Podcasts by From Our Own Correspondent Podcast

Hope and Disillusion in South Africa from 2023-12-09T12:00

Kate Adie introduces dispatches from South Africa, Syria, the Netherlands and Germany.

Fergal Keane reported from South Africa during the country's difficult transition to democracy after ...

The UAE’s Air Pollution Problem from 2023-12-02T12:00

Kate Adie presents stories from the UAE, Iran, Ireland, Finland and Cambodia

As the world's seventh largest oil producer, the UAE may seem an odd choice to host the world's annual climate ...

Crime and Punishment in Putin’s Russia from 2023-11-25T12:00

Kate Adie presents stories from Russia, the US, Argentina, Iraq and Iceland.

In the wake of President Putin's invasion of Ukraine, repressive laws were passed which effectively criminalise...

An Emergency Summit in Riyadh from 2023-11-18T14:59

Kate Adie presents stories from Saudi Arabia, the West Bank, Spain, Chile and Taiwan.

Amid glittering chandeliers and floral bouquets, leaders from 57 Arab and Muslim countries gathered in...

Cambodia’s sunken Mekong villages from 2023-11-16T11:30

Kate Adie presents stories from Cambodia, Colombia, India, Fiji and Kenya.

The Mekong river provides a living for tens of millions of people who live along its banks across five East and S...

A Tribute To Hope from 2023-11-11T12:00

Kate Adie presents stories from Israel, the Middle East, Peru and Japan.

The Israel-Gaza conflict has been framed by harsh words, and when talk of peace and reconciliation seem more distan...

Acapulco in the aftermath of Hurricane Otis from 2023-11-09T11:29

Kate Adie presents stories from Mexico, Israel, Pakistan, Georgia and Romania.

On October 24, high winds started howling around the Mexican beach city of Acapulco. In barely 12 hours, unse...

Shocked To The Core from 2023-11-04T12:00

: Kate Adie presents stories from Israel, Turkey, Switzerland, DRC and Indonesia

Four weeks on from Hamas' deadly attack in Israel, details continue to emerge about the killing spree. Isra...

Voices from Gaza and Israel from 2023-11-02T11:29

Kate Adie presents stories from Israel, Gaza, Germany, New Caledonia and Hungary.

Public pressure is growing on Israel’s prime minister to secure the release of more than 200 hostages held...

Israel, Gaza and the view from the Middle East from 2023-10-28T11:00

Kate Adie presents stories from Israel and Gaza, South Korea and Turkey.

Three years ago the Gulf states of Bahrain and the UAE agreed to normalise diplomatic relations with Israel - and i...

The Thai workers caught up in the Israel-Gaza conflict from 2023-10-26T10:35

Kate Adie presents stories from Israel, Ukraine, Argentina, Mauritius and Greece.

When Hamas militants stormed into southern Israel from Gaza on the 7th October, over 200 of the people kil...

Israel, Gaza and The information war from 2023-10-21T11:00

Kate Adie presents stories on Israel and Gaza, Lebanon and Poland.

An explosion at a hospital in Gaza this week has thrown into sharp relief the challenges of establishing the facts during...

Afghan migrants in limbo in Pakistan from 2023-10-19T10:30

Kate Adie presents stories from Pakistan, Germany, Portugal, Senegal and the United States.

Pakistan's government has issued an order for illegal migrants to leave the country by the begin...

A Deadly Week in Israel and Gaza from 2023-10-14T11:00

Kate Adie presents a special edition reflecting on the brutal attack in Israel this week by Hamas militants and the subsequent siege and bombardment of Gaza.

Anna Foster reports from Ashke...

Australia’s Indigenous referendum from 2023-10-12T10:35

Kate Adie presents stories from Australia, Poland, the US, Cameroon and Cape Verde.

Australians are voting in a historic referendum on whether or not to recognize Aboriginal and Torres Str...

A Tumultuous Week in US Politics from 2023-10-07T11:00

Kate Adie presents stories from the US, Slovakia, Turkey, Greece and Democratic Republic of Congo.

In a break with history, a right-wing faction of the US Republican party moved to oust th...

Rising tensions in the Balkans from 2023-10-05T10:30

Kate Adie presents stories from Kosovo, Kyrgyzstan, South Sudan, Sri Lanka and Russia’s western borders.

A day of shooting in majority-Serb north Kosovo left a police officer and three mem...

Niger: After the coup from 2023-09-30T11:00

Kate Adie presents stories from Niger, Syria, Portugal, Costa Rica and the US.

French President, Emmanuel Macron announced he is withdrawing French troops from Niger, once seen as a key al...

Exodus From Nagorno-Karabakh from 2023-09-28T09:25

Kate Adie presents stories from Nagorno-Karabakh, Canada, South Africa, Peru and Germany.

Tens of thousands of ethnic Armenians have fled the disputed enclave of Nagorno-Karabakh in the la...

Voices From Libya’s Flood-hit East from 2023-09-23T11:01

Kate Adie presents stories from Libya, Ukraine, Australia and the US

Anna Foster visits the flood-affected region of Derna, in Libya's east, where she speaks to survivors of the storm surg...

Morocco: Tragedy in the High Atlas Mountains from 2023-09-16T11:00

Stories from Morocco, Gabon, Pakistan, Norway and Canada

A community in the High Atlas Mountains grapples with the devastation wrought by the strongest earthquake to hit Morocco in more th...

The parents suing over Gambia’s cough syrup scandal from 2023-09-09T11:00

Kate Adie introduces stories from The Gambia, Iran, the USA, Chile and Hungary.

Dozens of bereaved families in the Gambia are taking legal action against an Indian drug manufacturer and Ga...

The press under pressure in Indian-administered Kashmir from 2023-09-02T10:55

Kate Adie introduces correspondents' dispatches from Kashmir, Russia, Nigeria, Slovakia and Paraguay.

Understanding the complexities of politics and identity in Indian-administered Kashmir...

Drug cartel violence spreads through Ecuador from 2023-08-26T11:00

Kate Adie introduces stories from Ecuador, Italy, North Korea, Denmark and South Africa.

Ecuador was once seen as an oasis of calm in a violent region: despite lying between the drug produ...

The Sudanese refugees sheltering in Chad from 2023-08-19T10:30

Kate Adie introduces correspondents' and writers' stories from the Chad/Sudan border, Hawaii's Maui island, Belize, Portugal and Azerbaijan

More than a million people have fled violence in...

Life and war in Yemen from 2023-08-12T10:15

Kate Adie introduces correspondents' stories from Yemen, Brazil, Zimbabwe, Turkey and Ireland.

The city of Taiz in southwestern Yemen has survived thousands of days of siege conditions dur...

Cambodia's strongman bows out from 2023-08-05T11:00

Kate Adie introduces stories about Cambodia's outgoing Prime Minister, and from Pakistan, Romania, New Zealand and Germany.

Cambodia has suffered more tragedy than most, including civil wa...

Israel's culture war over the Supreme Court from 2023-07-29T11:00

Kate Adie introduces correspondents' and reporters' stories from Israel, Ukraine, Lebanon, the Czech Republic and Ghana

This year has seen the streets of Jerusalem thronged with protests a...

Sudan: a neglected conflict from 2023-07-22T11:00

Kate Adie introduces BBC correspondents' reports from Sudan, Spain, Tunisia, Italy and Mexico.

Sudan's newest civil war has been raging for more than three months - but first-hand images a...

Uruguay's Water Crisis from 2023-07-20T10:30

Kate Adie introduces stories from Uruguay, India, Haiti, New Zealand and Botswana.

A long and severe drought in Uruguay has caused the country's worst ever water crisis. As fresh water res...

Wagner Group: Business as Usual? from 2023-07-15T11:00

Kate Adie presents stories exploring events in Russia, the United States, Mexico, Lanzarote and South Africa.

After its failed march on Moscow, the Wagner Group was supposedly going to be ...

After Jenin from 2023-07-13T10:30

Kate Adie introduces stories from the Occupied Territories, the Mediterranean Sea, Ukraine, California and Algeria.

After violent clashes in Jenin last week, an Israeli-Palestinian peace d...

The Yazidis who survived Islamic State from 2023-07-08T11:00

Kate Adie introduces stories from Iraqi Kurdistan's Yazidi community, the streets of Marseille, the former USSR and the Caribbean island of Nevis.

From 2011 to 2017, the Yazidi minority in...

Grief in France's banlieues from 2023-07-06T10:30

The bereaved mother of Nahel M., who was killed by police in Paris. And stories from Brazil, Somalia, Finland and Sicily.

Last week French police killed a 17-year old young man of North Af...

Tracing Syria's Captagon Trade from 2023-07-01T11:00

Kate Adie introduces correspondents' and writers' despatches from Lebanon and Jordan, Ukraine's battle fronts, the Caribbean island of Grenada, the BBC's bureaux abroad and the streets of the So...

The Wagner mutiny in Russia from 2023-06-29T10:30

The Wagner mutiny in Russia; and other stories from Russia, Peru, Bangladesh and Denmark.

The mutiny by Russia's Wagner mercenaries ended as quickly as it started. The fighters had taken t...

Ghana's healthcare brain drain from 2023-06-24T11:00

Kate Adie introduces stories from Ghana's hospitals, the Chinese-Russian border, Syrian refugees in Lebanon, a research station on Australia's Great Barrier Reef and the streets of Limerick in I...

Life and Death in North Korea from 2023-06-22T10:32

Kate Adie introduces stories from North Korea, Canada, Guinea-Bissau, Peru and Jamaica.

North Korea sealed its borders when the pandemic struck, and little news from the isolated, oppressi...

Donald Trump's courtroom drama from 2023-06-17T11:02

Kate Adie introduces dispatches from the USA, Pakistan, Germany, Japan and Italy.

In Florida this week, Donald Trump pleaded not guilty to 37 federal charges relating to unauthorised posse...

The Myanmar soldiers refusing to fight from 2023-06-15T10:30

Kate Adie introduces stories from Myanmar's civil war, Iran, Moldova, Denmark and South Georgia.

Since the military overthrow of the democratically elected government in Myanmar in 2021, t...

The Taliban's Opium War from 2023-06-10T11:06

Kate Adie introduces stories from Afghanistan, Nigeria, India, Ukraine and Panama.

Opium poppies from Afghanistan have provided the raw materials for the world's heroin trade for decades, ...

Erdogan Wins Again from 2023-06-03T11:00

Kate Adie introduces' stories from Turkey, South Africa, China, Germany and Sri Lanka.

Recep Tayyep Erdogan now has a mandate to rule for another five years. After living in Istanbul for m...

Gun Violence in Serbia from 2023-06-01T12:22

Kate Adie presents dispatches from Serbia, Tunisia, India, France and Ukraine.

There has been a wave of protests in Serbia against gun violence following two mass shootings last month tha...

Ukraine's Counter-Offensive from 2023-05-27T11:02

Kate Adie introduces dispatches from Ukraine, Greece, Armenia, the US-Mexico border and Indonesia's Raja Ampat Islands.

There have been months of speculation about when and how Ukraine mig...

The Families Fleeing Sudan from 2023-05-25T10:37

Kate Adie introduces correspondents' dispatches from South Sudan, from the air war over Ukraine, a troubled area of Chicago, a small island off Western Australia and Sweden's capital, Stockholm....

El Salvador's brutal battle with gangs from 2023-05-20T11:00

Kate Adie introduces correspondents' dispatches from El Salvador, the streets of Pakistan's cities, the Bangladesh-Myanmar border, North Korea and Germany.

Since the 1990s, El Salvador fel...

Erdogan, the Earthquakes and the Election from 2023-05-13T11:05

This weekend's election in Turkey may be the most consequential vote President Recep Tayyip Erdogan has faced yet. Amid the ruined city of Antakya, Orla Guerin heard strong opinions from his sup...

Thailand’s Young Reformers from 2023-04-29T11:00

Kate Adie presents stories from Thailand, Israel, Laos, Switzerland and Ireland.

Thailand is standing at a crossroads, with many wondering if the country can move on to a more dynamic, dem...

The Trial of Vladimir Kara-Murza from 2023-04-22T11:00

Kate Adie presents stories from Russia, Germany, India, Iceland and Japan

Russian political activist Vladimir Kara-Murza was sentenced to 25 years in prison by a Moscow court this week. Sa...

Mexico's clergy and the cartels from 2023-04-15T11:02

Young Mexicans preparing to join the priesthood don't only have to struggle with matters of mortal sin or individual guilt. They are also often sent to serve communities where the country's drug...

Escape from North Korea from 2023-04-08T11:00

Kate Adie presents stories from North Korea, the US, France, Antigua and Ireland.

Kim Jong-Un has made it harder to escape North Korea, and numbers of people who have done so successfully ...

Israel’s Deep Divisions from 2023-04-01T10:30

Kate Adie presents stories from Israel, the US, Nigeria, Ukraine and Austria.

After months of protests, Israel's Prime Minister moved to delay his controversial judicial reforms, which man...

Mississippi: After the Tornado from 2023-03-30T11:01

Kate Adie presents stories from the US, Indonesia, Finland, Turkey and Australia

Ukraine’s Second Spring Of War from 2023-03-25T12:00

Kate Adie presents stories from Ukraine, Malawi, Switzerland and Germany.

Bakhmut has long been a prize for Russian forces since it invaded Ukraine a year ago. Tens of thousands of troops ...

Jeremy Bowen: Memories of Iraq from 2023-03-23T11:30

Kate Adie presents stories from Iraq, on the 20th anniversary of the US-led invasion, Brazil and Colombia.

The BBC's International Editor Jeremy Bowen first reported from Iraq in 1990, and...

Kidnappings in DR Congo from 2023-03-18T12:00

Kate Adie presents stories from DR Congo, Mexico, Hungary, Argentina, and South Africa.

The Democratic Republic of Congo is experiencing multiple conflicts over territory, ethnic tensions ...

Protests in Georgia from 2023-03-16T10:05

Kate Adie presents stories from Georgia, Egypt, The Netherlands, Iceland and Brazil.

