
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

BBC OS Conversations: Immigrants in America
Hours after his inauguration, President Donald Trump declared a national emergency at America’s southern border with Mexico. He vowed that "all illegal entry will be halted" and that millions of "crim...
1 Feb 202523min





















