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Venezuelan opposition leader María Corina Machado vows freedom for her country
The Nobel Peace Prize winner arrives in Oslo after a clandestine journey from her hiding place in Venezuela. We hear the inside story of how she slipped out of the country. Also in the programme: Fr…
Published on 5 days, 5 hours ago
The US seizes a tanker off the coast of Venezuela
President Trump has said the US has seized an oil tanker off the coast of Venezuela - an operation reported to have been led by the US Coastguard. The seizure is certain to increase tensions between …
Published on 5 days, 22 hours ago
Sperm with cancer-causing gene used to conceive almost 200 children
A sperm donor who unknowingly harboured a genetic mutation that dramatically raises the risk of cancer has fathered at least 197 children across Europe, a major investigation has revealed. Also on th…
Published on 6 days, 6 hours ago
President Trump lashes out at European allies
In a wide-ranging interview with the Politico news website, President Trump said "decaying" European countries had failed to control migration or take decisive action to end Ukraine's war with Russia…
Published on 6 days, 23 hours ago
Heavy fighting at the Thailand / Cambodia border
The Thai military said there were clashes in five border provinces, and three of its soldiers had been killed since hostilities resumed. Cambodia says Thai attacks have killed seven civilians. We exp…
Published on 1 week ago
SPECIAL EPISODE: The Elizabeth Tsurkov interview
An Israeli-Russian woman held for two and half years by militants in Iraq has told the BBC how she was trussed and hung from the ceiling, whipped, sexually abused and electrocuted. Elizabeth Tsurkov,…
Published on 1 week ago
Syria celebrates a year since the fall of Assad
Syria celebrates a year since the fall of Assad, and an end to a brutal fifty-year dictatorship. But what sort of rule and what sort of future does Syria face? Also in the programme: Ukraine's Presid…
Published on 1 week ago
One year since the fall of the Assad regime in Syria
Syrians are holding celebrations to mark the first anniversary since Bashar al-Assad was toppled from power after a lightning rebel offensive. Also on the programme, President Volodymyr Zelensky will…
Published on 1 week, 1 day ago
Syrians mark one year since the fall of Bashar al-Assad
UN human rights investigators have said that the cycles of vengeance and reprisal must be brought to an end in Syria, as the country commemorates the first anniversary of the overthrow of Bashar al-A…
Published on 1 week, 1 day ago
Low voter turnout at today's Hong Kong polls
Will the recent deadly fire at a housing complex in Hong Kong - and the angry response to it - have an impact on today's elections to the Legislative Council? Also on the programme: a failed coup at…
Published on 1 week, 2 days ago