Ukraine war stories

Assignment follows the stories of four young women whose lives have been changed by war

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Ukraine war: The man who came back from the dead

How one man survived to bear witness to one of the worst atrocities of the war in Ukraine

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Shanghai lockdown

How covid changed China’s commercial capital

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The return of the tigers

Tigers are making a remarkable comeback in Nepal

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Ukraine: Collaboration and resistance

The dilemma facing the citizens of Kherson

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After the ‘Narco-President’: Rebuilding hope in Honduras

When the president stands accused of drug trafficking, what hope is there?

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Moldova - East or West?

This former Soviet republic faces both east and west

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Lacrosse: Reclaiming the Creator’s game

Why lacrosse is much more than just a game for Native Americans

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What next for School no 20?

What’s it like to be a teenager in Ukraine? School leavers in Chernihiv tell it how it is

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The Texas Tank: A prison radio station changing lives

A radio station at a Texan prison is creating community and changing inmates' lives

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A ‘Me Too’ moment for Israel’s ultra-Orthodox Jews?

Israel’s ultra-Orthodox Jews struggle to come to terms with child sex abuse scandals

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Argentina: Life with hyperinflation

Living with hyperinflation in Argentina – how do people cope with everyday life?

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Leicester: Behind the divide

What's behind the recent tensions between Hindi and Muslim communities in Leicester?

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Bye-bye Baguette?

The bakers and farmers trying to wean Senegal off imported wheat.

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The brain drain

The ‘brain drain’ of doctors from developing countries to work in the UK

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Svalbard’s climate change fight

Svalbard is estimated to be heating at six times the global average

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America’s Dropbox Babies

America’s Safe Haven laws for new-born babies – an alternative to abortion?

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Iraq: Under poisoned skies

The toxic impact of gas flaring on people and the environment in southern Iraq

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China's accidental activists

The women battling the Chinese state after their loved ones were jailed as dissidents

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Trouble in Taiwan?

What do Taiwanese people think about the increased rhetoric from China in recent months?

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Cold-calling Siberia

How has Putin's war against Ukraine affected one remote city in Siberia?

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California's cannabis reparations

Giving communities targeted in the 'war on drugs' a share in the legal cannabis boom

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Hungary’s Power Dilemma

The nuclear power plant in Hungary being built by Russia; will the Ukraine war stop it?

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Spain's flamenco on the edge

Can Spain's most iconic live music and dance recover from the pandemic?

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Fighting 'fat-phobia' in Brazil

The Brazilian city passing laws to fight discrimination against people who are obese

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South Korea: A room with a view

How a housing crisis contributes to a population problem

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Saving children from the mafia

Why an Italian judge is taking kids away from Mafia families

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A return to Paradise

Survivors rebuild a town destroyed by one of the worst wildfires in California's history

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Iran Protests: Tales from the frontline

Why did people take to the streets, risking arrest and a barrage of bullets?

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Uruguay’s cash cow

How does Uruguay’s beef industry compete with their neighbours and climate change threats

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The great German sausage crisis

Who is going to make the sausages in Germany if no-one wants to be a butcher?

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On the frontline of Brexit

David Baker assesses the impact of Brexit in Northern Ireland

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The parallel universe of Russia’s war

How were Russians persuaded to support a war against their closest neighbour Ukraine?

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Nigeria's battle against bandits

Fighting the powerful criminal gangs terrorising rural Nigeria

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Ireland’s Urban Horses

The young working class Irish people keeping horses in urban areas.

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Killer drug: The Mexico connection

Fentanyl is a synthetic opioid killing thousands of Americans – it is made in Mexico

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Killer drug: Fentanyl in the US

The synthetic opioid that’s destroying thousands of lives in southern California

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Finland’s uneasy relationship with its neighbour

How has Finland managed its relationship with its unpredictable neighbour, Russia?

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Vienna: Getting housing right

Does Vienna have the world’s best public housing? Chris Bowlby reports

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Gran Chaco: Paraguay’s vanishing forest

A massive new road across Paraguay threatens a fragile eco-system and two communities

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Leaving Sri Lanka

Record numbers are fleeing the island in the wake of a brutal economic crisis.

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Laos: The most bombed country on earth

Fifty years since the last US bombs fell on Laos, they’re still killing and maiming

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Kenya's free money experiment

Why thousands of Kenyan villagers are being given free cash

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Searching for my son

Omar’s son was pulled alive from the rubble of Turkey’s earthquake, but where is he?

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Hard times in the Big Easy

New Orleans is the murder capital of the United States

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Germany’s forests under threat

What can be done to save Germany’s forests?

