminishes
Five Syrian refugees talk about their struggle to settle into new lives in Germany
The story of Cheran - a Mexican town that rose up against organised crime.
The final programme in the series brings together five of the speakers from the road trip
A long, close look at what's hiding in the undergrowth of Ruysch's bold flower painting
The dentists in the US fixing the teeth of drug addicts to help fix their lives
The conservation world remains divided over how to save the African elephant.
Immerse yourself in Pieter Bruegel the Elder's masterpiece The Harvesters
Vladimir Hernandez reports from Venezuela which is struggling to feed its own people
Anna Nguyen returns to Vietnam to rediscover the war-torn country her family fled in 1975
Twenty-two years after apartheid people are still in jail for fighting to end it
A view of Barack Obama's legacy by the people of the East coast - eight years on
How a museum tells the story of the US via the lens of the African American experience
Maria Margaronis asks what has become of Basque dreams of independence from Spain.
What is it like being a blind tourist in Rio during the Paralympics?
How have Hilary Clinton and Donald Trump prepared for their first US Presidential debate?
Yusra Mardini went from swimming to survive as a refugee to swimming in the Rio Olympics
Why do Americans seem more divided than ever?
The people who are trying to stop the relentless road deaths in India's biggest city.
Exploring Washington DC through the sounds of the city
Why are Middle Easterners heading to Cyprus to tie the knot?
Why do Americans seem more divided than ever during this election year?
David Baker meets Israel's new breed of high tech Haredim.
Peter White is blind and explores Nairobi through the sounds of the city
Three personal testimonies exploring the journey from religious faith to atheism
Heroin, opiates, and suburban Ohio.
Google dominates internet searching. Rory Cellan-Jones asks if it is too powerful
The incredible stories and dreams of refugees in Calais, France
The treasures that have been destroyed or looted during the wars in Iraq and Syria
Sarah Rainsford looks at how Russia is dealing with dissent in the run up to elections
Tchaikovsky’s Swan Lake and its relationship with the Russian psyche and politics
The environmental impact of mass tourism on cruise liners as China gets on board
"Archaeology is supposed to be fun and apolitical... but none of this is now"
The people displaced by war in Colombia who fear they will never be able to return home.
The premature babies in incubators on display in an amusement park before World War II
The new market for cruise holidays in China and Africa
The Temple of Bel, the Mar Elian shrine and the Lion of al-Lat by those who loved them
Why are more people in Poland preparing for war?
Her sensual, devout, sometimes provocative poetry is read and admired around the world
Why are some fighting to have the 14th Amendment of the US constitution repealed?
Inside the secretive world of one of Malawi’s biggest charities - DAPP.
What does graffiti and street art actually change?
How did the US Supreme Court become the most powerful institution of American politics?
The story of the library in a besieged Syrian town providing a lifeline to its community.
Why is protectionism from both left and right so potent in US politics?
Aside from the physical landscape, what does graffiti and street art actually change?
The Sierra Leonean children expressing their views via an Ebola lifeline radio project
The men in Malawi who are hired to have sex with young girls
Is modern Yoga a product of Scandinavian gymnastics as much as ancient Indian philosophy?
Shakespeare's plays appeal to Brazilians for their mix of sex, politics and intrigue
Aviator and aspiring astronaut Wally Funk meets the pioneering women of space travel
Why are residents protesting about the impact of tourism on their neighbourhoods?
Who was the man who died from a rare kind of poisoning in a remote area of the UK?
Ghana's boycott of 1966 was a protest at the number of places given by FIFA to Africa
As Barack Obama prepares to leave office, Nahal Toosi examines his foreign policy
How the city of Ottawa reduces the fall-out from addiction: giving wine to alcoholics.
The tale of gay black diva Sylvester James, famed for his disco hit Mighty Real
A fierce drought in Oklahoma’s ‘No Man’s Land’ stirs up dust storms, memories and myths
The story of how 50 Syrian musicians beat the odds to perform again together.
The campaign against capital punishment in a small but violent country
The Battle of the Somme and a wartime tragedy that struck Northern England 100 years ago
What motivates Ohio's volatile 'independent' voters who are not Democrats or Republicans?
