2026-01-30
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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.
When Mick Fleming took drugs, he did so to blot out traumatic events in his childhood.
Then followed a life of escalating crime.
Join me, Sharoma Silva,
to learn about how Mick is reconciling and using his past to reach others in one of Britain's poorest communities.
Listen now by searching for the documentary wherever you get your BBC podcasts.
You're listening to The Explanation from the BBC World Service, recorded on the 28th of January.
I'm John Simpson, and you're listening to Unspun World,
the programme that goes behind the headlines to find out what's really going on.
This week...