South Africa’s Rolling Blackouts from 2023-03-11T12:00

Kate Adie presents stories from South Africa, Russia, Japan, New York, and Ukraine.

Unprecedented power cuts has seen South Africa's national power company become the butt of jokes, but th...

Greek Train Crash Triggers Grief And Anger from 2023-03-09T11:32

Kate Adie presents stories from Greece, Turkey, Senegal, Guatemala and Switzerland

As relatives of victims in the train crash in Greece mourn their loss, broader questions are being asked ...

Nigeria’s Young Voters Find Their Voice from 2023-03-04T12:00

Nigeria's recent presidential election encouraged many young Nigerians to engage with the political process for the first time and cast a vote, despite a backdrop of voter intimidation and claim...

Uzbekistan’s Winter Energy Crisis from 2023-03-02T11:30

Kate Adie presents stories from Uzbekistan, Turkey, USA, South Africa and Sweden.

Uzbekistan is one of the largest gas producers in the world but is in the throes of a full-blown energy cr...

Moldova’s Divided Loyalties. from 2023-02-25T12:00

Kate Adie presents stories from Moldova, Estonia, Cambodia, Chile and the Seychelles.

Lucy Williamson visits the Moldovan enclave of Moldova Noua, which has been surrounded by pro-Russian ...

Ukraine: One Year On from 2023-02-23T11:34

Orla Guerin, senior international correspondent, reports from Ukraine's east, a region she has covered on different trips during the last year, on the permanent sense of danger lingering there, ...

The questions after Turkey's earthquake from 2023-02-18T12:00

Kate Adie introduces analysis and reportage from correspondents in Turkey, Israel, Nigeria, Georgia and South Sudan.

While reporting from across southern Turkey after the February 6 earthq...

Rescue hopes fade in Turkey and Syria from 2023-02-16T10:15

Kate Adie presents stories from Turkey, Ukraine, the USA, Sao Tome and Principe and Lithuania.

Lyse Doucet has been in Southern Turkey reporting on the earthquake which has devastated town...

Southern Turkey: The Earthquake's Epicentre from 2023-02-11T12:20

Kate Adie presents stories from Turkey, the USA, Myanmar, Italy and Ukraine.

Anna Foster has been in Kahramanmaras, the epicentre of the recent earthquake, where diggers work to remove the...

Voices from Syria’s North-West from 2023-02-09T11:30

Kate Adie presents stories from Syria, Nigeria, Romania, Armenia and Pakistan

Leila Molana-Allen has spoken to anxious friends and relatives in the Syrian diaspora who are preparing for th...

Grief and Grievances in Israel and the Occupied West Bank from 2023-02-04T10:48

After a surge in violence over the last week, in which several were killed in a military raid on a refugee camp in the occupied West Bank and a synagogue attack in Israel, Yolande Knell visited ...

A Mosque Attack in Peshawar from 2023-02-02T11:30

Kate Adie presents stories from Pakistan Ukraine, Gibraltar, Uzbekistan and Namibia

More than 100 people were killed in an attack targeting police in a high security mosque in the northern...

A Bitter Winter in Afghanistan from 2023-01-28T12:34

Kate Adie presents stories from Afghanistan, Peru, Russia, the US and Spain

As Afghanistan experiences its harshest winter in a decade, Lyse Doucet travels to Salang, the world's highest r...

Ukraine Dreams Of A Different Future from 2023-01-21T11:32

Kate Adie presents stories from Ukraine, Nepal, Iraq, Norway and the US

Andrew Harding is at the frontline in Eastern Donbas, close to Russian lines, where soldiers share their dreams of t...

China’s Great Reopening from 2023-01-14T12:00

Kate Adie presents stories from China, Brazil, Sri Lanka, the US and Portugal.

China has opened up its borders again ahead of the New Year festival. Late las year, Xi Jinping eased Covid r...

Brazil: United In Grief, Divided By Politics from 2023-01-07T12:00

Kate Adie presents stories from Brazil, Russia, the US, South Korea and Italy

Brazilians this week mourned the loss of one of their greatest footballers, Pele, with hundreds of thousands g...

A Year in Ukraine from 2022-12-31T12:00

Kate Adie presents a selection of stories from correspondents who have covered the war, from the invasion of Kyiv to the present day. Fergal Keane remembers the beekeepers of the Donbas who he m...

Friendship, Fury and a French Suit from 2022-12-24T12:00

Kate Adie presents highlights from 2022, beginning in Moscow, where we hear the story of the friendship between BBC Russia editor Steve Rosenberg and Valentina, a vendor at a newspaper kiosk. Ea...

Haiti: A Gangster’s Paradise from 2022-12-17T12:00

Kate Adie presents stories from Haiti, Germany, Sri Lanka, Morocco and Sweden.

Orla Guerin reports from Haiti where gangs now control 60 per cent of the capital and surrounding areas. Hund...

‘Everything that is good has been taken’ from 2022-12-10T12:04

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

Russian troops captured Irpin, north-west of Kyiv, early on in the invasion. When the satellite town was liberat...

Tackling the Cocaine Trade in Honduras from 2022-04-30T11:16

The former President of Honduras Juan Orlando Hernandez was voted out of power in January, and within weeks was arrested, accused of being part of a major international drugs ring. This month, Mr H...

The Threat of Rising Waters in Bangladesh from 2022-04-23T11:00

Rivers and the sea have long-battered waterfront villages in Bangladesh, but this is a problem now made worse by climate change. Many people have had to flee several times, as land erodes and their...

What do Russians think of the war in Ukraine? from 2022-04-16T11:00

What do Russians make of their country’s invasion of Ukraine? It is no easy matter to conduct opinion polls in Russia at the best of times, sampling views from St Petersburg to Siberia. Right now t...

Ukraine: The War in the Countryside from 2022-04-09T11:00

The destruction of Ukrainian cities such as Mariupol has garnered global headlines, but the fighting has also filtered out to the rural towns and villages which surround it. These lack the city’s r...

Argentina’s Memories of war from 2022-04-02T11:00

It’s 40 years since Argentina invaded the Falkland Islands – or the Malvinas – as they are known in Spanish. Nearly 1,000 soldiers were killed in the war – more than 600 of whom were Argentinian. K...

Russia’s path of destruction from 2022-03-31T10:30

The pounding of civilian infrastructure by Russian forces has continued this week in cities like Mykolaiv and Mariupol even as peace talks were underway. And Russia's claims it will reduce its mili...

Thwarted hopes in Afghanistan from 2022-03-26T12:01

Since the Taliban took power last year, more than half a million Afghans have lost their jobs, and the country now faces a severe economic crisis. There was a glimmer of hope for secondary school g...

Ukraine’s unified resistance from 2022-03-24T11:00

It’s one month since Russia first invaded Ukraine, under the pretext of denazifying the country. But Putin’s calculation that his troops would be greeted as liberators by Russian-speaking Ukrainian...

On Kharkiv’s Frontline from 2022-03-19T12:00

Ukraine saw further indiscriminate attacks across the country this week, including an attack on a theatre sheltering civilians in Mariupol. The city of Kharkiv, like Mariupol, has been under consta...

Crossing into unknown territory from 2022-03-17T12:00

Refugees cramming onto trains brings back memories of the Second World War, amid an invasion that heralds a grim new political reality The war in Ukraine has brought back some uncomfortable memori...

Ukraine’s living nightmare from 2022-03-12T12:00

Millions of lives are being uprooted, or destroyed as Russia's bombardment of Ukrainian cities widens. Fergal Keane has covered the conflict with Russia and its proxy forces since 2014 – and has fo...

Peace talks in Antalya from 2022-03-10T12:00

As Russia’s invasion of Ukraine enters a third week, hopes are wearing thin of a ceasefire after several rounds of unsuccessful talks. But a potential mediator tried to enter the fray this week: I...

Kyiv’s last stand from 2022-03-05T12:00

Ukrainian civilians have taken up arms in the face of the Russian onslaught over the last nine days, while women and children were forced to flee. Attacks on residential buildings and infrastructur...

Shock and anger in Eastern Siberia from 2022-03-03T11:30

Ukrainians have mounted a defiant response since President Vladimir Putin’s invasion of their country began. But scores of lives have nonetheless been lost. Moscow’s propaganda machine has been in ...

Putin's Soviet Ambitions from 2022-02-26T12:00

Ever since the fall of the Soviet Union three decades ago, Russia has been grappling with how to keep its old empire close to it, using a variety of tactics. This week, Russia stunned Nato member s...

Brazil's Deadly Landslides from 2022-02-24T12:00

Flash floods and mudslides in the Brazilian city of Petrópolis north of Rio de Janeiro have left more than 170 people dead. Authorities blamed the intensity of the rainfall yet one of the biggest f...

Return of the Chagos Islanders from 2022-02-19T12:00

When a boat carrying a group of Chagos Islanders landed on their homeland this week, it represented return after half a century of exile. The Islands were once part of British-run Mauritius, and in...

Still There: The Migrants Trapped in Calais Limbo from 2022-02-17T11:30

Many migrants still set off by boat from Calais each week, in the hope of reaching Britain. The French authorities insist they are trying to deter people from coming to Calais, by making conditions...

The Paris Terrorism Attack Goes To Trial from 2022-02-12T12:02

A hundred and thirty people died during the 2015 Islamic State attacks in Paris. Now, one alleged participant has gone on trial, along with others charged as accomplices. What is it like for famili...

Snow and Sorrow: Winter in a Lebanon Refugee Camp from 2022-02-10T11:30

Lebanon hosts more than a million Syrian refugees, mostly living in very basic accommodation. Now the country has been hit by freakishly cold weather, while in the midst of an economic crisis. That...

Myanmar: One Year Under Military Rule from 2022-02-05T12:02

Myanmar this week marked one year since its democratically-elected government was overthrown by a coup. The generals who took over have promised to restore democracy, “once the emergency is over.” ...

Mass Migration and the Families Left Behind from 2022-02-03T11:30

Every week, every month, thousands of would-be migrants are still turning up at Mexico’s border with the United States, hoping to get across. This has a profound effect on the people left behind, t...

Fear and Fatalism in Kiev from 2022-01-29T12:00

More than a hundred and twenty thousand Russian troops are sitting on Ukraine’s border, with talks still underway to reduce tensions, but no sign of success so far. Yet Ukraine has already experien...

Russa’s Troops: Not Really a Threat to Ukraine? from 2022-01-27T11:30

Russia's tense stand-off with Ukraine might seem like a straightforward case of one country menacing another, with about a hundred and twenty thousand Russian troops mustering on their neighbour’s ...

Searching for Mexico's Drug War Disappeared from 2022-01-22T12:00

The drug-related violence in Mexico is sometimes described as being “like a war.” Certainly the death toll justifies calling it that, with three hundred thousand people killed in the past fifteen y...

Serbia and Djokovic: More Than a Matter of Tennis from 2022-01-15T12:00

When Novak Djokovic landed in Melbourne, few could have imagined that his impending encounters on the tennis court would be upstaged by a legal battle, one which then prompted a row between his cou...

Uncovering China's Internet Trolls from 2022-01-08T12:01

Plenty of journalists have had the experience of being “trolled” – attacked on social media for what they have written or said, often in terms which can be both offensive and sometimes frightening....

2022: A Year of Recovery? from 2022-01-01T12:00

What are you hoping for in the twelve months ahead? What might you be fearing? These are questions which we often ask ourselves at this time of year, and yet it is hard to imagine a year when they ...

Turkey's Cost of Living CrisisTurkey's Cost of Living Crisis from 2021-12-18T12:02

What is it like to spend years saving up your money, and then watch as its value rapidly declines? Or to have a pension which no longer pays for even your basic needs? Inflation in Turkey is soarin...

Madagascar: The Threat of Starvation from 2021-12-11T12:00

Madagascar is the second largest island nation in the world, yet quietly, largely unreported, its people are falling into starvation. 1.3 million are already suffering what’s called “severe food in...

Sleepless in Seoul: South Korea’s Exhausted Workforce from 2021-12-04T12:01

This year's surprise international television success is the dystopian South Korean series, Squid Game, which imagines people competing in a series of ever more violent contests, hundreds dying alo...

Anti-Lockdown Protests Hit The Netherlands from 2021-11-27T12:01

History has long seen people protest against government-imposed restrictions, designed to stem pandemics. Meanwhile, opposition to vaccination is as old as vaccination itself. Yet anyone who though...

The Desperation of Asylum Seekers on Poland's Border from 2021-11-20T12:00

During the Cold War, the border between NATO countries and the Soviet bloc was heavily fortified, each side fearing the other might one day roll across it in their tanks. Since then, alliances have...

The Battle for Ethiopia from 2021-11-13T12:00

Kate Adie presents reporters' despatches from Ethiopia, the Cop26 climate summit, Switzerland, Georgia and Brazil. The conflict in Ethiopia has left the country's northern Tigray region largely cu...

A Cup of Tea with the Taliban Neighbours from 2021-11-11T11:30

The news from Afghanistan is ever more dire. Twenty three million people are at risk of starvation, according to the World Food Programme, a fate which gets ever nearer as winter approaches. For in...

Bosnia: New Tensions From An Old Conflict from 2021-11-06T12:00

Bosnia was the site of Europe's worst conflict Europe since the Second World War ended. Fighting there in the 1990s ended up killing around a hundred thousand people. Bosnian Serbs were pitted agai...

Can the world reach a deal? from 2021-11-04T14:56

All eyes are on the COP summit on climate change, its delegates charged with the task of limiting CO2 emissions for decades to come. The mood music beforehand has not been positive, but then this s...

Children for sale: Afghanistan's desperate and impoverished from 2021-10-30T11:00

There have been reports from Afghanistan of people so desperate for food they have been selling their own children to raise the money they need. Our correspondent Yogita Lemaye was initially scepti...

