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Crossing Continents

Stories from around the world and the people at the heart of them.

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South Africa and the fight against TB
Why South Africa's global impact in the fight against tuberculosis is under threat.
06 Jan 2026,34 mins
When Christian nationalists come to town
People in Gainesboro, Tennessee have some new neighbours - and not everyone is happy.
30 Dec 2025,28 mins
Argentina's elusive big cats
After decades of extinction, wild jaguars are roaming once again in northern Argentina.
23 Dec 2025,28 mins
Stolen brides of Kazakhstan: the fightback
What if a stranger decided to marry you? Would you agree?
16 Dec 2025,28 mins
The struggle of Israel's peace movement
The Israeli and Palestinian activists who defy threats to dare to call for peace.
09 Dec 2025,29 mins
The real ‘Yellowstone’: a battle for the cowboy way of life
Ranches, rodeos…and public land - a surprising battle raging in the American West.
04 Nov 2025,26 mins
Haitians Living in Fear in the Dominican Republic
How Haitians in the Dominican Republic are being targeted for expulsion.
30 Sep 2025,29 mins
‘A new foe’: Conscripting women in Denmark
18-year-old girls in Denmark are facing the draft, as the military boosts its numbers.
23 Sep 2025,28 mins
Kenya: A Battle for Gen Z
Protests, abductions, defiance - the young people caught in a struggle for Kenya.
16 Sep 2025,30 mins
Saving Gaza's Past
How Palestinians are trying to save Gaza's 5,000-year history.
09 Sep 2025,32 mins
Galicia’s wild horses in peril
Europe’s largest herd of wild horses, in north-west Spain, is under threat. Why?
02 Sep 2025,30 mins
Suing 'Alligator Alcatraz': Immigration in the US
The legal battles against America’s infamous new immigrant detention centre.
26 Aug 2025,28 mins
Europe’s migrant crisis: the truck that shocked the world
Seventy-one migrants suffocated in a truck in 2015. Could the tragedy have been prevented?
19 Aug 2025,28 mins
Tajikistan’s Last, Lonely Hyenas
One man’s determination to save the last few striped hyenas of Tajikistan
12 Aug 2025,29 mins
Waiting for my Dad - Ukraine's children of the missing
A pioneering summer camp for Ukrainian children with missing parents.
05 Aug 2025,30 mins
Colombia's webcam women
Colombia is a global hub of the adult webcam industry employing an estimated 500,000 women
20 May 2025,29 mins
Syria - Return to Ruins
After 13 years of civil war, what awaits Syrians returning to their homes?
13 May 2025,29 mins
Russia's Church in Texas
The Americans converting to Orthodox Christianity in Texas...
06 May 2025,29 mins
Leaving Israel for Cyprus
Thousands of Israelis are making a new home in Cyprus in the wake of 7th October
29 Apr 2025,28 mins
Dicing with democracy? Romania’s cancelled election
A cancelled election and a divided country - is Romania’s democracy under threat?
22 Apr 2025,33 mins
Spain - can an algorithm predict murder?
How a risk assessment tool is used by police in Spain to predict gender-based violence.
15 Apr 2025,28 mins
Unidentified Flying Drones in Denmark
Mysterious drone sightings in Denmark reveal a new era in UFOlogy.
08 Apr 2025,28 mins
Lebanon: Hezbollah in trouble
Battered in the war with Israel, Hezbollah is under pressure - even from its supporters.
01 Apr 2025,28 mins
Reel Revolution? The dramatic rise of Saudiwood
Saudi's film industry is booming but not all stories can be told.
28 Jan 2025,28 mins
Death Marches: uncovering the truth beneath the soil
How a town in Poland – once in Germany - is discovering its troubling past.
21 Jan 2025,31 mins
The Gambia: When migrants are forced to go home
The young Gambians who had to give up on their journey to Europe.
14 Jan 2025,28 mins
South Korea: The Feminist Hunters
How feminists in South Korea are being hunted down, attacked and sacked.
07 Jan 2025,30 mins
The human cost of developing Cambodia's Angkor wonder
Changing the temple complex of Cambodia's '8th wonder of the world'.
31 Dec 2024,28 mins
Poland's Ghosts, Ukraine's Heroes
The ghosts haunting Ukraine's relations with Poland - and the killers some see as heroes.
24 Dec 2024,31 mins
Argentina - Milei's Chainsaw
President Milei promised to hack Argentina's state and budget, what's the impact?
17 Dec 2024,28 mins