Global Eye

A weekly programme from the BBC World Service, bringing forensic journalism from all corners of the world by BBC Eye, the World Service’s critically acclaimed investigative unit. It features expert global correspondents getting to the heart of the biggest international stories.

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   E1. 08/09/2025: Ukraine Under Fire & Sudan’s Crisis

   Sep 8, 2025 · 29m

   In the first episode, we hear from residents in Ukraine's Kharkiv and Nawal Al-Maghafi reports on the escalating crisis in Sudan.

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   E2. 15/09/2025: Syria’s Lost Children & South Korea’s Martial Law

   Sep 15, 2025 · 28m

   In this week’s episode: an investigation into the disappearance of children under the Assad regime in Syria and Jean Mackenzie reports on the political turmoil in South Korea following the short-lived declaration of martial law last year.

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   E3. 22/09/2025: Fake News Network & Melting Alaska

   Sep 22, 2025 · 29m

   In this episode, a BBC undercover reporter exposes a fake news operation in a European country about to go to the polls and Anna Holligan is in Alaska, America's last frontier, where rising temperatures are threatening communities, livelihoods and fragile ecosystems.

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   E4. 29/09/2025: Kenya’s Protest Killings

   Sep 29, 2025 · 27m

   In this week’s episode, an investigation exposing members of the security forces who shot dead protesters at Kenya's parliament last year. And reporting from Nairobi, Waihiga Mwaura explores the aftermath of that brutal crackdown on those who took to the streets.

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   E5. 06/10/2025: Missing Leader Mystery & Cuba’s Economic Collapse

   Oct 6, 2025 · 29m

   In this week’s episode, significant new evidence that may hold the clue to the fate of a Middle Eastern political leader missing for more than 40 years, and Will Grant reports from Havana on Cuba's worst economic crisis since the Cold War.

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   E6. 13/10/2025: Opioid Crisis in West Africa & Report from Kashmir

   Oct 13, 2025 · 29m

   This week, an investigation into unlicensed opioids that have been driving a major public health crisis in West Africa and Diyva Arya is in Indian Administered Kashmir.

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