The Israeli hostages
Hamas attacked Israel on 7 October 2023, killing more than 1,200 people and taking around 240 hostages, including children and babies, women, and elderly people. The exact numbers are still changing. ...
30 Jan 202427min
In the Studio: Shoeshine Caddie
The search is on to find new ways to document the lives of the homeless – nowhere is this more true than in America, with increasing numbers of people sleeping rough. Sue Mitchell talks to filmmaker, ...
29 Jan 202427min
Understand: The US election
Caucuses, primaries and Super Tuesday. Justin Webb, former BBC US correspondent, unpicks some of the terminology associated with the US election.
28 Jan 202454min
BBC OS Conversations: Life in Yemen
With concerns around further instability in the Middle East – as well as international trade – Yemen is the focus for many around the world. The Red Sea runs along part of the country’s coastline, and...
27 Jan 202423min
Heart and Soul: Religion in the 21st Century: Islam
What does it mean to be a young Muslim in the world today? In the first of three discussion programmes looking at religion in the 21st century, a panel of young Muslims look at Islam and discuss their...
26 Jan 202427min
Assignment: American mercenaries - killing in Yemen
While recent attention has focused on the Houthi rebel movement in Yemen, BBC correspondent Nawal Al-Maghafi investigates a different, hidden aspect of the country’s long civil war. The conflict in Y...
25 Jan 202428min
Solutions Journalism: Reducing risks in a risky world
Since the devastating 2011 tsunami, Japan has been piloting risk reduction solutions in areas prone to severe damage from earthquakes and tsunamis. Better communication is key to these efforts - 35% o...
24 Jan 202433min
Solutions Journalism: Ending homelessness the Finnish way
What happens if you give a homeless person a house, with no strings attached?In 2007 Finland decided to switch to a radical new approach to homelessness called ‘housing first’, in which homeless peopl...
23 Jan 202423min
