Insight, wit and analysis from BBC correspondents, journalists and writers telling stories beyond the news headlines. Presented by Kate Adie.
Kate Adie introduces stories from China, Afghanistan, Spain, Armenia and Finland.
In Beijing this week, President Xi Jinping declared his country to be ‘unstoppable’. Flanked by President Putin and No…
Kate Adie presents stories from Ukraine, Greenland, the US and Germany.
Ukraine has this week come under its heaviest bombardment in weeks, with the UK and the EU summoning their Russian envoys after …
Kate Adie presents stories from Alaska, Washington, South Korea, Chile and France.
From the military fly-past to the grandiose entrance on the red carpet, to the press conference, without any question…
Kate Adie presents stories from Afghanistan, China, Japan and Tajikistan.
In Afghanistan's Ghor Province, Mahjooba Nowrouzi reports from a small maternity hospital where two female doctors serve thous…
Kate Adie introduces stories from Ukraine, Japan, Bahrain and Croatia.
Nestled in the forest, far away from falling bombs is a pioneering summer camp for Ukrainian children whose parents have gone mis…
Kate Adie presents stories from Gaza and Israel, the US, Lesotho, Taiwan and Peru.
This week the British government pledged to recognise a Palestinian state, unless Israel meets certain conditions, in…
Kate Adie introduces stories from Syria, Lebanon, Chile, Pakistan and France.
Sectarian violence has erupted again in Syria, this time between Druze and Bedouin communities, leaving hundreds of people…
Kate Adie introduces stories from Ukraine, Ireland, Mexico, the United States and Italy.
Kill Russian soldiers, win points: a sobering new scheme for Ukrainians soldiers rewards units with new battlef…
Kate Adie introduces stories from China, Kenya, Australia, Bolivia and the USA.
Sichuan province in China is home to a long-standing Tibetan resistance movement. While Beijing views Tibet as an integr…
Kate Adie presents stories from Israel, Zimbabwe, Taiwan's Kinmen Islands, Lithuania and Peru.
In Israel a small group of peace campaigners has been going against the grain of the public mood to highl…
Kate Adie introduces dispatches from the Turkey-Iran border, Russia, the USA, Paraguay and Transylvania.
Israel’s attacks on Iran led thousands of people to flee cities under fire - now they must deci…
Kate Adie presents stories from Iran, Israel, India, the US and Canada.
Israel's decision to launch strikes on Iranian nuclear and military sites has brought more uncertainty to an already volatile re…
Kate Adie presents stories from the US, DRC, Hungary, Nigeria and Italy.
There's been a heavy crackdown in Los Angeles after more than a week of protests over US immigration raids. Federal police had …
Kate Adie introduces stories from Ukraine, Chile, Indonesia, and France.
Ukraine’s audacious drone raid on Russian airbases was met with disbelief that such an attack was even possible. Operation ‘Spi…
Kate Adie presents stories from the US, Canada, Mexico, Myanmar and the Netherlands
An increasing number of Americans - especially young men - are converting to the Russian Orthodox Church, enticed by…
Kate Adie presents stories from Turkey, the South China Sea, Ukraine, the US and Angola.
Outlawed Kurdish group the PKK, which has waged a 40-year insurgency against Turkey, has announced it's disband…
Kate Adie presents stories from Gaza, Indian-administered Kashmir, Pakistan, Eswatini and Italy.
Amid a deteriorating situation in Gaza, as Israel continues its bombardment and the blockade of aid, so…
Kate Adie presents stories from Syria, the US-Mexico border, Poland and Germany.
As Syria tries to rebuild after the fall of Assad, a wave of sectarian violence is fuelling suspicion between communiti…
Kate Adie presents stories from Israel and Gaza, China, Romania, Bolivia and the Vatican City.
In Gaza and Israel people have been taking to the streets to demand an end to the war. The protests have …
Kate Adie introduces stories from Mexico, Canada, Kenya, the USA and Syria.
As the first pope to come from Latin America, Pope Francis was hugely popular in the region, standing in solidarity with loc…