BBC Radio Podcasts from From Our Own Correspondent

Pope Francis’ Latin American Legacy

Pope Francis stood in solidarity with priests living in cartel-controlled communities.

Ukraine’s uncertain future

Amid waning US support and increased Russian attacks, Ukraine is more vulnerable than ever

Trump, Tariffs and the  Rust Belt

The people of small-town Ohio have more on their mind than the impact of trade tariffs

Taking back Khartoum

Civilians celebrate after occupying RSF rebels are driven out of the Sudanese capital

Turkey’s clampdown

The arrest of Istanbul's mayor sparked mass protests and a heavy response by authorities.

Ukraine’s fading hopes

After ceasefire talks stalled this week, our correspondent says Kyiv faces a new reality.

Inside Mexico’s drug cartels

Up close with the Mexican cartel foot-soldiers smuggling deadly fentanyl into the USA

Gaza’s future

Arab leaders convened in the historic city of Cairo to draw up a post-war plan for Gaza

Trump, Putin and the new global order

: Steve Rosenberg on how the rapprochement between the US and Russia is viewed in Moscow.

Disappeared in Ukraine

The war has killed thousands of Ukrainians,but many have simply disappeared without trace

Germany's young people and the far right

In Saxony, our correspondent hears why young voters are increasingly supporting the AfD

Rebuilding lives in DR Congo

Inside the clinic helping DR Congo's casualties of war recover and rebuild their lives.

Donald Trump’s Rapid Start

The president's moved at a blistering pace, setting in train the agenda for his 2nd term

Israel, Gaza and the ceasefire

With the ceasefire in effect, Fergal Keane contemplates the future for Gaza and Israel.

Escaping the LA Fires

Stories of close encounters and lucky escapes amid LA's devastating wild fires.

The Israeli and Palestinian schism

The daily challenges of living and working as a journalist amid divided communities.

Mexico prepares for Trump 2.0

Mexico's first woman president Claudia Sheinbaum gets ready for a potentially bumpy year.

A Song for Valentina

Steve Rosenberg's song about his Russian friend struck an unexpected chord with Muscovites

Searching for Syria's missing

Thousands of Syrians are searching for relatives 'disappeared' by the Assad regime.

Returning home to Syria

Syrians are returning home to a different country, without fear of arrest or detention.

Sudan and the story of Mama Nour

Lyse Doucet tells the story of a woman helping others survive Sudan's civil war

The story of a Russian deserter

A Russian soldier who guarded the country's nuclear weapons reveals why he fled the army.

Life in the shadow of a melting glacier

For villagers in the remote Karakorum mountains, climate change is a present danger.

North Korea and Russia's flourishing friendship

Our correspondent visits the border region between China, North Korea and Russia

Donald Trump’s Sweeping Victory

How Donald Trump won the presidential election through a new coalition of American voters

What next for Georgia?

Protests in Tbilisi amid claims of election violations and divisions over the future

Is Russia meddling in Moldova?

Moldovans face a critical choice in two votes between closer ties with Russia or the EU.

Israel, Gaza and a wish list for the future

Jeremy Bowen recalls an encounter with a young girl in Gaza hoping for a peaceful future

The Amazon’s record forest fires

The Amazon has had its worst fires in two decades, with most started illegally by humans.

Israel undeterred

Lyse Doucet relates a telling encounter in the immediate aftermath of the Hamas attacks

War looms in Lebanon

As Israeli airstrikes continue, tens of thousands have been displaced across Lebanon

Panic in Beirut

An eyewitness account of the panic that followed the exploding pager attack in Lebanon.

The US debate and the battle for Pennsylvania

Our correspondent heard the verdict on Tuesday's debate from voters in the swing state

Ukraine reels from Russia’s missile onslaught

A series of Russian strikes have dented Kyiv's morale after Kursk incursion

Civilians under siege in Sudan

The Sudanese volunteers caring for hungry, displaced and traumatised communities

Thailand's handcuffed democracy

The country has been thrown into political chaos thanks to the intervention of the courts

Ukraine's incursion into Russia's border regions

President Zelensky's surprise advance has caused alarm in Russia

Bangladesh: after Sheikh Hasina

Kate Adie presents stories from Bangladesh, Russia, the US, Brazil and Morocco

Venezuela’s disputed election

Protesters took to the streets of Caracas after Maduro claimed victory

Fears of a wider war between Hezbollah and Israel

Cross-border attacks between Hezbollah and Israel have devastated communities

Republicans anoint Donald Trump

The confirmation of Trump as candidate marks the culmination of an extraordinary week

A daylight attack on Kyiv

Defiance as the Ukrainian capital comes under aerial assault

The Trial of Evan Gershkovich

Steve Rosenberg reflects on Russia's handling of the case against the US journalist

France and the Far Right

France heads to the polls in an election that could see the far right make further gains.

Ukraine’s conscription crisis

Ukraine is struggling to recruit soldiers to the frontline

Kosovo and the new world of war

25 years on from Serbia's withdrawal from Kosovo, how has the nature of conflicts changed?

Modi’s Modest Victory

Narendra Modi remains PM, but has lost some of his star power among Indian voters.

Haiti’s Shattered State

Haitians fear their plight is being forgotten as they wait for the return of law and order

Myanmar’s Jungle Revolutionaries

A fierce battle is being fought between young opposition fighters and the military junta.

Inside the trial of Donald Trump

Our correspondent recounts the dramatic twists and turns and its impact on the campaign

Protests in Georgia

Tbilisi is on edge amid protests over perceived Russian influence in a new draft law.

US student protests and the youth vote

Will US university campus protests over Gaza affect Joe Biden's appeal among young voters?

The Rise and Fall of Nagorno Karabakh

The story of how Armenia won and lost the 'black garden' in an enclave of Azerbaijan

The Ayatollah and Israel

Iran's Supreme Leader has avoided going to war - could tensions with Israel change that?

A perilous moment between Israel and Iran

Iran's threat to retaliate for the strike in Damascus raises fears of regional war

Returning to Rwanda

Thirty years on from the genocide, Rwandans share stories of survival and reconciliation.

Prospects for Peace in the Middle East

What are the prospects for wider peace between Israel and the Palestinians, beyond Gaza?

Surviving 'chemical detention' in Belarus

A Soviet-era form of house arrest keeps the lives of hundreds of prisoners in limbo.

Putin: Russia’s modern-day Tsar

Our correspondent meets Putin's VIP supporters in the hall where Tsars were once crowned.

No escape from Haiti

Thousands of Haitians flock to the border seeking supplies and to escape gang violence.

Life after the Lord’s Resistance Army

How forgotten victims of violence in the Democratic Republic of Congo are trying to heal.

Channel migrant deaths on the rise

While channel crossings in small boats are down, the number of people dying is rising.

Haiti: ‘There’s nothing but the gangs’

A first-hand account of how the gangs stormed the airport and two prisons in Haiti

Nigeria’s growing economic crisis

Soaring food and fuel prices have provoked anger and protests across Nigeria

Gaza’s Humanitarian Nightmare

Ceasefire talks are overshadowed by more than 100 Palestinian deaths in an aid delivery

Trump edges closer to Republican nomination

Donald Trump gains momentum with victories in the South Carolina and Michigan primaries

Ukraine: Two Years of War

Exploring the lives of Ukrainians and Russians two years after Putin's invasion began.

Talking and listening in an insecure world

Behind the scenes at the Munich conference where news broke of Alexei Navalny's death.

Reporting Gaza

Jeremy Bowen reflects on the challenge posed by very limited media access to the war zone.

Fear of Famine in Ethiopia

The deadly mix of drought and war has left millions of people without enough food

Who will govern Pakistan

With most results now declared in Pakistan's general election, there is no clear majority

Who will govern Pakistan?

With most results declared in Pakistan's general election, there is no clear majority.

America’s Endless Fentanyl Epidemic

The synthetic opioid poisoning young lives on both sides of the US-Mexico border

French Farmers and the 'Siege of Paris

Farmers surrounded Paris this week, to protest falling incomes and rising bureaucracy.

Rebranding Indonesia's politicians

From strongman to cuddly grandpa figure: how Prabowo Subianto's image has been remade

Ayodhya: a defining moment for India

A grand new Hindu temple sits on a disputed site, exposing India's religious fault-line.

Taiwan’s defiant message to China

Taiwan's pro-sovereignty party won the presidential election, sending a signal to Beijing.

Japan: Learning Lessons from Earthquakes

Amid the aftermath in Wajima, there are signs Japan has learned to live with earthquakes.

Running Out of Road For A Two-State Solution

Political options prove elusive in the Middle East, ahead of US Secretary Blinken's visit

The Changing Face of Modern China

Our correspondent on the transformation he's seen in Beijing since arriving 20 years ago.

A Pivotal Moment in Ukraine's War

Faced with waning support in the West, Ukraine is adapting its strategy in the war.

Poland’s Political Drama

Poland's election gripped the nation as voters turned away from 8 years of populist rule.

Hope and Disillusion in South Africa

Fergal Keane returns to South Africa thirty years after the fall of apartheid

The UAE’s Air Pollution Problem

As COP28 gets underway, our correspondent reveals the impact of gas flaring in the UAE.

Crime and Punishment in Putin’s Russia

While peaceful anti-war protesters are jailed, convicted killers are freed to fight.

An Emergency Summit in Riyadh

Arab leaders gather in Riyadh to try and agree a position on the Israel-Gaza conflict

Cambodia’s sunken Mekong villages

Along the majestic Mekong river new dams are bringing power, but uprooting local people.

A Tribute To Hope

With peace a seemingly distant prospect, Fergal Keane reflects on the question of hope.

Acapulco in the aftermath of Hurricane Otis

Acapulco’s hurricane left nearly a million people without adequate food, water or power.

Shocked To The Core

Four weeks after the Hamas attacks, Israelis are wrestling with the consequences

Voices from Gaza and Israel

An Irish Palestinian talks about daily life in Gaza and an Israeli returns to his Kibbutz

Israel, Gaza and the view from the Middle East

What impact has the Israel-Gaza conflict had on diplomacy in the Middle East?

The Thai workers caught up in the Israel-Gaza conflict

Members of Israel's Thai migrant worker community describe surviving the Hamas attacks

Israel, Gaza and The information war

Jeremy Bowen reflects on the challenges of establishing the facts during a time of war.

Afghan migrants in limbo in Pakistan

Afghans who risked their lives to work with British forces face deportation from Pakistan

A Deadly Week in Israel and Gaza

Our correspondents reflect on events in Israel and Gaza following Hamas' brutal attack.

Australia’s Indigenous referendum

Australia's landmark Indigenous referendum has exposed a bitter culture war.

A Tumultuous Week in US Politics

The ousting of the House Speaker Kevin McCarthy plunges the legislature into uncertainty

Rising tensions in the Balkans

Kosovo-Serbia relations are under serious strain after a day of deadly shootings.

Niger: After the coup

Niamey, once a bulwark against instability in West Africa, heralds a new era

Exodus From Nagorno-Karabakh

Tens of thousands of Armenians are fleeing in the wake of Azerbaijan's military offensive

Voices From Libya’s Flood-hit East

In Derna, survivors speak about the impact of the storm which washed away lives and homes

Morocco: Tragedy in the High Atlas Mountains

Surveying the colossal damage in one mountain-side community after the earthquake struck

The parents suing over Gambia’s cough syrup scandal

More than 70 small children died after taking an allegedly toxic medicine

The press under pressure in Indian-administered Kashmir

"Any story could be your last" say journalists in Indian-administered Kashmir

Drug cartel violence spreads through Ecuador

Ecuador was once a peaceful country in a dangerous region - but not any more

The Sudanese refugees sheltering in Chad

Hearing stories of the wounded and bereaved who've arrived in the town of Adre in Chad

Life and war in Yemen

People in the city of Taiz yearn for "just one good day" after years of siege

Cambodia's strongman bows out

Cambodia's Prime Minister Hun Sen bows out after 38 years, handing over to his son

Israel's culture war over the Supreme Court

Huge protests in Jerusalem over legal reforms reflect wider divides in Israeli society

Sudan: a neglected conflict

Militias and red tape are choking the flow of information about Sudan's latest conflict

Uruguay's Water Crisis

A long and severe drought in Uruguay has left locals in the capital drinking salty water.

Wagner Group: Business as Usual?

The Wagner Group was going to disband after its march on Moscow, so why's it still hiring?

After Jenin

A new generation of Palestinians is emerging to continue fighting their cause.

The Yazidis who survived Islamic State

How an underground network in Iraq helped free Yazidi women and girls from slavery.

Grief in France's banlieues

The French police's killing of the teenager Nahel in Paris led to violent protests.

Tracing Syria's Captagon Trade

Lebanon and Jordan fight a tide of smuggled tablets - of an illegal and addictive compound

The Wagner mutiny in Russia

The Wagner mercenaries' mutiny in Russia ended quickly but what does it say about Russia?

Ghana's healthcare brain drain

Doctors and nurses are leaving, so what options are left for Ghanaians needing treatment?

Life and Death in North Korea

Rarely heard voices from within North Korea reveal desperate lives in the secretive state

Donald Trump's courtroom drama

The former President pleads not guilty to 37 federal charges over classified documents.

The Myanmar soldiers refusing to fight

As civil war grips Myanmar, soldiers are defecting to avoid killing their own people.

The Taliban's Opium War

A new clampdown on poppy growing hits some of Afghanistan's poorest farmers.

Erdogan Wins Again

Erdogan's new era and the consequences of speaking out in Turkey

Gun Violence in Serbia

Following two mass shootings in two days, Serbians protest to demand an end to violence.

Ukraine's Counter-Offensive

Residents endure rocket attacks as the president plans the next stage of the war.

The Families Fleeing Sudan

The Sudanese caught up in the battle for Khartoum continue to flee for their lives

El Salvador's brutal battle with gangs

A crackdown on gang violence has filled El Salvador's prisons - but is everyone guilty?

Erdogan, the Earthquakes and the Election

Turkey counts its losses as its President faces voters in a tough election.

Thailand’s Young Reformers

Thailand is at a crossroads as reformist candidates gain momentum ahead of elections.

The Trial of Vladimir Kara-Murza

The Russian political activist sentenced to 25 years for criticising Putin's war

Mexico's clergy and the cartels

The life of a priest comes with considerable risk in communities controlled by cartels.

Escape from North Korea

The story of Songmi Park's escape from North Korea and how she reunited with her mother.

Israel’s Deep Divisions

Benjamin Netanyahu has delayed controversial judicial reforms, but tensions remain

Mississippi: After the Tornado

Residents speak about the impact of the deadliest tornado in ten years on their community

Ukraine’s Second Spring Of War

Quentin Sommerville reports on the state of the war from the frontline in Eastern Donbas.

Jeremy Bowen: Memories of Iraq

Our International Editor reflects on events that shaped Iraq before the invasion in 2003.

Kidnappings in DR Congo

A woman tells her story of how she was kidnapped by an armed group - and how she escaped.

