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Architecture that made history

From India to London, from skyscrapers to museums, the stories behind global landmarks.

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Ukrainian history special

The Babi Yar massacre, Ukraine's great famine and the Chernobyl nuclear disaster

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Protesting against Putin

A decade ago demonstrators tried to stop the Russian leader tightening his grip on power

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The Falkands War

Two contrasting accounts of the conflict from an islander and an Argentine conscript.

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War crimes in the former Yugoslavia

How the conflicts in the Balkans resonate today amid the fighting in Ukraine

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Women's rights in Iraq

What is life like for women in Iraq following the US invasion in 2003?

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Algeria's War of Independence

60 years after Algerian independence, accounts of a traumatic 鈥渂irth of a nation鈥�

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Fighting for Uyghur rights in China

Taking on the Chinese Communist Party in the 1980s; plus the Roe v Wade abortion ruling

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The war in Transnistria

Moldova battles Russian-backed separatists; Egypt bread riots; Eyjafjallaj枚kull erupts

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The Marcos regime in the Philippines

The rule of Ferdinand Marcos Senior; Shanghai during World War Two; McDonald's in Russia

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Artists who made history

Memories of Picasso, Frida Kahlo and Georgia O'Keeffe; plus, banned Russian art

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The Syrian civil war

Chemical weapons attack in Syria, lynching outlawed in America and the Queen's coronation

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How Sri Lanka's president survived a suicide bombing

Suicide bombing attack on Sri Lanka's president, Anne Frank's diary and Gabon's forests

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Cambodian genocide trials

Cambodian Genocide trials, 'Napalm Girl' from the Vietnam War, and the Holy Cross dispute

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Egypt's first democratic Presidential election

Egypt's first democratic election, the murder of Vincent Chin, the UK's first Pride march

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Hong Kong: 25 years since the handover from British to Chinese rule

The last governor of Hong Kong, a pro democracy campaigner and life in Kowloon Walled City

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America鈥檚 first gay election candidate

Jose Sarria's political journey, Smear Tests, Discovery of Higgs Boson

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Stories from the abortion fight frontline

Experiences from both sides of the abortion debate plus the story of the Pill

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Stories from iconic TV shows from around the world

The history of television from around the world and its enduring impact

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The Revolution on Granite

A student protest in Ukraine, the Surkov leaks and the invention of the nicotine patch

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Fifty years since Asians were kicked out of Uganda

A compilation of stories marking 50 years since Idi Amin expelled Asians from Uganda

• 52 mins

The nightclub that changed Ibiza

Ibiza's clubbing scene, Indonesian forest fires and the resignation of Richard Nixon

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Seventy-five years since India's Partition

A compilation of stories marking 75 years since India's Partition

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Inflation and the cost of living

Inflation and the cost of living, the Darayya massacre, and the first Gay Games

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Gorbachev's legacy

Perestroika in the Soviet Union and the release of the dissident poet Ratushinskaya

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Brazil

Stories from Brazil, including the murder of Tim Lopes and the creation of Brasilia

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Queen Elizabeth II

Stories from the reign of Queen Elizabeth II including memories of her coronation

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Queen Elizabeth II and broadcasting

A look at some of Queen Elizabeth II's most significant broadcasts

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Dassler brothers' rift

The Dassler brothers' rift, castrating Pablo Escobar's hippos and Jomo Kenyatta's rule

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Caribbean carnivals and a racially inclusive nightclub

Racially inclusive clubbing arrives in Manchester and the release of Gilad Shalit

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