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BBC Current Affairs
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BBC Current Affairs
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We are the BBC's long-form audio department, producing investigative journalism, analysis and documentaries on BBC radio and podcasts. Find us on @BBCSounds.
- The man who is blind but who can see like a bat. Watch Daniel Kish navigate around a park he's never been to. amp.twimg.com/v/11aaceed-55f…
- When Abiy Ahmed came to power in Ethiopia, he was seen as a reformer. But less than a year later, he ordered a military offensive in Tigray. The conflict is subject to a near constant media blackout, but journalists are working hard to get to the truth.
- It’s almost four years since the UK left the European Union. Recent polls show a majority of people want to rejoin the EU - but could we even if we wanted to? The Briefing Room with @DAaronovitch. On Radio 4 and @BBCSounds at 8pm.
- The UK government has imposed sanctions on 49 people implicated in the deaths of Russian whistle-blower Sergei Magnitsky, and Saudi journalist Jamal Khashoggi. Profile charts the life of Bill Browder, whose anti-corruption campaign led to the action.
- From Our Own Correspondent has visited some 116 countries this year 🌍 The story of when @BBCSteveR befriended Russian newspaper vendor Valentina, is just one of our favourite stories from 2022. 🎧 Take a listen to our highlights here → bit.ly/3WjGPC7
00:00 - From Our Own Correspondent: The island that links Irish monks and Jedi knights: bbc.in/ZJ01w3 #StarWars
- Guess who has been visiting the BBC today? @RealGrumpyCat Coming up on #BBCWhyFactor on @bbcworldservice
- First there was J-Pop, then came K-Pop… but have you heard of P-Pop? 🇵🇭 🎤 @hannah_gelbart meets Filipino superstars @Official_ALAMAT - a boy band that sings in seven different languages. 🎧 From Our Own Correspondent on @BBCSounds. bbc.co.uk/sounds/play/m0…
- In 1918, more than 50 million people died in an outbreak of flu which spread around the world. The Witness History podcast hears archive accounts of the worst pandemic of the 20th Century. bbc.in/3aLiywV
- Profile: Dr Tedros Adhanom Ghebreyesus, Three years into the job, the first African to be elected Director-General of the World Health Organisation, finds himself in the middle of a global pandemic and a political storm. bbc.in/2LOM4Hv
- Black holes ain't as black as they are painted... For the BBC Reith Lectures Stephen Hawking discussed the search for mini black holes, noting that so far "no-one has found any, which is a pity because if they had, I would have got a Nobel Prize."
- Angela Merkel will leave office later this year after four terms as Germany’s leader. What is her legacy, what challenges does Germany face, and who might succeed her? Find out more on The Inquiry podcast.
- Are pangolins the most trafficked animal in the world? And did Spain really go 48 hours with zero Covid-19 deaths? The More or Less podcast has answers... bbc.in/3hTGwdI