Protests in Georgia

Georgians express anger over a draft law, which many saw as a sign of Russian influence

South Africa’s Rolling Blackouts

South Africa's economy is shrinking as the government struggles to keep the lights on

Greek Train Crash Triggers Grief And Anger

Relatives of victims battle to come to terms with the accident, in which 57 people died

Nigeria’s Young Voters Find Their Voice

Nigeria's recent election saw many young voters engage with politics for the first time.

Uzbekistan’s Winter Energy Crisis

Uzbekistan is major producer of gas but people are still going cold this winter.

Moldova’s Divided Loyalties.

In an enclave surrounded by pro-Russian forces, villagers are torn between East and West.

Ukraine: One Year On

Correspondents in Donbas, Moscow, Poland and London reflect on Russia's invasion.

The questions after Turkey's earthquake

In the aftermath of the earthquake, a growing sense of anger emerges in Turkey.

Rescue hopes fade in Turkey and Syria

As earthquake rescue efforts begin to wind down, families still hope for miracles.

Southern Turkey: The Earthquake's Epicentre

In Kahramanmaras, families continue the search for their relatives late into the night.

Voices from Syria’s North-West

After a 7.8 magnitude quake struck in the region, many are stranded with no hope of help

Grief and Grievances in Israel and the Occupied West Bank

After a surge in violence over the last week,mourners speak of their fears for the future

A Mosque Attack in Peshawar

A suicide bombing in a high security police mosque in Pakistan devastates the community

A Bitter Winter in Afghanistan

A trip to the world's highest road tunnel shows the perilous conditions in which many live

Ukraine Dreams Of A Different Future

Amid the grim reality of the frontline in Eastern Donbas, soldiers imagine life after war

China’s Great Reopening

China reopens borders after easing Covid restrictions as the New Year festival approaches

Brazil: United In Grief, Divided By Politics

As the nation unites to mourn a football icon, divisions open up over the return of Lula

A Year in Ukraine

A selection of stories from correspondents who have covered the war since February.

Friendship, Fury and a French Suit

Kate Adie presents highlights of the year's dispatches from around the world.

Haiti: A Gangster’s Paradise

Violent gangs control much of Haiti's capital, leaving locals living in fear.

‘Everything that is good has been taken’

Kate Adie presents stories from Ukraine, Iran, Niger, Bhutan and Lithuania.

From Our Own Correspondent

China’s Zero Covid Backlash

A Bleak Future For Afghanistan’s Young Women

Kate Adie presents stories from Afghanistan, China, Iraq, Colombia and Ireland.

Letters from Russia

Kate Adie presents stories from Russia, the Netherlands, France, Tunisia and the US.

Kherson: After the Russian Retreat

Kate presents stories from Ukraine, the West Bank, Pakistan, the US and the Faroe Islands

The Red Wave That Wasn’t

Predictions of a sweeping Republican comeback in the US midterms failed to materialise

Surviving Mariupol

After the siege of Mariupol and a media blackout, stories emerge from those who escaped.

Albania’s Young Migrants

With limited opportunities at home, Albania's young people seek a better life in the UK

The return of Lula

Lula da Silva makes a political comeback in a tightly fought election in Brazil

Ukraine’s Eastern Frontline

A visit to an artillery unit in Donbas highlights the arduous conditions faced by soldiers

Brazil votes on the Amazon's future

Illegal gold mining on indigenous land and stories from Taiwan, Zambia, Sweden and the US

Nigeria’s Flood-hit State

A journey on the road to Kogi state highlights Abuja's inaction over devastating floods

Tracing Ukraine’s missing people

In Ukraine, relatives desperately search for those who have disappeared or were captured

Ukraine: A War of Nerves

Ukrainians brace for further escalation by Russia after a week of devastating attacks

Mahsa Amini’s Kurdish Heritage

Iran's authorities issue death threats to Mahsa Amini's family and other protestors

Famine looms in Somalia

A fight for survival is underway in Somalia which is facing its worst drought in 40 years

China’s media control

As China's economy falters, local communist party officials are tightening media control

Flight From Russia

Thousands of Russians are crossing the border into Georgia to escape Putin's conscription

Brazil at a crossroads

Brazilian voters go to the polls to choose between two very different leaders

Putin’s Gamble

Vladimir Putin's announcement of partial conscription heralds a new stage in the conflict.

A turning point for Ukraine?

As Ukrainians recapture lost territory, celebrations are tempered by a grim discovery

Queen Elizabeth II and the World

From the Commonwealth to the most ardent republic, the world remembers Queen Elizabeth II

'A Monsoon on Steroids'

Stories about the catastrophic Pakistani floods, and from Iraq, Brazil and Russia

Somalia's searing drought

Stories from Somalia, Russia, Israel, Thailand and Greece

Brutality in Russia's prisons

Accounts of torture and rape are backed up by leaked video footage of organised attacks

Colombia's countryside not yet at peace

Armed groups still target Colombian families, as the drug trade blights poor communities.

Kenya goes to the polls

Kenya’s presidential election, plus stories from the Philippines, Poland and Yemen.

Farewell, Super Mario

Italy faces more political instability, as its great hope, Mario Draghi, resigns as PM

Valentina’s Kiosk

The story of Valentina, a newspaper vendor at a kiosk in Moscow

The Crown Prince and the President

President Biden's awkward encounter with the Saudi Crown Prince in Jeddah

The legacy of Shinzo Abe

Japan was shaken by the assassination of its longest serving post-war Prime Minister

Suspicions in Soweto

A series of shootings in South Africa raises alarm

Sri Lanka on the edge

Sri Lanka's economic crisis deepens as people face skyrocketing prices

Confronting racism on Chinese social media

Tracking-down a Chinese content maker in Malawi who sold racist content online

Suspicion and mistrust in the Donbas

Ukrainians in the Donbas fear those among them who support the Russians

A Summit in the Bavarian Alps

G7 leaders gathered at Schloss Elmau as Russia’s onslaught of Ukraine continued.

Colombia breaks with its past

A new leftist president is elected in Bogota, pledging radical change

More Killing in Kashmir

A new wave of sectarian murders are happening in Indian Administered Kashmir

Ukraine's Battlefield Doctors

How Ukrainian surgeons are learning to operate in the middle of a warzone

Dom Phillips and Bruno Pereira: Amazon Defenders

Remembering the work of journalist Dom Phillips and indigenous expert Bruno Pereira.

Afrikaans: The Language Which Still Divides

Why South Africans are outraged at a plane passenger test in the Afrikaans language.

Life Under Russian Occupation

A Ukrainian woman's tale of what happened when Russian troops took over her city

The Arab World's New Drug of Choice

Captagon is turning users into addicts, and funding militant groups in the Middle East.

The Ukrainians deported to Russia

Ukrainian citizens say they were 'tricked' into travelling to Russia without explanation

Violent Protest in Sri Lanka

As Sri Lanka runs out of fuel, food and medicine, its people are taking to the streets.

Escape From Russian Occupation

The Ukrainian volunteers driving into Russian-held territory to help people flee.

Disappeared: The Women Gone Missing in Afghanistan's Prisons

The story of women in Afghanistan, arrested and held without charge for "moral crimes."

Lockdown Life in Shanghai

The stress and strain of holding a family together with no end to lockdown in sight

The Story of a Russian War Crime

How one woman in Bucha saw her husband murdered, her home and her life destroyed.

Tackling the Cocaine Trade in Honduras

We join police fighting the drugs trade, as their ex-president faces trafficking charges

The Threat of Rising Waters in Bangladesh

The Bangladeshis rebuilding their lives again and again to escape rising rivers and sea

What do Russians think of the war in Ukraine?

A look at Russian opinion now that dissent has been criminalised and protestors arrested.

Ukraine: The War in the Countryside

Stories of what happened when Russia's invasion reached Ukraine's villages

Argentina’s Memories of war

The Falklands War casts a shadow over Argentina, 40 years on

Russia’s path of destruction

Moscow has cast a new shadow over Europe, as the dead lay unburied in Ukraine's cities

Thwarted hopes in Afghanistan

The Taliban makes a U-turn on secondary school girls' education

Ukraine’s unified resistance

Putin miscalculates support among the Russian-speaking Ukrainians for his invasion

On Kharkiv’s Frontline

Russia's bombardment of Kharkiv has laid bare the horror of the invasion

Crossing into unknown territory

The Russian invasion has raised the possibility of a new Cold War

Ukraine’s living nightmare

Ukrainian cities suffer huge losses amid Russia's sustained bombardment

Peace talks in Antalya

Israel enters the fray as mediator between Ukraine and Russia

Kyiv’s last stand

A sea of humanity flees Kyiv as the city battles to fight off the Russian onslaught

Shock and anger in Eastern Siberia

A visit to an Eastern Siberian village where shock and anger prevail over Ukraine

Putin's Soviet Ambitions

Moscow attempts to resurrect the former Soviet Union from the ashes

Brazil's Deadly Landslides

Deadly landslides hit the city of Petrópolis, leaving many dead and homeless

Return of the Chagos Islanders

Fifty years after their removal, a group go back to visit the land they once called home

Still There: The Migrants Trapped in Calais Limbo

France is making life tougher for those camped in Calais to try to deter them from coming

The Paris Terrorism Attack Goes To Trial

Victims of the 2015 Paris attacks and relatives of the dead witness the suspects on trial

Snow and Sorrow: Winter in a Lebanon Refugee Camp

Freak weather conditions have made even worse the plight of Syrian refugees in Lebanon.

Myanmar: One Year Under Military Rule

A year after Myanmar's government fell to a coup, protest and armed resistance continue.

Mass Migration and the Families Left Behind

With so many leaving Latin America for the US how does this affect communities back home?

Fear and Fatalism in Kiev

People both scared and blasé: first impressions from the BBC's new correspondent in Kiev

Russa’s Troops: Not Really a Threat to Ukraine?

The Russian people who deny that their troops represent any threat to Ukraine.

Searching for Mexico's Drug War Disappeared

The relatives searching for loved ones, missing presumed dead in Mexico's drugs war.

Serbia and Djokovic: More Than a Matter of Tennis

How Australia's treatment of Serbia's Novak Djokovic became an international political row

Uncovering China's Internet Trolls

Who is behind the online abuse frequently heaped on those who dare to criticise China?

2022: A Year of Recovery?

Hopes, fears and the chances of rebuilding in the year ahead.

Turkey's Cost of Living CrisisTurkey's Cost of Living Crisis

Soaring inflation means even basic goods are now out of reach for many Turkish people

Madagascar: The Threat of Starvation

With severe hunger widespread, could this become the world's first climate change famine?

Sleepless in Seoul: South Korea’s Exhausted Workforce

South Korea has a growing economy and expanding cultural influence, but at what cost?

Anti-Lockdown Protests Hit The Netherlands

Anti-lockdown, anti-vaxx: violent protests hit Rotterdam and The Hague

The Desperation of Asylum Seekers on Poland's Border

Asylum seekers were lured to Belarus, but then left stranded on the Polish border.

The Battle for Ethiopia

Fighting on all fronts as rebel groups get ever closer to Ethiopia's capital.

A Cup of Tea with the Taliban Neighbours

Three months after taking power, what are we to make of Taliban rule in Afghanistan?

Bosnia: New Tensions From An Old Conflict

Bosnian-Serb leaders stand accused of stoking nationalist sentiment

Can the world reach a deal?

Leaders have gathered for the COP summit, but is the world in a mood for global deals?

Children for sale: Afghanistan's desperate and impoverished

Afghan parents in the west of the country have been selling their children to buy food.

Sudan's coup: democracy delayed again

A general has seized power in Sudan, with people protesting against yet another coup

Eric Zemmour: France's new right wing contender

France has a new contender for the presidency: controversial TV presenter Eric Zemmour

Nostalgia For Gaddafi

Ten years after his death, some in Libya mourn the loss of Muammar Gaddafi

Disillusion in Iraq

Iraq's election: disillusion, apathy and sectarian voting

Drug dealing, murder and gentrification: the persisting contrasts of Marseille

France's President Macron heads to Marseille, as the city is hit by new gangland violence

A Haitian Odyssey Across The Americas

Migrants from Haiti cross the Americas; tales from Thailand, Brazil, Australia & Lebanon

Bumps in the road for the Czech Republic

PM Babis at bay; tales from the UK to Afghanistan, France, Kenya and the Aland islands

Silence Falls in Libya

Libyans grow cagier; tales from the Netherlands, the West Bank, Mozambique & the Balkans

Anxiety over Afghanistan

Jeremy Bowen reflects from Kabul; stories from Germany, Spain, Switzerland and France

A tight race in Germany's elections

Stories from the German election campaign trail, the USA, Colombia, India and Ireland

China's New Rules for Society

The Party reaches into everyday life; plus stories from France, Lithuania, Chile and Ghana

From Our Own Correspondent with Kate Adie

Iranian exiles in Iraq, plus stories from Afghanistan, Canada, Hungary and Georgia

Lebanon's Medicines Emergency

Economic crisis leaves pharmacies empty; plus Nagorno Karabakh, the USA, Italy, and France

Forever wars – and how they can end

The ways out of war in Afghanistan and in Africa; tales from Israel, Spain and Seychelles

Afghanistan: Questions, Doubts and Fears

What went wrong - and what now for Afghans? With stories from Haiti, India and France

A Summer of Fires in Greece

Flames consume homes, forests and farmland; tales from Afghanistan, Libya, Cuba and Norway

The price of dissent in Belarus

Activists on trial in Minsk; plus tales from Nigeria, Australia and Costa Rica

Tunisia's Unfinished Business

Power moves in Tunis; stories from Lebanon, Barbados, Kenya and the Tokyo Olympics

Aftermath

Longterm worry follows Europe's floods; plus Brazil, Nagorno Karabakh, S Africa and Mexico

The Meaning of Home

Fergal Keane on the EU's borders; tales from Eswatini, Ethiopia, France and Ukraine

Cubans' patience wears thin

An unusually public bout of dissent; stories from Bangladesh, Spain, Russia and the USA

What NATO leaves behind in Afghanistan

Years of foreign operations draw to an end; tales from Haiti, Cyprus, Slovenia & Ireland

Face to face with Abiy Ahmed

Ethiopia stonewalls questions on Tigray; stories from the Philippines, USA, Ukraine and UK

Russia's Vaccine Paradoxes

The Sputnik V rollout gets more urgent; stories from Hong Kong, Canada, India and Chile

Risk of Collapse

A high-rise disaster in Florida; plus stories from France, Australia, Lebanon and Germany

America's Border Camps for Children

Misery at US migrant camps for children; tales from Spain, Afghanistan, Ireland & Turkey

Denmark’s deportation dilemma

Can asylum seekers be sent back? Plus tales from Libya, Argentina, Liberia and France

News Management in Belarus

Shock at a Minsk press conference; tales from Nepal, Uzbekistan the USA and across Africa

Lasting tensions in Jaffa

Jewish and Palestinian citizens of Israel at odds; stories from Iran, Romania and the USA

North Korea cracks down on outside influences

Spreading or consuming foreign media is punished. Plus: USA, Pakistan, Turkey and Germany

Thailand's youth protest movement stalls

How far can protests really change Thailand? Plus Colombia, Czech Rep, Italy, Georgia

A new coalition in Israel's Knesset

Parties join forces against Netanyahu; plus Belarus, Central America, Japan and Croatia

Somaliland's can-do spirit

An unusual election in Africa and a rancorous one in Peru; plus Iraq, Singapore and France

Zuma on Trial

South Africa's former leader in court; stories from India, Australia, Canada and DR Congo

Caught in the crossfire along the Thailand/Myanmar border

Villagers suffer as the Burmese military crack down; Belarus, Spain, Chad and Chile

The bravery and anger of Afghanistan's schoolgirls

Survivors' defiance after a bombing in Kabul; tales from Jerusalem, Jakarta, and Portugal

A change of pace in the White House

Washington reporters adapt to a new tempo; Armenian POWs; Eurovision, the Danube, France

A Spiral of Violence

Conflict in Gaza and Israel; and stories from Brazil, Spain, Mexico and Italy.

