The children's hospital of Entebbe
Until 2021, Uganda had only four paediatric surgeons and a just a few children’s hospital beds for the entire country. In 2020, the mortality rate for children under five was 43 per 1,000 births, comp...
17 Okt 202426min
BBC Trending: Yami Baito - Inside Japan’s dark part-time jobs
A wave of criminal activity in Japan has been blamed on social media. Yami Baito – meaning “dark part-time jobs” in Japanese – refers to job ads posted by criminal gangs on social media and encrypted ...
16 Okt 202417min
Assignment: Singapore – drugs, rehab, execution
Singapore’s drug laws are severe. The penalties for trafficking illegal narcotics range from a prison term to execution. And if you’re caught using any illicit narcotic, including cannabis, you may f...
15 Okt 202453min
In the Studio: Mia Lehrer and the LA River
The Los Angeles river has been a concrete channel since the 1930s, when the US Army Corps of Engineers decided to concrete over the original river for flood mitigation. Ever since then, the river has ...
14 Okt 202426min
An end to Aids?
Over the four decades since the pandemic took off, we have seen around 40 million people worldwide killed by HIV. Today, around the same number of people are living with the virus, and many of them ar...
13 Okt 202448min
The Fifth Floor: The wolf salute
The Grey Wolves, a Turkish far-right political movement, is getting increasing attention worldwide. So is their hand gesture, depicting a wolf’s head. But what makes them so controversial? Selin Girit...
12 Okt 202412min
BBC OS Conversations: Israelis remember the hostages
Commemorations took place in Israel this week to mark 7 October, 2023, when 1,200 people were killed by Hamas gunmen and 251 were taken hostage into neighbouring Gaza. Twelve months later, the bloodsh...
12 Okt 202422min
Heart and Soul: Reclaiming yoga
With a global market worth more than $100 billion dollars a year, yoga is a massive industry. With its origins in India, Yoga is often considered to be part of the Hindu tradition, as well as being in...
11 Okt 202426min
