Brazil’s Steady Stream of Grief
Brazil is going through a deadly second-wave of Covid-19 – and it’s precipitated the collapse of the health system in– Manaus, the biggest city in the Amazon. The hospitals are overloaded with patient...
30 Jan 202128min
India’s farmers protest
In Delhi, Republic Day is usually a ceremonial occasion celebrated with military parades and cultural pageantry. But this year’s event was marred by violence – as thousands of farmers drove their trac...
28 Jan 202128min
Wuhan – one year on
A year ago Wuhan imposed a lockdown on its citizens, as reports filtered through of the first human-to-human transmission of a new strain of Coronavirus. A delegation from the World Health Organisatio...
23 Jan 202128min
Ireland's shame
This week, the Irish Taoiseach described the findings of an official report into decades of abuse of women and children at mother and baby homes as a “dark, difficult and very shameful chapter of very...
16 Jan 202128min
President Trump’s Legacy
In Washington, he storming of Capitol Hill this week by President Trump’s supporters has dominated headlines, but many political pundits said that this should not have taken people by surprise. Anthon...
9 Jan 202129min
Key moments of 2020 reported by our correspondents
Kate Adie reflects on key moments of 2020 with some of the most thought provoking dispatches by our correspondents. Andrew Harding, who covers Africa and is based in Johannesburg, spends a lot of his ...
2 Jan 202129min
Key moments of 2020 reported by our correspondents
Kate Adie reflects on key moments of 2020 with some of the most thought provoking dispatches by our correspondents.Andrew Harding, who covers Africa and is based in Johannesburg, spends a lot of his t...
2 Jan 202128min
The true state of the pandemic in Turkey
Turkey has had record numbers of new coronavirus infections recently with around 30,000 positive cases a day. That number has now dropped slightly, and the Health Ministry says restrictions have begun...
19 Des 202028min
