World Questions: Covid-19 and information

MPs from Sweden’s four main political parties take part in a debate - taking questions from a lively and diverse audience in Stockholm. Issues raised include the tightening of immigration and citizenship rules, the privatisation of education, the threat from Russia and a return t ...  Show more

Gen Z protestors were shot dead in the street, Nepal’s state buildings were razed to the ground, and the government collapsed last autumn. Now, after an historic election, the country is taking a step into the unknown with a new government. It is led by a rapper-turned-politician ...  Show more

As the pandemic was changing all of our lives, the most private of men was forced into the pressure cooker of public life, facing increasing public harassment. Sixteen months on, how well do any of us really know the doctor charged with keeping the country safe?

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How will the three year inquiry into the pandemic unfold? Adam talks to More or Less presenter Tim Harford about how statistics influenced government decision making on the lockdown and vaccines. BBC Health Editor Hugh Pym was in the room for the first day of public hearings and ...  Show more

The latest evidence to the Covid Inquiry included the revelation that the former health secretary Matt Hancock wanted to decide “who should live or die” in the event of the NHS becoming overwhelmed. That was the testimony given by Sir Simon Stevens, who led NHS England until 2021 ...  Show more

What could have caused the Titan disaster, and why has it attracted so much coverage? Science correspondent Jonathan Amos joins us to discuss.Media and culture editor Katie Razzall and entertainment reporter Daniel Rosney are in Glastonbury for the start of the festival.And there ...  Show more