Stories from around the world and the people at the heart of them.
Radio 4,·460 episodes
Belarus has huge numbers of political prisoners - many of them are women.
02 Apr 2024,·28 mins
Why former soldiers were hired to carry out assassinations in Yemen in 2015.
25 Jan 2024,·28 mins,·
The men who risk jail to help migrants across Europe – meeting the people smugglers.
18 Jan 2024,·28 mins
How a resort for millionaires sparked a battle for a Caribbean island paradise.
11 Jan 2024,·29 mins
Thousands of people were killed in the 'war on drugs' in the Philippines.
04 Jan 2024,·29 mins
The giant freshwater fish that's invading Bolivia's Amazonian rivers.
28 Dec 2023,·28 mins
How will Ukraine ensure the billions needed to rebuild the country are properly spent?
21 Dec 2023,·28 mins
Meet the citizens battling for better government on Ukraine's home front.
14 Dec 2023,·28 mins
How killing migrating birds became a multi-million dollar criminal business.
07 Dec 2023,·28 mins
Poland builds a wall through one of Europe’s most precious forests. What’s the impact?
30 Nov 2023,·28 mins
From Miami to Chicago, Lucy Proctor meets the conservatives and liberals swapping states.
23 Nov 2023,·28 mins
How once friendly relations between Norway and Russia have frozen in the far north.
21 Sep 2023,·29 mins
The desperate search by thousands of Syrian families for their missing relatives.
14 Sep 2023,·29 mins
Three men describe surviving one of the worst migrant shipwrecks in decades.
07 Sep 2023,·28 mins
The young female stars of Gnawa music now challenging the boundaries of Moroccan identity
31 Aug 2023,·28 mins
Can a financial deal with a conservation charity save Belize's economy?
24 Aug 2023,·29 mins
Why tens of thousands of Zimbabweans are fleeing their country to work in the West.
17 Aug 2023,·29 mins
The fear stalking Russia as ex-convicts from the Wagner mercenary group return home.
10 Aug 2023,·29 mins
With 20% of its population living abroad, the Romanian government wants its diaspora back
03 Aug 2023,·28 mins
The battle to keep the peace between people and elephants in northern Botswana.
27 Jul 2023,·29 mins
Thousands of Ukrainian men are dodging the draft – and risking their lives in the process.
08 Jun 2023,·30 mins
New Orleans is the murder capital of the United States.
18 May 2023,·29 mins
Omar’s son was pulled alive from the rubble of Turkey’s earthquake, but where is he?
11 May 2023,·29 mins
Why thousands of Kenyan villagers are being given free cash.
04 May 2023,·28 mins
50 years since the last US bombs fell on Laos, they’re still killing and maiming.
27 Apr 2023,·28 mins
Record numbers are fleeing the island in the wake of a brutal economic crisis.
20 Apr 2023,·27 mins
A massive new road across Paraguay threatens a fragile eco-system and two communities.
13 Apr 2023,·28 mins
Does Vienna have the world’s best public housing? Chris Bowlby reports
06 Apr 2023,·28 mins
Why did people take to the streets, risking arrest and a barrage of bullets?
26 Jan 2023,·27 mins
The story of a town destroyed by one of the worst wildfires in California's history.
19 Jan 2023,·27 mins
