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John Tusa presents memories and archive about the BBC World Service in Bush House, from 1941 to leaving Bush House in 2012. 

John Tusa presents memories and archive about the BBC World Service in Bush House, from 1941 to leaving Bush House in 2012. 

Women’s and girls’ freedoms and opportunities have eroded at an alarming rate in Afghanistan since the Taliban seized power there three years ago. But there is little agreement internationally or even among Afghans on how to reverse that trend. Intense ethnic and ideological divi ...  Show more

In this episode we first published in 2021, the political scientist Yuen Yuen Ang argues that different forms of government create different styles of corruption — and that the U.S. and China have more in common than we’d like to admit.

Over the weekend, Pakistani Prime Minister Imran Khan, a former international cricket star who later ascended to the role of prime minister, was removed from office. Khan lost a no confidence vote in Pakistan’s parliament that came after a few weeks of intense legal and politi ...

Pakistan’s former Prime Minister Imran Khan has now been in jail for almost two years. He’s currently serving a 14-year sentence on corruption charges he has always denied - and his wife Bushra is serving seven years. Khan and his party remain hugely popular in Pakistan and the c ...  Show more