Reporting the global heatwave
Wildfires in Tunisia, South Korean βfox-rainβ and enduring a Baghdad bakery: how the language services have covered the world's hottest recorded month
July 2023 was worldβs hottest month on record, with extreme temperatures and weather patterns making global headlines. We asked colleagues from the language services how they had been covering the story. ΒιΆΉΤΌΕΔ Arabic's North Africa correspondent Bassam Bounenni reported on the heatwave in Tunisia, and the wildfires that spilled over from Algeria. ΒιΆΉΤΌΕΔ Korean's Damin Jung shares the stories of South Korea's extreme heat and torrential rains, which led to several deaths and severely disrupted the international Scout Jamboree. And Haider Ahmed reported from Iraq for ΒιΆΉΤΌΕΔ Arabic about the life of a Baghdad baker, working with temperatures hitting 50C outside and 60C inside.
Miami Vice and jai alai
Jai alai is the worldβs fastest ball game. It originated in the Basque region of Spain, and became synonymous with the βMiami viceβ era of drug violence and excess of 1970s and 80s, with packed stadiums hosting millionaires, celebrities, and mobsters. ΒιΆΉΤΌΕΔ Mundo's Atahualpa Amerise charts the changing fortunes of the game.
Sexism and misogyny in Pakistan
Sexist attitudes in Pakistan have been in the spotlight after a senior minister called female leaders of the opposition PTI party βtrash and leftoversβ. For ΒιΆΉΤΌΕΔ Urdu, Saher Baloch has been reporting on the fierce backlash that followed.
Kyiv statue makeover
Kyivβs towering Soviet-era Motherland Monument shows a woman raising a sword in her right hand and a shield in her left. The hammer and sickle emblem that used to be on the shield is being replaced with a tryzub, the three-pronged emblem of Ukraine. ΒιΆΉΤΌΕΔ Ukrainianβs Irena Taranyuk explains the significance of the tryzub and why this change matters.
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- Fri 11 Aug 2023 11:06GMTΒιΆΉΤΌΕΔ World Service
- Fri 11 Aug 2023 17:06GMTΒιΆΉΤΌΕΔ World Service except East and Southern Africa & West and Central Africa
- Fri 11 Aug 2023 21:06GMTΒιΆΉΤΌΕΔ World Service East and Southern Africa & West and Central Africa only
- Sat 12 Aug 2023 02:06GMTΒιΆΉΤΌΕΔ World Service except Australasia