Podcast Episodes

Could Maria Corina Machado's influence wane now she's out of Venezuela?

The Trump administration is ramping up its efforts to derail the government of President Nicolas Maduro, which he has accused of turning Venezuela in…

3 months, 1 week ago

Venezuelan opposition leader María Corina Machado vows freedom for her country

The Nobel Peace Prize winner arrives in Oslo after a clandestine journey from her hiding place in Venezuela. We hear the inside story of how she slip…

3 months, 1 week ago

The US seizes a tanker off the coast of Venezuela

President Trump has said the US has seized an oil tanker off the coast of Venezuela - an operation reported to have been led by the US Coastguard. Th…

3 months, 1 week ago

Sperm with cancer-causing gene used to conceive almost 200 children

A sperm donor who unknowingly harboured a genetic mutation that dramatically raises the risk of cancer has fathered at least 197 children across Euro…

3 months, 1 week ago

President Trump lashes out at European allies

In a wide-ranging interview with the Politico news website, President Trump said "decaying" European countries had failed to control migration or tak…

3 months, 1 week ago

Heavy fighting at the Thailand / Cambodia border

The Thai military said there were clashes in five border provinces, and three of its soldiers had been killed since hostilities resumed. Cambodia say…

3 months, 1 week ago

SPECIAL EPISODE: The Elizabeth Tsurkov interview

An Israeli-Russian woman held for two and half years by militants in Iraq has told the BBC how she was trussed and hung from the ceiling, whipped, se…

3 months, 1 week ago

Syria celebrates a year since the fall of Assad

Syria celebrates a year since the fall of Assad, and an end to a brutal fifty-year dictatorship. But what sort of rule and what sort of future does S…

3 months, 1 week ago

One year since the fall of the Assad regime in Syria

Syrians are holding celebrations to mark the first anniversary since Bashar al-Assad was toppled from power after a lightning rebel offensive.

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3 months, 1 week ago

Syrians mark one year since the fall of Bashar al-Assad

UN human rights investigators have said that the cycles of vengeance and reprisal must be brought to an end in Syria, as the country commemorates the…

3 months, 2 weeks ago