In this episode: Islamic State militants have seized the last Syrian government-controlled border crossing between Syria and Iraq. The US says that...

IS seizes Palmyra; Ukraine's Day of embroidered shirt; What is Luxury-exhibition in V&A

In this episode: David Cameron has announced new plans to seize the wages of illegal workers as proceeds of crime in an attempt to reduce the...

Charlie Hebdo, life after the attack; a new portrait of Shakespeare; Hungarian Lazlo Krasznahorkai wins International Booker prize; Row over dress...

In this episode: senior Japanese official has called for Russian President Vladimir Putin’s visit to Japan this year, in order to settle the issue of...

Stories:
Chechnya forced marriage and rights; Neil Armstrong and a trip to the hairdresser; Barack Obama and Twitter; Russian DJ records duets with...

In this episode: after the much-discussed marriage of a Chechen policeman, 47, and a local girl, 17, polygamy is suddenly hotly debated in the...

Illegal immigrants and human trafficking at sea in South Asia; Macedonia protests against government phone-tapping; Russian rock group Bravo plays...

In this episode: U.S. Assistant Secretary of State Victoria Nuland is in Russia, following a recent visit by her boss John Kerry. The situation in...

Moscow metro is 80
Shiny, silky, pretty – 75 years of nylon stockings
Farewell BB King!
New Danish movie "The man who saved the world"