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Nuclear tensions in the Middle East
The narratives and the doctrines built on ever-growing suspicions and fears that are once again stirring the Middle East. Russia’s invasion of Ukraine has not just threatened to redraw the map of Eur…
Published on 2 months, 3 weeks ago
The Kremlin’s reporter
Pavel Zarubin has access to President Putin that other journalists can only dream of. He interviews him regularly, and travels around the world covering huge geopolitical meetings, even posting to h…
Published on 2 months, 3 weeks ago
Conversations from a year in Gaza and Israel
We look back over the past 12 months of the conflict between Israel and Hamas through the conversations we have recorded. It is almost two years since Hamas militants attacked Israel – killing 1200 p…
Published on 2 months, 3 weeks ago
Orthodoxy or death: The fight for Mount Athos
**This programme contains discriminatory language** On Greece’s Mount Athos, the most holy site in Eastern Orthodox Christianity, lies a rift in the faith. For more than 20 years, a banned monastery …
Published on 2 months, 3 weeks ago
Powering Nigeria
According to the World Bank, more than 80 million people in Nigeria still lack access to electricity, making it the country with the largest energy access deficit in the world. But even among those c…
Published on 2 months, 4 weeks ago
Deepfaking disability
A growing industry of content creators is teaching people how to make money from AI models, promising quick profits. Their strategy: steal content, alter faces with AI, and funnel users from Instagra…
Published on 2 months, 4 weeks ago
Haitians living in fear in the Dominican Republic
The Dominican Republic is the Caribbean’s number one tourist destination. Last year 11 million visitors came here, many enjoying the five star resorts that skirt the island’s coast. Much of the const…
Published on 3 months ago
Emilia Wickstead: London Fashion Week
Inspiration for Emilia Wickstead’s luxury fashion brand comes from her childhood home in New Zealand, her adolescence in Italy’s most fashionable city Milan, but also from her hard-working fashion de…
Published on 3 months ago
Bonus: The Global Story
Can Apple cut ties with China? Apple is promising to make more products in the US, backed by a $600bn investment over the next four years. But after decades of relying on Chinese manufacturing that p…
Published on 3 months ago
Social media influencers and politics
What happens when social media influencers join forces with politicians to promote their messages? Around the world political parties are switching from mainstream media to influencers to amplify th…
Published on 3 months ago