BBC OS Conversations: Donald Trump and the future of Gaza
Many countries have condemned President Trump in recent days for his proposal to “take over” the Gaza strip while “resettling” Palestinians in neighbouring countries. We hear from two women in Gaza, r...
8 Feb 202523min
Heart and Soul: Feminism is my jihad
The Muslim feminist movement is growing in Turkey with young women becoming increasingly vocal about their rights and place in a traditionally patriarchal society. Emily Wither has been speaking to th...
7 Feb 202526min
Germany: Rebellion on the Rhine
After talks in Germany on government spending collapsed, chancellor Olaf Scholz was forced to dissolve his coalition and call for snap elections, to be held on 23 February. The new chancellor looks li...
6 Feb 202526min
BBC Trending: The dark side of music streaming
In September last year, musician Michael Smith of North Carolina was charged with stealing millions from music streaming services. The US Department of Justice has accused him of using artificial inte...
5 Feb 202517min
Assignment: Spain - ‘liquid gold’ under pressure
Spain is the world’s largest producer of olive oil. But successive, brutal droughts have led to plummeting production, whilst prices have reached record highs. For 2024 / 2025, the weather’s been bett...
4 Feb 202526min
Encore: Border stories
Since President Trump was inaugurated in January, migrants – and especially the border the US shares with Mexico - have dominated the news. In this bonus edition, we share an episode first broadcast i...
3 Feb 202556min
Troublemakers: Drugged, framed and detained
BBC Eye investigates police abuse of psychiatric detention in China. In 2012, China introduced a law to curb the widespread abuse of psychiatric hospitals by the authorities, but it hasn’t worked. We ...
2 Feb 202526min
The Fifth Floor: Inside an Iranian prison
Thousands of women in Iran were arrested in 2022 after the Woman, Life, Freedom protests against the mandatory hijab. Many of them were sent to Evin, a notorious prison known for housing people with p...
1 Feb 202521min