Sudan's coup: democracy delayed again from 2021-10-28T10:32

Sudan has this week experienced yet another military coup, with generals seizing power, locking up elected officials and declaring a state of emergency. They insist this was all done in order to he...

Eric Zemmour: France's new right wing contender from 2021-10-23T11:03

The French political scene has a new kid on the block, or one might say, a new veteran. Eric Zemmour is his name, not one familiar in the UK, but Zemmour has long been well known in his own country...

Nostalgia For Gaddafi from 2021-10-21T10:32

Libya has been marking an anniversary of sorts this week: ten years since the dictator Colonel Muammar Gaddafi was killed, having been toppled from power as part of the Arab Spring. Since then, ele...

Disillusion in Iraq from 2021-10-16T11:03

When western troops overthrew Saddam Hussein, the argument was that this would turn Iraq from a dictatorship into a democracy. And they have indeed held elections there; the latest vote for a new I...

Drug dealing, murder and gentrification: the persisting contrasts of Marseille from 2021-10-14T10:00

Stories from France, Burkina Faso, Tajikistan, Austria and Turkey. It's fifty years since the release of “The French Connection,” a fast-moving cops and gangsters thriller, which focused attention...

A Haitian Odyssey Across The Americas from 2021-10-09T11:01

In recent weeks, images of thousands of Haitian migrants living in squalid conditions in a temporary camp in Texas have caused widespread shock and anger in the United States. US Border patrol agen...

Bumps in the road for the Czech Republic from 2021-10-07T10:30

The Czech election this week will decide whether embattled billionaire businessman Andrej Babis gets another four-year term as Prime Minister. He’s under pressure from new revelations in the Pandor...

Silence Falls in Libya from 2021-10-02T11:05

It's not easy to talk in Tripoli; Palestinian anger over Nizar Banat's death; the MH17 trial in the Netherlands; Rwandan forces in Mozambique; a number plate dispute in the Balkans In Libya, the pr...

Anxiety over Afghanistan from 2021-09-30T10:30

More than six weeks after the Taliban announced their full takeover of the country, Afghanistan is still up against huge challenges. The economy is contracting fast, there’s a punishing drought, an...

A tight race in Germany's elections from 2021-09-25T11:00

This weekend's elections will determine the makeup of Germany's parliament - and set the country’s course for a new, post-Angela Merkel era. German politics tend to be less adversarial, less person...

China's New Rules for Society from 2021-09-23T10:30

The Chinese government is, as ever, staying busy by devising new regulations. It's unleashed a raft of regulatory changes on everything from the limits on how much debt property developers are allo...

From Our Own Correspondent with Kate Adie from 2021-09-18T11:01

Refugees have been fleeing Iran, as the economic situation there worsens, with food prices going up, and shortages of clean water and power. Meanwhile, there are fears among some people that the co...

Brazil’s Embattled President Tries to Rally his Supporters from 2021-09-11T11:00

There is only one power Jair Bolsonaro thinks can remove him from power, and that is God - at least that's what Brazil's President, told his audience at a rally on Tuesday. He had called on people ...

Lebanon's Medicines Emergency from 2021-09-04T11:02

Lebanon was once the embodiment of glamour: its capital, Beirut, was nicknamed the “Paris of the Middle East” and enjoyed as an international playground. Today those glory years seem long gone. A p...

Forever wars – and how they can end from 2021-08-28T11:11

The Taliban takeover in Afghanistan has serious implications for global security. Western governments are concerned about the prospect of more attacks on their own turf. But there’s also particular...

Afghanistan: Questions, Doubts and Fears from 2021-08-21T11:02

It’s been a week of searing and surreal images from Afghanistan after the Taliban’s lighting takeover of Kabul. The spectacle of an official Taliban news conference, televised live from the capital...

A Summer of Fires in Greece from 2021-08-14T11:00

Greece has been ravaged by almost six hundred wildfires in recent weeks. Thousands of firefighters have struggled to contain the raging flames which have destroyed hundreds of thousands of hectares...

The price of dissent in Belarus from 2021-08-09T13:04

The repressive tactics of the Belarusian state have been back in the news this week – and all over the map. The Olympic Games in Tokyo were shaken by sprinter Krystina Timonovskaya’s row with her c...

Tunisia's Unfinished Business from 2021-08-09T12:34

The political crisis which broke out in Tunisia last weekend is still simmering. Of all the countries in North Africa and the Middle East which toppled their dictators a decade ago, only Tunisia em...

Aftermath from 2021-07-24T11:05

The destructive power of water is often underestimated… until it’s too late. Large areas of Europe and China are still reeling from the damage left by some of their worst floods for decades. Across...

Cubans' patience wears thin from 2021-07-15T10:30

The combined miseries of an economic crunch, a spike in Covid infections and simmering long-standing frustration drove hundreds of people to speak out in public last weekend. The Cuban government o...

What NATO leaves behind in Afghanistan from 2021-07-10T11:02

This week sees the end of the NATO mission in Afghanistan. These are the last days of a 20-year military presence of British and other forces – and the growing Taliban insurgency is moving quickl...

Face to face with Abiy Ahmed from 2021-07-08T10:30

Two weeks ago Ethiopia held a parliamentary election billed as the first truly ‘free and fair’ vote in its history – after nearly 20 years of continuous economic growth. It should have been a succe...

Russia's Vaccine Paradoxes from 2021-07-03T11:03

Attitudes to Covid in Russia have been very different to those in western Europe. At its government played down the risks and scoffed at ‘pandemic panic’ in the West. That changed as the virus swep...

Risk of Collapse from 2021-07-01T10:32

Although final numbers of the dead and missing have still not been tallied, the collapse of the Champlain Towers South building in Surfside, Florida may prove to be the most lethal building failure...

America's Border Camps for Children from 2021-06-26T11:02

On the United States Mexico border, the dilemmas of how to treat migrant families arriving without papers are still acute. A BBC investigation has found hundreds of undocumented children were being...

Denmark’s deportation dilemma from 2021-06-24T10:30

The government of Mette Frederiksen in Copenhagen is getting tough on migration - and has even started to rescind the residency status of some asylum-seekers where it deems the situation in their h...

News Management in Belarus from 2021-06-19T11:02

The crackdown on dissent and reporting in Belarus goes on, and its authorities are keen to present their version of events to the world. At a recent press conference in Minsk, Jonah Fisher was pres...

Lasting tensions in Jaffa from 2021-06-17T10:32

Israel's new coalition has been sworn in, drawing on the support of parties from across the political spectrum. It includes the first party in an Israeli government to be drawn from Israel's 21% Ar...

North Korea cracks down on outside influences from 2021-06-12T11:01

Recent reports from Pyongyang have hinted at an intensified effort to root out foreign fashion, slang and media in North Korea. Its regime has repeatedly punished people who smuggle in DVDs of Sout...

Thailand's youth protest movement stalls from 2021-06-10T10:30

Not long ago, a wave of unprecedented public protests in Thailand over royal privileges and youth concerns made some Thais feel they were on the brink of change. Now the picture is very different: ...

A new coalition in Israel's Knesset from 2021-06-05T11:02

Benjamin Netanyahu has outsmarted many attempts to drive him from power - but a new alliance is manoeuvring to unseat him. Tom Bateman reports from Jerusalem on the unusual array of parties now tea...

Somaliland's can-do spirit from 2021-06-03T11:02

Somaliland claims to be an independent republic, though it is not internationally recognised and Somalia still claims the territory. It issues passports, has its own army, flag and president - and ...

Zuma on Trial from 2021-05-29T11:05

Former President Jacob Zuma's long-delayed fraud trial saw a surge in interest this week as the accused arrived to plead not guilty to all charges. Andrew Harding has been following this intricate ...

Caught in the crossfire along the Thailand/Myanmar border from 2021-05-27T11:02

: Laura Bicker reports from a remote corner of Thailand’s border with Myanmar, where villagers’ lives are being disrupted as the Burmese military pursues insurgent groups. Since the generals' take...

The bravery and anger of Afghanistan's schoolgirls from 2021-05-22T11:02

The attack on a Kabul school on May 8th heightened fears about what will happen when US and NATO troops fully withdraw from the country. More than 80 people were killed – most of them schoolgirls. ...

A change of pace in the White House from 2021-05-20T11:02

President Biden’s administration has plenty to do – and has gone about doing it at a less hectic pace than its predecessor. The Democrats say their plans are all about ‘rebuilding America’ with pro...

A Spiral of Violence from 2021-05-15T11:02

As missiles have rained down on Gaza and on Israel, violence at street level has also been at its worst for years. There have been clashes between Arab and Jewish citizens of Israel within Israel’s...

India’s pandemic politics from 2021-05-08T11:00

The pandemic’s impact on politics is being picked over in India after a disappointment for the BJP in West Bengal's state election. Mark Tully was born in India in 1935 and reported from across the...

Iran’s internal rivalries from 2021-05-01T11:02

A leaked recording has startled observers of Iran’s government and military. Iranian foreign minister Mohammad Javad Zarif was caught out when an interview meant for the archive of a state-sponsore...

The US and China edge closer on climate from 2021-04-24T11:00

Relations between the US and China are going through a rough patch. On trade, diplomacy and military matters the superpowers are at odds; they still have entirely different visions of the world and...

A Taliban show of force in Afghanistan from 2021-04-17T11:03

The White House has announced a deadline for US troop withdrawals from Afghanistan and the government in Kabul looks isolated. The Taliban are in control of large parts of the country, running a pa...

Jordan’s palace intrigues from 2021-04-10T11:00

Jordan is often portrayed as a stable, moderate country whose royal family have guided it wisely through turbulent times in a dangerous neighbourhood. But that royal family has rifts of its own and...

Merkel’s Balancing Act from 2021-04-03T11:00

The German Chancellor is widely respected as good at crisis management, but public confidence in her government's pandemic policies is ebbing away. How will her party, the CDU, campaign during this...

The EU and The Vaccine from 2021-03-27T12:00

The EU’s vaccination programme has had several setbacks with repeated delays and safety concerns. The commission has blamed pharmaceutical companies for failing to deliver promised jabs, and has ti...

Poland’s LGBT Crackdown from 2021-03-25T11:30

Rules have been tightening for same sex couples in Poland in recent years. Civil unions are not legally recognized and same sex couples are barred from adopting children, but a loophole currently ...

Hong Kong’s Exodus from 2021-03-20T12:00

Hong Kong is seeing a wave of departures amid concerns about the erosion of democratic freedoms. China's national security law, imposed in July last year, has been used to clamp down on dissent pr...

Rebuilding Raqqa from 2021-03-18T11:30

More than 380 000 people have been killed and over half the population has been uprooted from their homes in Syria's ten-year civil conflict. Residents of the city of Raqqa experienced terror and ...

The Pope and the Ayatollah from 2021-03-13T12:00

Pope Francis' recent visit to Iraq was the first by a pontiff to the country. It was aimed at boosting the moral of the persecuted Christian minority and promoting inter-religious dialogue. Mark Lo...

Remembering Fukushima from 2021-03-11T11:30

Ten years ago a magnitude 9 earthquake struck off the north east coast of Honshu, triggering a devastating tsunami which left 20,000 dead and more than half a million without homes. It also trigger...

Brazil’s Long Battle Against Covid from 2021-03-06T12:00

Brazil is facing the deadliest point of the pandemic so far – this week posting record death tolls as scientists warn the variant found in the country appears to be more contagious. For Katy Watson...

Crises in the Caucasus from 2021-03-04T11:35

In the South Caucasus, Georgia and Armenia are facing challenging times as political crises in each country have intensified in the past week. In Georgia, the arrest of the opposition leader brough...

The New York Moment from 2021-02-27T12:00

New York was hit hard in the pandemic, and more than 29 000 died since the first outbreak there. Residents and workers saw a changed landscape – gone were the tourist throngs, and bustling streets ...

Afghanistan at a crossroads from 2021-02-25T11:30

Afghanistan has seen a surge in civilian casualties since US-brokered peace talks with the Taliban resumed last year. Ashraf Ghani, the Afghan President, however, still sees reason for optimism, th...

Zuma’s Moment of Reckoning from 2021-02-20T12:00

South Africa’s former President, Jacob Zuma failed to appear at a corruption inquiry this week - an inquiry he himself set up when he was in power. But now he has been called to testify, he has ac...

A tribal gathering in Yemen from 2021-02-18T11:32

We visit the tribesmen of Yemen, which has for years been wracked by civil war. The conflict morphed into a proxy war in 2015 after a coalition, led by Saudi Arabia launched attacks on Iranian-back...

Israel’s Vaccine Rollout from 2021-02-13T12:05

Israel’s health system has been in the spotlight as it races ahead with its coronavirus vaccination programme. More than half of eligible Israelis - about 3.5 million people - have now been fully o...

Egypt’s brief wind of change from 2021-02-11T11:30

Ten years ago, former Egyptian president Hosni Mubarak, was ousted after weeks of protest in Tahrir square in Cairo. Demonstrators proved an unstoppable force despite a brutal crackdown by authorit...

The Lady and the General from 2021-02-06T12:00

Aung San Suu Kyi was once heralded by many in the west as a valiant campaigner for democratic rights. As civilian leader she looked set to put the country on a new path after years of military dict...

Lebanon’s Lockdown from 2021-02-04T11:30

Six months ago, an explosion, caused by improperly stored ammonium nitrate, ripped through the city of Beirut. As the country struggles to rebuild amid a devastating economic crisis, a stringent lo...

The Aftermath from 2021-01-31T22:10:42.023393

Catalonia's uncertain future, Sierra Leone after the mudslide, Ethiopia embraces industrialisation, Uzbekistan's Soviet era bus shelters and reflections from a Macedonian nail bar

The Calm On Guam from 2021-01-31T22:10:42.023393

Despite the threat from North Korea to fire missiles towards Guam, we find a surprising calm on the island. Kate Adie introduces correspondents’ stories from around the world. From Guam, Rupert ...

