The managing director of the International Monetary Fund, Kristalina Georgieva, has warned that 2023 will be a tough year for much of the global economy, with a third of countries going into recession.
Also in the programme: Russia says 63 of its soldiers were killed in a Ukrainian missile attack on a temporary barracks in Donbas; and a British epidemiolog ... Show More
Today
South Africans fear spike in HIV infections as US aid cuts bite
The UN agency dealing with AIDS and HIV warns of millions of new cases, directly as a result of global funding cuts. We hear from the head of the agency -- and from one of the most exposed countries, South Africa. Also, Ukraine comes under another huge Russian drone and missile a ... Show More
47m 27s
Yesterday
Sheikh Hasina caught on tape authorising shooting of protesters
A BBC investigation has found that the former prime minister of Bangladesh, Sheikh Hasina, authorised her security forces to use lethal force against protestors last summer. The evidence is a leaked tape verified by the BBC. An estimated 1,400 people were killed and 12,000 injure ... Show More
43m 6s
Oct 2022
A gloomy global economic outlook from the IMF
The International Monetary Fund has issued a gloomy forecast for 2023, saying the "worst is yet to come" for the global economy. The IMF says more than a third of the world's economy will shrink in the year to come, including the US, the EU and China. We look at the detail with f ... Show More
27m 34s
Nov 2022
How a small island nation is leading the charge for more equitable global governance | Rethinking Humanitarianism
For many countries in the Global South, tackling today’s interlocking crises – climate change, the pandemic, the rising cost of living supercharged by Russia’s invasion of Ukraine – is made practically impossible by sky-high interest rates on runaway government debt. Enter Barbad ... Show More
56m 13s