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The Kremlin and its opponents
This week, as the leading opposition figure in Russia, Alexei Navalny, lies comatose in Berlin’s Charité hospital, Sarah Rainsford in Moscow consider…
5 years, 11 months ago
From Our Home Correspondent 25/08/2020
Mishal Husain presents a range of perspectives on Britain today.
Edinburgh is usually thronged with crowds and alive with performers from around the w…
5 years, 11 months ago
The Democrats unconventional convention
Former US Vice-president Joe Biden accepted the Democratic party’s nomination for the presidency via video-link from his home in Wilmington, Delaware…
5 years, 11 months ago
Japan's Second World War Legacy
It's the 75th anniversary of VJ Day today, Victory over Japan, when Japan surrendered to the US, Britain and China. That ended the Second World War. …
5 years, 11 months ago
The death knell for Beirut?
In Lebanon, shock is turning to anger at the authorities and political class at large, after the catastrophic blast in the capital Beirut. It was cau…
6 years ago
From Our Home Correspondent 04/08/2020
In the latest programme of the monthly series, Mishal Husain introduces dispatches from journalists and writers around the United Kingdom reflecting …
6 years ago
Taking on the ruler of Belarus
Svetlana Tikhanovskaya had nothing to do with politics until recently, and has now become the main opposition candidate for the presidential election…
6 years ago
Unrest in Russia's eastern outpost
Tens of thousands of people in Russia's Far-Eastern city of Khabarovsk have been demonstrating against the removal of the popular local governor Serg…
6 years ago
Can Bosnia move on from genocide?
This week, Bosnia is marking the twenty-fifth anniversary of the Srebrenica Massacre – Europe’s worst atrocity since the Second World War. Those who …
6 years ago
Poland's political divide
In Poland, the socially conservative President Andrzej Duda was very narrowly re-elected, defeating the more progressive mayor of Warsaw, Rafal Trzas…
6 years ago