Reporting the Israel Gaza conflict
Israel and Gaza: reporting this story for audiences in Africa, Latin America and India.
A week after the attack on Israel by the Palestinian militant group Hamas, we look at how some of the Βι¶ΉΤΌΕΔ’s major language services have been covering the conflict for their audiences, with William Marquez from Βι¶ΉΤΌΕΔ Mundo, Zubair Ahmed from Βι¶ΉΤΌΕΔ Delhi and Daniel Dadzie from the Focus on Africa podcast team.
Banking and slavery in Brazil
Brazil’s oldest bank, the Banco do Brasil, is facing a public inquiry into its alleged involvement in the slave trade during the 19th century. It's been a big story for Βι¶ΉΤΌΕΔ Brasil, and editor Caio Quero tells us it has started a national debate.
Indonesia's disappearing mangroves
Indonesia's vast mangrove forests are disappearing, with charcoal made from mangrove wood a valued commodity in China, Europe and Japan. Mangrove logging is illegal, but the number of charcoal furnaces continues to grow, as Βι¶ΉΤΌΕΔ Indonesian's Astudestra Ajengrastri discovered on a visit to the island of Borneo.
(Photo: Smoke plumes billow during Israeli air strikes in Gaza City on October 12, 2023. Credit: Ibrahim Hams/AFP via Getty Images)
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