From Our Home Correspondent 21/08/2017 from 2021-01-31T22:10:42.023393

Mishal Husain presents stories on modern pilgrimage, British Asians' Partition experiences, reviving an ancient festival in Cornwall, a special stonemason and a cow man's reprieve

An Act of Striking Bravado from 2021-01-31T22:10:42.023393

Marshal Khalifa Haftar has big ambitions for his army and his country, but what is the military strongman's vision for Libya? Caroline Wyatt introduces correspondents' stories. Stephen Sackur ha...

Fear, Foreboding & Fake News In Kenya from 2021-01-31T22:10:42.023393

Strange and sinister things often happen before Kenyan elections, but recent events have left the country in shock. Kate Adie introduces correspondents' tales and insights: In Nairobi, Alastair ...

Fridge Magnets And Foreign Policy from 2021-01-31T22:10:42.023393

Afghanistan’s new Top Guns and America’s dilemma over sending more US troops to the region.

From Our Home Correspondent 23/07/2017 from 2021-01-31T22:10:42.023393

Mishal Husain presents reports from Jersey as a childhood islander returns, from Birmingham's closing greyhound stadium, plus the reflections of an ex-children's television star.

The Heat Is On from 2021-01-31T22:10:42.023393

Gaza's power struggle: the city where mains electricity is available for two hours a day. Kate Adie introduces this and other reports from Italy, Alaska, Nigeria and the Black Sea. The UN has sa...

A Closed Notebook from 2021-01-31T22:10:42.023393

People spotting, chance encounters, briefings in the pub - trying to decipher how Brexit negotiations are progressing. Kate Adie introduces this and other correspondents’ stories. In Brussels, A...

The Battle For Our Beliefs from 2021-01-31T22:10:42.023393

Retaking Raqqa, revulsion in South Africa, and remembering an attempted coup in Turkey. Kate Adie introduces correspondents' stories from around the world. From Syria, Gabriel Gatehouse brings ...

The Fight Goes On from 2021-01-31T22:10:42.023393

Myanmar’s drug vigilantes, on the front-line in Mosul, and the mystical music of Morocco. Kate Adie introduces correspondents' stories from around the world

Talk of War from 2021-01-31T22:10:42.023393

Nuclear fears in South Korea, a homeless tour of Athens, and a porcupine hunt in Tanzania. Kate Adie introduces correspondents’ stories from around the world. Talk of war is worrying Steve Evan...

Strange Locations and Free Minds from 2021-01-31T22:10:42.023393

A nightmare ferry journey in The Gambia, a musical metro ride under East Berlin and a Shakespearean train journey in Russia. Kate Adie introduces correspondents' stories. In Pakistan, Secunder ...

Building A Better Future from 2021-01-31T22:10:42.023393

Narcopolitics in Paraguay, demolitions in Moscow and the incessant barking of feral dogs in Seychelles. Kate Adie introduces correspondents’ stories from around the world. In Moscow, Polina Ivan...

From Our Home Correspondent 25/06/17 from 2021-01-31T22:10:42.023393

Mishal Husain presents four dispatches, including Annalena McAfee on a Cotswold utopia, Ed Smith on leadership in cricket and John Ashton on the diabetes he, like his father, has.

Dressed For Success from 2021-01-31T22:10:42.023393

Tight-fitting briefs in Mongolia, matching Donald Trump t-shirts in Iowa, NATO camouflage and some cut-off jeans in Romania. Kate Adie introduces correspondents’ stories. In Romania, Emily Unia ...

Identity Politics from 2021-01-31T22:10:42.023393

A blood sausage, a clockwork orange and a glass of dirty water. Kate Adie introduces correspondents’ stories from around the world.

Kill A Chicken To Scare The Monkey from 2021-01-31T22:10:42.023393

Tales from Thailand, Morocco, Myanmar, Kenya and the US-Mexico border. Kate Adie introduces correspondents’ stories. In a Chang Mai prison, Jonathan Head meets a woman facing more than a decade...

Brazil’s Steady Stream of Grief from 2021-01-30T11:59

Brazil is going through a deadly second-wave of Covid-19 – and it’s precipitated the collapse of the health system in– Manaus, the biggest city in the Amazon. The hospitals are overloaded with pati...

India’s farmers protest from 2021-01-28T11:30

In Delhi, Republic Day is usually a ceremonial occasion celebrated with military parades and cultural pageantry. But this year’s event was marred by violence – as thousands of farmers drove their t...

Wuhan – one year on from 2021-01-23T11:14

A year ago Wuhan imposed a lockdown on its citizens, as reports filtered through of the first human-to-human transmission of a new strain of Coronavirus. A delegation from the World Health Organisa...

Ireland's shame from 2021-01-16T12:00

This week, the Irish Taoiseach described the findings of an official report into decades of abuse of women and children at mother and baby homes as a “dark, difficult and very shameful chapter of v...

President Trump’s Legacy from 2021-01-09T11:30

In Washington, he storming of Capitol Hill this week by President Trump’s supporters has dominated headlines, but many political pundits said that this should not have taken people by surprise. Ant...

Key moments of 2020 reported by our correspondents from 2021-01-02T12:00

Kate Adie reflects on key moments of 2020 with some of the most thought provoking dispatches by our correspondents. Andrew Harding, who covers Africa and is based in Johannesburg, spends a lot of...

The true state of the pandemic in Turkey from 2020-12-19T12:00

Turkey has had record numbers of new coronavirus infections recently with around 30,000 positive cases a day. That number has now dropped slightly, and the Health Ministry says restrictions have be...

American presidents and the Middle East from 2020-12-12T12:00

When there's change in the Middle East, there is a good chance the United States had something to do with it, as with the recent accords between Israel and four Arab states. And now a new American ...

Stamping out dissent in Hong Kong from 2020-12-05T12:00

In Hong Kong,the authorities are showing that they mean business with the new security law to stamp out demonstrations and dissent. The pro-democracy media tycoon Jimmy Lai has been detained, and y...

Facing defeat in Nagorno-Karabakh from 2020-11-28T12:00

Nagorno-Karabakh, the ethnic Armenian enclave within Azerbaijan, became the frontline of a war again this autumn. This resulted in Azerbaijan regaining some of the territory lost in previous confli...

United States: Presidential transitions from 2020-11-21T12:00

In the United States, President Trump still hasn’t conceded that he has lost the election. His campaign is doubling down making claims of voter fraud. But without evidence. Meanwhile, the election ...

Diwali in India during the pandemic from 2020-11-14T11:59

For Hindus, Sikhs and Jains it's Diwali - the festival of lights. But this year there's the pandemic. What impact is that having in India, asks Rajini Vaidyanathan in Delhi. In Azerbaijan, the deca...

US election: Georgia, the new swing state? from 2020-11-12T11:32

In the US, lots of eyes are still on the outcome of the election in Georgia. Joe Biden appears to have to have narrowly won the state, but the margin is so narrow that local law requires a recount....

The Murder of Afghanistan's Dreams from 2020-11-07T11:30

A brutal assault on Kabul University, the biggest and oldest in the country, left at least 35 dead and 50 wounded. The attack was claimed by the Islamic State group, but the Afghan government and t...

Investigating Nigeria's protest shootings from 2020-11-05T11:30

Nigeria's EndSARS demonstrations have ground to a halt following the fatal shooting of at least 12 people, although that number is disputed. Investigations into the incident are underway and a pane...

An unprecedented US election from 2020-10-31T12:00

Record numbers of Americans have already voted early in the US elections. The country has become more polarised under President Trump, but it remains to be seen whether the high early turnout is du...

Voting Early in the US Elections from 2020-10-29T11:30

Five days before the American election, record numbers have cast their ballots already, making use of the expansion in early voting due to the pandemic. Naturalised US citizens make up one in ten e...

Tensions in rural South Africa from 2020-10-24T11:00

In South Africa, racial tensions have been heightened in some rural areas, particularly after the murder of Brendin Horner, a young white farm manager. Cases like his have led to claims of ethnic c...

The King and Thais from 2020-10-22T10:30

Thailand has been rocked by months of student street protests that have intensified in recent days. They're unprecedented in that they don't just criticise the government, but also the monarchy - a...

Looking at America from 2020-10-17T11:00

Journalists in Africa like to play a game where they take language often used in Western reports on African stories ("armed militias", "strongmen", "rigged elections") and apply it to the US. This ...

Stuck on Lesbos from 2020-10-15T10:30

Last month a fire burned down the Moria refugee camp on the Greek island of Lesbos, which had been hugely overcrowded. The cause was arson, but what was the real reason, and who stoked the fire onc...

US: the Covid Campaign from 2020-10-10T11:00

For President Trump to have had Covid-19 so close to the election presents political dilemmas. Play it down, and you offend the relatives of the dead. Play it up, you highlight the seriousness of t...

War in Nagorno-Karabakh - or Artsakh from 2020-10-08T10:30

Fighting has continued in Nagorno-Karabakh, the territory inhabited and run by ethnic Armenians, but officially still part of Azerbaijan. The armed clashes have included Azerbaijani shelling of res...

Mozambique: the birth of a new conflict from 2020-10-03T10:03

In Mozambique, the northernmost province of Cabo Delgado may have become the latest outpost of the so-called Islamic State insurgency, with reports of massacres and beheadings. The area is rich in ...

Leaving Lebanon from 2020-10-01T10:30

Lebanon has suffered not just a catastrophic blast that cost around two hundred lives, but also a devastating economic crisis. The value of the currency has plunged and the pandemic lockdown forced...

Have the Taliban changed? from 2020-09-26T11:00

The first formal face-to-face Afghanistan peace talks are underway in Doha, the capital of the Gulf State of Qatar. These historic negotiations between the Afghan Taliban and a delegation of the Af...

Will Greece and Turkey go to war? from 2020-09-24T10:34

Greece and Turkey have agreed to hold talks to help defuse their stand-off over disputed gas reserves near their shores. Ankara had deployed a research vessel accompanied by warships near a Greek i...

Making peace with Israel from 2020-09-19T11:30

The United Arab Emirates and Bahrain signed agreements to normalise relations with Israel, this week, motivated by a desire to build a united front against Iran. Palestinians have condemned the mov...

Can India cope with Covid-19? from 2020-09-12T11:00

India now has the second highest number of confirmed cases of Covid-19 in the world, having overtaken Brazil. This is placing huge demands on hospitals and ambulances. The medical services, particu...

“You must come with us!” from 2020-09-05T11:00

This week’s dispatches, introduced by Kate Adie, are: Steve Rosenberg in Belarus reflects on the history he shares with President Lukashenko, recently re-elected in a poll widely regarded as fradu...

The Kremlin and its opponents from 2020-08-29T11:00

This week, as the leading opposition figure in Russia, Alexei Navalny, lies comatose in Berlin’s Charité hospital, Sarah Rainsford in Moscow considers the Kremlin’s peculiar hate and fear of its cr...

From Our Home Correspondent 25/08/2020 from 2020-08-25T10:30

Mishal Husain presents a range of perspectives on Britain today. Edinburgh is usually thronged with crowds and alive with performers from around the world at Festival time. But the Scottish capita...

The Democrats unconventional convention from 2020-08-22T11:00

Former US Vice-president Joe Biden accepted the Democratic party’s nomination for the presidency via video-link from his home in Wilmington, Delaware. The party convention was going to be a big cel...

Japan's Second World War Legacy from 2020-08-15T11:30

It's the 75th anniversary of VJ Day today, Victory over Japan, when Japan surrendered to the US, Britain and China. That ended the Second World War. Japan was given a new, pacifist constitution by ...

The death knell for Beirut? from 2020-08-08T11:00

In Lebanon, shock is turning to anger at the authorities and political class at large, after the catastrophic blast in the capital Beirut. It was caused by explosive chemicals stored improperly at ...

From Our Home Correspondent 04/08/2020 from 2020-08-04T10:30

In the latest programme of the monthly series, Mishal Husain introduces dispatches from journalists and writers around the United Kingdom reflecting contemporary life. When lockdown dramatically c...

Taking on the ruler of Belarus from 2020-08-01T11:00

Svetlana Tikhanovskaya had nothing to do with politics until recently, and has now become the main opposition candidate for the presidential election in Belarus on the 9th of August. She became a c...

Unrest in Russia's eastern outpost from 2020-07-25T11:00

Tens of thousands of people in Russia's Far-Eastern city of Khabarovsk have been demonstrating against the removal of the popular local governor Sergei Furgal. He was arrested on old murder charges...

Can Bosnia move on from genocide? from 2020-07-18T11:13

This week, Bosnia is marking the twenty-fifth anniversary of the Srebrenica Massacre – Europe’s worst atrocity since the Second World War. Those who ordered the executions were convicted of genocid...

Poland's political divide from 2020-07-16T10:30

In Poland, the socially conservative President Andrzej Duda was very narrowly re-elected, defeating the more progressive mayor of Warsaw, Rafal Trzaskowski. Mr Duda is a close ally of the nationali...

Lockdown again in Melbourne from 2020-07-11T11:00

Australia had widely been seen as having successfully contained the coronavirus – an example to countries like the UK and the US where numbers of cases and deaths have been so much worse. In Austra...

Difficult choices in Hong Kong from 2020-07-09T10:30

It was a seminal moment when the UK foreign secretary, Dominic Raab first raised the prospect just over a month ago that 2.9 million Hong Kongers could be eligible for UK citizenship. The move was ...

From Our Home Correspondent 07/07/2020 from 2020-07-07T10:30

In the latest programme, Mishal Husain introduces pieces from writers around the United Kingdom which reflect life as it is being led during Covid-19. Paul Moss, who reports for Radio 4's "The Worl...

Afghanistan: peace or more pain? from 2020-07-04T11:00

In Afghanistan, there’s growing concern over a wave of attacks against human rights activists, moderate clerics, aid workers and others. For a young educated generation of Afghans, one death in par...

Did Japan get lucky? from 2020-07-02T10:30

Japan has some very densely populated cities and the world’s highest proportion of elderly citizens. A disaster waiting to happen in the coronavirus pandemic? But the country has had a low death ra...

