From Our Own Correspondent
Insight, wit and analysis from BBC correspondents, journalists and writers telling stories beyond the news headlines. Presented by Kate Adie.
- Update frequency
- every 6 days
- Average duration
- 28 minutes
- Episodes
- 1174
- Years Active
- 2010 - 2025
Letters from Russia
Kate Adie presents stories from Russia, the Netherlands, France, Tunisia and the US.
A vocal critic of Putin's invasion of Ukraine writes to Sarah Rainsford from Detention Centre no 5 in Moscow. In th…
Kherson: After the Russian Retreat
Kate Adie presents stories from Ukraine, the West Bank, Pakistan, the US and the Faroe Islands.
Jeremy Bowen was in Kherson in Ukraine shortly after the Russians retreated, but he found that occupatio…
The Red Wave That Wasn’t
Kate Adie presents dispatches from the US, Australia, Egypt, Portugal and Slovenia
The predicted “giant red wave” of Republican support did not materialise in this week’s midterm elections – though th…
Surviving Mariupol
Kate Adie presents stories from Ukraine, Nigeria, the US, Mexico and an archipelago in the Arctic Ocean.
News this week of the discovery of another mass grave in the southern Ukrainian city of Mariup…
Albania’s Young Migrants
Albania’s Prime Minister this week has accused the UK of scapegoating his country's citizens to excuse its ‘failed policies’ on migration. This comes amid a deepening crisis over the UK’s handling of…
The return of Lula
Brazil's left-wing Presidential candidate Lula da Silva made a political comeback this week, narrowly beating the incumbent, Jair Bolsonaro. In Lula’s victory speech, he promised to tackle hunger, wh…
Ukraine’s Eastern Frontline
The battle on Ukraine’s eastern frontline, in Donbas, has turned into a protracted artillery war, which Ukraine has described as the biggest on European soil since World War Two. And as battlefields …
Brazil votes on the Amazon's future
Kate Adie introduces dispatches from Brazil, Taiwan, Zambia, Sweden and the USA.
On Sunday Brazilians vote in the final stage of their presidential election, and the slate offers a very clear choice. …
Nigeria’s Flood-hit State
Nigeria is suffering its worst flooding in a decade with 1.4 million people displaced and more than 600 killed. There are now concerns that the country may face catastrophic levels of hunger. The BBC…
Tracing Ukraine’s missing people
In Ukraine, rights groups are reporting growing numbers of missing civilians in areas occupied by Russia. Many are believed to have been taken to Russian prisons, but the husbands, wives and relative…
Ukraine: A War of Nerves
The past week has been one of contrasting emotions in Ukraine. The country celebrated a dramatic and unexpected development: an attack on a key bridge linking Russia with Crimea was seen as a major s…
Mahsa Amini’s Kurdish Heritage
Protests in Iran, following the death in custody of a Kurdish woman, Mahsa Amini, are now in their fourth week despite the intensifying crackdown. Mahsa became a symbol of Iranian repression after he…
Famine looms in Somalia
A fight for survival is underway in Somalia as the country faces its worst drought in 40 years. Andrew Harding travelled to the southwestern city of Baidoa - one of the worst-affected areas in the co…
China’s media control
China’s communist party is preparing for a crucial meeting of the annual congress, which is expected to award President, Xi Jinping a third term in office. But amid the tightened security surrounding…
Flight From Russia
Russian men have been flooding across the border to escape Vladimir Putin's military draft. Around 10,000 Russian citizens have been entering the republic of Georgia daily since the call-up was annou…
Brazil at a crossroads
Brazilians will vote in the first round of presidential elections on Sunday. The front-runner is former leftist president Luiz Inacio Lula da Silva – currently, polls suggest he has a healthy lead ov…
Putin’s Gamble
Vladimir Putin’s announcement of a partial conscription to fight in the war in Ukraine was interpreted by many as an act of desperation. Within Russia, the news sparked protests by Russians who are a…
A turning point for Ukraine?
The news of Ukraine’s stunning counter-offensive in the country’s north-east has raised hopes of a possible turning point in the war with Russia. But tentative celebrations about Ukraine’s advances w…
Queen Elizabeth II and the World
From the Commonwealth country of Canada, to the fifth republic of France, we reflect on how the world remembers Her Majesty Queen Elizabeth II.
As Head of the Commonwealth, the Queen had to negotiate …
'A Monsoon on Steroids'
Stories about the floods that have submerged a third of Pakistan; the violent clashes in Iraq; Brazil's bizarre bicentennial and farewell to the last Soviet leader, Mikhail Gorbachev.
In Pakistan, hea…