Ukraine’s art and culture under attack
War on culture: how Russia is destroying museums and taking art from Ukraine. Presented by Irena Taranyuk.
Artworks taken from collections, museums destroyed: Anastasia Soroka and Grigor Atanesian explore what's been happening to Ukraine's cultural heritage since the war began, in a special Βι¶ΉΤΌΕΔ Russian report.
From Venezuela to Peru
Guillermo Olmo is the first Βι¶ΉΤΌΕΔ Mundo correspondent to be based in Peru. Originally from Spain, he spent a couple of years reporting from Venezuela during a time of protests and economic crisis. So what's it like to shift to a new, quieter country?
A Somali perspective on the Mo Farah story
The British Olympic champion Sir Mo Farah made headlines this week after revealing that he was illegally brought to the UK as a child. He said he was given the name Mohamed Farah, and made to work as a domestic servant. Βι¶ΉΤΌΕΔ Somali’s Sidiiq Burmad is based in Somaliland, where Sir Mo was born.
Why have so many Jordanians lost faith in their government?
A puppet, a prime minister and a pundit – they all feature in a report by Βι¶ΉΤΌΕΔ Arabic’s Murad Shishani from his home country, Jordan. He was investigating recent survey results showing that trust in the government is the lowest it's been for more than a decade. He tells us what he found out.
K-pop's plastic problem
In the age of online streaming, K-pop fans still buy multiple physical CDs to get the promotions and merchandise attached to them. But now many are voicing concern about the environmental impact, and demanding a change in the behaviour of bands and fans. Βι¶ΉΤΌΕΔ Korean's Bugyeong Jung looked into the story.
(Photo: Russian journalists remove portrait of Arkhip Kuindzhi, painted by his pupil Grigory Kalmykov, from Mariupul Kuindzhi Art Museum basement. Credit: Screenshot from UNION TV Channel)
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