Return to Lombardy from 2020-06-27T11:00

Italy's northern region of Lombardy became the epicentre of the coronavirus pandemic in February. Death rates soared. In Bergamo, six thousand people died in March. Mark Lowen returns to Lombardy t...

New lockdowns in Germany from 2020-06-25T10:30

Germany had eased its lockdown, but after a spike in cases at a meat-packing factory the authorities have re-imposed lockdown restrictions in two districts, affecting over half a million people. Is...

Indigenous Australians and the police from 2020-06-20T11:00

In Australia, the killing of George Floyd in the US has resonated strongly with indigenous Australians, who often face prejudicial policing, and make up a disproportionate number of Australia's pri...

Press Freedom in the Philippines from 2020-06-18T10:30

In the Philippines two journalists, Maria Ressa, the head of an investigative news website called Rappler, and one of their former writers, Reynaldo Santos Jr, have been sentenced to prison for lib...

From Our Home Correspondent 16/06/2020 from 2020-06-16T10:30

In the latest programme of the monthly series, Mishal Husain introduces dispatches from journalists and writers which reflect the range of contemporary life in the UK. Emir Nader of BBC Arabic tel...

Mumbai struggles with Covid-19 from 2020-06-13T11:00

India's commercial capital, Mumbai, is now the city worst-hit by the coronavirus. Hospitals are struggling to cope with the number of patients in need. Even money can't buy you treatment. As a resu...

Police encounters in Minneapolis from 2020-06-11T10:30

In the US, authorities all over the country are working on police reform. Jo Erickson is a black journalist working in Minneapolis, and has been stopped by armed police herself. She recounts her ex...

Has Zimbabwe lost its way? from 2020-06-06T11:00

When President Emmerson Mnangagwa came to power in Zimbabwe after the end of Robert Mugabe’s decades-long rule, there was hope that the country could turn a corner. It was supposed to be a fresh st...

Black lives in Minnesota from 2020-06-04T10:35

The killing of African American George Floyd by a white policeman in Minnesota led to both peaceful demonstrations and violence across the United States. Emma Sapong is an African American journali...

New protests in Hong Kong from 2020-05-30T11:00

The streets of Hong Kong have erupted into protests after mainland China proposed new security legislation, to outlaw the undermining of Beijing's authority in the territory. This comes after last ...

Israel's Prime Minister in the dock from 2020-05-28T10:30

In Israel, Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu had his day in court at the start of his corruption trial this week. He denies charges of bribery, fraud and breach of trust. The trial could last month...

From Our Home Correspondent 26/05/2020 from 2020-05-26T10:30

In the latest programme, Mishal Husain introduces dispatches from journalists and writers reflecting the range of life across the UK. She begins and ends in Edinburgh. First, the BBC's Social Affa...

Covid-19 surges in Brazil from 2020-05-23T11:00

The number of confirmed cases of Covid-19 has surged in Brazil. And yet there are many Brazilians who fail to observe social distancing or to wear masks. Some people blame President Jair Bolsonaro'...

Covid-19 reaches the White House from 2020-05-21T10:32

For weeks President Donald Trump downplayed the threat of the coronavirus. The White House carried on with business as usual. But then a few members of staff tested positive for the virus. Anthony ...

France emerges from lockdown from 2020-05-18T08:43

France had one of the toughest lockdowns but now people can go shopping again in outlets that had been shut for the last two months. Lucy Williamson joins customers in Paris as they queue outside, ...

China and Africans : A Pandemic of Prejudice from 2020-05-09T11:00

Videos and images of Africans being evicted from their apartments, forced into quarantine, blocked from hotels and even being barred from a local McDonald’s in the southern Chinese city of Guangzho...

New York - The City Which Couldn't Sleep from 2020-05-02T11:00

At the height of the Covid-19 outbreak in April, a New Yorker was dying almost every two minutes — more than 800 a day - four times the city’s normal death rate. The pandemic appears to have passed...

From Our Home Correspondent 27/04/2020 from 2020-04-27T11:00

In the latest programme of the monthly series, Mishal Husain introduces dispatches from journalists and writers around the United Kingdom that reflect the range of contemporary life in the country....

Angela Merkel’s reversal of fortune from 2020-04-25T11:00

Germany's chancellor Angela Merkel and her CDU party have been in the political doldrums in recent years. But as Jenny Hill reports, polls suggest Angela Merkel has risen in popularity thanks to he...

Sri Lanka After the Bombings from 2020-04-18T11:00

Sri Lanka's economy was improving and tourism flourishing after three decades of civil war but last Easter, a group of Muslims youths, inspired by Islamic State group, murdered more than 250 people...

New Orleans - From Katrina to Corona from 2020-04-11T11:00

Fifteen years after Hurricane Katrina, New Orleans is facing another lethal storm. The city on Louisiana’s coast has become one of the worst-hit areas in the US. Some have blamed the high death tol...

India's Forgotten Migrant Workers from 2020-04-04T11:00

India’s prime minister imposed a three week lockdown with four hours notice. It was an attempt to prevent the coronavirus spreading. But the nationwide order has caused confusion and anger, especia...

Singapore's Virus Detectives from 2020-03-28T12:00

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

From Our Home Correspondent 22/03/2020 from 2020-03-23T14:00

Mishal Husain presents pieces by writers and journalists across the UK presenting portraits of life today. Garry Owen of BBC Radio Cymru visits Llanelli and Hospital Notes - an amateur choir there ...

Italy's Invisible Enemy from 2020-03-21T12:00

Italy marked a grim milestone at the end of this week as its number of deaths from the coronavirus exceeded those in China. Yet most Italians are supportive of the country's struggling authorities ...

Mixed Messages in Bolsonaro's Brazil. from 2020-03-19T11:29

While Europe seals its borders, Latin America, which has far fewer confirmed Coronavirus cases, has started to do the same to stop the disease spreading. But not all leaders are taking the threats ...

Al-Shabab's Defectors from 2020-03-14T12:00

For well over a decade, the Al Qaeda linked group Al Shabab has struck terror in Somalia, Kenya and beyond blowing up shopping malls and hotels. Its senior leaders want to establish a caliphate, wh...

The Road Through Yemen from 2020-03-12T11:30

Stories from Russia, France, the Philippines, Italy and Yemen's most dangerous road. Yemen has been devastated by a war which began in 2015 between Saudi-backed pro-government forces and the rebel ...

Turkey Opens Border with Europe from 2020-03-07T12:00

Turkey’s President, Recep Tayyip Erdogan, has accused the European Union of failing to help him manage the growing crisis in northern Syria. Turkey already has 3.7 million refugees from the conflic...

America's Comeback Kid from 2020-03-05T11:35

Trump may deride him as ‘sleepy Joe’ but this week the former vice president Joe Biden was the rejuvenated, 70 something, comeback kid. He won nine of the 14 states that voted to pick a Democratic ...

Mob Rule In Delhi from 2020-02-29T12:00

Deadly violence erupted this week in north-east Delhi between supporters and opponents of India’s new and controversial citizenship law. The legislation grants amnesty to illegal immigrants but onl...

America's Health Insurance Hell from 2020-02-27T11:30

Stories from China, Iraq, Pakistan and Russia and the cost of breaking bones in America. Healthcare is a very hot issue in the US race for the Democratic presidential nominee. Bernie Sanders is pro...

A Family Fenced In from 2020-02-22T12:00

Stories from the West Bank, Germany, Brazil, the US and the heart of the European Union. President Trump’s plan for peace in Israel and the occupied Palestinian territories would allow Israel to ap...

Locust Swarm Chasers from 2020-02-20T11:35

Stories from Kenya, Italy, Russia, Syria and Portugal. For the past few months, swarms of desert locusts have been eating their way across the Middle East and Africa. As Joe Inwood finds, stopping ...

From Our Home Correspondent 16/02/2020 from 2020-02-16T14:00

In the latest programme of the monthly series, Mishal Husain introduces dispatches from journalists and writers around the United Kingdom reflecting the range of contemporary life in the country.Em...

Malta and the Mafia from 2020-02-15T12:01

French prosecutors announced this week that say they have started an investigation into the business activities of the Maltese magnate charged with complicity to murder the journalist Daphne Caruan...

Putin Forever from 2020-02-13T11:30

The residents of an ordinary Moscow apartment block were recently tricked into showing what they really think of their president by a prankster who installed a massive portrait of Vladimir Putin in...

Jacob Zuma's Sick Note from 2020-02-08T12:00

South Africa’s former president Jacob Zuma has been charged with a string of crimes including corruption, racketeering and money-laundering. He denies all allegations of wrongdoing and earlier this...

Baffled in Brittany from 2020-02-06T11:30

In Brittany there’s been some concern about how the UK’s long goodbye to the European Union will affect it’s fishing fleets. Last weekend France reminded Britain that the UK exports most of its fis...

Distorting the Past from 2020-02-01T12:00

Much thought this week on borders, on nationality and how we get on with our neighbours even at the commemorations to mark the liberation of Auschwitz. The Nazis murdered 1.1 million people at the...

From Our Own Correspondent from 2020-01-30T11:30

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

Lockdown in China from 2020-01-30T11:15

Hundreds of foreign nationals are being evacuated from Wuhan, the centre of China's coronavirus outbreak, as more deaths and cases are confirmed. British citizens being flown back to the UK from th...

Salvini and The Sardines from 2020-01-25T12:00

The anti-nationalist protesters in Italy and the man they are trying to stop - Mark Lowen meets members of the Sardines as well the hard-line politician Matteo Salvini who is hoping to become Prime...

Angola's Asymmetrical Billionaire from 2020-01-23T11:31

Isabel dos Santos is the billionaire daughter of the former president of Angola and Africa’s richest woman. She claims to be a self-made businesswoman. But more than 700,000 documents, recently lea...

From Our Home Correspondent 19/01/2020 from 2020-01-19T14:00

In the latest programme of the monthly series, Mishal Husain introduces dispatches from: Vincent Ni on a Chinese man who, like him, has come to Britain and is in his mid-thirties - but there the s...

Japanese Justice and the Fugitive CEO from 2020-01-18T12:00

When Carlos Ghosn skipped bail in Tokyo last month the world was flabbergasted. Despite being under intense surveillance while out on bail, with undercover agents tailing him whenever he left his h...

Iran's Divided Loyalties from 2020-01-11T12:36

The Iranian government held an official funeral on Tuesday for General Qassem Soleimani killed by a US airstrike in Baghdad. There were emotional speeches in the general’s home town of Kerman in so...

Death In Baghdad from 2020-01-04T12:00

The assassination in a US air strike of the senior Iranian general Qasem Soleimani raises the prospect of a response from Teheran that few can predict. Jim Muir reports on the significance of the U...

The Meaning of Home from 2019-12-28T12:41

Until recently, a small, independent and politically neutral Syrian radio station was broadcasting in exile from Istanbul. But Radio Alwan was forced to close when the Trump administration made the...

Taiwan's Bright Ideas from 2019-12-21T12:00

Recent events in Hong Kong have made many people in Taiwan jumpy. Duncan Hewitt talks to a Taiwanese hacker and activist turned government minister who is full of ideas about how to improve life on...

The despair over India's failure to confront sexual violence. Why are the victims blamed? from 2019-12-14T12:00

India's Prime Minister, Narendra Modi, announced a zero tolerance policy towards violence against women when he took office. But Rajini Vaidyanathan says that for many victims his promises ring hol...

The fragile peace on the frontline in Eastern Ukraine from 2019-12-07T12:00

When Russian forces took over parts of Ukraine in spring 2014, much of the world held its breath. Would Western countries side with Ukraine, and could the fighting spread further into Eastern Europ...

Shunned in Sri Lanka from 2019-11-30T12:00

Throughout Sri Lanka's decades long conflict, attention has focused on the confrontation between the majority Sinhalese and the minority Tamils. The country’s Muslims, who are just 10 per cent of t...

Zimbabwe's excuses run dry from 2019-11-23T12:00

It’s now two years since Robert Mugabe was pushed out of office by the military and replaced by Emerson Mnangagwa. For many Zimbabweans economic conditions- already dire - have actually got worse. ...

From Our Home Correspondent 17/11/2019 from 2019-11-17T14:00

In the latest programme of the monthly series, Mishal Husain introduces dispatches from journalists and writers reflecting the range of contemporary life in the United Kingdom. Dan Johnson reports...

If we burn you burn with us from 2019-11-16T12:00

They believe they are fighting for their way of life, for Hong Kong’s very existence, but the protesters know they can’t really win says Paul Adams. Kate Adie introduces this and other stories fr...

A 'wow' moment in Latin America from 2019-11-14T16:14

From coca farmer to president, to political exile - Katy Watson shares the story of Evo Morales, Bolivia’s first elected indigenous leader. Kate Adie introduces this and other stories from corres...

Stories Matter from 2019-11-09T12:00

What the murder of a Mormon family in Mexico reveals about the country; Will Grant has long chronicled the violence of the ongoing drug war. Kate Adie introduces this and other stories:Rajini Vai...

Albania's Iranian Guests from 2019-11-07T11:30

From their base in Albania, some 3,000 Iranian exiles are committed to overthrowing the government of Iran. Linda Pressly finds out how some members of the M.E.K - the Mujahedin-e Khalq – are adapt...

Rugby and Typhoons from 2019-11-02T12:00

The Rugby World Cup has drawn the attention of the world to Japan for the last six weeks. But the tournament has not been without its difficulties, mostly ones beyond the power of the authorities t...

A Modern Day Evita from 2019-10-31T11:30

Argentina has elected a new president at a moment of deep economic crisis. Out goes the centre-left, back come the Peronists. Katy Watson reports on a sense of deja vu, with the role of Eva Peron f...

South Africa's political earthquake from 2019-10-26T11:00

The resignation this week of Mmusi Maimana, the leader of the Democratic Alliance, the main opposition party in South Africa, has exposed deep wounds from the apartheid era. Andrew Harding examines...

