EP46: Ukraine War Diaries - One year, three lives & our stories of war (Feb 25)
In an extended episode to mark one year since the Russian invasion of Ukraine, Ilyas, Oksana and Seva come together for the first time as a group, to share just some of what impacted them most in the ...
25 Feb 202322min
Ukraine war: The survivors of sexual violence and the women helping them
Stories of sexual violence against Ukrainians in Russian-occupied areas have been slowly emerging since the start of the full-scale invasion last February. At least 154 cases of conflict-related sexua...
24 Feb 202315min
Shamima Begum: Still banned from the UK
Shamima Begum, the British schoolgirl who left London when she was 15 to travel to Syria and join Islamic State, has lost an appeal to return to the UK. The former ISIS bride, now 23 years old, remain...
23 Feb 202319min
Jim v Jassim: The battle for Manchester United
Manchester United is known around the world but the club has faced tough times in recent years with fans deeply unhappy with its owners. But could that be about to change? Earlier this month, we foun...
22 Feb 202319min
A year of war: Has Putin's 'special operation' in Ukraine failed?
On 24 February 2022, Vladimir Putin sent up to 200,000 soldiers into Ukraine, sparking Europe's biggest movement of refugees since World War Two. The Russian president declared his goal was to "demili...
21 Feb 202316min
ADHD: Why teenagers are using TikTok to self-diagnose
Teenagers and young adults are increasingly turning to TikTok and Instagram to self-diagnose autism and ADHD.That's according to the British Psychological Society. It's thought that frustration with w...
20 Feb 202323min
Ukraine War Diaries: EP45 – Zelenskyy the great, loving power and ‘the smell of Spring’ (Feb 13-17)
Ilyas praises Ukraine’s leader after Volodymyr Zelenskyy’s UK visit and is grateful his wife and children, in Poland, don’t have to experience life in the middle of a warzone. Oksana is happy to have ...
18 Feb 202312min
The new drug plaguing US cities
A tranquiliser used by vets is infiltrating street drugs and deepening addiction across cities in the US. The drug called xylazine is causing wounds so severe that without treatment results in amputat...
17 Feb 202321min