Personal reflections of those who have survived, or are surviving, the conflict in Syria
The women prosecutors who have become the scourge of Macedonia’s political elite.
The legacy of Sa'adat Manto, who confronted social taboos in Indio-Pakistani society
How a generation of Ukrainian combat veterans are coping with life after the frontline.
Film-maker Rex Bloomstein investigates how sex offenders are treated and rehabilitated
Assignment explores the impact of the murder of environmentalist, Berta Caceres
Why is the UK's classical music scene so resolutely white, and how might it evolve?
An Iranian family struggles to deal with the unspoken fact that their daughter is gay
The stories at the world’s biggest monthly second-hand tractor auction
Four European hostages held by Islamic State talk about their months of incarceration
A report on the alleged persecution of the indigenous peoples of Bangladesh.
Owen Bennett Jones heads to Pakistan in his exploration of South Asia's Deobandi Islam
The forensic team looking for clues in bones to look for Latin America's 'disappeared'
Yalda Hakim on how a Kabul TV station has paid a terrible human price for its journalism
India’s Deobandi school of Islam and its mission to preserve Islam in its purest form
The Argentine Team of Forensic Anthropology and their quest for clues from victims' bones
How a reclusive maths prodigy terrorised America and how the media amplified his cause
Why the Gupta family of Indian entrepreneurs are accused of 'capturing' South Africa
A night out in the Latino suburbs with the mariachis of Boyle Heights, East LA
The plight of rural women making shea butter in Ghana’s northern regions
Twenty-five years ago thousands of Iraqi Kurds died fleeing Saddam Hussein’s forces
Why have illegal miners invaded three of Ghana's gold mines in recent months?
Dancer Dane Hurst on his dream to teach modern dance to under-privileged kids in SA
One man’s struggle to keep singing despite losing everything in the Sri Lankan civil war
The Syrian refugees who arrived in Berlin in 2015 and their attempts to settle in
The mid-western city which has become a world centre for the game of chess.
Ahead of the world’s biggest song contest, a diplomat explains why pop is a secret weapon
Wrestling with Rudolf Kastner's Holocaust story and the issues it raises
The human rights movement vs resistance to human rights by powerful states
China's once hated population police are being turned into child development specialists.
The Rudolf Kastner story - a hero or villain of the Holocaust?
The 1948 Universal Declaration of Human Rights, which set out of rights for all humankind
The story of Pasca, a young lesbian and how South Africa's rainbow nation has failed her.
The fall and rise of Igbo, one of West Africa’s most widely spoken languages
The movement of people who define themselves as ‘non-binary’ – not male, not female
What does the future hold for the girls of the Duaripara slum in Dhaka?
The astonishing story of a group of young men who chose to resist ‘Islamic State’.
The role of British monarchs on the global stage including Elizabeth II
What do our secrets tell us about who we are? And what happens when we reveal them?
From the feminist Shakespeare enthusiast to the man dying of AIDS: we're in Kolkata
Norway's child protection policies are attracting sharp criticism both at home and abroad.
Why women in India shave their natural hair and why South African women want to buy it
Mexico’s black communities feel ignored and are using culture to fight for recognition.
Intimate conversations between hairdressers and their clients around the world.
A major investigation reveals how the world's most notorious regimes get around sanctions
How the so-called Islamic State operates in Europe.
From the father and son who share a passion for firearms to one of the last hippies there
From a pigeon catching crack addict to the woman married to her cat. We're in New York.
How the ethics, philosophies and lifestyles of the tech elite influence the way we live
Zaha Hadid was the first woman and first Muslim to win the Pritzker Architecture Prize.
The rifts and sexual politics challenging Thai Buddhism and its devotees.
How South Korea's popular culture is leading to a raucous, more individualist culture
How should we be preparing schoolchildren today to find employment in the future?
