Investigating global developments, issues and affairs.
World Service,·2031 episodes
Brishbhanu Baruah examines India's Protection of Children from Sexual Offences Act
16 Jul 2026,·26 mins
How did a graduate from China’s top university become an alleged drug kingpin in Mexico?
Jonny Dymond and guests explore the complicated back-story of the Middle East conflict
15 Jul 2026,·26 mins
The multi-million-dollar ant trade and the enthusiasts stamping out illegal ant smuggling
09 Jul 2026,·26 mins
08 Jul 2026,·26 mins
In 1876, Americans filled an iron safe with objects meant to tell their story
04 Jul 2026,·26 mins
The establishment of Arab rule, the Crusades and the Muslim commander Salah ad-Din
01 Jul 2026,·26 mins
24 Jun 2026,·26 mins
What makes a penalty shootout so dramatic?
18 Jun 2026,·26 mins
Primate experimentation: we have the need, but do we have the right?
17 Jun 2026,·49 mins
Meet the Westerners moving to Russia on Putin’s “anti-woke” visa
11 Jun 2026,·26 mins
The rise of the global manosphere, including Kenyan influencer Andrew Kibe
04 Jun 2026,·26 mins
The real-world impact of the global manosphere including Mexican influencer El Temach
28 May 2026,·26 mins
Justice Baidoo meets the Ghanaian boys and girls dreaming of football superstardom
23 May 2026,·49 mins
The story of former French President Nicolas Sarkozy’s rise and fall
Meet the young South African hip hop artists translating hardship into hope
21 May 2026,·26 mins
Intimate conversations of two Iranian sisters - one in the UK, the other in Iran
The UK Natural History Museum is moving millions of precious specimens to a new home
14 May 2026,·26 mins
In Uganda, dog-rescue scammers con animal lovers online
07 May 2026,·26 mins
Poland aims to open its first nuclear power station. Is Chernobyl a distant memory?
30 Apr 2026,·26 mins
A young couple fall in love against the backdrop of disaster
25 Apr 2026,·49 mins
What happens when conversations with AI start to feel more real than the world around you?
23 Apr 2026,·28 mins
23 Apr 2026,·26 mins
Why tech-savvy Sweden is ditching screens for books and pens in its schools.
16 Apr 2026,·26 mins
Salt farmers in India's Rann of Kutch face a precarious future
02 Apr 2026,·26 mins
The murky world of the global trade in baby eels
28 Mar 2026,·49 mins
Women in Madagascar defy patriarchal norms and use ‘Agro-ecology’ to feed communities.
26 Mar 2026,·26 mins
Benjamin Netanyahu was Israel’s Ambassador to the UN before being elected PM in 1996
21 Mar 2026,·26 mins
India is undertaking a space revolution. Journalist Alok Jha finds out why
21 Mar 2026,·49 mins
Inside Canada's sprint to hit NATO’s 2% by 31 March 2026
17 Mar 2026,·28 mins
