Why Afghan girls remain out of school
Last week the Taliban regime in Afghanistan reversed its promise to allow girls to return to secondary school after the ban 7 months ago. It's a story that has a particular resonance for BBC Afghan's ...
1 Apr 202233min
Ukraine: Reporting war at home
How does it feel to report on the world's biggest story when it also happens to be about your home? We hear from BBC Ukrainian's Irena Taranyuk and BBC Monitoring's Vitaliy Shevchenko about the challe...
25 Mar 202241min
How Russia makes war: Syrian memories
BBC Arabic: perspectives on the war in Ukraine from across the Middle East and North Africa.Dima Babilie of BBC Arabic is from Damascus in Syria. She compares the Russian invasion of Ukraine with the ...
18 Mar 202240min
Sunflowers, sanctions and state media
BBC Russian editor Famil Ismailov describes how his team has been covering the war, and the challenges they face from a regime which wants to stop them reporting and block their news. He tells us abou...
11 Mar 202242min
Ukraine around the world
We look at how the BBC’s language services are reporting the war in Ukraine, and the impact in their countries and regions.Luis Fajardo of BBC Monitoring in Miami explains why there are fears in Colom...
4 Mar 202240min
A tale of two Olympians
As the Winter Olympics draw to a close, we take a closer look at two stars who have dominated the headlines. Zhijie Shao of BBC Chinese describes how China’s ‘frog princess’ Eileen Gu has captured the...
18 Feb 202239min
No guns on the Ferris wheel
Afghanistan's Taliban Cabinet recently issued a statement that their fighters should not carry weapons while visiting amusement parks. It follows videos circulating online of fighters enjoying bumper ...
11 Feb 202240min
Teenage mums back at school in Tanzania
Pregnant students in Tanzania are no longer forced to drop out of school, after a ban endorsed by former President John Magufuli was overturned. Girls who had to drop out in previous years have also s...
4 Feb 202238min
