Colombia has long been the world's largest producer of cocaine. A historic peace deal in 2016 was meant to reduce the amount of cocaine being produced by off... read more
In October 2019, a rising star of Syrian democratic politics, 34-year-old Hevrin Khalaf, was brutally murdered in the Kurdish-governed north east of the coun... read more
In 2017 a group of fishermen found a hoard of precious coins on the sea bed off the coast of Gaza. They were decadrachms from the reign of Alexander the Grea... read more
Glaciologists have described Thwaites Glacier as the "most important" glacier in the world, the "riskiest" glacier, even the "doomsday" glacier.
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Panzuto was a mafia boss, and a hardened killer. For years he played a key role in Naples' Camorra, but now he has turned state witness and is helping put hi... read more
Few events are more nerve wracking than meeting the parents of someone you love. For black and Asian couples in South Africa, it's even more challenging.
Coronavirus is now spreading around the world as governments scramble to contain it. The outbreak began in the Chinese city of Wuhan, which has been locked d... read more
Illegal logging of the endangered rosewood tree is decimating forests in Casamance in Senegal. The BBC investigates the trade worth trade worth hundreds of m... read more
There are over 30 000 North Korean defectors currently living in South Korea. Most have fled the brutal regime of Kim Jong-un in the hope of a better life an... read more
One year on, Jane Corbin returns to the island and meets three of those whose lives were changed that day and who have set out to help rebuild the Sri Lanka ... read more
Deforestation has skyrocketed in Colombia since the peace deal of 2016. Our World joins a team of scientists from the Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew as they go o... read more
In India, a child goes missing every eight minutes. The children are often trafficked into domestic labour or the sex trade. Many are never seen again.
Irish society has changed dramatically in recent years, but discrimination against travellers remains widespread. In 2017, in a bid to change public attitude... read more
Spain is one of the countries hardest hit by coronavirus. Ice rinks have been turned into morgues, and drive-through funerals have caused heartbreak for many... read more
New York has been the epicentre of America's coronavirus outbreak, with nearly 30,000 deaths in the state so far. As the virus took hold in March, doctors an... read more
In January, a woman passenger had her temperature checked at Incheon International Airport - and South Korea discovered its first case of coronavirus. In the... read more
The lockdown in Wuhan has now been lifted, and the city is trying to recover. But just how normal is daily life in Wuhan now - and how are its people adjusti... read more
More than 25 million people go on cruises each year. As coronavirus spread, cruise ships suffered devastating outbreaks that resulted in thousands being infe... read more
Brazil has been devastated by coronavirus. More than 1.4 million people have been infected and the numbers are rising fast. Our World travels to Sao Paulo.
The killing of George Floyd, caught on camera by eyewitnesses, has led to an outpouring of anger in America. But what happens when the cameras are turned off?
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Over a billion euros has been invested in cycling across Europe since the start of the pandemic. Some of the continent's biggest cities are being transformed... read more
Lebo Diseko meets Christian voters in the swing state of North Carolina and explores how important faith will be in a contest that Biden has billed as a batt... read more
On 8 September, the Moria refugee camp on the Greek island of Lesbos went up in flames. More than 12,000 migrants, already living in dire conditions, were bu... read more
TikTok is one of the fastest growing apps in the world and has now been downloaded more than two billion times. It is most famous for lip-syncing teenagers a... read more
Bangladesh has the world's second largest garment manufacturing industry, which for decades fuelled Europe and America's appetite for fast fashion. But as co... read more