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Myanmar’s war in the air

The Myanmar military is struggling to suppress a pro-democracy uprising.

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Ukraine: The men who don’t want to fight

Thousands of Ukrainian men are dodging the draft and risking their lives in the process

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Catching a pervert

A BBC investigation exposes those profiting from the sexual assault of women in East Asia

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The organ harvesters

How did a young man in Nigeria get caught up in an international plot?

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What's happened to Iraq's Yazidis?

The ancient Iraqi community still can't go home years after fleeing Islamic State terror

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Speaking for themselves

In South Africa, cultural activists are determined to reclaim a language – Afrikaaps

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Tunisia’s democratic dream

Is Tunisia’s democracy being dismantled by its president?

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Botswana: Living with elephants

The battle to keep the peace between people and elephants in northern Botswana

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Returning to Romania

With 20% of its population living abroad, the Romanian government wants its diaspora back

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When Wagner came home

The fear stalking Russia as ex-convicts from the Wagner mercenary group return home

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Zimbabwe's worker exodus

Why tens of thousands of Zimbabweans are fleeing their country to work in the West

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Belize's blue bond

Can a financial deal with a conservation charity save Belize's economy?

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Singing Morocco's new identity

The young female stars of Gnawa music now challenging the boundaries of Moroccan identity

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Surviving Greece's migrant boat disaster

Three men describe surviving one of the worst migrant shipwrecks in decades

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Missing in Syria

The desperate search by thousands of Syrian families for their missing relatives

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How a war has changed a Norwegian town

How once friendly relations between Norway and Russia have frozen in the far north

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Germany: Jail for fare-dodging

Why travelling without a ticket on public transport in Germany could land you in jail

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Gabon’s dark football secret

BBC Africa Eye investigates the sexual abuse of young footballers in Gabon

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America’s hidden histories

A new statue in Virginia shines a light on histories hidden in plain sight

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The village versus the mine

An ancient village in northern Portugal fights plans for a lithium mine on its doorstep

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The Life, Death and Rebirth of a Russian Theatre

How Russia’s oldest independent theatre – from a remote town - was forced into exile

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Taught to fear: Corporal punishment in the classroom

Reported cases of teachers beating their students in Kenyan schools are on the rise

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The Jews and Arabs coexisting in crisis

Jews and Arabs working together to keep the peace in their Israeli neighbourhoods

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The mighty Mekong’s last hope

A journey though Cambodia where the Mekong river is feared to be in crisis

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Florida's political refugees

From Miami to Chicago, Lucy Proctor meets the conservatives and liberals swapping states

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Poland's forest frontier

Poland builds a wall through one of Europe’s most precious forests. What’s the impact?

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Cyprus: The battle over songbird slaughter

How killing migrating birds became a multi-million dollar criminal business

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Ukraine: Fighting for openness

Meet the citizens battling for better government on Ukraine's home front

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Ukraine: Building back better

How will Ukraine ensure the billions needed to rebuild the country are properly spent?

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Bolivia’s giant fish intruder

The giant freshwater fish that's invading Bolivia's Amazonian rivers

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Bones that speak

Thousands of people were killed in the 'war on drugs' in the Philippines

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The struggle for Barbuda's future

How a resort for millionaires sparked a battle for a Caribbean island paradise

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Bulgaria: The people smugglers

The men who risk jail to help migrants across Europe

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American mercenaries: Killing in Yemen

Why former soldiers were hired to carry out assassinations in Yemen in 2015

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Spain: The kiss and the culture war

Has feminism gone too far? A world cup kiss that set a match to Spanish gender relations

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Is Ireland’s reputation for tolerance under threat?

Tensions are rising in Ireland over the increasing number of refugees

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Tempting fate: Istanbul's earthquake dilemma

Scientists predict Istanbul is under threat of an earthquake any day now

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Pakistan: Journalists under fire

Journalists in Pakistan speak of coming under threat for criticising the authorities

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Educating Tibet

Are Tibetans being forced into Chinese language schools, made to abandon their culture?

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Border Stories, part 1: Zero Tolerance

The ongoing effects of Zero Tolerance, the policy that divided families on the US border

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Border Stories, part 2: Coyotes and kidnap

Tales of kidnap and extortion from those who risk everything to enter the US from Mexico

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Choking in Chiang Mai

What it’s like to live and die in a polluted city

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Secret sisters: Political prisoners in Belarus

Belarus has huge numbers of political prisoners and many of them are women

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New Caledonia: New agreement needed

New Caledonia – the French territory negotiating how the islands are run in the future

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Reggaeton: The pride of Puerto Rico?

Reggaeton’s the soundtrack to Puerto Rico, reflecting the cultural and political scene.

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