India’s pandemic politics

Veteran reporter Mark Tully traces the BJP's Covid response

Iran’s internal rivalries

A leaked recording shakes Iran; Turkey, the US and Armenia; St Vincent; Chile and Syria

The US and China edge closer on climate

Can two superpower polluters find common ground? Plus Russia, Brazil, India and Chad

A Taliban show of force in Afghanistan

Tales from Balkh province, eastern Ukraine, the Pacific ocean, Minneapolis and the planet

Jordan’s palace intrigues

A royal rift unnerves a kingdom. Plus stories from Rwanda, Myanmar and France

Merkel’s Balancing Act

Stories from Germany, Namibia, Armenia, the Kurdistan Region of Iraq and eastern Romania

The EU and The Vaccine

Brussels tightens export controls due to a shortage of jabs - what lies ahead?

Poland’s LGBT Crackdown

Poland's government tightens the laws further for same sex couples and their families

Hong Kong’s Exodus

The Hong Kongers preparing to leave the territory as Beijing's influence grows

Rebuilding Raqqa

The story of a protester from Raqqa and the sheikhs involved in rebuilding the city.

The Pope and the Ayatollah

We follow the papal visit, where he visited Christians and met Ayatollah al-Sistani

Remembering Fukushima

Ten years on from the Great Japan Earthquake, what happened to Fukushima's nuclear zone?

Brazil’s Long Battle Against Covid

We reflect on the last year as the country saw its deadliest week of the pandemic

Crises in the Caucasus

The arrival of Spring in Georgia and Armenia has brought more political instability.

The New York Moment

New York is reopening but our correspondent reflects on how it can return to life

Afghanistan at a crossroads

Afghanistan's president sounds a note of optimism despite a surge in violence recently

Zuma’s Moment of Reckoning

Jacob Zuma is evading the corruption inquiry, but how long can he escape justice?

A tribal gathering in Yemen

Tribesmen in Shabwa province talk about their experiences of the multi-layered conflict

Israel’s Vaccine Rollout

Netanyahu hopes for a boost in support from the vaccine programme ahead of elections.

Egypt’s brief wind of change

Ten years after the revolution, Egypt remains in thrall to the army.

The Lady and the General

Reflections on Aung San Suu Kyi's leadership after another military coup

Lebanon’s Lockdown

The country faces economic collapse amid tighter restrictions

Brazil’s Steady Stream of Grief

Manaus buries its dead as a brutal second wave rages through the Amazonian city

India’s farmers protest

Farmers clash with police over planned agricultural reforms

Wuhan – one year on

A visit to Wuhan’s wet food market

Ireland's shame

A story of discrimination and abuse: Ireland’s mother and baby homes

President Trump’s Legacy

The leadership style that led to the dramatic events at Capitol Hill

Key moments of 2020 reported by our correspondents

Key moments of 2020 and thought provoking dispatches by our correspondents.

The true state of the pandemic in Turkey

Stories on Covid-19 in Turkey; from Sudan's Darfur, Bethlehem, and 2020 seen from the US.

American presidents and the Middle East

Stories from the Middle East, Thailand, Calabria, Germany and the Galapagos islands.

Stamping out dissent in Hong Kong

Stories from Hong Kong, Belarus, Chile, Australia and on Covid-19's impact on concerts.

Facing defeat in Nagorno-Karabakh

Stories on Armenian losses in Nagorno-Karabakh, and from Peru, Pakistan, Canada, France.

United States: Presidential transitions

Stories on the US presidential transition and from Brazil, Russia, France and Madagascar.

Diwali in India during the pandemic

Stories about Diwali in India, from Azerbaijan, Martinique, the Netherlands and Canada.

US election: Georgia, the new swing state?

Stories from the US state of Georgia, Indonesian Papua, Venice and Crete.

The Murder of Afghanistan's Dreams

Stories on the attack in Afghanistan and from Vienna, Sicily, Kyrgyzstan and South Africa

Investigating Nigeria's protest shootings

Stories on Nigeria's fatal protest shootings and from China, America, Turkey and Malta.

An unprecedented US election

Stories on a US election in a pandemic year, and from Nigeria, Poland and Germany.

Voting Early in the US Elections

Stories on the US elections, Lebanon, Chile, and from Seychelles and on travelling.

Tensions in rural South Africa

Stories on racial tensions in rural South Africa, and from Paraguay, Tuscany and France.

The King and Thais

Stories on political upheaval in Thailand, and from Spain, Jordan, China and Italy.

Looking at America

Stories on how Africa and China see the US elections, and from Brazil, Russia and Belgium

Stuck on Lesbos

Stories about refugees on Lesbos in Greece, and from Kenya, Hong Kong, India and Belarus.

US: the Covid Campaign

Stories on President Trump's Covid-19 and from Kyrgyzstan, Nigeria, Dubai and France

War in Nagorno-Karabakh - or Artsakh

Stories from the war in Nagorno-Karabakh and from the US, the Vatican, Pakistan and Corfu

Mozambique: the birth of a new conflict

Reports from northern Mozambique, Nagorno-Karabakh, Hong Kong, Germany and France.

Leaving Lebanon

Stories of leaving Lebanon, and ones from Chile, the Philippines, Australia and Germany.

Have the Taliban changed?

Stories about the Afghan-Taliban peace talks in Qatar, and from Yemen, Cuba and Sicily.

Will Greece and Turkey go to war?

Stories from the eastern Mediterranean, Pakistan, Peru, Georgia and Switzerland.

Making peace with Israel

Stories from the Middle East, the US West Coast, Greece, Romania and Tanzania's Serengeti

Can India cope with Covid-19?

Stories on Covid-19 in India, and from Japan, Poland, Argentina and France.

“You must come with us!”

Stopped in Belarus, Australian splits, Sudan’s peace, asylum in Europe, Boston’s big move.

The Kremlin and its opponents

Vexing the Kremlin, Lebanon's splits, buoyant Trumps, statues face-off and Paris beaches.

From Our Home Correspondent 25/08/2020

Unusual Edinburgh, low traffic, Cotswold opera, a close big brother and the time barrier.

The Democrats unconventional convention

Stories from South Africa, Belarus, Lebanon, Australia and on the Democrats in Delaware.

Japan's Second World War Legacy

Stories from Colombia, Greece, Germany and on the unfinished business of WW2 in Japan.

The death knell for Beirut?

Stories from South Africa, Germany, Iran, France and on the aftermath of the Beirut blast.

From Our Home Correspondent 04/08/2020

Saving artisan cheese, sheep fleeces, brain surgery, a fraternal burial and eery football

Taking on the ruler of Belarus

Stories from Australia, Florida, Laos, France and the presidential election in Belarus.

Unrest in Russia's eastern outpost

Stories from Brazil, Hungary, Venice, Cuba and from one of Russia's eastern outposts.

Can Bosnia move on from genocide?

Stories from Turkmenistan, Tanzania, Singapore, Berlin and on Bosnia's ethnic divisions.

Poland's political divide

Stories from Los Angeles, Ghana, Italy, Cuba and from Poland's presidential election.

Lockdown again in Melbourne

Stories from France, Norway, Mallorca and Russia, plus Australia's new coronavirus spike

Difficult choices in Hong Kong

Stories from Germany, the UAE, the US, Jordan and the difficult choices in Hong Kong

From Our Home Correspondent 07/07/2020

The "bubble", tarot readers, coy gorillas, murder in an idyll and a natural history hero.

Afghanistan: peace or more pain?

Stories from Russia, Spain, the US, Belgium, and on a new wave of violence in Afghanistan

Did Japan get lucky?

Stories from South Asia, Italy, Iraqi Kurdistan and on Japan's approach to Covid-19l

Return to Lombardy

Stories from Italy's Lombardy region, Colombia and the United States.

New lockdowns in Germany

Stories from Nigeria, Ladakh, Chechnya, Crete and on new lockdowns in Germany.

Indigenous Australians and the police

Stories on indigenous Australians, Turkey, Kenya, and the Franco-Swiss border.

Press Freedom in the Philippines

Stories from Spain, Kyrgyzstan, Papua New Guinea, Sweden, and the press in the Philippines

From Our Home Correspondent 16/06/2020

Masks, photos in lockdown, Guernsey's old normal, pathway cyclists, medical dilemmas.

Mumbai struggles with Covid-19

Stories from Tanzania, Cambodia, France, New Zealand and Mumbai’s struggle with Covid-19

Police encounters in Minneapolis

Stories from Yemen, Singapore, Mali, Uzbekistan and about the police in Minneapolis

Has Zimbabwe lost its way?

Stories from New York, China, Ireland and a sobering report on politics in Zimbabwe.

Black lives in Minnesota

Stories from Hungary, DR Congo, Russia, Spain & about black people's lives in Minnesota.

New protests in Hong Kong

Stories from Kenya, Papua New Guinea, Austria, Russia and about the protests in Hong Kong.

Israel's Prime Minister in the dock

Stories from Zimbabwe, Sweden, Siberia, Malta, and Benjamin Netanyahu's trial in Israel.

From Our Home Correspondent 26/05/2020

Drug-misusing homeless, cabin fever, foster parents, lockdown removals and home schooling.

Covid-19 surges in Brazil

Stories from Pakistan, Germany, Lebanon, Belgium, and the Covid-19 surge in Brazil.

Covid-19 reaches the White House

Stories from Ukraine, the Netherlands, Chile and Greece, and Covid-19 in the White House.

France emerges from lockdown

Stories from Sudan, Spain, Bangladesh, Australia and France where shops are open again

China and Africans : A Pandemic of Prejudice

Stories from Italy, Lebanon, South Africa, Ireland and a tale of discrimination in China.

New York - The City Which Couldn't Sleep

Stories from Korea, Jordan, Ukraine and New York, the epicentre of the pandemic in the US

From Our Home Correspondent 27/04/2020

Single parent isolated, Culloden, parks, North Koreans in lockdown and a walk interrupted

Angela Merkel’s reversal of fortune

Stories from Singapore, Ireland, Belarus, Myanmar and Germany's newly popular politicians

Sri Lanka After the Bombings

Tales from Germany, Georgia, France, America and Sri Lanka one year after the bombings.

New Orleans - From Katrina to Corona

Tales from South Africa, the Middle East, Germany and New Orleans.

India's Forgotten Migrant Workers

India's drastic pandemic lockdown has trapped migrant workers desperate to return home

Singapore's Virus Detectives

Stories from Singapore, the US, Britain, Germany and Antarctica on battling COVID-19.

From Our Home Correspondent 22/03/2020

Carers decompress; glow worms; stained glass; dilapidated bandstands and life in haircuts

Italy's Invisible Enemy

Stories from New York, Indonesia, Bulgaria and Italy stricken by the coronavirus pandemic.

Mixed Messages in Bolsonaro's Brazil.

Stories from Lebanon, Myanmar, Czech Republic and Brazil in denial over the coronavirus.

Al-Shabab's Defectors

Stories from Afghanistan, US, France, Estonia and from a Somalian rehabilitation centre.

The Road Through Yemen

Stories from Russia, France, the Philippines, Italy and Yemen's most dangerous road.

Turkey Opens Border with Europe

Stories from China, Spain, the South Pacific, Arctic Norway & the Greek-Turkish border.

America's Comeback Kid

Stories from Israel, Iraq, South Africa, Russia & the US as Democrats choose a candidate

Mob Rule In Delhi

Stories from Egypt. Sudan, the Netherlands, Austria and the riot ravaged Indian capital.

America's Health Insurance Hell

Stories from China, Iraq, Pakistan and Russia and the cost of getting sick in America.

A Family Fenced In

Stories from the West Bank, Germany, Brazil, the US and the heart of the European Union.

Locust Swarm Chasers

Stories from Kenya, Italy, Russia, Syria and Portugal

From Our Home Correspondent 16/02/2020

Pupils fighting deprivation, renewable richness, mental illness, Jersey's buses and rats.

Malta and the Mafia

Unlike Sicily, Malta was once an island free of Mafia-style corruption, but not any more.

Putin Forever

Changes to Russia's constitution might mean Vladimir Putin aims to stay in power forever.

Jacob Zuma's Sick Note

South Africa's former president attempts to sidestep a corruption trial with a sick note.

Baffled in Brittany

A visit to north west France just days before Britain's goodbye to the European Union.

Distorting the Past

The 75th anniversary of the liberation of Auschwitz overshadowed by rows over history.

From Our Own Correspondent

Stephen McDonnell describes the atmosphere in China while he is quarantined at home

Lockdown in China

Stephen McDonnell describes the atmosphere in China while he is quarantined at home

Salvini and The Sardines

The anti-nationalist protesters in Italy and the man they are trying to stop.

Angola's Asymmetrical Billionaire

Africa's richest woman says she won't be pigeon holed and the stories about her are lies.

From Our Home Correspondent 19/01/2020

Being undocumented, a refugee when ten, bug pasta, young drivers, a Captain Cook legacy.

Japanese Justice and the Fugitive CEO

Our correspondent on a troubling authoritarianism inside Japan's "hostage justice" system

Iran's Divided Loyalties

Reactions to General Suleimani's targeted killing at home and in the Iranian diaspora.

Death In Baghdad

The killing of an Iranian general and the potential consequences for a nervous world

The Meaning of Home

Correspondents reflect on what 'home' means to refugees, migrants, nomads and others

Taiwan's Bright Ideas

Taiwan, increasingly innovative, pluralistic and assertive, is standing up to China.

The despair over India's failure to confront sexual violence. Why are the victims blamed?

The despair over India's failure to confront sexual violence. Why are the victims blamed?

The fragile peace on the frontline in Eastern Ukraine

Can peace gain a foothold in the deadlocked conflict in Eastern Ukraine?

Shunned in Sri Lanka

After the Easter bomb attacks by Islamist militants, Sri Lanka's Muslims are shunned.

Zimbabwe's excuses run dry

Water shortages and blackouts turn Zimbabwe into a ghostly place of shadows after sunset.

From Our Home Correspondent 17/11/2019

Don valley floods, Hartlepool drug misuse, jellied eels, prisoners' children and London.

