Biniam Girmay: Africa’s new cycling hero

Can Biniam Girmay be the first black African cyclist to win a stage of Tour de France?

• 26 mins

Wagner's revolt: The world takes stock

The Global Jigsaw hears how Russia's friends and foes have responded to Wagner's mutiny

• 26 mins

Women's football: Passion versus profit

What is the state of play for women’s football around the globe?

• 49 mins

The Sir Salman Rushdie interview

The Indian-born British-American author talks to Newshour’s Razia Iqbal

• 23 mins

Kew Gardens: Botany and the British empire

The Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew is re-examining its past and preparing for the future

• 26 mins

Nigeria and the song of the bell

The journeys of church bells herald Africa's new role as the beating heart of Christianity

• 26 mins

Women writing Zimbabwe

Tawanda Mudzonga explores why Zimbabwe has produced so many renowned women writers

• 49 mins

Invading the past: Russia and science fiction

Catherine Merridale explores Russian science fiction in the age of Putin

• 26 mins

A billion batteries

The US teens and children campaigning for used batteries to be recycled

• 23 mins

Inside Afghanistan's secret schools

Sana Safi finds out how teenage girls are getting around the Taliban ban on education

• 26 mins

Izabela in the forest

Izabela Dłuzyk explores the wonderful sounds of Europe’s last primeval forest.

• 26 mins

The Engineers: Lunar exploration

Space engineers discuss their return to the moon and what that entails

• 49 mins

Did big tech know I was gay before I did?

What do big tech recommendations mean for LGBTQ people around the world?

• 26 mins

Back to school: Supporting neuro-divergent students through LARP

Live-action role-playing (LARPing) is no longer just the world of Dungeons & Dragons

• 23 mins

The famine at the edge of the ocean

Journalist Raissa Ioussouf meets the people worst affected by Madagascar's famine

• 49 mins

Directing disability

Director Jordan Hogg takes us on his journey to 'change the world' for disabled actors

• 23 mins

A new term in Myanmar

How students in Myanmar have continued their education after the 2021 coup

• 26 mins

Female founders: Green tech in the blue economy

Women developing solar tech to reduce the environmental impact of fishing in SE Asia

• 23 mins

Slovakia divided

Why the coming elections in a small state in the centre of Europe could disrupt the West

• 26 mins

Inside an autistic mind

Sue Nelson shares her journey to understand a condition that affects millions worldwide

• 49 mins

Building power: India’s new parliament

Why is Delhi's new parliament controversial and what does it tell us about modern India?

• 26 mins

Remembering Buthelezi

The BBC's Audrey Brown looks back at the life of South Africa's Zulu leader

• 26 mins

Cricket and the maidens

How single women cricketers are challenging the expectations of marriage in India

• 26 mins

Donor babies: A question of identity

People born as a result of egg and sperm donation on finding their real identities

• 26 mins

October 1973: The war that changed everything

The 1973 Arab-Israeli war that lasted 19 days but changed the world forever

• 49 mins

Will the unicorns of the sea fall silent?

Can narwhals, which rely on echolocation, survive in an increasingly noisy Arctic?

• 26 mins

Africa's urban future: Ghana

The opportunities and challenges of Africa's rapid urbanisation

• 26 mins

Your Questions answered: Israel and Gaza

We put listeners’ questions, on the war in Israel and Gaza, to our experts in the region.

• 26 mins

Africa's urban future: Tanzania

The opportunities and challenges of Africa's rapid urbanisation

• 26 mins

Your Questions answered: Israel and Gaza

Global News Podcast looks at the conflict in Israel and Gaza.

• 26 mins