Why book bans are spreading across the United States

Parents divided as books removed from schools

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“I won’t let my children suffer again” – BBC Gaza correspondent

How Rushdi Abualouf reported the Gaza conflict while getting his family to safety

• 28 mins

A temple at the heart of Modi's India re-election bid

The politics of prayer at a divine but divisive site that’s shaped modern India

• 26 mins

American assassins operating in Yemen

The inside story of a wave of killings led by former US Special Forces

• 28 mins

Meet Trump’s new inner circle

How Donald Trump's team has changed from his 2016 presidential campaign to the 2024 bid

• 26 mins

‘Send back our husbands’ – Russian women taking the fight to Putin

BBC Russia editor Steve Rosenberg talks to Katya about the military wives he's spoken to

• 23 mins

Black market baby trafficking in Georgia

Thousands of children were stolen from their parents at birth and sold

• 23 mins

Should Germany ban the popular far-right AfD party?

There is a debate over whether to ban the country's second most popular political party

• 25 mins

What’s the plan, Iran?

Tehran’s Middle East strategy after a lethal attack on US troops

• 23 mins

Families of Israeli Hostages: “Whatever it takes to get them back”

The politics of growing anger from desperate relatives

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BYD: The Chinese carmaker challenging Tesla’s dominance

Elon Musk says Chinese electric vehicles could ‘demolish’ competition

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I survived the Las Vegas shooting, then was convinced it was staged

BBC disinformation correspondent asks whether any of us are safe from conspiracy theories

• 26 mins

Our memories, their data - the Facebook story 20 years on

How has the social network shaped our lives and our future?

• 27 mins

Rare earths: the minerals that could save the world?

The new geopolitical battleground over seventeen critical elements

• 24 mins

''People will keep dying": The spread of fentanyl across the US Mexico border

The Mexican border town battling fentanyl with scarce antidotes and mounting deaths

• 22 mins

Europe’s furious farmers and the far-right

Why leaders in Paris, Berlin, Brussels and beyond fear protesting farmers

• 24 mins

Could Taylor Swift swing the US election?

Allies of Donald Trump are worried she will push voters to back Joe Biden

• 25 mins

Global anxiety: You are not alone

What’s it like to have the world’s most common mental health condition?

• 34 mins

Tucker Carlson: What next for America’s right-wing showman?

Access to Putin and Trump puts him in a powerful position

• 26 mins

Ethiopia on the brink: Fears of a famine return and why you should pay attention

After years of hope and promise, warnings of famine in the cradle of humanity

• 25 mins

Does Argentina have the patience for Milei’s shock therapy?

After two months in power, President Milei’s economic experiment is being put to the test

• 26 mins

Andrew Tate effect: Is misogyny on the rise?

A generation of young men are being targeted by sexist influencers

• 26 mins

Alexei Navalny: The death of Putin’s biggest critic

What the reported death of the jailed opposition leader means for Russia

• 25 mins

How Denmark became a super producer of viral 'skinny jabs'

Weight-loss drugs Ozempic & Wegovy reaping windfall profits for Danish manufacturer

• 22 mins

'Category 6': the growing fury of hurricanes

Scientists clash on how to classify record tropical cyclones

• 22 mins

Is #MeToo finally exploding in French cinema?

High-profile allegations are reigniting media debate in France

• 24 mins

Ukraine frontline: ordinary lives in extraordinary times

Russia's full-scale invasion of Ukraine enters its third year

• 26 mins

Bengal famine: The WWII tragedy the world forgot

Three million people died in this disaster but it is rarely remembered

• 23 mins

Child soldiers & blood feuds: Sweden's growing gang wars

The violent wave of crime shaking the Nordic country

• 23 mins

Are you ever too old to have a baby?

Women are having children later in life and global fertility is in decline

• 24 mins

Rafah: caught in the crossfire (again)

The city the world is watching

• 25 mins

Why everyone wants to get back to the Moon

The new space race has begun - who's winning?

• 24 mins

Trump’s trouble with abortion

His tricky campaign balancing act

• 23 mins

How Man City’s business model is transforming football

City Football Group’s global empire is setting a trend of buying multiple clubs

• 25 mins

Why young people are having less sex

The truth about the sex lives of Gen Z

• 21 mins

Have we finally solved the mystery of flight MH370?

The plane vanished 10 years ago. But new evidence brings new hope

• 23 mins

Could just 100,000 people decide the US election?