If we burn you burn with us

The protesters who believe they are fighting for Hong Kong’s very existence

A 'wow' moment in Latin America

From coca farmer to president, to political exile; the story of Bolivia’s Evo Morales

Stories Matter

What the murder of a Mormon family in Mexico reveals about the country

Albania's Iranian Guests

The Iranian exiles fighting for change at home but struggling to adapt to life in Europe

Rugby and Typhoons

A festival of rugby in Japan, but no thanks to the weather

A Modern Day Evita

An election in Argentina that has revived memories of Eva Peron

South Africa's political earthquake

South Africa's political resignation that has reopened apartheid era wounds

The Basketball Row

Basketball - the latest front in the fallout between China and the United States

From Our Home Correspondent 22/10/2019

Making cider, shrinking families, being non-binary, village newsletters, festival letters

Turkey, Syria and the Kurds

Turkey moves into Syria. But where does this leave the Kurds?

Barcelona Boils

Violence in Barcelona after jail terms are handed down to Catalan separatist leaders

Trump in Trouble?

Double trouble for President Trump - Ukraine and Syria.

A Hong Kong Wedding

The wedding banquet put on hold by protests and emergency legislation in Hong Kong.

The Prosecutor General

Impeachment, Ukraine and the elusive former prosecutor general.

No Love Lost

The trade dispute in Asia dividing two of the world's richest countries.

Can Afghanistan find peace?

As Afghanistan goes to the polls Lyse Doucet reflects on the country's paused peace talks

Who Will Lead Israel?

Benjamin Netanyahu has been asked to form a new government - can he make it work?

From Our Home Correspondent 22/09/2019

Crossrail delays, a 12th move at 30, middle-aged gigs, boys’ cricket and premature twins.

Will Myanmar's Rohingya Return?

Rohingya refugees are being invited to return home, but is their safety guaranteed?

Cash, Credit and Control in China

Is the rise of mobile payments in China about convenience or control?

Mugabe Remembered

Robert Mugabe has died. How do you assess a figure of such complexity and contradiction?

Forlorn, Dilapidated and Dangerous

Gang violence in South Africa - but will sending the army into the townships do any good?

Fighting white supremacy

A resurgence of far-right extremism in the US - are there enough people challenging it?

From Our Home Correspondent 18/08/2019

Underpass woman, Dorset and Chernobyl, the wet Sahara, Welsh wine and Scottish headstones

Lost Innocence

Violence at Hong Kong's international airport: has it given China a propaganda coup?

Russia Burning

Forest fires in far flung Siberia, but is Russia also burning socially and politically?

A Sorry Century

Disaster in Syria but the world shrugs its shoulders.

Aung San and a Disputed Legacy

Aung San Suu Kyi honours her father on Martyrs' Day. Would he be proud of Myanmar today?

From Our Home Correspondent 21/07/2019

A bridle saunter, water battles, losing the plot, industrialising berries, son and father

A World of Brandished Kippers

Jacob Zuma denies it all and issues veiled threats as South Africa reckons with its past

Freedom of speech in Algeria

How people in Algeria are getting to grips with new levels of freedom of expression.

The battle against the gangs of El Salvador

Combating violence in El Salvador, which has one of the world's highest murder rates

Jamal Khashoggi - unanswered questions

Jamal Khashoggi's death still throws up unanswered questions

The Women and Children of Islamic State

A visit to an IS women and children's camp in northern Syria

All change at the top in Brussels

The tortuous process of choosing new faces to run the EU's institutions

Istanbul's mayoral election upset

What does losing control of Istanbul mean for Turkey's president, Recep Tayyip Erdoğan.

An Executive Order from the White House

President Trump's modus operandi on Iran

From Our Home Correspondent 23/06/2019

The policy no politician will tackle, the Welsh and singing and Southend's image makeover

Mohammed Morsi dies

The death of Mohammed Morsi highlights what has and hasn't changed in modern Egypt

Slum landlords in Marseille

Why is the centre of France's second city, Marseille, falling apart?

Ebola spreads to Uganda

Ebola has spread from the DRC to Uganda as the authorities struggle to control it

Protests on the streets of Hong Kong

This week has seen the biggest protests in Hong Kong since its handover to China

US Mexico relations

Mexico takes a tougher approach to migrants as it comes under pressure from the US

Political turmoil in Austria

Austria has sworn in its first female chancellor amidst political turmoil

A very Brussels welcome

A new cohort of MEPS are given the lowdown on local apartments and Belgian tax returns

Ear cleaners and road sweepers

India has a huge unemployment problem. What sort of jobs are on offer?

Subterfuge

Anonymous contacts. Secret meetings. Gabriel Gatehouse tells the story behind the story.

US Culture Wars

Are abortion rights on the frontline of the culture wars in the US?

From Our Home Correspondent 19/05/2019

Riding Saltburn's waves, surf music in Worthing, a parent's death, Yorkshire identities.

The Democracy Sausage

Has politics been the main loser in Australia's general election campaign?

Airstrikes and Sirens

In Israel and Gaza, Tom Bateman hears how rocket and air strikes are ruining lives.

The beginning of a new era in Japan

Flag waving and tears as a new emperor takes the throne and the Reiwa era begins

Sudanese street protests

Street protests gain strength in Sudan. But will revolutionary change be the result?

From Our Home Correspondent 21/04/2019

Racism, the man in the caravan, Easter and forgiveness, mermaids and why daffodils matter

Fictions and Factions

Satire and reality blur together in Ukraine's Presidential election

Netanyahu's Likely Victory

An election campaign in Israel but little mention of the peace process.

Mosul in colour

Bright hijabs, bold makeup and colourful art - life after IS in Iraq's second city.

Marching bands in Myanmar

Marching bands in Myanmar as the army celebrates, but it's an army accused of genocide

From Our Home Correspondent 24/03/2019

Glasgow knife crime, parental leave, Irish sport, Antrim's dark hedges, unusual builders.

Hospitality in the Caucasus

Hospitality in the Caucasus with the families of Russians returning from IS duty in Syria

No Longer A Place Apart

The bullets that shattered the image that New Zealand is a place apart.

A Different Yemen

The BBC's Paul Adams returns to a land he knows well - and it's much changed

Powerless in Venezuela

Surviving the blackout in Caracas: Kate Adie introduces this and other global stories

Orban's EU offensive

The appeal of Viktor Orban, the Hungarian PM who wants to remake the EU in his own image.

An American contradiction

Looking around a marijuana farm with a local leader of the far-right Proud Boys.

Losing hope in Venezuela

Salvation or invasion - how do Venezuelans feel about humanitarian aid from abroad?

It just didn’t happen!

How the persecution of the Rohingya is seen within Myanmar.

Where To Next?

Interviewing an IS bride - and considering her chances of return to the UK

Take It Gently

Uruguay's cautious route to legal cannabis sales

From Our Home Correspondent 17/02/2019

Being sectioned, light pollution, losing your sense of smell, squatting and a cute train.

The Power of God

The remote religious retreat at the heart of plans for a populist revolution in Europe.

Celebrating the Iranian revolution in Lebanon

How supporters of the political and militant group Hezbollah mark the events of 1979.

Peace Is More Difficult Than War

The Taliban talk peace in Moscow, 40 years after the Soviet invasion of Afghanistan.

Watch Your Back!

Attacked by online trolls for reporting on the Philippines President Rodrigo Duterte.

The Sound of Danger in Yemen

Face to face with Islamic State group fighters at the site of a US drone strike in Yemen.

From Roses to Rifles

How FARC's former rebel commanders are adapting to life in the Colombian congress

Smiling through the fear

Queues for food and fuel return to Zimbabwe and so do violent crackdowns on protesters

The New Pirates of the Caribbean

The Venezuelans who've turned to smuggling drugs and kidnaping fishermen from Trinidad.

From Our Home Correspondent 20/01/2019

Beer under sail in Norfolk, Burns Suppers, cancer treatment and a derelict Lakeland lido

Terror in the Secret Garden

How the people of Nairobi are finding hope after the terror attack on a luxury hotel

#SaveRahaf: Last night a retweet saved my life

Rahaf al-Qunun may be safe in Bangkok but her experience is part of something much bigger

Life In Lockdown

The impact of escalating violence on the people of Central African Republic.

Fairytales and Memorable Meetings

A Colombian drug dealer, a Swedish troll and a man who might just have been a Russian spy

From Our Home Correspondent 23/12/2018

Festive policing and dating, wassailing with a mare's skull, and missed Christmas cards.

Fighting Hungary's 'Slave Law'

The protest against a law which means employers can demand 400 hours of overtime a year.

Presidents, Prisoners and Potholes

We meet one of the pro-Catalan independence leaders in jail in Spain accused of rebellion.

Off Target

Inside one of Iraq’s secret shelters for the survivors of domestic abuse.

Thoughtcrime in Xinjiang

China’s western region is the target of an all-seeing surveillance state.

France's Forgotten French

The marginalised and often ignored 'yellow vests' trying to bring France to a standstill.

From Our Home Correspondent 18/11/2018

A Yorkshire Goth weekend, a Western Isles tragedy remembered and Strawberry Field forever

Enough to make your cry

Tears over Brexit, a lost passport and a party for a bunch of Russian spies.

Nationalists and Patriots

Correspondents around the world tell stories and examine news developments.

A Lasting Legacy

India’s gender imbalance and the risks some women take to try and have baby boys.

The Next Move

Can Cyril Ramaphosa clean up South Africa? And why do so many Indian men have moustaches?

Keep America Great

The Donald Trump supporters who can’t wait to vote for him again.

Operation Female Outreach

Why recruiting more female peacekeepers is key to defeating jihadists groups in Mali.

Bluster, Brazenness and Charm

Saudi Arabia's unrepentant show. Plus Afghan security, Mexican mezcal and a Paris auction

Warlords and Sons of Warlords

Young Afghan voters' choices; Serbian guns, Indonesia's rich, a Catalan raid&a Czech swim

From Our Home Correspondent 21/10/2018

A student loan paid off, nuclear entrepreneurs, growing up with HIV and lavender farming.

Don't Panic!

Fuel shortages are nothing to worry about, says the government in Zimbabwe

Why people join Boko Haram

The jihadist group offering men and women a taste of power and an escape from poverty

Troubled Waters

On the Azov with the Ukrainian Navy, the increasingly militarised sea off Crimea.

Life Inside Libya’s Migrant Detention Centres

Why a ceasefire in Tripoli may not mean an easier life for the migrants detained in Libya

"This is war. This is what we have to do"

Life inside the rebel groups fighting for independence for Cameroon's Anglophone regions.

Secrets of the Peace Prize

Inside the room where the winner of the Nobel Peace Prize is picked.

The “Tropical Trump" topping the polls in Brazil

Jair Bolsonaro: the controversial front-runner in Brazil's presidential election

Fighting Ebola in DR Congo

How rebel violence is making it harder to tackle the latest outbreak of the virus.

From Our Home Correspondent 23/09/2018

Hating the BBC, Slasher the hen, a circus hero, style in cricket and a road sign mystery

The Return of Jacob Zuma?

Alleged coups, corruption, and clandestine meetings: South Africa politics is never dull.

A Syrian Radio Drama

Radio Alwan has broadcast independent news & drama since 2014 but its future is in doubt

The Yazidis Still Missing In Iraq

Some are buried in mass graves, others are still in the hands of Islamic State militants.

Brainwashing, Legal Brothels and Hair Transplants

Is China trying to brainwash Muslim Uyhgurs?

Leading The Change

The Rohingya village elder reduced to rags and the flash youngster who’s become kingpin.

From Our Home Correspondent 19/08/2018

Welsh hospitality, old chums, a Lakeland pilgrimage centre and Scots ploughing champions.

Clean Up Your Act

Stories of rebellion and resistance from Greece, Ireland, Somalia, the US and Czechia

Fighting for Life

Stories of endurance from Syria, Argentina, India, Nicaragua and Niger

Zimbabwe - Where Fear is a Powerful Commodity

The election was supposed to be the moment it turned a corner leaving fear behind.

Looking Back

Elections in Pakistan, religious division in the Balkans & an ode to an Ethiopian airport

From Our Home Correspondent 22/07/2018

Skye's inaccessible pinnacle, Warrington's parkrun, shuddering trains and homelessness.

Warfare - the Soundtrack of Their Lives

Children who are able to survive the ongoing civil war have to grow up fast in Yemen.

Taking on the 'Ndrangheta Mafia

One of the few people able to strike fear into the international organised crime syndicate

A Change of Heart

Ever since Jacob Zuma's resignation his family has faced all sorts of legal headaches.

Watching the World Cup

When football takes over from Lebanon's other national obsession: politics.

The Dictator Hunter

The challenge of rebuilding Syria

The Dictator Hunter

The man trying to bring The Gambia's former strongman leader Yahya Jammeh to justice.

What Hope?

What hope is there amidst rising violence in Mexico and Afghanistan's 'forever war'?

A Hidden Conflict

A civil war is brewing in Cameroon, but it rarely makes the headlines.

Playing To The Crowd

Turkey's presidential hopefuls, provocative Italian ministers & masked Mexican wrestlers.

A New Front In The Fight Against Terror

An expanding international force is fighting Islamist extremists in the Sahara

From Our Home Correspondent 17/06/2018

Going to gigs solo; when cyclists come to your village; and Tredegarisation of the NHS.

Open For Business

All manner of visitors are seeking an audience with the powerful in Zimbabwe these days.

Water Wars

Parts of India are facing acute water shortages and the consequences can be deadly.

The Taste Of Climate Change

They say climate change has a taste in Bangladesh - it tastes of salt.

When Survival Trumps Justice

Justice can be elusive for the young domestic servants abused and mistreated in Pakistan.

Cloaked in Mystery

Making sense of Italian politics, faking the news, and wedding suit shopping in Pakistan.

Presidential Promises

On the campaign trail in Mexico, and Zimbabwe without Mugabe - what's changed?

A Boarding School For Boko Haram?

Why some schools are sending their students out to beg in northern Nigeria.

Malaysia’s Political Drama

A whirlwind of shifting loyalties, rotating characters, and plot twist after plot twist.

From Our Home Correspondent 20/05/2018

The cinema-by-the sea, an archbishop's repentance and a critical moment for Scotland.

Toothpaste, Mud Bricks and Sparkling Wine

Kate Adie introduces stories and insight from Iraq, Iran, Israel, Ireland and Spain.

Not Welcome Here

Tales of revolutions, rainforests and the migrants returning home from Libya.

40 Years Of War

Amidst the violence, there are signs of a small but growing peace movement in Afghanistan

From Our Home Correspondent 22/04/2018

Dessert shops, restoring a speed icon, a tulip festival, libraries and a turn-round town.

Life On Hold

Chechnya's bucolic beauty, touching hospitality and jihadi brides now lost in Iraq.

Dramatic Developments

Correspondents around the world examine the stories behind the news headlines.

Mixed Societies

Hungary's election, US opioids, China and Africa, going viral in Jakarta and Zambia fires

Trainspotting

Kim Jong Un’s train rolls into to Beijing as the North Korean leader meets President Xi

The USA's Invisible Army

The US Air Force has a third of its drones stationed at Kandahar airbase in Afghanistan.

Incompetence and Conspiracy

How was Boko Haram able to kidnap more than one hundred school girls in Dapchi, Nigeria?

From Our Home Correspondent

Living in border country, sports cheats, Cornwall's saint, rural banks, kitchen worktops.

