2026-01-15
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If journalism is the first draft of history, what happens if that draft is flawed?
In 1999, four Russian apartment buildings were bombed, hundreds killed.
But even now, we still don't know for sure who did it.
It's a mystery that sparked chilling theories.
I'm Helena Merriman, and in a new BBC series,
I'm talking to the reporters who first covered this story.
What did they miss the first time?
The History Bureau, Putin and the apartment bombs.
Listen on BBC.com or wherever you get your podcasts available now on the documentary from the BBC World Service.
China is developing its ambitious polar Silk Road through the cold and volatile waters of the Bering Sea that borders both Russia and the United States.
Join me, Anna Hulligan,
as I travel to Alaska to explore why China increasing its presence around America's last frontier.
Listen now by searching for the documentary wherever you get your BBC podcasts.
You've probably noticed that we're doing something a little different on the show this week.
It's a special series about how global power is shifting.
We're collaborating with a host of BBC podcasts around the world.
You to hear from their perspective who's really in charge in this moment.
We've been looking at how the United States,
China and Russia are vying for control and access around the world.