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The Fifth Floor: The reality of reporting in Syria
During the last year of Bashar al-Assad’s rule of Syria, Reporters Without Borders ranked the country second to last in the World Press Freedom Index…
9 months, 2 weeks ago
BBC OS Conversations: Living with prostate cancer
Prostate cancer has been called the silent killer and it is the second most common form of cancer among males in the world. Yet, despite the fact tha…
9 months, 2 weeks ago
Heart and Soul: Musambwa - Lake Victoria's sacred island
Musambwa Island in Lake Victoria, Uganda, is a five-acre rocky outcrop of land five miles from the mainland and is the biggest breeding ground in the…
9 months, 2 weeks ago
People Fixing the World: Helping Chile's stolen children
During the 1970s and '80s, thousands of Chilean babies were illegally kidnapped, trafficked and adopted. The practice was widespread during the rule …
9 months, 2 weeks ago
BBC Trending: Brazilian farmers are (very) online
Being a farmer in Brazil has never been cooler - at least, that is the impression you might get from social media. Music videos featuring cowboy hat …
9 months, 2 weeks ago
Assignment: Colombia's webcam women
Colombia’s second largest city, Medellín, is booming and one of the biggest industries revolves around the city’s webcam studios which live stream wo…
9 months, 2 weeks ago
Trailer: Bill Walton’s The Grateful Team
Basketball, the Cold War, and rock band The Grateful Dead collide in this incredible true story. Presented by the late NBA star Bill Walton. Episodes…
9 months, 2 weeks ago
In the Studio: Esben Holmboe Bang
Originally from Denmark, the youngest ever three-starred Michelin chef Esben Holmboe Bang fell in love with his wife’s homeland Norway, as well as it…
9 months, 2 weeks ago
The Global Jigsaw: The Trump effect on global media
We assess the damage to independent journalism globally by cuts to USAGM and USAID, described as “the chainsaw approach” of the Trump administration.…
9 months, 3 weeks ago
The Fifth Floor: Ukraine, the war and TikTok
What do Ukrainian soldiers eat on the frontline? And what's the latest meme trending on Ukrainians' TikTok channels? Zhenya Shidlovska from the BBC U…
9 months, 3 weeks ago