Changing Course

Is this going to be the moment when China's trajectory changed forever?

Violence To Votes

Former Farc rebels stand for election, but for many Colombians, it’s too soon to forgive.

Show Of Force

For the first time since the Vietnam War a US aircraft carrier has arrived in the country

Blood And Tears

From Lebanon, Syrian refugees watch the destruction of their homes in Eastern Ghouta.

The Hard To Find

India’s missing children, Colombia's drug trade & searching for paradise in Costa Rica

The House Always Wins

How the father of one of his presidential rivals helped Vladimir Putin to power.

Men Of Mystery

A Gambian spymaster, a Czechoslovak secret agent and a South African ghost called Sam.

Haiti: Republic Of NGOs

Many Haitians see Oxfam’s actions as the latest part of a much bigger problem.

From Our Home Correspondent

BBC correspondents take a closer look at the stories behind the headlines.

Treading on Thin Ice

With reflections on Jacob Zuma and Martin Schulz, gangs in the US and Hungarian censors.

Caught in a Trap

Dispatches on Nigeria on the plight of former captives of the Boko Haram insurgents

No Go Areas

Ending corruption in Ukraine and the woman enslaved by ISIS now trying to tell her story.

Invisible Scars

Inside Afghanistan’s only secure psychiatric unit - the trauma of war laid bare.

Mosul: Life After ISIS

The changing sights and sounds of Iraq's second city.

Your Move!

Opposition leader Raila Odinga declares himself the ‘People’s President’ in Kenya.

From Our Home Correspondent

Featuring pieces on Down's syndrome, Bolton's shops, pioneering housing and yoga in jails

La Lucha

Turkey’s assault on Afrin, Colombian rebels still at war, and a fight over French grammar

DRC - A Country On Hold?

Waiting for elections and trying to answer awkward questions about sex in the DRC.

Jailed For Having A Miscarriage?

The Salvadoran woman who says she faces 30 years in prison for having a miscarriage.

Death and Textiles

Why it's far too early to write Silvio Berlusconi's political obituary.

Marching Orders

From a clifftop village in China, a Ukrainian bunker and a former slave port in Tanzania.

Memorable Moments of 2017

The migrants clinging to hope, NATO military manoeuvres and a jungle prince.

From Our Home Correspondent

Featuring the pleasures of Christmas Eve, do-it-yourself presents and festive cooking.

A Bet That Backfired?

Killing time on election day in Catalonia and the bitter experience of applying for a visa

Losing Its Sparkle

What next for the ANC as its chuckling, charismatic & divisive leader Jacob Zuma departs?

Turf Wars

Hindu nationalism in India, making money in war-torn Yemen and family drama in Uzbekistan.

The Final Indignity

Stoicism, good humour and palpable tension as Rohingya Muslims flee Myanmar to Bangladesh

From Our Home Correspondent 19/11/17

A moment of truth with breast cancer and a Devon pub admired by Prince Harry is for sale

Versions Of Reality

Is this the end of the Mugabe era?

Widows And War Criminals

Kenyan widows fighting sexual cleansing and talking to war criminals in the Balkans.

Power Plays

The Prince’s purge: Mohammed Bin Salman’s moves to reform Saudi Arabia.

We Can’t See An End To It

Life in cash-strapped Venezuela and a return to war-ravaged Damascus.

Wanted Men

A president in exile? The Brussels' press pack is in pursuit of Carles Puigdemont.

Something For The Pain

To fight and to forget - drug abuse in Nigeria.

A New Recipe

A political crisis, lifting the veil in Saudi and what vegetable would you vote for?

Rules of the Game

Why women must walk fast in Egypt and not answer back. And balls,bails and bats in Rwanda

From Our Home Correspondent 22/10/17

What to do with a diesel car, bureaucracy frustrates remembrance and cleaning up a flood

This Time It's Different

Twisted metal, smashed concrete and anger on the streets of Mogadishu.

A Close Shave

Continued confusion has taken its toll on Catalonia since the disputed referendum.

A Convicted Warlord, His Ex-Wife And A Footballer

Kate Adie introduces analysis, wit, and storytelling from correspondents around the world

Exorcising The Past

The spiritualists selling ‘cures’ and offering exorcisms for mental health problems

America's 51st State?

Hurricane Maria exposes the complex relationship between Puerto Rico and the mainland USA

From Our Home Correspondent 17/09/2017

Ilkley's Hendrix experience, one family's struggle with sepsis and Welsh coracle fishing

Raqqa In Ruins

It's as if doomsday had arrived early in Raqqa as bats swoop over the remains of the city

Clinging To Hope

Correspondents’ stories: from the rubble in Mexico to the African migrant trail.

Hard To Read

A tour of Angela Merkel’s childhood and other tales from our correspondents.

The Rohingya Running For Their Lives

On the Bangladeshi border, we meet the Rohingya fleeing violence in Mynamar.

“That’s the Judicial Process.”

Iraq tries alleged fighters of so-called IS, Sri Lankan unrest and a farewell to Nigeria.

The Aftermath

Dispatches on the Catalonian attacks, Ethiopia's industrial future and Uzbek bus shelters

The Calm On Guam

Despite the threat of North Korean missiles, we find a surprising calm on Guam.

From Our Home Correspondent 21/08/2017

British Asians on Partition, a dairy farmer's vending machine and a modern pilgrimage

An Act of Striking Bravado

Can Marshal Khalifa Haftar rebuild Benghazi or even Libya?

Fear, Foreboding & Fake News In Kenya

Strange and sinister things often happen before Kenyan elections

Fridge Magnets And Foreign Policy

Afghanistan’s new Top Guns

From Our Home Correspondent 23/07/2017

Grenfell Tower's locale, Swansea's drug roads, Jersey and a Brummie dog track all feature

The Heat Is On

Gaza's power struggle: the city where mains electricity is available for two hours a day.

A Closed Notebook

Shouted questions, briefings in the pub . . trying to make sense of Brexit negotiations.

The Battle For Our Beliefs

Retaking Raqqa, revulsion in South Africa, and remembering an attempted coup in Turkey.

The Fight Goes On

Myanmar’s drug vigilantes, on the front-line in Mosul, and the mystical music of Morocco

Talk of War

Nuclear fears in South Korea, a homeless tour of Athens, and a porcupine hunt in Tanzania

Strange Locations and Free Minds

A nightmare ferry crossing, a musical metro ride and a Shakespearean train journey.

Building A Better Future

Narcopolitics in Paraguay, demolitions in Moscow and barking feral dogs in Seychelles.

From Our Home Correspondent 25/06/17

A Cotswold utopia, treating diabetes, the nightingale and leadership in cricket feature

Dressed For Success

Tight-fitting briefs, matching Donald Trump t-shirts, and NATO camouflage.

Identity Politics

A blood sausage, a clockwork orange and a glass of dirty water

Kill A Chicken To Scare The Monkey

Tales from Thailand, Morocco, Myanmar, Kenya and the US-Mexico border.

Village People

From the Valley of Peace to a militia base: correspondents’ stories from around the world

Looking For Trouble

Tales from Venezuela, Ireland, Benin, Egypt and India.

Hard To Stomach

Tea with the Taliban, radioactive wild boar, and past its best parsley.

Love Those Shoes

The sounds of protest, popping champagne corks and the piercing shrieks of megabats.

Finding The Right Words

A president pursued, a preacher accused and a social media star.

A Haircut and a Pedicure

A haircut in Maipur, baby-blue painted nails in Athens and superfood of the South Pacific

Men On A Mission

White candles for a murdered Mexican journalist, purple glitter for an Iranian President.

Pride and Prejudice

Patriotic clubs in Uganda and gang violence in America.

A Funny Old Game

A diplomatic dance, football playing politicians, mountain music and robotic sex dolls.

Enemies of Old

Somalia faces famine, ethnic conflict continues in Myanmar and the ‘She-Wolf’ retires.

In Search of Happiness

The Afghan Taliban’s spring offensive, surprises in North Korea and happiness in UAE.

Getting Out

Birthday cakes, icons of cool and the candidate coining new words in the French election.

Stamina of the Strongmen

Controversial votes in Turkey and Kashmir, and a university challenged in Hungary..

Excitement and disgust

Pastry police, pardoned bulls and pricey pigeons. Correspondents’ stories with Kate Adie.

Tumbling Down

Robbery, extortion, kidnapping; bananas with everything; and a monkey cascade

Saying It Straight

Tall stories, strange names, ancient giants and linguistic confusion.

Chips and Mayonnaise

Rancid fried onion, a great wall of iron, chips and mayonnaise with questions of identity

Political Distractions

Pets and Politics; football and narcotics; and building a country with a flag.

Cutting Through

The duffel-coated outcast; from bomb factory to museum; icy cooperation; greening sands.

The Unsolved

Voting with your husband, unsolved murders, cooking on the centre spot, shamans and mud.

A Journalist's Best Friend

Lost confidence, fake seeds, masked assignations, steaming glory and animal insights.

Too Many Ways to Talk

Tales of civil war, murder, rescues, patriotic birds and why waiting gives you a story.

Hidden Dangers

Kate Adie with correspondents' stories: Iraq, Yemen, Germany, The Gambia and Portugal.

Digging In

Correspondents's stories from Ireland, Iraq, Ukraine, Puerto Rico and feasting in Chile.

The All-Seeing Eye

Correspondents' stories from Russia, Turkey, Nigeria, Indonesia and 1960s Dublin.

From the Vatican to Vienna

Correspondents's stories from The Vatican, Taiwan, Lebanon, Chile and dancing in Vienna.

Sorry Seems To Be The Hardest Word

Correspondents' stories: South Africa, Romania, Saudi Arabia, the Netherlands and Alaska.

Radio Baa Baa

Correspondents' stories from Syria, Israel, Russia, Sierra Leone and Loveland, in the US.

It's Just Not Cricket

Correspondent stories from the USA, Mexico, Nigeria, Japan and Indonesian West Papua.

"Beautiful, Beautiful Chaos"

Correspondent stories, including football, not politics, in Gabon, and intrigue in Turkey

Mission Accomplishment

Correspondents' stories: Afghanistan; female US Marines; Somalia; Europe's right; Cyprus

More Alternative Facts

Correspondents in The Gambia, Germany, South Sudan, Myanmar and Italy with their stories.

Drawing Out the Story

Bridget Kendall with correspondents' stories: Namibia, Georgia, Nepal, Turkey, Germany.

This Mortal Coil

Correspondent stories - dressing up to save your life and why a burial could heal wounds.

Striving for Clarity

Pollution in China, cats in Cuba and other stories from the US, Svalbard and Congo.

"May it Pass"

Correspondents' stories from Turkey, Nevada, Bangladesh, Sierra Leone and Washington DC.

Cooking up 2016

Correspondents reflect on a momentous year and what has happened in their region.

Hollywood Smiles and Sweet Memories

Correspondents' stories from Somaliland, Catalonia, India, Russia and the City of Light.

Rwandan Echoes

Kate Adie with Correspondents' stories: Uganda, Venezuela, Portugal, Uzbekistan and India.

Vigilantes, Strongmen and Mannequins

Stories of strong-arm tactics, strongmen, emptying places and discarded lives and hopes.

Real or Fake?

Extracting the truth: stories from Nigeria, Macedonia, Nicaragua, Austria and California.

Changing Fortunes

Malaise in Turkey and Iraq; drugs in Albania; poetry in Bangladesh and Uzbek weavers.

Neither Love Nor Money

Frontline biscuits, burning cash, a shocking demonstration, no love nor money, and sexism

A Crack in Everything

Golf courses, state building and utopia from Ireland, Mexico, Somalia, Croatia to the EU.

Constitutionally Capable

Tales of power plays and tactics from China, Venezuela, Cote d'Ivoire, Italy and Kosovo

Reading the Signs

Correspondents stories from India, Russia, the US-Mexico border, France and Vermont.

Too Hot To Think

Correspondents stories from the US, Hungary, Uganda, Georgia & California, with Kate Adie

Awkward Questions

Correspondents stories from South Africa, Pakistan, Canada, France and Montenegro.

Linguistic confusion and mass killers

Correspondents stories from Berlin, Paris, Ethiopia, the US and the South Atlantic.

Memento Mori

China’s martyrs, a Turkish Sufi festival and an Algerian massacre in Paris feature today

A Sense of Place

Poles’ esteem for free movement, Carlos Slim and Hitler’s home feature in this edition.

Treading Carefully

Seeking lava on Hawaii, Gaddafi’s plane in Perpignan and the murky politics of The Gambia

Battle Lines

Today: Afghanistan's Taliban, Ethiopia's emergency, Mexico and Albanian cheese-making.

Bitter Harvests

Kate Adie introduces reports from Bangladesh, Mexico, South Africa, Italy and South Korea.

Peeling Back the Layers

Reports from writers and journalists around the world. Presented by Kate Adie.

The Last of the Founding Fathers

Kate Adie presents reports from Israel, Syria, Hungary, Tibet and the Basque country.

The Wilder Shores

Kate Adie presents reports from Iran, Mauritania, Venezuela, Normandy and the Seychelles.

Barriers and Borders

Kate Adie introduces reports on French deradicalisation, Syrian refugees and Switzerland.

Higher Powers

Kate Adie presents dispatches from Iraq, South Africa, France and Egypt.

It's Not What It Was

EU leaders meet without the UK, Saudi-Iranian tensions and Lagos shops fight officialdom.

Rites of Passage

Kate Adie introduces reports from Cyprus, the North Korean border, Calais and Hungary

Follow the Leaders

Kate Adie presents reports from Hangzhou, Brazil, the Central African Republic and Korea.

Drug Wars

Kate Adie introduces reports from the Philippines, Punjab, the Maldives and Romania.

What's in a Name?

Turkey today and a month ago; Canada's First Nations; Senegal; and France.

Rebels with a Cause

Stories from Baluchistan and Kashmir, Colombia, Armenia, and the deep ocean off Bermuda.

Democracy and discontent: South Africa and Germany

South Africa, Germany, Kosovo, India and Samoa.

A Tale of Two Men in a City

Two friends reunited in Baghdad, hot cuisine in Chengdu and slow traffic in Serbia.

Aftermath

Kate Adie introduces reports from Turkey, South Africa, Cuba, the Niger delta and Carrara

Heartlands

Trump in Ohio Soya in Argentina, Ramallah rock-climbs and nude with birch twigs in Russia

Keep A Cool Head

Stories this week from the USA, the Maldives, Lebanon, Burkina Faso and the Faroe Islands.

The man who inspired a killer

Stories from Saudi Arabia, Pakistan, the UK, Colombia, Sierra Leone and Ireland

Middle class terrorists

Kate Adie introduces stories from correspondents around the world.

Planes, Tanks and Teaspoons

Correspondents' stories from: Iraq, Czechoslovakia, Pakistan, Brazil and South Sudan.

The Brexit Wind Tunnel

Correspondents stories from east Europe, India, Greece, Djibouti and Russia.

Paint on the Cream Cake

Correspondents stories from Macedonia, Iraq, Ecuador, Ethiopia and critters in the US.

