The Fifth Floor: China's empty maternity wards
Eunice Yang from BBC Chinese reports on the closure of over 400 maternity wards across China. Plus, South Korea's illegal tattoo parlours with BBC Korean's Yuna Ku, and why Ghana's traditional kente f...
11 Jan 202525min
BBC OS Conversations: Dealing with trauma after vehicle-ramming attacks
Over the past decade, cars and trucks have been used as lethal weapons in an increasing number of attacks. Fourteen people died and at least 35 were injured when a driver of a pickup truck targeted cr...
11 Jan 202523min
Heart and Soul: The plight of Hindus in Bangladesh, part two
Sahar Zand follows young Hindu activists Banamali and Sukanto, who are documenting the violence they say authorities and media are ignoring. She joins them as they respond to a new attack on a Hindu-m...
10 Jan 202526min
Licence to operate a space object
Since humans have been on earth, the night sky has caused many to gaze upwards, open-mouthed in astonishment. Beyond its beauty, it has facilitated both the development and advancement of human and an...
9 Jan 202526min
Child soldiers and capoeira
In the city of Goma, former child soldiers are being rehabilitated using capoeira, the Brazilian martial art. Since the start of the conflict in 1996 in the Democratic Republic of Congo, child soldier...
8 Jan 202522min
BBC Trending: Were Valencia's floods engineered weather?
The people of Valencia are still trying to come to terms with the events of 29 October - in a matter of hours, the Spanish city was hit by flash floods, leaving behind a trail of death and destruction...
8 Jan 202518min
Assignment: South Korea - the feminist hunters
Why feminism has become a dirty word in South Korea. In South Korea being a feminist is now something that can only be admitted in private, thanks to a fierce backlash against feminism. Anti-feminists...
7 Jan 202529min
In the Studio: Dan Perri
You might not know the name Dan Perri, but you will probably have seen his work: he designed the title sequences for some of the most famous films in cinema history. Mark Burman hears how he created t...
6 Jan 202539min