How six days of armed struggle in 1916 changed Irish and British history
The shepherds protesting over what they see as a threat to their traditional way of life
From movies and TV to K-Pop, South Korean culture punches above its weight in East Asia
How the northern Swedish town of Ånge is learning to live with 1,000 asylum seekers
The new sub-culture of sex and drugs that is growing amongst gay communities
The rise of Ted Cruz, the only man left who could thwart Donald Trump
Maria Margaronis examines Hungary's hardline response to migration in Europe
US Air Force veteran and poet Lynn Hill opens up the alien soul of 21st Century warfare
The 10-year-old blind boy and gifted musician, learning echolocation from Daniel Kish
Donald Trump - billionaire, celebrity and now politician. Justin Webb tells his story
Vladimir Hernandez gets a rare insight into the world of kidnapping in Mexico.
Each year some of the poorest pupils in Britain enter Eton school on full scholarships...
How a young Japanese translator Miwako Ozawa met tsunami survivor Hiromitsu Shinkawa
Neal Razzell reports on a growing dispute over public land in the United States
Was commercialisation responsible for the spread of gospel music beyond the black church?
The start-ups in Kampala trying to make the boda-boda - motorcycle taxi- a safer industry
Chris Rogers goes undercover to investigate the treatment of asylum seekers in Thailand
The journey of gospel music from the church to the charts
Alan Kasujja visits Uganda to explore the rise of the boda-boda - a motorcycle taxi
The enduring force of the Tropicalia movement which electrified Brazilian music
Germany offers language classes to new arrivals from Syria to help with integration
Chris Bowlby explores how Germany found itself at the centre of Europe's migration crisis
Johny Pitts' dad is an African-American star and his mum's from the north of England.
The ex-mechanic in Benin whose mission is to help people with mental health problems.
How are dating apps changing the way people find love around the world?
PJ O’Rourke is on the trail of Donald Trump in New Hampshire
The Mexican drag queen who is challenging the world of wrestling and ideas of masculinity
Gatehouse goes in search for the gun seized by rebels when the dictator was captured
What does it take to run for office in today’s USA?
Can the Black Lives Matter movement change America?
Lipika Pelham on the extraordinary story behind Bangladesh’s first same sex wedding.
Music teacher Francesco Lotoro resurrects the music of Holocaust victims
Can the new Sustainable Development Goals eradicate poverty by 2030?
Have the tennis authorities done enough to investigate allegations of match fixing?
Alla Kravchuk returns to Pripyat, Ukraine, now a ghost town following Chernobyl
David Bowie's lasting impact on music, fashion, teenage culture and attitudes to gender.
Can Belgium solve the problems of the Brussels district dubbed 'Jihadi Central'?
Can the site of the Chernobyl nuclear disaster in April 1986 be made safe?
Do different prostitution laws in Europe help sex trafficking to flourish?
Untangling the web of corruption in a forgotten corner of Brazil
Life as a refugee after fleeing the war in Syria to make a new life in Lebanon
The multi-ethnic orchestra in Rome that is a beacon of hope amid an immigration crisis
The Dhnie family has arrived in Germany, but the difficulties of a new life begin.
A Syrian football team torn apart by civil war. Tim Whewell is on a quest to find them.
The Dhnie family find themselves sleeping rough and getting caught up in riots
How dance during the Cold War was was designed to challenge America's military image.
Tracing the history of the sari and how it can symbolise loss, love and nostalgia
Twenty three of Libya's finest technology graduates plan to rebuild their country
Meet the Dhnie family in Turkey as they prepare to make the journey to Greece from Syria.
Marc Almond goes in search of a Russian superstar who vanished in Siberia
The key moments that shaped the migrant numbers reaching Europe at unprecedented levels
Five school children starve to death in the Malaysian jungle. Why weren't they protected?
The children's home in Kampala where every child is given a musical chance for a future
How consumers in India are embracing the online shopping revolution
An original drama retelling the story Greece, its creditors and its bailout
Why war in space is not just Hollywood fantasy but a fast-approaching threat
The risks people take in rural Cambodia to get basic healthcare
How dance during the Cold War was designed to challenge America's military image.
Can Uganda’s burgeoning tech scene help fast-track the country’s development?
European Space Agency astronaut Samantha Cristoforetti on the International Space Station
How fictional universes, from Star Wars to Harry Potter took over global culture
How did Robert Jones spend 23 years in jail for crimes another man had been convicted of?
Does in-game betting pose a threat to the integrity of some our most popular sports?
