Zuma on Trial

Kate Adie introduces stories from the Gaza-Egypt border, Cuba, Bangladesh, Ukraine and Slovenia.The Rafah border crossing between the Gaza Strip and Egypt reopened this week after being mainly kept shut since Israel captured the Gazan side in 2024. It’s opening has brought relief ...  Show more

Kate Adie introduces stories from Iran, Myanmar, China, South Africa and Lithuania.The number of Iranian people killed by government forces in the crackdown on recent protests is now estimated to be at least 6000, with thousands more deaths being investigated by human rights grou ...  Show more

В Индии от коронавируса умерли более 220 тысяч человек, заболевших - более 20 миллионов. Но на самом деле жертв значительно больше. В больницах не хватает коек, кислорода и лекарств, а тела умерших сжигают на улицах. Корреспондент Русской службы Би-би-си Юлия Джеймс изучала ситуа ...  Show more

India is currently in the midst the single worst spike in COVID cases experienced anywhere in the world since the start of the pandemic.  On the line with me to explain how and why the COVID crisis got so bad so quickly in India is Michael Kugelman, Asia Program Deputy Director a ...  Show more

Zambia’s President Hakainde Hichilema has declared a national because of the prolonged drought. He says 84 districts out of a total of 116 in the country have been affected.The President said almost half of the land used for planting crops had been affected by severe dry conditio ...  Show more