Belarus: Can President Lukashenko be overthrown?
Over his 26 years in power, Belarus’s president Alexander Lukashenko has taken more and more control. He has detained protesters and tortured political opponents for years. He is emboldened by his las...
10 Juni 202123min
Do we need more nuclear power to help deal with climate change?
In November 2021, Britain will host the next UN Climate Change Conference, otherwise known as COP 26. Some 200 countries will come together to try to speed up attempts to make the world carbon neutral...
3 Juni 202123min
What are NFTs and are they really the next big thing?
In 2005 a photo of four-year-old Zoë Roth standing in front of a burning house went viral on the internet. It became a meme known as “disaster girl”. In April 2021, the image sold for $473,000 as an N...
27 Maj 202123min
Why are murder rates in Chicago so high?
History and geography have conspired to give the city of Chicago an unenviable reputation for guns and gangs, but what will it take to bring the murder rate, which rose 55 per cent last year, down?Low...
20 Maj 202123min
Will the Taliban rule Afghanistan again?
In the afternoon of Saturday 8th May in the Afghan capital of Kabul, just a few days before the end of Ramadan, students from the Syed Al-Shahda girls school were starting to leave for the day. Withou...
13 Maj 202123min
Is peace under threat in Northern Ireland?
It was on Good Friday, 2nd of April 2021, that rioting erupted in a corner of Northern Ireland’s vibrant capital Belfast. In days, violence spread. It was on a scale that hadn’t been seen for years. ...
7 Maj 202123min
Covid: What went wrong in India?
Earlier this year, India’s ruling party was declaring victory in the fight against Covid-19. Some two months on, India set a global record for the highest number of cases recorded in a single country....
29 Apr 202123min
Is the legal cannabis business about to go global?
Changes to the laws governing cannabis use are happening around the world. The number of States in the USA legalising cannabis is increasing rapidly. Uruguay and Canada have legalised it already, and ...
22 Apr 202123min
