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Assignment: Singapore – drugs, rehab, execution
Singapore’s drug laws are severe. The penalties for trafficking illegal narcotics range from a prison term to execution. And if you’re caught using …
1 year, 2 months ago
In the Studio: Mia Lehrer and the LA River
The Los Angeles river has been a concrete channel since the 1930s, when the US Army Corps of Engineers decided to concrete over the original river fo…
1 year, 2 months ago
An end to Aids?
Over the four decades since the pandemic took off, we have seen around 40 million people worldwide killed by HIV. Today, around the same number of pe…
1 year, 2 months ago
The Fifth Floor: The wolf salute
The Grey Wolves, a Turkish far-right political movement, is getting increasing attention worldwide. So is their hand gesture, depicting a wolf’s head…
1 year, 2 months ago
BBC OS Conversations: Israelis remember the hostages
Commemorations took place in Israel this week to mark 7 October, 2023, when 1,200 people were killed by Hamas gunmen and 251 were taken hostage into …
1 year, 2 months ago
Heart and Soul: Reclaiming yoga
With a global market worth more than $100 billion dollars a year, yoga is a massive industry. With its origins in India, Yoga is often considered to …
1 year, 2 months ago
BBC Trending: The curse of the blessing scam
Female con artists are exploiting superstition and family love to swindle women with Chinese heritage living in the west. The blessing scam is an ela…
1 year, 3 months ago
Bonus: The World Debate: What is the path to peace in the Middle East?
Mishal Husain is joined by a panel of guests to discuss whether this is a path to peace in the Middle East.
Joining Mishal are Jeremy Bowen, the BBC's…
1 year, 3 months ago
Bonus: People Fixing the World
A bonus episode from the People Fixing the World podcast.
Concerns are growing about the effects of smartphones on both adults and children, so we're…
1 year, 3 months ago
Bonus: The Conflict: Israel and Gaza one year on
Lyse Doucet reflects on some of the biggest moments from this conflict with BBC colleagues Jeremy Bowen, Anna Foster and Rushdi Abualouf, who have be…
1 year, 3 months ago