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The Fifth Floor: My AI boyfriend
Would you turn to AI to create your perfect partner? Wanqing Zhang from the BBC Global China Unit has been looking into an AI dating trend that is go…
1 year, 8 months ago
BBC OS Conversations: Far-right voters in Europe
Politics in Europe took a shift to the right following the recent European parliamentary elections, with far-right parties making gains in several co…
1 year, 8 months ago
Losing Attar
Attar is the essential oil that is produced when aromatics like jasmine and sandalwood are pressed and distilled. It has been a feature of life in In…
1 year, 8 months ago
Heart and Soul: Last Christians of Gaza
George Antone is a member of the only Roman Catholic Church in Gaza, part of a dwindling Christian community whose roots in this area, go back to the…
1 year, 8 months ago
Trending: The Kenyan influencer championing climate denial
Jusper Machogu is a farmer from south-western Kenya who describes himself as a “climate sceptic”. He wrongly claims that climate change is a “scam” o…
1 year, 8 months ago
Assignment: Ireland’s phone-free town
Greystones made global headlines a year ago when, concerned by rising anxiety levels among their pupils, the headteachers from all the primary school…
1 year, 8 months ago
In the Studio: Senua's Saga - Hellblade II
Released in 2017, the video game Hellblade: Senua’s Sacrifice saw players take control of dark-age warrior Senua as she battled to rescue the soul of…
1 year, 8 months ago
Greening the Hajj
The Muslim pilgrimage to Mecca, the Hajj, attracted no fewer than two million pilgrims in 2023. But this pilgrim boom has an environmental downside: …
1 year, 8 months ago
The forgotten people of the Ravi River
For the hundreds of people who live in a cluster of villages between India and Pakistan, a map drawn up long ago still causes daily struggles. Punjab…
1 year, 8 months ago
Stories from Mexico
The election of Mexico's President Claudia Sheinbaum is a moment of history. For the first time, a woman is in charge of the country. Host James Reyn…
1 year, 8 months ago