Departures

Senior correspondents prepare to leave for pastures new

Old Habits Die Hard

Oil revenue's down in Angola but the rich are still rich, the poor are still poor

The Cupboard is Bare

Anger over food shortages hits the streets of Caracas

Writing on the Wall

An 'emulsional' election campaign comes to a close in Peru

Strike! Strike! Strike!

French trades unions battle President Hollande over his government's new work bill

The Opium Field

A bumper crop of opium poppies in Afghanistan

Death from Above

The Taliban leader killed in a drone strike

The Kurdistan Tapes

25-years on: the cassettes which tell the dramatic story of the flight of the Kurds

Murder in Bangladesh

The wave of brutal killings which has shocked the nation

A Complex Man

The word 'controversial' could have been made for the new president of the Philippines

What is Truth? What is Fantasy?

Thrown off balance on a visit to North Korea

Peace for South Sudan?

Peace at last for South Sudan? And other stories from around the world.

On board Air Force One

Flying on board Air Force One, and other stories from around the world.

Drama for Dilma

Crunch time for Brazil's embattled president

The Babylon Brigade

The Iraqis with a bible in one hand and a gun in the other ...

Even the Dead Can’t Escape Politics

The Korean cemetery where the dead have much to say about the living

Memories of Murder

One of the bloodiest chapters in European history closes with a verdict of genocide

Dancing in Damascus

Dancing in a nightclub in Damascus - how are locals coping after five years of war?

No way to Macedonia

Refugees keep trying to cross into Macedonia even though the border is now closed.

Stuck in Turkey.

Migrants are stuck in Turkey as the way to the EU is blocked in a new deal.

China's corruption clampdown

Since China's clampdown on corruption, the pearl and jewellery shops are empty.

Donald Trump 2.0

Donald Trump 2.0 - the conciliatory version

Trapped in a dead end

Migrants who have reached Greece find it's the end of the road.

Opting to go lower caste

Downgrading your caste to get privileges in India.

Turkey points the finger

Turkey points the finger at the Kurds - in Syria

A Man Dies Twice

The Bosnian town keen to forget some of its recent past

The Showdown Summit

Countdown to a crucial EU meeting for prime minister Mr Cameron and for Britain

Trapped in a Nightmare

The frontline Ukrainian town where nothing changes for the better

Black Lives Matter

Shot - not by gangsters, but by the police

A Nightmare of Uncertainty

Not a good time to get pregnant in Brazil

Nervous Sweden

Why Sweden's sending troops to an island in the Baltic

The Colonel's Camerman

The White House contemplates military action in Libya

Inspecting the Troops

Why the Russians invited our correspondent to see their military in action in Syria

Steel in Crisis

Portrait of a town which has lost its steelworks

Lessons for Migrants

Classes in manners and culture for migrants arriving in Finland.

Poles Apart

Brussels gets involved in Polish politics

Chairman Mao or Colonel Sanders

Who's the real hero in today's China?

New Year Questions

The urgent questions world leaders must face up to in 2016

Boxing Day Special

Today's correspondents read a collection of historic despatches from around the world.

Damascus Rules

Stepping up efforts to find an end to the Syria conflict

Turning to Trump

The Americans who believe Donald Trump's the man for the US-presidency

In the Shadow of the Strong Men

The dictators may have gone, but their influence lives on

Brussels on Edge

Is Belgium really a country unable to confront the threat of terrorism?

November in Paris

The ordinary citizens of Europe deploy their own weapon against terror

The Smell of History

A whiff of history in a shop in old Belgrade.

North of Timbuktu

Trying to bring peace to one of the earth's most inhospitable and lawless places

An Audible Gasp

There's surprise as a question about democracy is asked in Bahrain

Turkey on Edge

Anxiety in Turkey as people prepare to go to the polls for the second election this year

The Comedian President

A comedian wins the presidency of one of the world's most violent nations

History's Long Shadow

The short walk with a two thousand year backdrop

A Murder at Number 48

A wave of killings in the African state of Burundi and other despatches

The Night Train to Luxor

A new confidence about the security forces in Egypt

Old Fears Return

Talk of a third 'intifada' or uprising as violence flares again in Israel

A Feast of Fungi

A search for mushroom gold in the hills of Austria and other stories

A Tunnel of Stories

Notebooks filling up with stories from the doorways of the European Union

The Mermaid of Madagascar

Modern ideas and ancient traditions in the fishing communities of Madagascar

FOOC at 60: Memorable Reports 2

Includes Fergal Keane's 1996 Letter to Daniel and Allan Little in Kinshasa as Mobutu fell

The Kindness of a Baker

A Nigerian bakery provides sanctuary for boys fleeing the Boko Haram extremists

Miracle on the Beach

A valuable discovery on the beach in South Africa and other correspondents' stories

War and Peace

Despatches from the frontline - from conflict and post-conflict

60th Anniversary – Memorable Reports 1

Includes Gabriel Gatehouse on the 2014 Ebola crisis and Kevin Connolly in Libya in 2011.

A Special UK Edition

UK correspondents tell their stories

From Our Own Correspondent: 60th Anniversary Special

Owen Bennett-Jones chairs a discussion on foreign reporting's past, present and future.

Migration Special

The migrant crisis hasn't erupted from nowhere

Europe's Migration Turmoil

Correspondents' stories including the migration crisis, Irish hurling & trains with Zen

The Great Fall of China

An important moment of decision for China's leaders

Andy Warhol's Trousers

Trying out Andy Warhol's leather look + other stories

Politics and Witchcraft

Black magic on the election trail in Tanzania

We Are All Emigrants Now

Despatches from migration's front lines + other stories

The Busy Executioner

A meeting with a hangman in Pakistan + other correspondents' stories

A Walk in the West Wing

The US-president takes us behind the scenes at the White House

Shaping a New World Order

The far-reaching political and economic consequences of the Iran nuclear deal

Without Stability We Have Nothing

Cracks appear in the stability so vital to those charged with keeping order in Algeria

A Sunny Place for Shady People

Global developments change the face of the seafront in Tangier + other despatches

Fear and Fun in Baghdad

Contradictions and confusion as Iraqis celebrate Ramadan in their capital, Baghdad

Greek Tragedies

Correspondents stories from Athens, Hungary, Bosnia, Beirut and Los Angeles.

Escape from Boko Haram

Correspondents stories from Nigeria, Ukraine, Tunisia, the US and Italian Trieste.

Mali's Magical Onions

Stories from Yemen, China, Vladivostock, northern Norway and about shallots in Mali.

Malta's Birds: Loved and Hunted

Stories from Charleston, Corfu, Nepal, Madagascar and the bird hunters of Malta.

The Billion-Dollar Heist

A huge bank robbery in Europe's poorest country, plus other despatches.

On the Brink

Insight, context and colour. Today, the barbs fly as Greece seems to be stumbling for...

Between Life and Death

Storytelling and writing. In this edition Gabriel Gatehouse is in Sicily which waves...

The Battle for Aden

Insight, colour, context, detail. In this edition, war rips the heart out of old Aden...

A Turkish Mosaic

Windows on the world. Today: diverse and contradictory views about the Turkish and the...

The Last Election?

Context and colour. In today's edition: Turkey at the crossroads ahead of Sunday's the...

Should I Stay or Should I Go?

News and current affairs storytelling, context and colour: the Russians contemplating...

The American Dream in Trouble

Talking points from around the globe. In this edition, the gulf between rich and poor...

The War That Made Itself At Home

Storytelling from the world of news and current affairs. In this edition: Fergal Keane...

A Coup Crumbles

The programme that takes you places. In this edition to two countries, Burundi and to...

Stranded at Sea

Around the world. Today - the increasingly desperate plight of men, women and children...

Reversing the Ageing Process

Now where have I put the car keys? A Japanese neuro-scientist believes a regular brain...

The Lucky Ones

The best in news and current affairs story-telling. In this edition: a week after the...

Sahafa BBC

The human stories behind the news headlines: dodging bullets while trying to reach of...

Risking Everything

The people behind the news headlines: the migrants risking everything boarding flimsy...

Battles over Books and Statues

History rears its head, not for the first time, in this edition of From Our Own...

'A Win-Win Outcome'

The stories behind the week's news: what's led to this outbreak of fighting in Yemen?...

A Kafkaesque Nightmare

Insight. Analysis. Colour. In this edition, people in the German town of Montabaur try...

A Dramatic Turnaround

Colouring in the spaces between the headlines. In this edition: from elected to Death...

'We Dazed Them!'

Around the world in less than half an hour! In this edition: euphoria in the Nigerian...

Novice on the Front Line

News and current affairs story-telling. In this edition, the foreign fighters signing...

Dreams Deferred, Hope on Hold

Reporters' stories. Obstacles to President Obama's immigration reforms pile up -- it a...

The Death of Gypsy Music

The best in news and current affairs story-telling. In this edition, the music which a...

Please Don't Kill Our Sons

Around the world with correspondents' stories. In this edition: executions in - the a...

The Devil's Building Site

Around the world in less than half an hour! Today: a four-day trek through the parts a...

The Best Nightclub in Africa

Story-telling from around the world. In this edition Charlotte Pritchard travels to in...

The Athens Experiment

The human lives behind the headlines: a view from the pistachio field after a tense of...

Please Mick. Not boring ..

The correspondent's trade: memories of the late Ian McDougall who filed for the BBC in...

A Pig of a Sea

More and more migrants are trying to cross the Mediterranean and there are suggestions...

Tea and Cakes in Addis

Questions and answers beyond the headlines. Little urgency apparent as the factions in...

Jordan Retaliates

The news behind the news. In this edition Paul Adams is in Jordan as the country takes...

Into the Line of Fire

Around the world in 28-minutes. Residents of eastern Ukraine fear the war raging them...

Tomorrow You Will Be Heroes

The human stories behind the headlines. Like any war, the one against Ebola is leaving...

A Cosy Dinner in Leipzig

What are they talking about? In Germany there's emotional debate about Pegida; Libyans...

The Revolt Against Austerity

'Crisis' and 'Hope,' two words which have continually cropped up in the Greek election...

The Knot Comes to the Comb

Correspondents' stories: in this edition Maria Margaronis on the keenly-awaited Greek...

Poached Pangolin

Story-telling from the world of news and current affairs. In this edition: Shaimaa in...

Charlie Hebdo

Looking beyond the headlines: correspondents with insight and analysis consider: Hebdo...

Everything to Play For

Insight, colour, analysis: in this edition, the once impregnable Rajapaksa camp is as...

Dec 27,2014: I Hate New York!

Seasonal stories and festive fables: Mike Wendling strongly disagrees with the thought...

The Heaviest Coffin

Story-telling from the world of news and current affairs. In this edition: Shaimaa on...

A New Empire

Story-telling from the world of news and current affairs. 'For God, Tsar and Nation'.

Dec 06: Spies are Everywhere

Reporters tell their stories: in this edition, Carrie Gracie travels to China's most -...

The Buckwheat Barometer

Despatches. Steve Rosenberg sets out to discover who the Russian public holds for and...

Swimming in Iran

Foreign correspondents. Nick Thorpe on the Russian speakers in Ukraine who want the of...

An End to Education

Despatches from correspondents worldwide. In this edition: Mishal Husain's in Bekaa to...

The Missing Students

Despatches from around the world. In this edition: Will Grant on the protests in City...

Jerusalem On Edge

Foreign correspondents. Today, Kevin Connolly on tension in Jerusalem:- a reminder, he...

Talking to Ghosts

Reporters. Today, from Sierra Leone: why covering the Ebola outbreak is an assignment...

The Ghosts of old Naples

Reporters. Today: Alan Johnston on the richness of the past lying in the bones of the...

The Most Dangerous Job in th World?

Correspondents'despatches: Gabriel Gatehouse with the medical team who have collected...

The Flying River

Reporters around the world. Misha Glenny says surely it's a national emergency -- but...

Home Grown Heroes

War may still be raging in the east, but Ukraine's gearing up for elections -- and are...

Spectres of Afghanistan

The past looms large over Afghanistan's new leader -- Fergal Keane says the scale of a...

Rio Rubbish

Correspondents' tales: why they're arguing about Macchiavelli on a rubbish tip in Rio...

The Battle for Hong Kong

'Caught between the demands of the masses and the stern imperatives of Beijing's Keane...

A Tap You Can't Turn Off

The European Union's announced plans to support, but not replace, efforts being made...

Three Questions for Mr Leung

The questions arising from a week of protest in Hong Kong are asked by the BBC's China...

A New Egypt

Global despatches: some are pleased at what President al-Sisi's achieved in his first...

Fractured Syllogisms

Despatches from around the world: Kevin Connolly on how Western policy makers, trying...

Taking Meat off the Menu

Few French restaurants offer a menu without meat, so John Laurenson's been finding out...

Why the Kissing's Had to Stop

The kissing's had to stop in west Africa - a despatch from Mark Doyle about the Ebola...

Domestic Strife

Kate Adie introduces Correspondents' stories. This week Paul Wood hears warnings of to...

The Silent Wards

Kate Adie introduces correspondents stories from around the world. This week Gabriel a...

The Lucky Country

Global despatches. In this edition, Australia's tough immigration policy comes under a...

A Poet at War

Foreign correspondents. Today: can a meeting of presidents halt the fighting in Why to...

A Shopping List for Cuba

Despatches from correspondents: Why should the west intervene with aid or arms? It's a...

A Footnote to Conflict

Foreign correspondents tell their stories - in this edition, discussions in Israel the...

Aug 02 2014

Despatches by reporters around the world. In this edition, Chris Morris, who was in to...

Last Night in Gaza

Correspondents tell their stories: a week in Gaza, Paul Adams; on the night train from...

Whatever Happened to the War Song?

Back in the days of the Vietnam War the airwaves were full of protest songs...

Fasting under Fire

Despatches. In this edition: some of the families caught up in Israel's fight against...

Watching the World Cup in the Woods

We join the German football fans watching the world cup in the middle of a forest.

Tennis in Baghdad

Jeremy Bowen laments the loss of everyday freedoms in Baghdad; Hilary Andersson the of...

Two Worlds Collide

Reporting the world: correspondents with insight, colour and analysis from Baghdad,...

No More Boat People

Global despatches: in this edition, why hunger is again taking hold in South Sudan - a...

Hero or Villain?

June the 28th 1914 was the day Gavrilo Princip shot Archduke Ferdinand.

The Consequences of History

The foreign interventionists whose actions have contributed to today's violent events...

I Never Got to Florence

Correspondents' stories. Few British go to the Italian seaside town of Alassio these -...

Dilemma for the US

'Getting rid of Saddam was the easy bit. ' The problems stack up for the United States...

A Glimpse of the Future

Two conflicting visions of the future present themselves on a visit to the Middle the...

Guitar or Sitar?

Correspondents with stories to tell: how is traditional Indian culture faring with the...

Mort Pour La France

The news -- with added insight, colour and perspective. In this edition, the unsung up...

the Education Minister's Watch

Looking behind the headlines: the new patriotic conservative mood in Russia -why it's...

The News in 2039

Global despatches: will the African elephant be extinct in two decades? And which of...

Thurs May 29 2014: Spinning Myths

Insight, colour, analysis and description. In this edition the stories come from Rio...

