Stories from around the world and the people at the heart of them.
Radio 4,·460 episodes
The diamond that brought light, a school and healthcare to one African village.
26 May 2026,·31 mins
Victim or Accomplice? The Story of Jeffrey Epstein’s Pilot Girlfriend.
19 May 2026,·45 mins
Mohanad Hashim returns home to a fabled city wrecked by war.
12 May 2026,·29 mins
A disaster at a Serbian station sparked mass protests. What is its political legacy?
05 May 2026,·27 mins
How populists are driving against the politics of Net Zero.
28 Apr 2026,·28 mins
Iceland is one of the few nations without a military. Is this a sustainable strategy?
21 Apr 2026,·35 mins
How and why Pakistani hospitals might be putting children at risk of HIV.
14 Apr 2026,·28 mins
Ivanka Trump, a beach full of sheep and the changing landscape of southern Albania.
07 Apr 2026,·28 mins
How sport is giving some young women in India a way out of child marriage.
03 Feb 2026,·28 mins
Insight, and analysis from BBC correspondents around the world
27 Jan 2026,·30 mins
The aid workers put on trial for people-smuggling after saving migrants from drowning
20 Jan 2026,·29 mins
The Netherlands is experiencing a housing crisis. Could ten new cities be the answer?
13 Jan 2026,·29 mins
Why South Africa's global impact in the fight against tuberculosis is under threat.
06 Jan 2026,·34 mins
People in Gainesboro, Tennessee have some new neighbours - and not everyone is happy.
30 Dec 2025,·28 mins
After decades of extinction, wild jaguars are roaming once again in northern Argentina.
23 Dec 2025,·28 mins
What if a stranger decided to marry you? Would you agree?
16 Dec 2025,·28 mins
The Israeli and Palestinian activists who defy threats to dare to call for peace.
09 Dec 2025,·29 mins
Ranches, rodeos…and public land - a surprising battle raging in the American West.
04 Nov 2025,·26 mins
How Haitians in the Dominican Republic are being targeted for expulsion.
30 Sep 2025,·29 mins
18-year-old girls in Denmark are facing the draft, as the military boosts its numbers.
23 Sep 2025,·28 mins
Protests, abductions, defiance - the young people caught in a struggle for Kenya.
16 Sep 2025,·30 mins
How Palestinians are trying to save Gaza's 5,000-year history.
09 Sep 2025,·32 mins
Europe’s largest herd of wild horses, in north-west Spain, is under threat. Why?
02 Sep 2025,·30 mins
The legal battles against America’s infamous new immigrant detention centre.
26 Aug 2025,·28 mins
Seventy-one migrants suffocated in a truck in 2015. Could the tragedy have been prevented?
19 Aug 2025,·28 mins
One man’s determination to save the last few striped hyenas of Tajikistan
12 Aug 2025,·29 mins
A pioneering summer camp for Ukrainian children with missing parents.
05 Aug 2025,·30 mins
Colombia is a global hub of the adult webcam industry employing an estimated 500,000 women
20 May 2025,·29 mins
After 13 years of civil war, what awaits Syrians returning to their homes?
13 May 2025,·29 mins
The Americans converting to Orthodox Christianity in Texas...
06 May 2025,·29 mins
