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  • German MPs debate controversial immigration law

    German MPs debate a controversial new immigration law, put forward by the main conservative party but reliant on the far-right to pass. We get the latest from Berlin. Also in the pro... Jan 31, 2025

  • No survivors after US plane crash

    Emergency teams in Washington said they don't expect to find any survivors from the mid-air collision between a passenger plane and a US military helicopter. Also on the programme, ... Jan 30, 2025

  • DC air crash kills sixty-seven people

    A mid-air collision between a passenger plane and a military helicopter over Washington DC leaves sixty-seven people dead. So how could the paths of the two aircraft cross so disastro... Jan 30, 2025

  • Rebels closer to taking key DR Congo city

    The United Nations in Goma, in the eastern Democratic Republic of Congo, tells us the city has mostly fallen to rebels backed by Rwanda. We ask what this means for the people of the c... Jan 29, 2025

  • Rebels edging closer to taking key DR Congo city

    M23 fighters are getting closer to taking Goma after reports that they captured its airport. The Congolese government has insisted that it is still in charge as fighting in parts of t... Jan 28, 2025

  • 80 years since Auschwitz-Birkenau liberation

    Holocaust survivors and world leaders are marking the 80th anniversary of the camp's liberation at a memorial ceremony in Poland. We hear from one of the dwindling number of Auschwitz... Jan 27, 2025