How big money is chasing a tiny number of voters

• 26 mins

How to win an Oscar

The campaigning behind the Academy Awards

• 24 mins

Will politics steal the show at the Eurovision Song Contest?

The world's largest music competition is facing backlash over Israel's entry

• 23 mins

Panama Canal: It's running dry and it's going to cost us

A drought at the famous waterway could push up the price of everyday goods

• 24 mins

Haiti: The country governed by gangs

Prime minister Ariel Henry resigns as law and order collapses

• 24 mins

What keeps China’s president up at night?

The signs Xi Jinping’s woes are growing

• 26 mins

Russian elections through the eyes of the Putin-controlled media

What would you hear - and what might you believe - following the elections inside Russia

• 27 mins

Life inside Korea's Demilitarised Zone

The South Korean village of Taesung is a symbol of peace but it's under threat

• 22 mins

Kate Middleton: A palace PR crisis

Why the Princess of Wales is at the centre of a media storm

• 25 mins

Rare access inside Sudan's forgotten war

Up close reporting of a conflict that is destroying millions of lives

• 26 mins

America’s love-hate relationship with Tik Tok

How China could use social media to undermine the US election

• 24 mins

Is Europe’s migration plan ‘bankrolling dictators’ in North Africa?

MEPs accuse the EU of supporting authoritarian leaders after deals with Tunisia and Egypt

• 23 mins

Two stories: Insight on Islamic State Group + Miami stops the party

Ahead of our planned episode on Miami, a moment to put the Moscow attacks in context

• 26 mins

Curse of the world's fastest growing economy

Is Guyana's oil a windfall or a downfall?

• 26 mins

Sam Bankman-Fried's multibillion dollar FTX fraud

What the Crypto King's fall from grace means for the future of cryptocurrency

• 26 mins

Hidden reality of frontline combat through the eyes of Ukraine's soldiers

Bodycams captured the raw reality of war for a ground breaking new BBC documentary

• 26 mins

Evan Gershkovich: A year since my friend was jailed in Russia

What would it take to release the US journalist held on spying charges

• 24 mins

Will AI take your job...or help you keep it?

Generative AI could make some jobs redundant, but create others we can't even imagine yet

• 26 mins

Is China's biggest threat its own ageing population?

How Beijing could avoid its ticking demographic time bomb

• 26 mins

Inside Iran’s secret rave scene

Female DJs spin the soundtrack of resistance

• 27 mins

Investigating the J-pop sexual abuse scandal

How a BBC documentary rocked Japan’s music industry

• 26 mins

How the BBC covers the Israel-Gaza war

Exclusive insights from our Middle East bureau chief

• 27 mins

My return to Rwanda: 30 years after fleeing the genocide

The BBC's Vic Uwonkunda confronts the past and explores forgiveness in her homeland

• 29 mins

Ukraine's fight for justice in Bucha

Remembering the atrocities of Russian occupation two years later

• 26 mins

Lina Khan: The woman taking on big tech billionaires

The antitrust cases against Amazon, Apple, Google and Meta

• 26 mins

Behind Baltimore’s dangerous bridge recovery

The practical and political risks of the giant clean-up

• 26 mins

What happened to Nigeria's kidnapped Chibok girls?

Ten years after #bringbackourgirls, more than 90 still haven't returned home

• 26 mins

Iran-Israel attack: A turning point for the Middle East?

All eyes on Israel's response to Iran drone and missile attacks

• 25 mins

India election: How to organise the biggest vote in history

Nearly one billion people will go to the polls

• 24 mins

Sydney mall attack: How a social media frenzy unfolded

A stabbing rampage in Australia fuelled by hate and false accusations

• 24 mins

Climate justice: We sued our government, and won!

The elderly Swiss women behind a landmark ruling

• 24 mins

Feeding Gaza: Why isn't more aid getting in?

The danger and difficulty of trying to prevent a famine

• 23 mins

Israel-Iran: A sigh of relief in the Middle East?

This round of the regions most dangerous rivalry appears to be over, for now

• 24 mins

Pope Francis: How 'woke' is he?

A new Vatican document is challenging the Catholic leader’s progressive image

• 24 mins

Ebola virus: Are mass outbreaks history?

Progress in the fight against a terrifying and deadly disease

• 25 mins

US homelessness: Is sleeping in public a crime?

The Supreme Court could allow cities to effectively ban being homeless

• 26 mins

Paris Olympics 2024: The make or break year for the Games?

What Parisians think about the event and the legacy it could leave

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