Where the world is explained. Making sense of the big stories - looking behind the spin.
World Service,·330 episodes
Michelle Fleury on the origins and purpose of the global financial institution
06 Jan 2024,·18 mins
Dan Roan on why oil-rich nations are investing huge amounts of money in global sport
30 Dec 2023,·17 mins
Can a group of emerging economies change the existing global economic hierarchy?
23 Dec 2023,·17 mins
Tulip Mazumdar looks at the successes and failures of the WHO
16 Dec 2023,·18 mins
Gordon Corera on the origins of the international spy network
09 Dec 2023,·17 mins
Stories from the frontline as tensions rise from Ukraine correspondent, James Waterhouse
09 Dec 2023,·27 mins
Migration is topping Europe's political agenda. Europe editor, Katya Adler, explains why
02 Dec 2023,·27 mins
A pause in fighting in Gaza but what’s it like for those living there?
25 Nov 2023,·27 mins
How the big players spin the conflict into narratives of their own
19 Nov 2023,·39 mins
Biden and Xi's meeting builds bridges with deals on the military and fentanyl trafficking
18 Nov 2023,·27 mins
The war of narratives reflecting power tilts in the Middle East
12 Nov 2023,·40 mins
What's Israel's endgame in Gaza? Security correspondent, Frank Gardener, gives his take
11 Nov 2023,·27 mins
What are the chances that Lebanon will get involved in the Israel-Gaza conflict?
04 Nov 2023,·27 mins
Will Israel launch a ground assault in Gaza and, if they do, what's at stake?
28 Oct 2023,·27 mins
After a shock primary win, a far-right libertarian economist is in pole position
20 Oct 2023,·23 mins
Israel starts 'a prolonged and powerful campaign' in Gaza. What will be the consequences?
14 Oct 2023,·27 mins
Short-term politics gets in the way of dealing with an ever-warming planet
07 Oct 2023,·27 mins
Now Yevgeny Prigozhin is dead, can anyone in Russia challenge the president’s power?
30 Sep 2023,·27 mins
What next for the notorious group after the plane crash that wiped out its leadership?
29 Sep 2023,·40 mins
Iranian women are still fighting for freedom, despite government crackdowns
23 Sep 2023,·27 mins
Russia and Turkey failed to reach an agreement to bring Ukrainian grain to the world
09 Sep 2023,·27 mins
BBC Mundo’s Ronald Avila-Claudio discusses what the future might hold for his homeland
26 Aug 2023,·17 mins
Will Serbia ever recognise Kosovo?
19 Aug 2023,·17 mins
Will Nato continue to expand?
12 Aug 2023,·18 mins
With more oil reserves than Saudi Arabia, how is Venezuela so poor?
05 Aug 2023,·18 mins
How the European Union evolved from a six-nation club to a major global player
29 Jul 2023,·18 mins
How the Rohingyas fled Myanmar to become the world’s largest stateless population
22 Jul 2023,·17 mins
Even war has rules, so what happens when they are broken?
15 Jul 2023,·17 mins
What should we done with stolen treasures? Katie Razzall confronts colonialism's legacy
08 Jul 2023,·27 mins
How competing gangs are carving up Haiti’s capital, Port-au-Prince
08 Jul 2023,·18 mins