Meet the people making sure Ghana’s girls are plugged in to the tech revolution
Maria Margaronis explores the debris of Albania's painful past
Meet the black women challenging the tech industry’s lack of diversity
What chance is there for a deal on climate change in Paris?
The complex business of dying in Greece
How can we meet the energy needs of a growing population without creating CO2 emissions?
Peru's drug 'mules' - youngsters hiking cocaine from the jungle to the highlands
A look at the science behind climate change ahead of this year's summit in Paris
Catholic bishops gather in Rome to debate their Church’s teachings on sex and family
Three women from the Bangladeshi community speak candidly about the Bangladeshi diaspora
Three Bangladeshi women in east London talk about the changes in their community
The sacking of a newspaper editor strains an old friendship between Norway and Russia
Why are children hooked on Minecraft? Does it stimulate creativity or disengage them?
How do Catholics in Kenya view the Church's controversial rules on sex and the family?
Is Aung San Suu Kyi on the brink of power in Myanmar?
Lyse Doucet speaks to Egyptian President al-Sisi ahead of his visit to London this week
Why locals are leaving, and super-rich Americans are coming in the opposite direction
Musician Philip Glass revisits his life '70s New York as a taxi driver and as a composer
Austria – on the frontline of the battle over Catholic doctrine on sex and the family
Stories of the pioneers who came to post war Britain from the Indian subcontinent.
Tim Franks asks why the world's youngest nation is falling apart
The emotions and humanity of the Syrian people as seen through the eyes of its poets
How youth radio is helping to shape Myanmar's shift from military rule
Exploring stereotypes of Japan from workaholics to submissive women and bizarre crazes
Lucy Ash reports from the French city of Beziers which has become a Far-right fortress
Virtuoso percussionist Dame Evelyn Glennie explores the story of the Hang
Homosexuality in Namibia and the LGBT community's struggle for social acceptance
Does harsh interrogation yield reliable intelligence in the fight against terror?
How Macau overtook Las Vegas to become the world's most lucrative gambling centre
Was Jacques Attali right when he predicted the value of recorded music would plummet?
Did the 'Decade of the Roma Inclusion' succeed in helping Europe’s poorest minority?
Why Edward Snowden exposed the mass surveillance by American and British intelligence
The rewards and Challenges of AI and how it is changing our world
Why has Germany become the choice destination for thousands of refugees across Europe
Should a city owing $18 billion sell its prestigious art collection?
How Eleanor Roosevelt helped shape the role of First Lady
Neal Razzell reports on Spain’s economic crisis which has hit bullfighting hard
A portrait of African-American poet Gwendolyn Brooks, who won the Pulitzer Prize in 1950
The invisible cultural and mental divide between former East Germans and West Germans
Recalling the Iran-Iraq war of the 1980s, and its continuing legacy
Jane Deith investigates conditions for tea workers in Assam
The life of Guru Nanak, founder of Sikhism, poet Mirabai, Mughal ruler Akbar, Malik Akbar
Gabriel Gatehouse looks at a humanitarian crisis and allegations of war crimes in Yemen
The ancient Japanese art of sit-down comedy, known as Rakugo
Religious tensions in Zanzibar, South Africa's schools and China's influence in Africa
Profiles of the Buddha; Mahavira Jain; Ashoka and Aryabhata.
Why are Paraguayan children so vulnerable to abuse?
Changes in education, health and the media - Ethiopia; Mozambique; Tanzania; South Africa
A young man disappears on a night out in Antwerp.Where did he go and how could he vanish?
Arabic hip hop artists explore the effect of politically charged words on the Arab Spring
Meet the community struggling to survive on one of the world’s fastest eroding coastlines
Could recent developments in 3D printing benefit the natural world?
Britain’s former mould-breaking ambassador to Lebanon, Tom Fletcher.
The Harragas of Algeria - young people who burn their identity papers and head to Europe.
Trista Goldberg looks at the story of Vietnamese Amerasians.
An interview with one of Iran's vice presidents, Masoumeh Ebtekar, in Tehran.
Exploring the audio archive found in Osama Bin Laden's compound in Afghanistan.
Will Grant takes a ride on Cuba's bumpy roads where change is in the air