US election: The RFK Jr wildcard
Will Kennedy draw votes from Biden or Trump? It is one of the key questions in US politics. For answers, our reporters Lucy Proctor and Mike Wendling went to several Robert F Kennedy Jr’s events to he...
29 Maj 202426min
Perfume's dark secret: Child labour behind some of your fragrances
A BBC investigation has uncovered the use of child labour in the supply chains of some of the world’s most luxurious fragrances. The BBC’s evidence reveals that, during the 2023 jasmine picking season...
28 Maj 202426min
Stolen treasures: Scandal at the British Museum
Founded in 1753, the British Museum was designed to securely showcase some of the world’s most valuable objects, a guardianship role now enshrined in UK law. So, it was nothing short of a scandal when...
27 Maj 202423min
South Africa elections: 'Democracy means nothing to me'
It is 30 years since the end of apartheid in South Africa and Nelson Mandela was elected as the country's first black president. Since then, Mandela’s party - the African National Congress - has domin...
24 Maj 202426min
War in Ukraine: Is Russia winning?
The war in Ukraine has turned from a relative stalemate to a major Russian offensive in the past few weeks. Several villages on Ukraine's north-eastern frontier near the city of Kharkiv have fallen un...
23 Maj 202426min
India election: Modi's massive social media machine
India is in the middle of the biggest election the world has ever seen, and social media has become a vital political tool for candidates trying to reach around a billion voters across the country. Ka...
22 Maj 202425min
Iran: What's next after the president's death?
Iran is reeling after the death of President Ebrahim Raisi in a helicopter crash. The country is already trying to balance deepening conflicts in the Middle East and political pressure from its own. C...
21 Maj 202421min
China v the West: Spies, hacking and a risk of conflict?
For decades, China has been 'on the rise'. In that time, perceptions in the West have shifted from seeing the country as a manufacturing centre, to a potential partner to a possible threat. But how do...
20 Maj 202426min