The Basketball Row from 2019-10-24T10:30

The latest row between China and the US revolves not around trade, but around basketball. It all began with a tweet in support of the Hong Kong protesters by the general manager of the Houston Rock...

From Our Home Correspondent 22/10/2019 from 2019-10-20T13:00

In the latest programme of the monthly series, Mishal Husain introduces dispatches from journalists and writers around the United Kingdom reflecting the range of contemporary life in the country. T...

Turkey, Syria and the Kurds from 2019-10-19T11:00

The Turkish military offensive seems to have achieved its major aim - to force the Syrian forces away from the border area they had once controlled. But what does this mean for the future of the Ku...

Barcelona Boils from 2019-10-17T10:35

There's been violence for several days in Barcelona in reaction to the jail sentences handed out on Monday to Catalan separatist leaders. Guy Hedgecoe has been on the streets as demonstrators and r...

Trump in Trouble? from 2019-10-12T10:32

President Trump and his supporters remain defiant in the face of the impeachment inquiry against him. But many of Mr Trump's political allies are troubled by another issue: the withdrawal of Americ...

A Hong Kong Wedding from 2019-10-10T10:30

The wedding banquet put on hold by protests and emergency legislation in Hong Kong. Helier Cheung describes how she had to tell 300 guests the party was off. It's 250 years since Captain Cook firs...

The Prosecutor General from 2019-10-05T11:02

Viktor Shokin was forced out as Prosecutor General of Ukraine in 2016. Since then he's been variously portrayed as a hapless bumbler or a fearless investigator of corruption. Jonah Fisher in Kiev h...

No Love Lost from 2019-10-03T10:30

Relations between Japan and South Korea have often been delicate. But they may now have reached their lowest ebb since they established diplomatic relations in 1965. Peter Hadfield reports from Tok...

Can Afghanistan find peace? from 2019-09-28T11:00

As Afghanistan goes to the polls this weekend, Lyse Doucet reflects on the country's paused peace talks. Frank Gardner finds service with a smile in Saudi Arabia, but wonders if conflict could int...

Who Will Lead Israel? from 2019-09-26T10:42

After the second indecisive general election in Israel this year, Benjamin Netanyahu has been asked to form a new government - but can he make it work?Some observers said last week's election would...

From Our Home Correspondent 22/09/2019 from 2019-09-22T13:00

In the latest programme of the monthly series, Mishal Husain introduces dispatches from journalists and writers around the United Kingdom that reflect the range of contemporary life in the country....

Will Myanmar's Rohingya Return? from 2019-09-21T11:00

Myanmar’s government wants Rohingya refugees to return, but can it guarantee their safety and way of life? Jonathan Head takes a rare trip to Rakhine state to see the government’s resettlement plan...

Cash, Credit and Control in China from 2019-09-14T11:00

Paper money is going out of fashion in China, but is the rise of mobile payments about convenience or control, asks Celia Hatton? Mark Lowen reflects on the 5 years he has spent reporting from Ist...

Mugabe Remembered from 2019-09-07T11:00

Robert Mugabe has died. How do you sum up such a complex and contradictory figure? Andrew Harding recalls his final encounter with Mr Mugabe and reflects on the perils of living too long. In Germa...

Forlorn, Dilapidated and Dangerous from 2019-08-31T11:00

Gang violence in the townships of Cape Town is now so serious that the South African army has been sent in to try to curb it. But the causes of violence are complex. Will the state really be able t...

Fighting white supremacy from 2019-08-24T11:00

The United States is experiencing a resurgence of far-right extremism. We meet a man trying to challenge the ideology and convert those who have been radicalised. But Aleem Maqbool says he's plough...

From Our Home Correspondent 18/08/2019 from 2019-08-18T13:00

Mishal Husain introduces pieces reflecting contemporary life across the United Kingdom. Alison Williams would regularly see a young middle-aged woman sitting outside the railway station she used. T...

Lost Innocence from 2019-08-17T11:00

The protests at Hong Kong's international airport this week and the violence that resulted have been widely reported. Jonathan Head says not only was this the week that the protest movement lost it...

Russia Burning from 2019-08-10T11:00

Fires are blazing in the far reaches of Siberia - an area the size of Belgium is on fire. Steve Rosenberg goes to have a look, a seventeen hour drive through forests of birch and cedar. But is Russ...

A Sorry Century from 2019-08-03T11:00

Television footage from Idlib in northern Syria continues to provide distressing evidence of civilian suffering. But the world's leading nations are unwilling or unable to intercede. Jeremy Bowen r...

Aung San and a Disputed Legacy from 2019-07-27T11:00

It’s Martyrs’ Day in Myanmar and the country’s founding father, Aung San, is being honoured. His daughter Aung San Suu Kyi now leads the government, but with her reputation in tatters for her failu...

From Our Home Correspondent 21/07/2019 from 2019-07-21T13:00

Mishal Husain introduces dispatches from writers and journalists which reflect the range of contemporary life in the United Kingdom. Writer and broadcaster, Ian McMillan, embarks on a high summer ...

A World of Brandished Kippers from 2019-07-20T11:00

Jacob Zuma, the former South African president, has been in the spotlight all week – live on television responding to questions at a judicial inquiry investigating corruption at the highest level. ...

Freedom of speech in Algeria from 2019-07-18T10:30

Algerians have been celebrating the fact that their football team has made it to the final of the African Cup of Nations. But in Algeria, football is more than a sport. It was in the country’s stad...

The battle against the gangs of El Salvador from 2019-07-13T11:00

The President of El Salvador is calling on young men to leave the country’s criminal gangs, or perish with them. He said the gangs have terrorised the country for decades, and would be dismantled. ...

Jamal Khashoggi - unanswered questions from 2019-07-11T10:33

There was an international outcry following the murder of journalist, Jamal Khashoggi, at the Saudi consulate in Istanbul last year. Saudi officials blamed rogue agents sent to persuade him to retu...

The Women and Children of Islamic State from 2019-07-06T09:47

A visit to an IS women and children's camp in northern Syria where the residents face an uncertain future. Anna Foster visits the Al Hawl camp to talk to those who are trying to salvage some form o...

All change at the top in Brussels from 2019-07-04T10:30

European leaders have finally decided who should fill the top jobs in EU organisations. They have nominated German defence minister, Ursula von der Leyen, as the new President of the European Commi...

Istanbul's mayoral election upset from 2019-06-29T11:00

After his party lost the Istanbul mayoral election where does Turkey's president, Recep Tayyip Erdogan, go from here? Mark Lowen considers whether this could be the start of his political decline. ...

An Executive Order from the White House from 2019-06-27T10:30

After an aborted missile strike, Washington insiders are scratching their heads over the President's modus operandi on Iran. Barbara Plett Usher looks at the new normal of the Trump administration....

From Our Home Correspondent 23/06/2019 from 2019-06-23T13:00

In the latest programme of the monthly series, Mishal Husain introduces dispatches from journalists and writers around the United Kingdom that reflect the range of contemporary life in the country....

Mohammed Morsi dies from 2019-06-22T11:00

The death of Mohammed Morsi throws into sharp relief the challenges facing modern day Egypt, and the bigger struggle to embrace democracy. Kevin Connolly reflects back on the defining moments of hi...

Slum landlords in Marseille from 2019-06-20T10:30

An accident in the historic centre of Marseille in the south of France has sent shock waves through the city. Two apartment blocks collapsed late last year with the loss of eight lives. Lucy Ash as...

Ebola spreads to Uganda from 2019-06-15T11:00

Ebola has spread from the Democratic Republic of Congo to Uganda as the authorities struggle to control it. Olivia Acland visits an Ebola zone in the DRC. Russian journalist, Ivan Golunov, this wee...

Protests on the streets of Hong Kong from 2019-06-13T10:30

This week has seen the biggest protests on the streets of Hong Kong since Britain handed the former colony back to China in 1997. Demonstrators are angry at a proposed new law which would allow ext...

US Mexico relations from 2019-06-08T10:30

Mexico takes a tougher approach to migrants as it comes under pressure from the US. Will Grant returns to Chiapas in Southern Mexico, where he travelled with the migrant caravan last year, and find...

Political turmoil in Austria from 2019-06-06T10:30

Austria has sworn in its first female chancellor but Brigitte Bierlein is unlikely to be there for long. She heads a caretaker government appointed because the previous Chancellor, Sebastian Kurz l...

A very Brussels welcome from 2019-06-01T11:00

A new cohort of MEPS are given the lowdown on local apartments and Belgian tax returns. Adam Fleming visits the Brussels Welcome Village. Yvonne Murray visits Hebei province in China where Maoist ...

Ear cleaners and road sweepers from 2019-05-30T10:30

India has a huge unemployment problem. Anu Anand takes a look at some of the jobs - such as ear-cleaning, pushing buttons in lifts and road sweeping with brooms - people do to make a living. Follow...

Subterfuge from 2019-05-25T10:30

Anonymous contacts. Secret meetings. Men in raincoats. Gabriel Gatehouse reveals what it can take to bring a story on collusion to light. In Bulgaria, Colin Freeman assesses the economic importance...

US Culture Wars from 2019-05-23T09:28

As states restrict abortion rights and hundreds of pro-choice protests take place across the US, Laura Trevelyan assesses the country's widening cultural divisions and asks what might happen next. ...

From Our Home Correspondent 19/05/2019 from 2019-05-19T13:00

In the latest programme of the monthly series, Mishal Husain introduces dispatches from journalists and writers around the United Kingdom that reflect the range of contemporary life in the country....

The Democracy Sausage from 2019-05-18T11:00

As Australia's general election campaign comes to an end Hywel Griffith asks if, whatever the result, the entire political class has now lost the respect of voters. And in India, the world's bigges...

Airstrikes and Sirens from 2019-05-11T11:00

In Israel and Gaza, Tom Bateman hears how rocket and air strikes are ruining lives. With no end to the conflict in sight, what has the impact of the latest violence been? In France, Joanna Roberts...

The beginning of a new era in Japan from 2019-05-04T11:00

As Emperor Naruhito takes the throne in Japan, Rupert Wingfield-Hayes watches the crowds waving flags and wiping away tears. What will this new era hold for the country and its imperial family? K...

Sudanese street protests from 2019-04-27T09:57

: As street protests gain momentum in Sudan, Alastair Leithead asks if revolutionary change will be sustainable. Vicky Spratt visits a safe house in Nepal to find out how people traffickers are exp...

From Our Home Correspondent 21/04/2019 from 2019-04-21T13:00

In the latest programme of the monthly series, Mishal Husain introduces dispatches from journalists and writers reflecting the range of contemporary life across the United Kingdom. Shabnam Grewal...

Fictions and Factions from 2019-04-20T11:10

Volodymyr Zelensky played a President in more than 50 episodes of TV comedy - but does that mean he can do the job in real life? Jonah Fisher reflects from Kiev on a surreal election campaign - and...

Netanyahu's Likely Victory from 2019-04-13T11:00

An election campaign in Israel but little mention of the peace process. Yolande Knell says voters there just want to live normal lives. They're picking up the pieces in Rio de Janeiro after the fir...

Mosul in colour from 2019-04-06T11:00

What life after IS looks like for the residents of Iraq's second city - bright hijabs, bold makeup and striking works of art. "Colour has become their way of saying ‘we’ve taken our lives and our c...

Marching bands in Myanmar from 2019-03-30T12:00

Marching bands in Myanmar as the army celebrates, but it's an army accused of genocide. Nick Beake arrives at the dead of night to witness the festivities. Jill McGivering reports from Kathmandu on...

From Our Home Correspondent 24/03/2019 from 2019-03-24T14:00

Mishal Husain presents the monthly collection of journalistic pieces reflecting life across the UK today. John Forsyth in Glasgow learns about the realities of rehabilitating convicted knife crimin...

Hospitality in the Caucasus from 2019-03-23T11:55

Hospitality in the Caucasus with the families of Russians returning from IS duty in Syria. But do they regret joining up in the first place? Baalbek in Lebanon, the next best thing for those who mi...

No Longer A Place Apart from 2019-03-21T11:30

The bullets that shattered the image that New Zealand is a place apart. Our correspondent returns to his childhood home in Christchurch to find a city bewildered and in mourning. We hear also from ...

A Different Yemen from 2019-03-16T12:00

The BBC's Paul Adams returns to the country he roamed 35 years ago - and it's much changed. Kate Adie introduces this and other stories from around the world. In the Democratic Republic of Congo,...

Powerless in Venezuela from 2019-03-14T11:30

How did it feel to survive the days of near-total blackout in Caracas? The BBC's Will Grant reports on what drove people to loot beloved local shops, or scoop water from filthy canals. Kate Adie ...

Orban's EU offensive from 2019-03-09T12:00

The appeal of Viktor Orban, the man who wants to remake the European Union in his own image. Stephen Sackur visits the Hungarian Prime Minister’s hometown and tries to figure out what makes him one...

An American contradiction from 2019-03-07T11:30

The Proud Boys say they are nothing more than a fraternal drinking club, but they regularly show up armed to far-right rallies across the US. On a marijuana farm in Oregon, Mike Wendling meets one ...

Losing hope in Venezuela from 2019-03-02T12:00

Venezuelans are divided on what caused the crisis in their country and on whether the foreign governments offering help are potential saviours or invaders. In Caracas, Katy Watson hears how people ...

It just didn’t happen! from 2019-02-28T11:30

The UN says the treatment of the Rohingya in Myanmar was genocidal; women were raped and killed, men were shot and whole villages were razed, but as Nick Beake has discovered many Burmese people di...

Where To Next? from 2019-02-23T12:00

Quentin Sommerville considers the last days of the Islamic State in Baghouz, Syria - and examines the question of what to do with its fighters and sympathisers once the battle is over. The case of ...

Take It Gently from 2019-02-21T11:30

Uruguay's anti-drug laws were never as strict as expected - and its path to decriminalisation of cannabis has also been full of paradox. Simon Maybin explores why the country's taken a slow and ste...

