Insight, wit and analysis as BBC correspondents, journalists and writers take a closer look at the stories behind the headlines. Presented by Kate Adie and Pascale Harter.
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2025-01-11 | Kate Adie presents stories from Israel and the Palestinian territories, South Korea, Canada and Finland.If and when a ceasefire deal is agreed between Israel and Hamas, it is likely to do little to mend the deepening mistrust between many Israeli and P... |
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2025-01-04 | Kate Adie introduces stories from Mexico, Lebanon, Liberia and Tanzania.Mexico's first woman president, Claudia Sheinbaum, is preparing for a potentially bumpy year, as Donald Trump returns to the White House with threats of tariffs and mass deportatio... |
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2024-12-28 | Kate Adie presents stories from Russia, Mayotte, Liechtenstein and France.BBC Russia editor Steve Rosenberg is regarded as a 'propagandist' by some Russians, but a song he wrote about a Russian friend seemed to thaw the ice, and unexpectedly struck a c... |
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2024-12-21 | Kate Adie introduces stories on Syria, Myanmar, Ivory Coast, the Russian Orthodox church and Tunisia.The threat of being 'disappeared' was central to Bashar al Assad's system of repression and intimidation. Now he is gone, Syrian families want to know ... |
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2024-12-14 | Kate Adie introduces stories from Syria, Ukraine, France, Ghana and Saudi Arabia.The speed at which President Assad was deposed was a shock to many, including the BBC's Lina Sinjab. She had been forced to leave her home country in 2013, after being det... |
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2024-12-07 | Kate Adie presents stories from Sudan, South Korea, Kazakhstan, South Africa and Ireland.Lyse Doucet recently gained rare access to Sudan, where she met the remarkable Mama Nour. A steely woman, orphaned in childhood, she now provides refuge for other ... |
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2024-11-30 | Kate Adie introduces dispatches on Russia, Germany, Hong Kong, India and Sweden.A Russian soldier who once responsible for guarding Russia's nuclear weapons reveals why he fled the army. In a secret meeting, at an undisclosed location, he tells Will Ve... |
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2024-11-23 | Kate Adie presents stories from Pakistan-administered Gilgit Balistan, Brazil, the United States, the Faroe Islands and AustriaThe remote mountain villages of Pakistan-administered Gilgit Baltistan are on the frontline of climate change. Some have alre... |
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2024-11-16 | Kate Adie presents stories from China, Ukraine, Australia, Panama and Lithuania.Reports of North Korean troops being deployed to join the Russian offensive in Ukraine has compounded fears in Kyiv about its ability to win the war. And it’s proving a hea... |
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2024-11-09 | Kate Adie presents stories from the US, Lebanon, Spain, Morocco and GreenlandDonald Trump won a resounding victory in the US election, heralding an imminent return to the White House. This was achieved through a new coalition of support - especially am... |
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