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Assignment: The 'ghost city' of Cyprus
The once glamorous Cypriot beach resort of Varosha has stood empty and frozen in time since war divided the island 50 years ago, but it is now partia…
1 year, 6 months ago
Global Dancefloor: Tbilisi
Frank McWeeny heads to Georgia’s capital Tbilisi, to meet the underground music community leading protests against government clampdown on freedom of…
1 year, 6 months ago
In the Studio: Laurie Anderson
American artist Laurie Anderson is putting the finishing touches to her new album Amelia at Miraval Studios in southern France. This is Laurie's firs…
1 year, 6 months ago
Three Million: 8. Road to the past
Kavita Puri goes to India to meet the last survivors of the 1943 Bengal famine. She looks for traces of how war and famine impacted Kolkata and then …
1 year, 6 months ago
The Fifth Floor: Ukraine's 'Memory Cafés'
Could a cup of coffee become an act of love and remembrance? BBC Ukrainian's Ilona Hromliuk speaks to the relatives of fallen soldiers who have opene…
1 year, 6 months ago
BBC OS Conversations: Three years of Taliban rule in Afghanistan
The withdrawal of US troops in 2021 prompted the collapse of the Afghan military, an interim government and then a power grab by the hardline Islamis…
1 year, 6 months ago
Heart and Soul: Afghanistan 20 years on
Twenty years ago, reporter Julia Paul was teaching media to young women in an Afghanistan where the Taliban were in retreat, if only temporarily. Now…
1 year, 6 months ago
Courting success: A journey to Paris 2024
One of the highlights of the Paralympics is wheelchair tennis and one of its true champions is Kgothatso Montjane. KG, as she likes to be known, was …
1 year, 6 months ago
Bonus: The Inquiry - What does Hezbollah want?
Hezbollah has both political and military wings both of which are designated by several countries as terror organisations. It emerged several decades…
1 year, 6 months ago
Assignment: The struggle for Jerusalem’s Old City
Why Armenians in Jerusalem say they are fighting an existential battle. Is the identity of the Old City of Jerusalem changing - house by house? This …
1 year, 6 months ago