Mixed Messages in Bolsonaro's Brazil.
From Our Own Correspondent19 Mar 2020

Mixed Messages in Bolsonaro's Brazil.

While Europe seals its borders, Latin America, which has far fewer confirmed Coronavirus cases, has started to do the same to stop the disease spreading. But not all leaders are taking the threats seriously says Katy Watson.

All over the world Coronavirus is spreading, unseen. Paul Adams found himself in Beirut as it approached. He watched as the city shut down and found himself reflecting on this hidden enemy.

Aung San Suu Kyi was once a much admired recipient of the Nobel Peace Prize. But her repeated denials over the persecution of the Rohingya, the country’s Muslim minority, have earned her global opprobrium. As Nick Beake bids farewell to his life in Yangon and to Myanmar, he reflects on its elusive first lady.

The Lebanese militant group Hezbollah which is backed by Iran has lost at least one thousand two hundred men in Syria. But by no means all Syrians are grateful for these sacrifices says Lizzie Porter.

Living in an online world makes tracking down something or someone infinitely easier. Rob Cameron spotted a face in a film from the Prague Spring, and was so besotted with the man that he set out to find him – 50 years later.

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Bangladesh's deadly measles outbreak

Bangladesh's deadly measles outbreak

Kate Adie introduces stories on Bangladesh's deadly measles outbreak, France's military flex on Bastille Day, Albania's 'flamingo revolution', Ecuador's bird-watching boom, and remembering BBC Rome co...

18 Jul 28min

Iran: the funeral of Ayatollah Khamanei

Iran: the funeral of Ayatollah Khamanei

Kate Adie presents stories on the burial of Ayatollah Khamanei in Iran, a diplomatic correspondent's return to Moscow, a pioneering therapy centre in Ukraine's West, Italian lessons in Argentina and t...

11 Jul 29min

Venezuela Earthquakes: 'I don't know how to rebuild my life'

Venezuela Earthquakes: 'I don't know how to rebuild my life'

Kate Adie introduces stories on Venezuela's earthquake recovery efforts, the rapid start of Hungary's new PM, a post-Soviet reunion at a border-town bazaar, and does the American Dream still hold up a...

4 Jul 28min

Afghanistan’s secret schools for women

Afghanistan’s secret schools for women

Kate Adie introduces stories from Afghanistan, East Jerusalem, Jamaica, Thailand and Russia. In Afghanistan women are facing ever tighter restrictions in almost every aspect of public life. Yogita Lim...

29 Jun 28min

Trump, the G7, and the Iran deal

Trump, the G7, and the Iran deal

Kate Adie introduces stories on the G7 summit and Donald Trump's Iran deal, the ongoing Ebola crisis in DRC, Peru's knife-edge elections, South Korea's feminist literary circles, and Ghana's world cup...

20 Jun 28min

Myanmar's civil war: the junta's fightback

Myanmar's civil war: the junta's fightback

Kate Adie presents stories on the deserters from Myanmar's military forces, African POWs in Ukraine, Ahmedebad a year on from the Air India crash, South Africa and Belize.Myanmar’s military, which sei...

13 Jun 29min

Ebola in the DRC: Fear and Conspiracy Theories

Ebola in the DRC: Fear and Conspiracy Theories

Kate Adie introduces stories on Ebola in the DRC, Ukraine's stoic bus drivers, the rebirth of a river in Oregon, India's ethnic violence, and the return of the Griffon Vulture in Croatia.The Democrati...

6 Jun 28min

Cuba's collapsing revolution

Cuba's collapsing revolution

Kate Adie introduces stories on Cuba's economic crisis as it feels the strain of the US fuel blockade, Lebanon's shattered ceasefire, the fevered debate over Australia's social media ban, plus dispatc...

30 Mai 28min

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