From Our Own Correspondent

Pascale Harter introduces insight, wit and analysis from BBC correspondents, journalists and writers around the world.

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Undercover in Myanmar
Devastation in Mandalay - and little help for earthquake survivors
12 Apr 2025,23 mins
Taking back Khartoum
People in Sudan's capital tell stories of survival and solidarity during its years of war
05 Apr 2025,23 mins
Turkey's clampdown
The arrest of Ekrem Imamoglu sets off a backlash far beyond Istanbul
29 Mar 2025,23 mins
Ukraine's fading hopes
Confronting new questions in Kyiv; stories from Guatemala, Kenya and the Philippines
22 Mar 2025,23 mins
Inside Mexico's drug cartels
The narcos' networks moving deadly fentanyl to users in the United States
15 Mar 2025,23 mins
Gaza's future
Arab leaders convene in Cairo to draw up a post-war plan for Gaza.
08 Mar 2025,23 mins
Trump, Putin and the new global order
How the rapprochement between the US and Russia is being viewed in Moscow.
01 Mar 2025,23 mins
Missing in Ukraine
The war has killed thousands of Ukrainians and many have simply disappeared without trace
22 Feb 2025,23 mins
Young Germans and the far right
Why a growing number of young, German voters are choosing to support the far-right AfD.
15 Feb 2025,23 mins
Rebuilding lives in DR Congo
Inside the clinic helping DR Congo's casualties of war recover and rebuild their lives
08 Feb 2025,23 mins
Trump's deportation drive hits home in Mexico
Mexican cities get shelters ready for a wave of deportees from the United States
01 Feb 2025,23 mins
Israel, Gaza and the ceasefire
The future challenges facing Gaza and Israel as the ceasefire comes into effect.
25 Jan 2025,23 mins
Escaping the fires in Los Angeles
Survivors - and their neighbourhoods - count their losses in the aftermath of the blazes
18 Jan 2025,23 mins
The Israeli and Palestinian schism
The challenges of living and working as a journalist amid divided communities.
11 Jan 2025,23 mins
Mexico prepares for Trump 2.0
From threats of tariffs and deportations to a new drug war, Sheinbaum has a full in-tray
04 Jan 2025,23 mins
Glimpses of hope in Russia
How a BBC correspondent's song for a Russian news vendor went viral - and built bridges
28 Dec 2024,23 mins
Searching for Syria's missing
At prisons, hospitals and grave sites, thousands of families seek disappeared relatives
21 Dec 2024,23 mins
Coming home to a changed Syria
A return to Damascus after Assad's fall; stories from Ukraine, Ghana and Saudi Arabia
14 Dec 2024,23 mins
Sudan and the story of Mama Nour
The remarkable woman providing refuge for other women and children amid Sudan's civil war
07 Dec 2024,23 mins
South Africa cracks down on illegal mining
Thousands of illegal miners are working - and living - underground in abandoned mines.
30 Nov 2024,23 mins
The looming risk of melting glaciers
In Pakistan-administered Gilgit-Baltistan, whole villages live in fear of disaster.
23 Nov 2024,23 mins
China's view of a new Russia-North Korea relationship
Beijing's allies are out of its control as Pyongyang and Moscow grow closer.
16 Nov 2024,23 mins
Trump triumphant
How former President Trump won and stories from Lebanon, Spain and Greenland
09 Nov 2024,23 mins
America's immigration impasse
Along the US-Mexico border, both migrants from Venezuela and Texan ranchers are restive.
02 Nov 2024,23 mins
Is Moscow meddling in Moldova?
Evidence of Russian influence mounts as Moldovans vote for President and on EU membership
26 Oct 2024,23 mins
Israel, Gaza and a wish list for the future
Young Israelis and Palestinians speak of their hopes – and their lack of trust
19 Oct 2024,23 mins
Brazil's rainforest in flames
Drought and arson drive the record number of forest fires now raging in the Amazon
12 Oct 2024,23 mins
Speaking out in Sudan
Women in Omdurman denounce extortion, rape and robberies committed during the ongoing war
05 Oct 2024,23 mins
Sri Lanka's election full of firsts
The country has a new President, but is still enmeshed in an enduring economic crisis
28 Sep 2024,23 mins
Explosions in Lebanon
The shock and disbelief felt in Beirut as electronic devices detonated across the country
21 Sep 2024,23 mins