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Back to SearchWhat is a war crime?
What is the difference between a war crime, a crime against humanity and genocide? And who holds those responsible to account?
Anna Holligan, the BBC'…
2 years, 9 months ago
Unspun World: Is it time to return looted art?
What should we done with stolen treasures? The BBC's culture editor, Katie Razzall, confronts colonialism's legacy with world affairs editor John Sim…
2 years, 9 months ago
Haiti's gang crisis
Since Haiti’s devastating earthquake in 2010, the country has been in turmoil. Some 200 gangs have taken control in the absence of a functioning stat…
2 years, 10 months ago
Unspun World: Is Putin's time up?
President Putin's days might well be numbered, BBC Russian service editor Famil Ismailov tells world affairs editor John Simpson. John also hears fro…
2 years, 10 months ago
How Lebanon’s economy collapsed
Protests, power cuts and bank hold-ups – Lebanon was already struggling before the 2020 port explosion that devasted its capital, Beirut, but now it’…
2 years, 10 months ago
Unspun World: Xi Jinping: President or emperor?
Chinese service editor Howard Zhang speaks to world affairs editor John Simpson about Xi Jinping's growing ambition and what it means for China - and…
2 years, 10 months ago
What is the Wagner Group?
The Wagner group has been linked to military conflicts around the world, but who are they?
The Russian mercenary organisation is believed to have been…
2 years, 10 months ago
Unspun World: Who can challenge Trump?
The BBC's world affairs editor, John Simpson, asks defence correspondent Jonny Beale where the war in Ukraine is heading and what victory might look …
2 years, 10 months ago
Unspun World: What's it like reporting on the war from inside Russia?
The BBC's world affairs editor, John Simpson, asks Russia editor Steve Rosenberg what the mood is like in Russia as the war gets closer to home; find…
2 years, 10 months ago
Unspun World: Can the US transform the world's economy?
Can the US transform the world's economy? We get the detail - and why it matters for the rest of us - from economics editor Faisal Islam. And our hos…
2 years, 11 months ago