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Crossing Continents

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Stories from around the world and the people at the heart of them.

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September 29 · 28 min
Nepal: In the shadow of a glacier
The 1000-year-old Himalayan community now facing an existential threat.
September 22 · 32 min
Has Poland fallen out of love with Ukraine?
Why has anti-Ukrainian feeling been growing in Poland, especially in recent months?
September 15 · 29 min
Turkey on Trial: Can Courts Control a Nation?
From jailed mayors to comedians, Emily Wither investigates Turkey's crackdown.
September 8 · 29 min
Ukraine: Fighting Russia, Fighting Russian
Is Russian an enemy language in Ukraine? Or just the language of millions of citizens?
September 1 · 28 min
‘Big Surveillance’, Flock and ICE
The Texas surveillance network authorities want to keep quiet.
August 25 · 28 min
Brazil’s gambling addiction
Millions of Brazilians have become problem gamblers after an explosion in online betting.
August 18 · 34 min
Raiders of the lost art
New York's Antiquities Trafficking Unit works to track and return stolen art.
August 11 · 28 min
Victoria Falls: Wilderness on the edge
How to preserve one of the natural wonders of the world.
August 4 · 29 min
Getting Gaza back online
How amid the tents and the rubble Gaza is developing once again as an unlikely tech hub.
May 26 · 31 min
Sierra Leone: the diamond that saved a thousand lives
The diamond that brought light, a school and healthcare to one African village.
May 19 · 45 min
Victim or Accomplice? The Story of Jeffrey Epstein’s Pilot Girlfriend
Victim or Accomplice? The Story of Jeffrey Epstein’s Pilot Girlfriend.
May 12 · 29 min
Return to Khartoum: War, loss and hope
Mohanad Hashim returns home to a fabled city wrecked by war.
May 5 · 27 min
Serbia: Under the Canopy
A disaster at a Serbian station sparked mass protests. What is its political legacy?
April 28 · 28 min
Driving Against Net Zero
How populists are driving against the politics of Net Zero.
April 21 · 35 min
In Iceland's Defence
Iceland is one of the few nations without a military. Is this a sustainable strategy?
April 13 · 28 min
Pakistan: hospitals putting children at risk of HIV
How and why Pakistani hospitals might be putting children at risk of HIV.
April 8 · 28 min
Albania: Land, Money and the Sea
Ivanka Trump, a beach full of sheep and the changing landscape of southern Albania.
February 3 · 28 min
India's sportswomen playing to be seen
How sport is giving some young women in India a way out of child marriage.
January 27 · 30 min
Nigeria: Killings, Land and Cattle
Insight, and analysis from BBC correspondents around the world
January 20 · 29 min
Greece: Rescuers on Trial
The aid workers put on trial for people-smuggling after saving migrants from drowning

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