New protests in Hong Kong
The streets of Hong Kong have erupted into protests after mainland China proposed new security legislation, to outlaw the undermining of Beijing's authority in the territory. This comes after last yea...
30 Mai 202028min
Israel's Prime Minister in the dock
In Israel, Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu had his day in court at the start of his corruption trial this week. He denies charges of bribery, fraud and breach of trust. The trial could last months o...
28 Mai 202028min
From Our Home Correspondent 26/05/2020
In the latest programme, Mishal Husain introduces dispatches from journalists and writers reflecting the range of life across the UK.She begins and ends in Edinburgh. First, the BBC's Social Affairs C...
26 Mai 202028min
Covid-19 surges in Brazil
The number of confirmed cases of Covid-19 has surged in Brazil. And yet there are many Brazilians who fail to observe social distancing or to wear masks. Some people blame President Jair Bolsonaro's h...
23 Mai 202027min
Covid-19 reaches the White House
For weeks President Donald Trump downplayed the threat of the coronavirus. The White House carried on with business as usual. But then a few members of staff tested positive for the virus. Anthony Zur...
21 Mai 202028min
France emerges from lockdown
France had one of the toughest lockdowns but now people can go shopping again in outlets that had been shut for the last two months. Lucy Williamson joins customers in Paris as they queue outside, to ...
18 Mai 202027min
China and Africans : A Pandemic of Prejudice
Videos and images of Africans being evicted from their apartments, forced into quarantine, blocked from hotels and even being barred from a local McDonald’s in the southern Chinese city of Guangzhou r...
9 Mai 202028min
New York - The City Which Couldn't Sleep
At the height of the Covid-19 outbreak in April, a New Yorker was dying almost every two minutes — more than 800 a day - four times the city’s normal death rate. The pandemic appears to have passed it...
2 Mai 202028min