Less Freedom, More Stability

Correspondents telling us more: how there's always been someone lying awake in Egypt...

Walk Warily in Waziristan

Correspondents worldwide: Owen Bennett-Jones attends a Christian church service in is...

The Tourists Have Gone

Stories from reporters around the world. In this edition: empty hotels and a deserted...

Beauty and horror in South Sudan

Beauty and brutality coexist after a battle in South Sudan: a bullet whistles over the...

Heroes of Baghdad

Global viewpoints. In this edition: Kevin Connolly visits the Baghdad book market and...

Dilemmas in Damascus

Despatches: Syrians, exhausted by a seemingly unending conflict, face agonising over...

End of Era

Global insight and colour. In this programme: Russians or locals? Gabriel Gatehouse to...

A Happy Ending

The stories behind the stories. In this edition: why Germany's ambivalence towards may...

Underneath the Mango Tree

Despatches from foreign correspondents. Today: Tim Whewell on what's caused the savage...

Are the Russians coming?

Correspondents' stories. In this edition, Humphrey Hawksley's in a part of Europe an...

Hirsute History + Desert Verse

Kate Adie introduces correspondents' stories from around the world. Today, Jamie meets...

Forensics and Scrummaging

Correspondents' stories from around the world, introduced by Kate Adie.

History, Aliens and Chicken Wings

Kate Adie introduces correspondents' stories. This week Mark Lowen is reminded of his...

Troubles in Paradise

Kate Adie introduces Correspondents' stories from around the world. Today Ukrainian is...

Courthouses and Codpieces

Kate Adie introduces correspondents' stories from around the world. This week, with to...

spaceships in the desert

Stories from correspondents around the world, introduced by Kate Adie.

Revolutions are Unpredictable

'When change happens, it can happen very, very fast,' Steve Rosenberg in Ukraine.

Here for Eternity?

Correspondents with tales to tell. In this edition: Gabriel Gatehouse watching the in...

The Hyenas Come to Town

London may be infested by urban foxes and Delhi beseiged by urban monkeys but Addis as...

Saddam Hussein Lives!

Stories from foreign correspondents. In this edition: Prashant Rao meets an Iraqi and...

Marauding Baboons

'No wonder everyone is looting now. The elites here have been doing it for years,' our...

Come to Sunny Gaza!

Why is Bosnia seeing its most serious unrest since the country was at war in the How a...

The Robots Come Out at Night

Robots are doing the cleaning up in an old people's home in Denmark. Are they popular?...

Tiny Boats at Sea

Spain crawls painfully out of recession but Pascale Harter, in Barcelona, says so much...

Don't Call it a Drone!

Reporters worldwide. In this edition: Britain and France are to co-operate on a new -...

A Doomed Romance

A love affair going nowhere in Damascus -- it's what happens when a rebel footsoldier...

Guns and Showers

Reporters' despatches from around the world, introduced by Kate Adie. Today, Will on a...

Battlegrounds

As athletes turn up to the winter Olympic games, what might they find? The Thai is of...

Kerouac's Back

Story telling: Kerouac the runaway dog returns from his adventures in Mali and the our...

A City of Intrigue

A secret city, melted cheese, female freedom fighters, buried treasure, an emperor's...

Somalis on Ice

Foreign correspondents: James Copnall meets the men now controlling the opposing in to...

Transglobal Express

Over the past year, BBC correspondents have reported on upheaval in Egypt, war in a in...

Good to See You Again!

Good to see you again! Mark Doyle is reunited with his spectacles, which were lost on...

Turmoil in Thailand

Correspondents with stories from around the world: in this edition, Jonathan Head on a...

Mandela: five correspondents' stories

Nelson Mandela: five correspondents who'll never forget how their own stories came to...

East or West?

Correspondents with stories from the news. Today, Steve Rosenberg on how Ukraine's in...

Heroes of Baghdad

Reporters' despatches: already this year more than seven thousand people have been in...

The Noise of the Typhoon

The noise and devastation of Hurricane Haiyan: Andrew Harding on the first town in the...

The Lost Orchards

Correspondents' despatches: Jeremy Bowen on the talks, restarting in Geneva next week,...

Fraying at the Edges

Correspondents worldwide: Kevin Connolly talks of unfinished business in the Middle to...

The Midnight Bus to Damascus

Reporters worldwide: while refugees continue to stream out of Syria in their there are...

Cities on Edge

Correspondents' stories: Jeremy Bowen on the effect in Egypt of the upcoming trials of...

A Night Out in Greenland

Correspondents' stories: once the cradle of the Arab Spring, Tunisia's now battling an...

The Ruin of Rome

The financial crash has devastated the historic centre of Rome - Joanna Robertson of a...

Don't Mention the War!

As one of the last heroes of the Vietnam War is laid to rest, Rajan Datar hears young...

The Migrants Who Made it

The Via Roma in the Italian island of Lampedusa -- Alan Johnston says that for the who...

Songs of Love and Loss

The traditional sad songs of Portugal have become sadder still as the government in --...

Breaking the Rules

Correspondents' stories: the Champs d'Elysees is an icon of Paris, a majestic piece of...

Iceland's Book Boom

Looking behind the news. In this programme: David Loyn examines the claim that NATO in...

A Giant Snake Comes to Town

Colour and analysis from around the world: Kevin Connolly says as much as a quarter of...

Sibelius, Saunas and Salmiakki

Correspondents with colour and analysis from around the world: Theopi Skarlatos in on...

The President's Golden Scissors

Correspondents' stories: behind the scenes at the UN General Assembly in New York - so...

The Love Hunters

Global despatches. Today: it was Gabriel Gatehouse's local shopping mall but now the a...

The Dry Bones of a Thousand Empires

Correspondents' despatches: Jeremy Bowen in Damascus reflects on the lessons a learns...

Unanswered Questions

Kate Adie introduces reports from correspondents around the world. Following the death...

A Shattered Mosaic

Kate Adie presents correspondents' stories from Syria, the US, Australia, South Africa...

A Banquet of Unpalatable Choices

Correspondents tell their stories: Mark Mardell in Washington on difficult decisions a...

You Can't Kill an Idea

Correspondents' despatches: the wealthy principality of Liechtenstein is forced to up...

Seventy-Two Snipers

Correspondents' stories. Today: Hugh Sykes is in Cairo where the mood, at the end of a...

Prepared to Die

Will the Egyptian army move in to break up the camp in Cairo set up by supporters of a...

the Himalayan Tsunami

Indians living in the shadow of the Himalayas are being told they could face further a...

The Albanian Riviera

Albania, not so long ago a redoubt of hardline Communism, is now hoping for EU membership.

Mrs Wong and Mrs Lim Go Shopping

"He knew nothing about politics. " A father talks to Humphrey Hawksley about his only a...

A Million Smartphones

The Bulgarian establishment under threat from a million smartphones - Nick Thorpe on...

Return to Rangoon

Quentin Sommerville talks to protestors on Cairo's streets; Andrew Harding returns to...

Saints and Sinners

The recent feuding within Nelson Mandela's family has reminded us that within the myth...

You Can't Hug on Facebook

Portuguese people are leaving the country in their thousands, travelling to the former...

A House in Damascus

What's happened to her house in the Old City in Damascus? Diana Darke hears how it's...

A Thousand Horses Come to Town

A thousand horses. Three thousand sheep. And people, thousands of them too, clustered...

The Story That Never Happened

It's the great reconciliation story which never happened -- Andrew Hosken in Libya on...

A Seat With a View

Air travel may be not quite the glamorous, magical experience it once was but our Day,...

Discontent on the Nile

'Everything is worse after the revolution' - tourism workers along the River Nile in...

A Demo a Day

A passion for protest: street demonstrations, rarely permitted in the days of Mubarak,...

God Bless Hungary!

Hungarians fight the floods! This collection of despatches from radio correspondents...

Mussolini's Gay Island

Correspondents' despatches from around the globe. Who'll emerge victorious from the in...

Is Mr Erdogan Listening?

Is the Turkish prime minister Mr Erdogan listening to the demonstrators? James has the...

The World's Troubles - Put on Hold!

A world that's not just full of doom and gloom: Anna Borzello on the remarkable that a...

A Croc at the Door!

Hungry crocodiles are invading homes in northern Australia looking for the family pet,...

The German Sense of Humour

Reporters around the world with the news behind the headlines: Aleem Maqbool talks of...

A Good Operator

Correspondents around the world: Jeremy Bowen on the increasing difficulties of the in...

Conspiracy!

Correspondents' stories from around the world: a field day for conspiracy theorists as...

Brides For Sale

Correspondents around the world with the detail behind the headlines: Beth McLeod on...

The Chocolate Revolution

Reporters' stories from around the world: why Rupert Wingfield Hayes believes North of...

Nigeria's Lady Gaga

Reporters from around the world tell their stories. Steve Rosenberg visits Dagestan on...

The Libyan Truffle

Correspondents' stories: why President Assad may now believe he's winning the the man...

The Stradivarius Tree

Colour and insight from reporters around the world: the man who'll find you a violin...

It Could Have Been Much Worse

How the direction of the wind saved Tokyo from possible radioactive contamination --...

The Jihadi Vegetable Patch

Correspondents' despatches from around the world. In this edition: Thomas Fessy Mali...

Talking About Fish

Insight, colour and analysis from reporters around the world. Mark Lowen's in Cyprus...

The Black Cowboy

How did Herb Jeffries become a black cowboy film star when he wasn't even black? to in...

Referendum Day

Millions of Zimbabweans vote on a new constitution - Andrew Harding, in Harare, quotes...

Decision Time for the Aborigines

What price can you put on memory? Neil Trevithick is with the Aborigines whose in for...

Battle Stations at the Vatican!

Allan Little says there are deep disagreements among the cardinals as they prepare to...

The Boy Who Knocked Stalin Down

Correspondents' stories. Today: Steve Rosenberg's in Moscow as Russians debate the of...

Teatime in Germany

Reporters worldwide tell their stories. Steve Evans in Berlin on how, perhaps given a...

Cold in Calcutta

Reporters worldwide: Rahul Tandon is in Calcutta as its people struggle to cope with...

The Lap of Luxury

When Madeleine Morris returned to her native Australia after twelve years in the UK a...

Desperate for Tourists

Despatches from around the world: Jonathan Head on a little-reported but long-running...

Wild Horse Chase

Reporters' despatches from far and wide: a vegetarian of 37 years' standing, Nick is a...

Was It Worth It?

Reporters worldwide - today: Ruth Sherlock on how the Free Syrian Army's losing as to...

Low-Speed Rail

Stories from around the world. Today: Will Grant in Mexico on the night horror on a on...

Digging Up The Beer

Analysis, colour, wit and observation from journalists worldwide. Today: Pascale the...

Settling Scores

Tim Whewell, just back from Mali, talks of retribution. Every conflict throws up and...

'Dream Big Kid!'

Correspondents take a closer look at events in their part of the world.

The Art of Seduction

Kevin Connolly in Jerusalem says keep that election bunting close at hand - Israelis...

Return of the Bunga Bunga King

Andrew Harding travels to the centre of Mali to find out how the fight against the is...

New Enemies, New Friends

Correspondents around the world telling their stories: Lyse Doucet has been meeting of...

Return of the Gendarme of Africa

Correspondents' news and views from around the globe: Hugh Schofield is in Paris as on...

Title: Stateless in Kuwait

Kate Adie presents reporters' despatches from across the globe. Matthew Teller meets a...

The secrets of eternal youth

Andrew North reflects on whether the recent rape and murder of a woman in Delhi might...

Highlights of 2012

As the year draws to an end, Kate Adie presents a feast of highlights from despatches...

A Parisian merry-go-round

Kate Adie presents despatches from reporters across the globe. Lucy Ash travels to she...

Dementia Village

Reporters worldwide provide context to the week's news. Today: South Africa's ANC at a...

A Nightmarish Tale

The BBC's Middle East editor Jeremy Bowen examines claims that a conclusion to the in...

Cairo at the Crossroads

Jon Leyne in Cairo reflects on the debate about Egypt's future. Will it be or Secular...

The Worst Possible News

Despatches from reporters across the globe. Jon Donnison was in Gaza as the city came...

A Frugal Dinner

Reporters' despatches from around the world. Afghanistan: as pressure grows on the to...

A Poisonous Cocktail

Burma: Jonathan Head goes to Rakhine state in Burma where bitter unrest has resulted a...

Driving on Mars

The United States of America: after the election excitement the Obama team start for...

Terror in Northern Nigeria

Will Ross on the bloodshed in Northern Nigeria;Theopi Skarlatos on why Golden Dawn is...

No Safe Refuge

Gabriel Gatehouse talks to a once-loyal Alawite pilot who ran foul of Syrian and was...

In the Valley of the Dawn

Kate Adie presents despatches from: Tim Whewell in a small town in Syria in the midst...

The Party Animals

Will Grant in Cuba: 50 years after the Missile Crisis, Fidel Castro still has the to...

Cities United and Divided

Dispatches from reporters across the globe, presented by Kate Adie. Chris Morris in...

Lederhosen Style

Thousands of Kenyans prepare to go to court to pursue claims against the British.

The Tough Cats

Andrew Harding's in Zimbabwe where there are fears of a return to violence as the Ian...

India's Missing Children

Anu Anand in Delhi on what happens to the two hundred thousand Indian children each a...

Coming Home Early?

Quentin Sommerville in Kabul says an early and substantial drawdown of British troops...

A Tale of Two Termini

Unemployment's up, the tax bills are up, public cheerfulness is down. Hugh Schofield...

A War Getting Worse

Lyse Doucet's in a Syrian suburb hearing stories about a civil war which is reaching...

The Vegas Blues

Justin Rowlatt visits Las Vegas and learns why America's casino capital has suffered...

A Mountain of Debt

Damian Grammaticas in China on how accounts of forced abortions from around the have a...

Lots of Cakes, Not Many Eggs

Andrew Harding says ending one miners dispute in South Africa does not mean the are...

Palace of Shame

Kevin Connolly suggests that two deaths in the Middle East, eight hundred years and on...

The Sacred Crocodiles

Thomas Fessy flew into The Gambia to ask questions about recent executions.

The Fourth Banned 'T'

Greece remains a land where millions go each year to enjoy their holidays.

. The eye of the storm

Kate Adie hosts correspondents' stories from the United States, Russia, France, Italy...

Meeting the last Emperor of China

Kate Adie hosts reports from correspondents around the world. Mark Lobel attends a for...

. A Yankee Learns Farsi

French police have been placed on higher alert after rioting in the northern city of...

. A Return to the Countryside

Chris Stewart is in Spain where some young people, unable to find employment in the in...

. Life After Lonesome George

Could Mogadishu be about to lose its title as the world's most dangerous city? Mary be...

Battle for Aleppo

Ian Pannell visits a school which has become a morgue for children in the Syrian city...

. Austerity or not?

Pascale Harter's testing the mood in Spain in the week hundreds of thousands made of...

An Unfinished Revolution

As speculation continues about who's won the election in Libya, Rana Jawad in Tripoli...

Ghosts of Bush House

Natasha Breed on how the population of Kenya's expanding fast, urban areas are eating...

