BBC OS Conversations: Three years of Taliban rule in Afghanistan
The withdrawal of US troops in 2021 prompted the collapse of the Afghan military, an interim government and then a power grab by the hardline Islamist regime. Since then there have been increasingly h...
31 Aug 202423min
Heart and Soul: Afghanistan 20 years on
Twenty years ago, reporter Julia Paul was teaching media to young women in an Afghanistan where the Taliban were in retreat, if only temporarily. Now she has tracked down two of them again to find out...
30 Aug 202426min
Courting success: A journey to Paris 2024
One of the highlights of the Paralympics is wheelchair tennis and one of its true champions is Kgothatso Montjane. KG, as she likes to be known, was born with amniotic band syndrome, a condition that ...
29 Aug 202428min
Bonus: The Inquiry - What does Hezbollah want?
Hezbollah has both political and military wings both of which are designated by several countries as terror organisations. It emerged several decades ago in Lebanon.Since Israel launched its war in Ga...
28 Aug 202423min
Assignment: The struggle for Jerusalem’s Old City
Why Armenians in Jerusalem say they are fighting an existential battle. Is the identity of the Old City of Jerusalem changing - house by house? This small patch of land is of vital importance to Chris...
27 Aug 202427min
In the Studio: Architect Daniel Libeskind
Daniel Libeskind is one of the world's leading architects. Amongst his many projects, he devised the masterplan for the redevelopment of Ground Zero in New York and designed the Jewish Museum in Berli...
26 Aug 202426min
The next Paralympians
Deepthi Jeevanji grew up in a rural Indian village where she was bullied and mocked for being different. In Paris this summer, she will become India’s first ever Paralympian with an intellectual impai...
25 Aug 202449min
The Fifth Floor: What really happened in Bakhmut?
In 2022, the city of Bakhmut in Eastern Ukraine was attacked by Russian forces. The fight for Bakhmut lasted over 10 months and claimed the lives of thousands of people on both sides, becoming the lon...
24 Aug 202423min
