Happy News

The Happy Pod, our new weekly collection of the happiest stories in the world

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Deep Waters: The hidden world of global shipping

Bulk carriers are the unseen porters of the world even during war and pandemic

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Happy News

The Happy Pod, our new weekly collection of the happiest stories in the world.

• 26 mins

Deep Waters: Sanctions and the new 'dark' fleet

How sanctions on Russian oil have increased the world's secretive "dark fleet"

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Happy News

The Happy Pod, our new weekly collection of the happiest stories in the world.

• 26 mins

Deep Waters: Container ships

Container ships carry everything we buy - but those giant boxes hold secrets too

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The billion-dollar scam

The hunt for the leaders of a sprawling cybercrime network

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The ghost ship

A tanker drifts, unmanned, onto an Indian beach - like a ghost. What really happened?

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The hidden caste codes of Silicon Valley

Indian workers are thriving in Silicon Valley but some say they face caste discrimination

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After the earthquake: Turkey’s election

Will February's deadly earthquake change Anatolia's support for President Erdogan?

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Harry Belafonte: A life

Harry Belafonte was known for his singing. Following his death, we look back on his life

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The day I met the King

People across the world recall their meetings with King Charles III of the United Kingdom

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The making of King Charles

What kind of monarch will King Charles III be?

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Good evening Europe

Emmelie de Forest reveals stories behind iconic songs from the Eurovision Song Contest

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France: Soundtrack to the revolution

Young people fight the power in France energised by a movement of revolutionary music

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Global dancefloor: Beirut

Keeping nightlife alive in a country in crisis

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Iraq: Generation Invasion

Young Iraqis recall life under US-occupation and speak of their hopes for the future

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Beirut: Life in the unliveable city

Writer Lina Mounzer reveals how the people of her beloved Beirut are coping amid crisis

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Global dancefloor: Salvador

How a music collective is advocating for oppressed communities in Brazil

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Metaleurop : A stain on France

The people of Evin in France live above an environmental disaster they cannot flee from

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Yellowstone: The first national park

The pivotal role of art in the creation of Yellowstone, the world's first national park

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Swan's head, tiger's roar

Hip-hop artist Mrs M, actress Bayra Bela and throat-singer Zolzaya on art in Mongolia

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Controlled and connected: 50 years of the cell phone

How has the cell phone revolutionised our lives since the first call in 1973?

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The monkey haters

The disturbing trade in the torture of Macaque monkeys filmed and sold online

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Bangladesh's clothing conundrum

Can clothes be sustainably produced and still remain affordable?

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Biniam Girmay: Africa’s new cycling hero

Can Biniam Girmay be the first black African cyclist to win a stage of Tour de France?

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Wagner's revolt: The world takes stock

The Global Jigsaw hears how Russia's friends and foes have responded to Wagner's mutiny

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Women's football: Passion versus profit

What is the state of play for women’s football around the globe?

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The Sir Salman Rushdie interview

The Indian-born British-American author talks to Newshour’s Razia Iqbal

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Kew Gardens: Botany and the British empire

The Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew is re-examining its past and preparing for the future

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Nigeria and the song of the bell

The journeys of church bells herald Africa's new role as the beating heart of Christianity

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Women writing Zimbabwe

Tawanda Mudzonga explores why Zimbabwe has produced so many renowned women writers

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Invading the past: Russia and science fiction

Catherine Merridale explores Russian science fiction in the age of Putin

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A billion batteries

The US teens and children campaigning for used batteries to be recycled

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Inside Afghanistan's secret schools

Sana Safi finds out how teenage girls are getting around the Taliban ban on education

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Izabela in the forest

Izabela Dłuzyk explores the wonderful sounds of Europe’s last primeval forest.

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The Engineers: Lunar exploration

Space engineers discuss their return to the moon and what that entails

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Did big tech know I was gay before I did?

What do big tech recommendations mean for LGBTQ people around the world?

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Back to school: Supporting neuro-divergent students through LARP

Live-action role-playing (LARPing) is no longer just the world of Dungeons & Dragons

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The famine at the edge of the ocean

Journalist Raissa Ioussouf meets the people worst affected by Madagascar's famine

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Directing disability

Director Jordan Hogg takes us on his journey to 'change the world' for disabled actors

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A new term in Myanmar

How students in Myanmar have continued their education after the 2021 coup

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Female founders: Green tech in the blue economy

Women developing solar tech to reduce the environmental impact of fishing in SE Asia

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Slovakia divided

Why the coming elections in a small state in the centre of Europe could disrupt the West

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Inside an autistic mind

Sue Nelson shares her journey to understand a condition that affects millions worldwide

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Building power: India’s new parliament

Why is Delhi's new parliament controversial and what does it tell us about modern India?

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Remembering Buthelezi

The BBC's Audrey Brown looks back at the life of South Africa's Zulu leader

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Cricket and the maidens

How single women cricketers are challenging the expectations of marriage in India

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Donor babies: A question of identity

People born as a result of egg and sperm donation on finding their real identities

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October 1973: The war that changed everything

The 1973 Arab-Israeli war that lasted 19 days but changed the world forever

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Will the unicorns of the sea fall silent?