Shifting Sands

Pauline Davies in the desert where nothing lives: the Atacama in Chile.

Roman Austerity

Churches and mosques are being targetted by the Boko Haram militant group in Nigeria.

Bombs + Kebabs

Ian Pannell tells us how the story of Robin Hood is proving popular with one of the to...

Folly of Empire

Rumours and conspiracy theories swirl around Egypt; the Greeks fed up with being for a...

Life Support

Kevin Connolly has the latest from Cairo, awash with conspiracy theories after the the...

The Stone Breakers

All of Europe is watching the Greek elections. Chris Morris says they could have a on...

Burmese Bling

Paul Mason meets protesters in Spain finding new ways to signal their worries and how...

Catholic Olympics

From Mogadishu -- Gabriel Gatehouse on how the al-Shabab militants have managed to and...

Destruction + Regeneration

Alan Johnston's been to the Italian towns shaken by a series of earthquakes and...

Love Commandos

Fergal Keane meets exiled Syrians in Istanbul and finds little agreement among them...

Seaside Disappointment

Jeremy Bowen in Beirut says the Middle East is certainly changing. But the dominoes as...

Heroes and Villains

Portia Walker: optimism in Yemen has been punctured by a devastating bomb blast in the...

Nile Mystery

Kevin Connolly's in Luxor wondering if the military, which has controlled proceedings...

Syrian Ghosts

Many Syrian doctors and medical staff have fled the country as the violence there...

Sunlounger economics

In a week full of elections near and far, Mark Lowen says Sunday's vote in Greece be...

Congo warlord

The British soldiers in Afghanistan have lost faith in their mission, there are fields...

Asparagus fever!

Bahrain: Rupert Wingfield Hayes examines why all sides in the bitter conflict there in...

14 April 2012

Fergal Keane is on Turkey's border with Syria listening to the experiences of those...

Sarajevo

Presenter Kate Adie's in Sarajevo along with Allan Little and Jeremy Bowen.

Libyan pets

What does a chaotic pet market have to tell us about Libya's transition from to Kevin...

Afghan New Year

Afghans enjoy New Year celebrations but Lyse Doucet finds they are concerned about the...

Boybandmania

One Direction: behind the scenes with the boy band in the US. Arrest warrant issued a...

the Kony film

A hundred million plus hits on the internet. Our Africa correspondent Andrew Harding...

Benin Voodoo

A voodoo priest visits in Benin; disappearances in Sri Lanka; a truce in Gaza and from...

March 10, 2012

The fisherman who decided to sail TOWARDS the tsunami - Julian May hears his story as...

March 08, 2012

The extraordinarily spry 80-year-olds of Shikoku: Peter Day's met them and tells us as...

March 3, 2012

'A revolution with almost no co-ordination or planning. ' That was Ian Pannell's as he...

Abbottabad, and Greeks in Germany

Did you ever see bin Laden? Aleem Maqbool is in Abbottabad, Pakistan, where they've by...

25 Feb, 2012

Andrew Harding's in Mogadishu, the capital of Somalia -- how impressed have they been...

23 Feb 12

Is al-Qaeda giving the people of Yemen something their government is not? It's a by in...

18 Feb 2012

Guns remain the ultimate arbiter of disputes in post-Gaddafi Libya. And in Benghazi is...

16 Feb 2012

No need for expensive cab fares this time! The regime change in The Maldives proves a...

Feb 11, 2012

That windswept outpost of Britishness in the South Atlantic again causes tension and...

9 Feb, 2012

From Ambridge to Tunisia: Owen Bennett Jones meets a man at the heart of government in...

Feb 4, 2012

After a journey from the calm of a hotel lobby to a city centre ladies' outfitters and...

2 Feb, 2012

A rich seam of frustration - over poverty, bad leadership and corruption -- is being...

28 Jan, 2012

From our own curmudgeon. Hugh Schofield finds reasons to be dyspeptic in Paris.

26 Jan 2012

Twenty-six planeloads of Libyans arriving in Amman: Matthew Teller on how the downfall...

Jan 21, 2012

BBC correspondents don't often go out gardening -- perhaps that's because it gives a...

Jan 19, 2012

The women are in charge - and the men don't seem to be doing much about it.

Jan 14, 2012

The Afghan women still suffering in silence - ten years after the fall of the Taliban.

Jan 07, 2012

Can international pressure on the military-backed government in Burma be relaxed now a...

Dec 31, 2011

Kate Adie on the months of the Libyan revolution which led up to the death of Colonel...

BBC World Service FOOC

An American Dream: New Hampshire, 1996 Owen Bennett Jones introduces an archive by...

BBC World Service FOOC

Prisoners of Norilsk - a city frozen in time "A history of Soviet failure written in a...

BBC World Service FOOC

The Truth is Our Currency Owen Bennett Jones introduces an archive despatch from 1997...

BBC World Service FOOC

The Road to Mandalay Owen Bennett Jones introduces an archive despatch from 1984.

BBC World Service FOOC

"The army was rotten to the core and could not put up a fight" - Kinshasa, May 1997 an...

Dec 24, 2011

A dead man's suitcase in Cape Town transports Tim Butcher from today's Africa via War...

Dec 17, 2011

The polar bear's back in the news - this time it's at the centre of controversy in a...

Dec 10, 2011

'A political system which had considered itself as solid as rock has started to show...

Dec 3, 2011

Being Italian is bad for your health! That's the contention from Bologna where winter...

Nov 26, 2011

'But of course there will be violence,' says one seasoned observer to Andrew Harding a...

Nov 19, 2011

Are the generals in Egypt really about to relinquish power? Stephen Sackur in Cairo a...

Nov 12, 2011

"That's nobody's business but the Turks'. " A quote from one of several songs which are...

Nov 10, 2011

'Prosperity for all!' That was the Ugandan president's promise as he stood for but as...

Nov 05, 2011

America has the Wild West, Russia has its Wild East. And Reggie Nadelson's there, in...

Nov 03, 2011

Silvio Berlusconi attends the G20 meeting in Cannes amid mounting alarm in Italy about...

Oct 29, 2011

The appointment of a white vice president in Zambia indicates, according to Fergal for...

Oct 27, 2011

A dystopian vision of Venice - Rachel Harvey's words as she watches the flood waters...

22 Oct 2011

Gabriel Gatehouse describes the scenes at that infamous sewer pipe, where Colonel was...

20 Oct 2011

Kate Adie introduces reports from around the world. Today Jonathan Head ask what keeps...

15 Oct 2011

Is the name of Bahrain being dragged into the mire by a string of alleged human rights...

13 Oct, 2011

'I'll Not Do It Again!' That's the verdict of some foreign businessmen, out of pocket...

08 Oct 2011

Why two crumpled pieces of paper are among the most precious reminders Lyse Doucet has...

Oct 6, 2011

A time of shifting and unexpected new relationships in Libya is explored by Allan Little.

Oct 1, 2011

An 18-hour train ride to the end of the line brings you to the very edge of Norway.

29 Sept, 2011

They came from all over: serious men from Seville and Madrid with their fine suits and...

24 September 2011

Kate Adie shares stories behind the headlines with correspondents around the world....

22 Sept 11

Katie Adie presents more despatches from foreign correspondents. As forces try to oust...

Sept 17, 2011

Reprisals and revenge in a desert oasis as the battles continue against the final -- a...

Sept 15, 2011

How did the lifeboat of the North Atlantic, as it's called, manage to cope with of air...

Sept 10, 2011

Whatever happened to his notebooks? Jeremy Bowen, charting the demise of the Gaddafi...

Sept 3, 2011

The day after history was made in Libya Kevin Connolly was out shopping -- and tells a...

July 27, 2011

The Arab-Israeli conflict seems to have been sidelined in this year of revolutions.

BBC Radio 4

'Politics at its most brutal, its most basic, democracy as a demolition derby.

BBC Radio 4

Aleem Maqbool reports on Karachi, where inter-ethnic violence between Urdu speakers in...

BBC Radio 4 August 6th 2011

Mexico's drug wars are notoriously violent and the killings have spread to Guatemala...

July 30th 2011

Today: Peter Svaar finds out that the man behind the killings in Norway was his class...

July 23, 2011

Will Thursday's eurozone agreement be enough to save the European single currency and...

July 16, 2011

Could the Libyan rebels be poised to march on the capital Tripoli? Gabriel Gatehouse,...

July 9, 2011

They are celebrating in Juba, the capital of South Sudan, the world's newest country.

July 7, 2011

The end of the world is nigh! Well, it is according to one estimate. But Chris Bockman...

July 2, 2011

The Greek austerity bill may have been passed by the Athens parliament, but Justin if...

June 30, 2011

Now the Greek parliament's voted for austerity, large numbers of people working in the...

June 25, 2011

The lights go out in the United States. It's only a simulation at present but Mark in...

June 23, 2011

A voice from Croatia's war-torn past is recalled by Allan Little in Zagreb as the EU...

June 18, 2011

The ultimate failed state. That's what some call Somalia in the Horn of Africa.

June 16, 2011

Tunisia's fragile revolution is under threat from the violent uprising in Libya.

June 11, 2011

The bloody events in Syria are making the government in neighbouring Turkey uneasy, as...

June 9, 2011

Amid uproar in and around Syria, Kevin Connolly considers suggestions that there have...

June 4, 2011

A mysterious encounter with the sinister Colonel Tariq, thought to be from Pakistani...

June 2, 2011

The E. coli outbreak in Germany is the subject of a despatch from Steve Evans in Berlin...

May 28, 2011

Fin de Siecle Deauville hosts the G8 summit of world leaders where there have been of...

May 26, 2011

The Roman Catholic Church is accused of running a dirty campaign as the people of to a...

May 21, 2010

The carrots and sticks which the authorities in Saudi Arabia hope will persuade their...

May 14, 2011

Assisted suicide: as the people of Zurich in Switzerland prepare to vote on the issue,...

May 7, 2011

Weeks of violent confrontation in Uganda: Will Ross is in Kampala where lawyers are to...

April 30, 2011

A very French murder story: Hugh Schofield tells how France has been transfixed by an...

April 23, 2011

Students aren't revolting in Qatar and Oman -- Robin Lustig's been to the Gulf states...

April 16, 2011

'The Bahrain I had known wasn't there' - Frank Gardner, who used to live on the Gulf a...

April 09, 2011

'Even the winners are losers'-- Andrew Harding goes on a road journey through Ivory on...

April 2, 2011

Visiting time at Yemen's jail for political prisoners: Genevieve Bicknell meets the of...

March 26, 2011

Crisis in the Eurozone -- Chris Morris in Brussels says we're ignoring it at our peril.

March 19, 2011

Explosions and gunfire in Benghazi -- Kevin Connolly on the struggle for power in is...

March 17, 2011

Colossal forces of nature have devastated Japan and the country faces the possibility...

March 12, 2011

Earthquake in Japan: Hugh Levinson on how fear of catastrophe has helped shape the and...

Mar 10, 2011

Michael Buchanan goes behind the front lines in the rebel city of Benghazi in Libya at...

March 5, 2011

Dreams of a new Libya in the revolutionary city of Benghazi but, as Kevin Connolly's...

Mar 03, 2011

A restaurant date with Colonel Gaddafi: Jeremy Bowen talks revolution and politics the...

Feb 26, 2011

Our correspondent - who can't be named - describes life in Tripoli with its empty up...

Feb 24, 2011

The Black Sea resort of Sochi is preparing to host the next Winter Olympics.

Feb 19, 2011

The unrest sweeping north Africa and the Middle East reaches Bahrain and Bill Law some...

Feb 17, 2011

The wind of change sweeps across parts of the Middle East and North Africa -- an from...

Feb 12, 2010

Weeks of drama in Egypt reach a climax with the resignation of President Mubarak.

Feb 10 2011

The generals in Cairo watch and wait as the demonstrations continue: Jon Leyne their...

Feb 5, 2011

With Egypt in turmoil Kevin Connolly discovers what Hosni Mubarak's sense of timing...

03 Feb 2011

President Mubarak of Egypt is desperate to leave office with a degree of dignity, but...

Jan 29, 2011

Spectacular political developments across the Arab world as viewed from the Corniche a...

Jan 27, 2011

The rampant corruption that blights India's dreams of a brighter future is chronicled...

Jan 22, 2011

Is China's economic muscle crushing the heart out of blue-collar America? Justin been...

Jan 20, 2011

As the political crisis in Lebanon deepens, Jeremy Bowen explores the country's and of...

Jan 15, 2011

Violence on the streets of north Africa -- Chloe Arnold in Algeria says it's not only...

Jan 8, 2011

The assassin who was garlanded: Orla Guerin on murder on the streets of Islamabad and...

Jan 1, 2011

Nineteen correspondents from around the world join Kate Adie in this special New Year...

Dec 18, 2010

Three years in America: Kevin Connolly has time to reflect as he prepares to leave an...

Dec 11, 2010

Can America's dollars buy hearts and minds in southern Afghanistan? It's a subject has...

Dec 4, 2010

The great silence that is the legacy of genocide -- Neil Trevithick considers the of...

Nov 27, 2010

Why Pakistan's flood victims feel they've been let down by their rulers – Jill been...

Nov 20 2010

Ireland prepares to say goodbye to the best and brightest of its youth – Gavin been...

November 13, 2010

A dark portrait is painted by our correspondent Rupert Wingfield-Hayes of millions of...

BBC Radio 4

Christian families are leaving Iraq in large numbers amid continuing sectarian Jim has...

Nov 4, 2010

An undercover exploration of the glittering new capital city built by Burma's generals...

30 Oct 2010

The ruined heart of an American city, laid waste by economic collapse, is explored by...

Oct 28 2010

Extra police have been drafted in to the Swedish city of Malmo -- Tim Mansel, who's a...

BBC Radio 4

Today: We hear French lessons for an American truck driver; the surprising story of in...

BBC Radio 4

Today: we hear from Aleem Maqbool in Pakistan where it's easier to blame others for to...

16 Oct 2010

A huge welcome -- from some at least --as the President of Iran comes to southern was...

BBC Radio 4

The Colombian fighters who've given up the struggle, opting for education instead -- a...

BBC Radio 4

A mesmerising speech from a great South African churchman: the retirement of Tutu is...

BBC Radio 4

Why some pro-democracy candidates in Burma won't be contesting the forthcoming Pascale...

BBC Radio 4

Who says the Germans don't have a sense of humour? Steve Evans is in the east of the...

BBC Radio 4

After years of conflict in Uganda, the people of Acholiland are returning home; but of...

BBC Radio 4

A corner of old Germany is unearthed in Latin America as Will Grant follows preparing...

BBC Radio 4

Why is China restoring a British railway in Angola? Justin Rowlatt boards the Benguela...

BBC Radio 4

Why are America's new breed of soldiers studying philosophy? David Edmonds is in New...

BBC Radio 4

A big week for the Turkish Prime Minister. Jonathan Head gauges reaction to his power...

BBC Radio 4

Will economics force the French to rethink their lifestyles? It's a question Christian...

BBC Radio 4

There's a dilemma for Jill McGivering, covering the floods in Pakistan; Gabriel in on...