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AI farewells for Russia’s dead soldiers
'Virtual farewells' have become a trend on Russian social media. AI generated videos, depicting soldiers who have been killed in the war and paid for…
3 months, 1 week ago
Life in a volcano danger zone
Earlier this month, a volcanic eruption, which sent a plume of ash some 10km into the sky, killed three people hiking up Mount Dukono in Indonesia. …
3 months, 1 week ago
Fighting for the children of Chernobyl
Forty years ago, the world’s worst nuclear accident took place at Chernobyl, in what was then the Soviet Union. When news of the disaster began to em…
3 months, 1 week ago
When Shiraz calls
A personal account of day-to-day life in Iran told through the conversations of two Iranian sisters – one in the UK, the other in the Iranian city of…
3 months, 2 weeks ago
Introducing: Focus on Africa - Electric vehicles: fixing Africa's fuel crisis?
Kenya is the latest African country to increase fuel prices citing the US-Israel war with Iran. While announcing one of the steepest pump price incre…
3 months, 2 weeks ago
Victim or Accomplice? The Story of Jeffrey Epstein’s Pilot Girlfriend
Nadia Marcinko, originally Marcinková, was born in Slovakia and met Jeffrey Epstein as an 18-year-old model. Later, she became a successful aircraft …
3 months, 2 weeks ago
Thomas Keneally: What’s next for the Schindler’s List author?
Rachel Naylor visits the Booker Prize-winning author Thomas Keneally in his home in Sydney, Australia, to see how he writes his latest book. He gives…
3 months, 2 weeks ago
Introducing: CrowdScience - What keeps the universe in balance?
Listener Ndanusa in Ghana, is gazing up at the stars, and wondering what keeps our universe in balance? Ndanusa knows a thing or two about the stars,…
3 months, 2 weeks ago
How Belarus silenced its free press
Until the end of March this year, BBC News Russian was the only source of independent reporting in Belarus, where journalism has been suppressed. Aro…
3 months, 2 weeks ago
Hantavirus nearly killed me
It’s just over six weeks since the ship, MV Hondius, left Argentina for a cruise visiting remote islands in the South Atlantic. A month later, three …
3 months, 2 weeks ago