From Our Home Correspondent 17/02/2019 from 2019-02-17T14:00

Mishal Husain introduces dispatches from journalists and writers around the United Kingdom which reflect the range of British life today. Writer and broadcaster Horatio Clare reveals the deeply p...

The Power of God from 2019-02-16T12:00

The remote religious retreat which has become the intellectual spearhead of Steve Bannon’s plans for a populist revolution in Europe. Edward Stourton visits the Trisulti monastery in Italy from whe...

Celebrating the Iranian revolution in Lebanon from 2019-02-14T11:30

In much of the world Hezbollah is considered a terrorist organisation, but in Lebanon it is one of the country’s most powerful political and military forces. Lizzie Porter was in Beirut as the Iran...

Peace Is More Difficult Than War from 2019-02-09T12:00

Moscow isn’t the obvious place for talks on how to bring an end to the violence in Afghanistan, the country has been at war ever since the Soviet invasion 40 years ago, but it was where senior Afgh...

Watch Your Back! from 2019-02-07T11:05

"Watch your back Howard!" was one of the politer messages the BBC Philippines Correspondent received after making a documentary about Rodrigo Duterte. As Howard Johnson has found, journalists who q...

The Sound of Danger in Yemen from 2019-02-02T12:15

At the site of a US drone strike in Yemen, Safa Al Ahmad hears the sound of danger – the jihadi songs of ISIS fighters who want to know why she’s there. She reports from the no man’s land between H...

From Roses to Rifles from 2019-01-31T11:35

To mark their transition from a heavily armed rebel group to a political party FARC has adapted the meaning of their name and replaced the rifles on their logo with roses. Mathew Charles finds out ...

Smiling through the fear from 2019-01-26T12:00

'My smile should tell you everything' one victim of an army rampage explains in Zimbabwe. In a society where you never know who’s listening, and who can be trusted, people smile to protect themselv...

The New Pirates of the Caribbean from 2019-01-24T11:30

The impact of Venezuela's economic crisis is being felt far beyond its shores; Colin Freeman hears how some former Venezuelan fisherman have turned to kidnap and smuggling guns and drugs into Trini...

From Our Home Correspondent 20/01/2019 from 2019-01-20T14:00

In the latest programme of the monthly series, Mishal Husain introduces dispatches from journalists and writers around the United Kingdom that reflect the range of contemporary life in the country....

Terror in the Secret Garden from 2019-01-19T12:00

“As I approached the Dusit there was a strange smell in the air; a combination of smoke, petrol, and explosives. I’d smelt it before - the last time was in Northern Syria.” Joe Inwood reflects on t...

#SaveRahaf: Last night a retweet saved my life from 2019-01-12T12:06

The Saudi teenager Rahaf al-Qunun was spared deportation after details of her plight were spread on social media while she barricaded herself in a hotel room in Thailand. She feared being killed by...

Life In Lockdown from 2019-01-05T12:00

“Something once whole, broken into so many pieces,” Anna Foster reflects on the toll conflict in the Central African Republic is having on its people. In the capital Bangui, she visits PK5 a Muslim...

Fairytales and Memorable Meetings from 2018-12-29T11:45

Winter’s majestic carpet may transform Karabash into a fairytale land that seems sprinkled with icing sugar, says Steve Rosenberg, but the reality is far from magical. There he meets a man who migh...

From Our Home Correspondent 23/12/2018 from 2018-12-23T14:00

In the Christmas edition, Mishal Husain introduces dispatches from journalists and writers around the United Kingdom which reflect the range of contemporary life in the country. Ian McMillan tells...

Fighting Hungary's 'Slave Law' from 2018-12-22T11:32

A controversial law in Hungary will allow employers to demand 400 hours of overtime from their workers and defer payment for three years. Nick Thorpe examines the rationale behind it, and watches a...

Presidents, Prisoners and Potholes from 2018-12-15T12:00

Before the contested referendum on independence, Carme Forcadell was the speaker of the Catalan parliament but since March she has been awaiting trial in a Spanish jail accused of rebellion. Niall ...

Off Target from 2018-12-08T12:00

At 13 Basma was forced to marry an older man and then repeatedly abused by him and his family. At 16 she was kidnapped and sent to work in a brothel. Then her own family decided to kill her. Now sh...

Thoughtcrime in Xinjiang from 2018-12-01T12:00

'Orwellian' may have become an overused political term, but in Xinjiang, it has never been more appropriate says John Sudworth. The region’s ten million Uighur people are under constant surveillanc...

France's Forgotten French from 2018-11-24T12:00

The “gilets jaunes” (yellow vest) protestors trying to bring France to a standstill. Hugh Schofield, says they're angry at having to pay the price for Parisians to live more comfortably and feel th...

From Our Home Correspondent 18/11/2018 from 2018-11-18T14:00

In the latest programme of the monthly series, Mishal Husain introduces dispatches from journalists and writers around the United Kingdom that reflect the range of contemporary life in the country....

Enough to make your cry from 2018-11-17T12:00

The Brexit Withdrawal Agreement has prompted some very different and very passionate reactions. Adam Fleming reveals how, after an agonising wait which included taking the draft agreement on holida...

Nationalists and Patriots from 2018-11-15T11:32

In 1918 Poland regained its sovereignty after 123 years of occupation by Austria, Prussia and Russia. This year Poles celebrated its centenary with a state organised march through the capital, Wars...

A Lasting Legacy from 2018-11-10T12:00

The risks some Indian women are prepared to take to try and have baby boys and how the battle to make them think again seems to be working. Sophie Cousins is in the state of Haryana where there are...

The Next Move from 2018-11-08T11:30

Change is coming to South Africa, says Cyril Ramphosa, but we must be patient. As the President plots his next move, and investigations into allegations of corruption under his predecessor Jacob Zu...

Keep America Great from 2018-11-03T12:00

Keep America Great’ has replaced ‘Make America Great’ as the favoured slogan among some Donald Trump supporters. Ahead of the US mid-term elections, James Cook meets those who think the President i...

Operation Female Outreach from 2018-11-01T11:30

Recruiting more female peacekeepers is seen as essential to defeating jihadists groups in the Sahel, but the UN's Mali mission is the deadliest active peacekeeping deployment in the world. Jennifer...

Bluster, Brazenness and Charm from 2018-10-27T11:00

Kate Adie introduces stories from around the world. Saudi Arabia's investment conference put on quite a show - and unlike many foreign investors scared off by the aftershocks of Jamal Khashoggi's...

Warlords and Sons of Warlords from 2018-10-25T10:32

Kate Adie introduces analysis, wit and experiences from correspondents around the world. The past weekend's elections in Afghanistan were held under threat, and only patchily - but they were held...

From Our Home Correspondent 21/10/2018 from 2018-10-21T13:00

In the latest programme of the monthly series, Mishal Husain introduces dispatches from journalists and writers around the United Kingdom. This month we hear Sima Kotecha's triumphant tale of fina...

Don't Panic! from 2018-10-20T11:00

Fuel shortages are nothing to worry about, says the government in Zimbabwe - just bumps in the road on the way to a better future. Andrew Harding reflects on whether President Mnangagwa and Zanu PF...

Why people join Boko Haram from 2018-10-18T10:30

The women who regard their days with the jihadist group as the first time they'd had any kind of female empowerment and the men who saw it as a chance to escape poverty and gain access to money and...

Troubled Waters from 2018-10-13T11:00

The Azov Sea off Crimea has become increasingly militarised and seen tense exchanges between Russian and Ukrainian coastguards. Jonah Fisher joins the Ukrainian Navy in these troubled waters. Kate...

Life Inside Libya’s Migrant Detention Centres from 2018-10-11T11:04

Thousands of people have been intercepted by the Libyan coastguard as they try to reach Europe and sent to detention centres in the capital Tripoli. Gaining access to them is difficult, but that do...

"This is war. This is what we have to do" from 2018-10-06T11:00

Home-made muskets that often fail to fire and little but lucky charms for protection – what it’s like going into battle for the rebels fighting for independence for English-speaking parts of Camero...

Secrets of the Peace Prize from 2018-10-04T10:30

Inside the room where the winner of the Nobel Peace Prize is picked. A committee spends six months discussing hundreds of nominees before the latest Nobel Laureate is announced. In Norway, Matt Pic...

The “Tropical Trump" topping the polls in Brazil from 2018-09-29T11:00

Jair Bolsonaro, the front-runner in Brazil’s presidential election, is famously tough on crime and infamous for his unashamedly controversial comments. Katy Watson meets supporters of the man drawi...

Fighting Ebola in DR Congo from 2018-09-27T10:30

In parts of the country health workers rely on armoured vehicles and a military escort in order to deliver much-needed vaccines. Olivia Acland reports from Beni where this kind of fieldwork was bri...

From Our Home Correspondent 23/09/2018 from 2018-09-23T13:00

. In the latest programme of the monthly series, Mishal Husain introduces dispatches from journalists and writers around the United Kingdom that reflect the range of contemporary life in the countr...

The Return of Jacob Zuma? from 2018-09-22T11:00

As investigators continue their trawl for evidence of corruption and state capture during Jacob Zuma’s time in office, others are said to be plotting his return to power. Politics in South Africa i...

A Syrian Radio Drama from 2018-09-15T11:00

Radio Alwan is an independent radio station that has been entertaining the people of Syria with dramas, phone-ins and their very own version of Woman's Hour since 2014 - as well as providing an ind...

The Yazidis Still Missing In Iraq from 2018-09-08T10:20

Some are buried in mass graves; others are still in the hands of Islamic State militants. Kate Adie introduces stories from Iraq, Chile, India, Colombia, and Sweden: Four years since IS swept thro...

Brainwashing, Legal Brothels and Hair Transplants from 2018-09-01T11:00

Is China trying to brainwash Muslim Uyhgurs? Kate Adie introduces stories and insights from correspondents around the world: John Sweeney meets two men who say they fled China after seeing inside...

Leading The Change from 2018-08-25T11:00

The Rohingya village elder reduced to rags and the flash youngster who’s become kingpin. Kate Adie introduces stories, insight and analysis from correspondents around the world: Helen Nianias meet...

From Our Home Correspondent 19/08/2018 from 2018-08-19T13:00

In the latest programme of the monthly series, Mishal Husain introduces dispatches from journalists and writers around the United Kingdom that reflect the range of contemporary life in the country....

Clean Up Your Act from 2018-08-18T11:00

Greece is poised to exit the terms of its third EU bailout as of August 20th. The Tsipras government has claimed this signals "the end of the drama" and greater freedom for Greeks to decide on thei...

Fighting for Life from 2018-08-11T11:01

A hostage and captor meet again in Syria, anger grows amid Assam's floodwaters and young people take to the barricades in Nicaragua. Kate Adie introduces correspondents' stories from around the wor...

Zimbabwe - Where Fear is a Powerful Commodity from 2018-08-04T11:00

The election was supposed to be the moment it turned a corner leaving fear behind. Kate Adie introduces correspondents’ stories from around the world:



In Zimbabwe, Andrew Hardin...

Looking Back from 2018-07-28T11:00

Elections in Pakistan, religious divisions in the Balkans and an ode to an Ethiopian airport. Kate Adie introduces correspondents' stories from around the world:

Secunder Kermani looks ba...

From Our Home Correspondent 22/07/2018 from 2018-07-22T13:00

In the latest programme of the monthly series, Mishal Husain introduces dispatches from writers and journalists around the United Kingdom that reflect the range of contemporary life in the country....

Warfare - the Soundtrack of Their Lives from 2018-07-21T11:00

Children who are able to survive the ongoing civil war have to grow up fast in Yemen. Kate Adie introduces stories, insight, and analysis from correspondents around the world:



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Taking on the 'Ndrangheta Mafia from 2018-07-19T11:00

One of the few people able to strike fear into the international organised crime syndicate. Kate Adie introduces correspondents’ stories and insights from around the world:

In Italy, Andre...

A Change of Heart from 2018-07-14T10:59

Ever since Jacob Zuma's resignation his family has faced all sorts of legal headaches. Kate Adie introduces correspondents' stories from around the world:

Three years ago, Duduzane Zuma dr...

Watching the World Cup from 2018-07-12T10:30

When football takes over from Lebanon's other national obsession: politics. Kate Adie introduces correspondents' stories from around the world:

Celebratory gunfire, fireworks, and moped mo...

The Dictator Hunter from 2018-07-07T11:00

The challenge of rebuilding Syria. Kate Adie introduces stories and insight from correspondents around the world:

Jeremy Bowen has just returned from Damascus and concludes that though the...

What Hope? from 2018-06-30T11:00

What hope is there amidst rising violence in Mexico and Afghanistan's 'forever war'? Kate Adie introduces stories and insight form correspondents around the world:

The rich and poor in Mex...

A Hidden Conflict from 2018-06-28T10:30

A civil war is brewing in Cameroon, but it rarely makes the headlines. Kate Adie introduces stories and insight from correspondents around the world:

In Nigeria, Stephanie Hegarty travels ...

Playing To The Crowd from 2018-06-23T11:00

Turkey's presidential hopefuls, provocative Italian ministers, and masked Mexican wrestlers. Kate Adie introduces correspondents' stories from around the world:

“He’s drawn vast crowds to ...

A New Front In The Fight Against Terror from 2018-06-21T09:47

An expanding international force is fighting Islamist extremists on the edge of the Sahara. Kate Adie introduces stories and insight from correspondents around the world:

Alastair Leithead...

From Our Home Correspondent 17/06/2018 from 2018-06-17T13:00

In the latest programme of the monthly series, Mishal Husain introduces dispatches from journalists and writers around the United Kingdom that reflect the range of contemporary life in the country....

Open For Business from 2018-06-16T11:00

All manner of visitors are seeking an audience with the powerful in Zimbabwe these days. Kate Adie introduces stories from correspondents around the world:



Fergal Keane was once ...

