New lockdowns in Germany
Germany had eased its lockdown, but after a spike in cases at a meat-packing factory the authorities have re-imposed lockdown restrictions in two districts, affecting over half a million people. Is th...
25 Jun 202028min
Indigenous Australians and the police
In Australia, the killing of George Floyd in the US has resonated strongly with indigenous Australians, who often face prejudicial policing, and make up a disproportionate number of Australia's prison...
20 Jun 202028min
Press Freedom in the Philippines
In the Philippines two journalists, Maria Ressa, the head of an investigative news website called Rappler, and one of their former writers, Reynaldo Santos Jr, have been sentenced to prison for libel,...
18 Jun 202029min
From Our Home Correspondent 16/06/2020
In the latest programme of the monthly series, Mishal Husain introduces dispatches from journalists and writers which reflect the range of contemporary life in the UK.Emir Nader of BBC Arabic tells th...
16 Jun 202027min
Mumbai struggles with Covid-19
India's commercial capital, Mumbai, is now the city worst-hit by the coronavirus. Hospitals are struggling to cope with the number of patients in need. Even money can't buy you treatment. As a result,...
13 Jun 202029min
Police encounters in Minneapolis
In the US, authorities all over the country are working on police reform. Jo Erickson is a black journalist working in Minneapolis, and has been stopped by armed police herself. She recounts her exper...
11 Jun 202029min
Has Zimbabwe lost its way?
When President Emmerson Mnangagwa came to power in Zimbabwe after the end of Robert Mugabe’s decades-long rule, there was hope that the country could turn a corner. It was supposed to be a fresh start...
6 Jun 202028min
Black lives in Minnesota
The killing of African American George Floyd by a white policeman in Minnesota led to both peaceful demonstrations and violence across the United States. Emma Sapong is an African American journalist ...
4 Jun 202028min