Can narwhals, which rely on echolocation, survive in an increasingly noisy Arctic?

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Africa's urban future: Ghana

The opportunities and challenges of Africa's rapid urbanisation

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Your Questions answered: Israel and Gaza

We put listeners’ questions, on the war in Israel and Gaza, to our experts in the region.

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Africa's urban future: Tanzania

The opportunities and challenges of Africa's rapid urbanisation

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Your Questions answered: Israel and Gaza

Global News Podcast looks at the conflict in Israel and Gaza.

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Other people's children

What's it like to care for other people’s children while someone else looks after yours?

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Africa's urban future: South Africa

The opportunities and challenges of Africa's rapid urbanisation

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Your Questions answered: Israel and Gaza

Global News Podcast looks at the conflict in Israel and Gaza.

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Africa's urban future: What next?

The opportunities and challenges of Africa's rapid urbanisation

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The raspberry visa

In Portugal, foreign workers picking berries can apply for a visa after seven years work

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President Macron in conversation with Katya Adler

Why President Macron still wants to push world leaders to engage with global challenges

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My forgotten war

Why is the situation for Syrian refugees in Turkey becoming increasingly hostile?

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Tanni's lifetime road to disabled equality

Paralympian Tanni Grey-Thompson looks at changes in attitudes to disability the world over

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A man without bees

Why are the world's bee populations declining? Simon Mitambo searches for answers

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We the people are Barbados

Candice Brathwaite revisits Barbados two years after it transitioned to a republic

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Gaza diaries

Telling a story of immense loss and resilience in a worsening humanitarian crisis

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Kissinger’s Legacy

Henry Kissinger was one of the most important diplomatic figures of the last 50 years

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Sweden: Living with guns and gangs

How Sweden became a European hotspot for gangs, drugs and deadly violence

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The children of paradise

What’s happened to the hope and promises of a better nation since apartheid South Africa?

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Stories from the New Silk Road: Norway

From King Crab to shipping routes, how is China's Polar Silk Road impacting Norway?

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The children of paradise

What’s happened to South Africa's hope and promises of a better nation since apartheid?

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Taiwan's balancing act

Two young Taiwanese share their lives and views in the run up to the election

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Stories from the New Silk Road: Iceland

How is China's Polar Silk Road impacting Iceland?

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The Children Of Paradise

30 years after South Africa's momentous changes what’s happened to the hope and promises?

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Football and faith

Mani Djazmi talks to current and former footballers about their faith

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Rewilding the orphaned elephants

Former Samburu warriors rescue baby elephants, but can they rewild them during drought?

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Soul Music

Schubert’s B-Flat Piano Sonata D960

How Schubert's B-Flat Piano Sonata D960 has shaped the lives of three remarkable pianists

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Soul Music

God Only Knows by The Beach Boys

How The Beach Boys iconic song helped people discover what it means to be in love

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Soul Music

Back to Black by Amy Winehouse

How Amy Winehouse's song to tragic love, addiction and loss, inspired a generation

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Soul Music

River by Joni Mitchell

A song about a broken relationship that has become a melancholy Christmas anthem

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Soul Music

True Colors by Cyndi Lauper

How Cyndi Lauper's 1980s ballad True Colors has inspired people around the world

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Soul Music

Prelude a L’apres Midi d’un faune by Debussy

A classical piece that speaks to artists of different kinds

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Soul Music

Shine On You Crazy Diamond by Pink Floyd

How a song for a former bandmate has resonated with people around the world

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Soul Music

Ich Habe Genug by J.S. Bach

Soul Music hears people share their stories about music that has changed their lives.

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Soul Music

Wind of Change: Scorpions

Released in 1990, the song has become an unofficial anthem for the end of the Cold War

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The Vietnam War soundtrack

Beatriz De La Pava plays the music that chronicled the Vietnam War

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An octopus's garden

A pioneering closure system is enabling octopus to flourish in Madagascar

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Tumaini

Tumaini Festival - a unique music and arts celebration in Dzaleka Refugee Camp, Malawi

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Soul Music

Feeling Good

The surprising history behind the track Feeling Good, made famous by Nina Simone

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Soul Music

Pavane Pour Une Infante Défunte by Maurice Ravel

Why Maurice Ravel's composition appeals to the emotions in such a powerful way

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Soul Music

Lean on Me by Bill Withers

A classic whose message of support and friendship became the backdrop to the Covid crisis

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Soul Music

I Will Survive by Gloria Gaynor

Gloria Gaynor's iconic disco anthem and

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Soul Music

Sunshine on Leith by The Proclaimers

Why Sunshine on Leith is a love song to humanity

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Soul Music

Defying Gravity from Wicked

How a witch's song has become an anthem for people all over the world

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The approach

Can mountaineering survive in an age of rapidly warming mountains?

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Building a future for cyclone-hit Mozambique

Meet the scientists and local communities of Beira trying to fight against climate change

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The Return

The African-Americans who have moved to Ghana through the Year of Return initiative

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Ending homelessness the Finnish way

How Finland eliminated street homelessness by turning housing policy on its head

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Paris: Football’s greatest talent factory

What is it about Paris's banlieues that helps create such amazing football talent?

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