Water Wars from 2018-06-14T10:30

Parts of India are facing acute water shortages and the consequences can be deadly. Kate Adie introduces correspondents’ stories from around the world:

The scramble for water in the slums ...

The Taste Of Climate Change from 2018-06-09T11:00

They say climate change has a taste in Bangladesh - it tastes of salt. Kate Adie introduces correspondents' stories from around the world:

Peter Oborne has been to Bangladesh, home to some...

When Survival Trumps Justice from 2018-06-07T10:30

Justice can be elusive for the young domestic servants abused and mistreated in Pakistan. Kate Adie introduces stories from correspondents around the world:

Secunder Kermani investigates ...

Cloaked in Mystery from 2018-06-02T11:00

Making sense of Italian politics, faking the news, and wedding suit shopping in Pakistan. Kate Adie presents correspondents' stories from around the world:

James Reynolds looks back on an ...

Presidential Promises from 2018-05-31T11:00

Will Grant attends a campaign rally in Mexico to hear presidential hopeful Andres Manuel Lopez Obrador promise a new investigation into the kidnapping of 43 students from Iguala in 2014: ‘They took...

A Boarding School For Boko Haram? from 2018-05-26T11:00

Why some schools are sending their students out to beg in northern Nigeria. Kate Adie introduces stories from correspondents around the world:



Colin Freeman hears how students at...

Malaysia’s Political Drama from 2018-05-24T10:30

A whirlwind of shifting loyalties, rotating characters, and plot twist after plot twist. Kate Adie introduces correspondents' stories from around the world:



Jonathan Head finds h...

From Our Home Correspondent 20/05/2018 from 2018-05-20T13:00

In the latest programme of the monthly series, Mishal Husain introduces dispatches from journalists and writers around the United Kingdom that reflect the range of contemporary life in the country....

Toothpaste, Mud Bricks and Sparkling Wine from 2018-05-12T11:00

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

Jeremy Bowen is in Mosul for the first elections there since the defeat of Islamic State. An exceptiona...

Not Welcome Here from 2018-05-05T11:00

Tales of revolutions, rainforests and the migrants returning home from Libya. Kate Adie introduces stories and insight from correspondents around the world:

In Nigeria, Colin Freeman meets...

40 Years Of War from 2018-04-28T11:00

Amidst the violence, there are signs of a small but growing peace movement in Afghanistan. Kate Adie introduces stories and insight from correspondent around the world:

"This has again bec...

From Our Home Correspondent 22/04/2018 from 2018-04-22T13:00

In the latest programme of the monthly series, Mishal Husain introduces dispatches from journalists and writers that reflect the range of contemporary life across the country. Andy Kershaw visits t...

Life On Hold from 2018-04-21T10:04

Chechnya's bucolic beauty, touching hospitality and jihadi brides now lost in Iraq. Caroline Wyatt introduces correspondents' tales from around the world:



Chechnya's bucolic beau...

Dramatic Developments from 2018-04-14T11:00

The twists in Brazil's politics recently would shame the most melodramatic TV soap opera - but as she reported on last week's tense stand-off, with ex-President Lula da Silva at bay, Katy Watson wa...

Mixed Societies from 2018-04-07T11:00

Nick Thorpe in Hungary, contemplating this weekend's parliamentary election, wonders whether a recent vote in a small town near the Croatian border portends change for prime minister Viktor Orban o...

Trainspotting from 2018-03-31T11:00

Kim Jong Un’s train rolls into to Beijing as the North Korean leader meets President Xi. Kate Adie introduces stories, wit, and analysis from correspondents around the world:

China corresp...

The USA's Invisible Army from 2018-03-24T12:00

The US Air Force has a third of its drones stationed at Kandahar airbase in Afghanistan. Kate Adie introduces stories, insight, and analysis from correspondents around the world:

During al...

Incompetence and Conspiracy from 2018-03-22T11:30

How was Boko Haram able to kidnap more than one hundred school girls in Dapchi, Nigeria? Kate Adie introduces stories and analysis from correspondents around the world:



A failure...

From Our Home Correspondent from 2018-03-18T14:00

In the latest programme of the monthly series, Mishal Husain introduces dispatches from journalists and writers around the United Kingdom that reflect the range of contemporary life in the country....

Changing Course from 2018-03-17T12:00

Is this going to be the moment when China's trajectory changed forever? Correspondents share their stories, wit, and analysis from around the world. Introduced by Kate Adie:

With Xi Jinpi...

Violence To Votes from 2018-03-15T11:30

Former Farc rebels stand for election, but for many Colombians, it’s too soon to forgive. Kate Adie introduces stories and analysis from correspondents around the world:



Katy Wat...

Show Of Force from 2018-03-10T12:00

For the first time since the Vietnam War, a US aircraft carrier has arrived in the country. Kate Adie introduces stories, wit, and analysis from correspondents around the world:



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Blood And Tears from 2018-03-08T11:30

From Lebanon, Syrian refugees watch the destruction of their homes in Eastern Ghouta. Kate Adie introduces stories and analysis from correspondents around the world:

"Life now is just abo...

The Hard To Find from 2018-03-03T12:00

India’s missing children, selling drugs in Colombia & searching for paradise in Costa Rica. Kate Adie introduces stories from correspondents around the world:



Activists say that ...

The House Always Wins from 2018-03-01T11:17

How the father of one of his presidential rivals helped Vladimir Putin to power. Kate Adie introduces this and other stories from correspondents around the world:



Ahead of elect...

Men Of Mystery from 2018-02-24T12:00

A Gambian spymaster, a Czechoslovak secret agent and a South African ghost called Sam. Correspondents share wit, analysis, and tales of strange encounters. Introduced by Kate Adie.


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Haiti: Republic Of NGOs from 2018-02-22T11:30

Many Haitians see Oxfam’s actions as the latest part of a much bigger problem. Kate Adie introduces stories, wit and analysis from correspondents around the world.



“Being poor, ...

Treading on Thin Ice from 2018-02-17T12:02

Kate Adie presents a programme reflecting on two men's political careers which effectively ended this week. Andrew Harding in Johannesburg reflects on the demise of Jacob Zuma who finally bowed to ...

Caught in a Trap from 2018-02-15T11:56

Kate Adie presents dispatches from: Stephanie Hegarty in Nigeria on how the plight of former girl captives of the Boko Haram Islamist insurgents is being addressed when many return to their home co...

No Go Areas from 2018-02-10T12:00

Ending corruption in Ukraine and the woman enslaved by ISIS now trying to tell her story. Kate Adie introduces insight and analysis from correspondents around the world:



Viktor Y...

Invisible Scars from 2018-02-08T11:35

Inside Afghanistan’s only secure psychiatric unit - the trauma of war laid bare. Caroline Wyatt introduces correspondents' stories from around the world:

Sarah Zand examines how nearly fo...

Mosul: Life After ISIS from 2018-02-03T12:00

The changing sights and sounds of Iraq's second city. Kate Adie introduces stories, wit, and analysis from correspondents around the world:

Shaimaa Khalil meets a musician finally able to ...

Your Move! from 2018-02-01T11:30

Opposition leader Raila Odinga declares himself the ‘People’s President’ in Kenya. Kate Adie introduces stories wit and analysis from correspondents around the world.



Expecting t...

La Lucha from 2018-01-27T12:00

Mark Lowen reports from both sides of the border as Turkey launches an offensive against Kurdish militia in Syria. In the Colombian jungle, Mathew Charles meets the surprisingly well-groomed member...

DRC - A Country On Hold? from 2018-01-27T11:39

Waiting for elections and trying to answer awkward questions about sex in the DRC. Kate Adie introduces correspondents' stories from around the world:



William Edmundson is in the...

Jailed For Having A Miscarriage? from 2018-01-20T12:05

The Salvadoran woman who claims she faces 30 years in prison for having a miscarriage Kate Adie introduces correspondent's stories from around the world.

Benjamin Zand is in El Salvador ...

Death and Textiles from 2018-01-13T11:48

Why it's far too early to write Silvio Berlusconi's political obituary. Kate Adie introduces stories from correspondents around the world.



With a general election in March, Jame...

Marching Orders from 2018-01-11T12:59

Lucy Ash finds that morale is low amongst Ukrainian troops in the east of the country as they endure another winter at war and the frozen conflict rumbles on.

John Sudworth assesses rural...

Memorable Moments of 2017 from 2017-12-30T13:28

The migrants clinging to hope, NATO military manoeuvres and a jungle prince. Kate Adie introduces some memorable moments correspondents have shared on the programme in 2017. Benjamin Zand encounter...

A Bet That Backfired? from 2017-12-23T12:00

Killing time on election day in Catalonia and the bitter experience of applying for a visa. Correspondents share their stories, insights, and complaints. Introduced by Kate Adie.



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Losing Its Sparkle from 2017-12-16T12:00

What next for the ANC as its chuckling, charismatic and divisive leader Jacob Zuma departs? Kate Adie introduces correspondents' stories and insights from around the world.



In S...

Turf Wars from 2017-12-09T12:00

Hindu nationalism in India, making money in war-torn Yemen and family drama in Uzbekistan. Kate Adie introduces correspondents’ stories from around the world. It’s 25 years since Hindu mobs destroy...

The Final Indignity from 2017-12-02T11:16

Stoicism, good humour and palpable tension as Rohingya Muslims flee Myanmar to Bangladesh. Kate Adie introduces stories from correspondents around the world.

Justin Rowlatt finds mixed emo...

From Our Home Correspondent 19/11/17 from 2017-11-20T19:10

Mishal Husain presents pieces on a Devon pub admired by Prince Harry, why the future for local papers matters, executive pay and a moment of truth for a woman with breast cancer.

Versions Of Reality from 2017-11-18T12:30

Is this the end of the Mugabe era? Kate Adie introduces correspondents' stories from around the world.



“Which version of reality would you like to read today?” Andrew Harding is...

Widows And War Criminals from 2017-11-16T12:30

Kenyan widows fighting sexual cleansing and talking to war criminals in the Balkans. Kate Adie introduces correspondents' stories from around the world.



For some among the Luo t...

Power Plays from 2017-11-11T13:00

The Prince’s purge: Mohammed Bin Salman’s moves to reform Saudi Arabia. Kate Adie introduces stories, wit, and analysis from correspondents around the world.Frank Gardner chronicles the meteoric ri...

We Can’t See An End To It from 2017-11-09T12:30

Life in cash-strapped Venezuela and a return to war-ravaged Damascus. Kate Adie introduces correspondents' stories and insights from around the world.

Katy Watson examines the staying powe...

Wanted Men from 2017-11-04T13:00

A president in exile? The Brussels' press pack is in pursuit of Carles Puigdemont. Kate Adie introduces stories, wit, and analysis from correspondents around the world.



It’s been...

Something For The Pain from 2017-11-02T12:30

The Nigerian militants who rely on drugs to fight their fears and the displaced people taking them to forget the violence. Kate Adie introduces correspondents' stories.



Sally Ha...

A New Recipe from 2017-10-28T13:00

With a political crisis, a push for freedom and talk of vegetables, Kate Adie introduces correspondents' stories from across the world.

Guy Hedgecoe is with the unionist Catalans, opposed...

Rules of the Game from 2017-10-26T12:30

Why women must walk fast and certainly not answer back in Egypt. Shaimaa Khalil remembers a childhood episode which impacts her even now when she visits her home city. James Coomarasamy is in the R...

From Our Home Correspondent 22/10/17 from 2017-10-22T14:32

Mishal Husain presents more reflections on life in Britain today, including diesel car dilemmas, a mother remembers her army son and picking up the pieces after devastating floods

This Time It's Different from 2017-10-21T13:00

Twisted metal, smashed concrete and anger on the streets of Mogadishu. Bridget Kendall introduces stories, analysis, and insight from correspondents around the world.



After deca...

A Close Shave from 2017-10-19T12:30

Continued confusion has taken its toll on Catalonia since the disputed referendum. Bridget Kendall introduces correspondents’ stories from around the world.

On the streets and at the scho...

A Convicted Warlord, His Ex-Wife And A Footballer from 2017-10-16T11:43

Election day was peaceful in Liberia, but are sinister forces at play? Kate Adie introduces analysis, wit, and story-telling from correspondents around the world.

Exorcising The Past from 2017-10-14T13:00

The spiritualists selling costly ‘cures’ and offering exorcisms for mental health problems. Kate Adie introduces stories, wit, and analysis from correspondents around the world.

Nicola Kel...

America's 51st State? from 2017-10-07T13:00

Hurricane Maria has exposed the complex relationship between Puerto Rico and the mainland USA. Kate Adie introduces insight, wit, and analysis from correspondents around the world.


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From Our Home Correspondent 17/09/2017 from 2017-10-02T12:32

Mishal Husain presents dispatches on one family's fraught experience with sepsis, the night Jimi Hendrix played Ilkley and the prospects for coracle fishing in West Wales.

Raqqa In Ruins from 2017-09-30T11:44

It's as if doomsday had arrived early in Raqqa as bats swoop over the remains of the city. Kate Adie introduces correspondents' stories and analysis from around the world.



In Sy...

Clinging To Hope from 2017-09-23T13:00

The rescue workers sifting through the rubble in Mexico and the African migrants that refuse to give up on their European dreams. Kate Adie introduces correspondents' stories.



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Hard To Read from 2017-09-16T13:05

A tour of Angela Merkel’s childhood, swapping books with Kurdish fighters and reading the landscape of Gabon. Kate Adie introduces correspondents’ stories.



Jenny Hill visits the ...

The Rohingya Running For Their Lives from 2017-09-09T13:00

Kate Adie introduces correspondents' stories and analysis from around the world - including from the Bangladeshi border, where we meet the Rohingya fleeing violence in Myanmar. Sanjoy Majumder is o...

“That’s the Judicial Process.” from 2017-09-02T12:55

Kate Adie introduces dispatches by: Yolande Knell in Qaraqosh, who observes Iraq's trials of people accused of fighting for so-called Islamic State; Martin Patience, who takes his leave of Nigeria ...