BBC OS Conversations: India train crash

What next for the Syrian detention camps and their residents? After the fall of the so-called “caliphate”, tens of thousands of women and children from around the world - followers of the Islamic State group as well as its victims - ended up in a handful of camps in north-eastern ...  Show more

What next for the Syrian detention camps and their residents? After the fall of the so-called “caliphate", tens of thousands of women and children from around the world - followers of the group as well as its victims - ended up in a handful of camps in north-eastern Syria. Once r ...  Show more

At least 288 people have been killed and 1,000 injured in a crash involving three trains in India's eastern Odisha state. One passenger train derailed on to the adjacent track and was struck by an incoming train on Friday, also hitting a nearby stationary freight train. We'll hea ...  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’s biggest mover of things – its railways run more than 13,000 trains ferrying close to 400 crore people. Even with the rapid emergence of new and faster trains, the story has lately teetered on the brink of derailment. The Balasore accident, which happened in June, was I ...

What happens when somebody dies in a country that's not their home? This week on Kerning Cultures, stories about the group of volunteers who help repatriate the bodies of foreigners after they've died in the UAE.Special thanks to Zaki, Max, Ashraf Thamaraserry, Vidhyadharan, Amal ...  Show more