World Questions

Freedom of speech, youth and politics, child marriage and how to tackle drought - Jonny Dymond presents a public debate of national issues in Morocco’s capital Rabat.

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Producer: Charlie Taylor

BBC World Questions is a series of international events created in partnership with the British Council, which connects the UK and the world through arts, culture, education and the English language.

(Photo: People wave Moroccan flags in the streets of El Ayoun, Credit: Abdelhak Senna/AFP via Getty Images)

Estonia is a parliamentary democracy, a member of the European Union and a post-Soviet success story right on the Nato frontline.

The panel includes:

Producers: Charlie Taylor and Helen Towner

BBC World Questions is a series of international events created in partnership with the British Council.

(Photo: People wave flags in Tallin to celebrate 100 years since Estonia first declared independence in 1918. Credit: Raigo Pajula/AFP/Getty Images)

World Questions offers a rare chance to hear a new Syrian generation debate its future.

(Photo: Syrian child walking down a street past rubble from destroyed buildings in Douma, Credit: Hamza Al-Ajweh/AFP via Getty Images)

Europe faces a tidal wave of Covid infections and many countries have brought in new social measures to try to cope. There are passes that give different rights to those who are vaccinated from those who are not, some countries have curfews or lockdowns and from 1st February, Austria will make vaccines compulsory for everyone. There have been protests throughout the continent. World Questions debates the response to the pandemic with political leaders and questioners from across the continent.

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Presenter: Jonny Dymond

BBC World Questions is a series of international events created in partnership with the British Council.

(Photo: Demonstrators hold a banner reading "Bistros, cafes, restaurants: to control is not our job" in Nantes, September 2021, Credit: Sebastien Salom-Gomis/AFP via Getty Images)

As a new space race develops between different nations and as private companies start to explore the possibilities of space tourism, how do we regulate and govern what happens in space? Is there a danger that the environment on earth and in space could damaged by these activities ? And what are the challenges and opportunities of space exploration? Jonny Dymond brings together an expert panel to answer questions posed by World Service listeners from all over the globe.

(Photo: The Ariane 5 rocket lifts off from the European Spaceport in Kourou, French Guiana. Credit: JODY AMIET/AFP via Getty Images)

Climate catastrophe threatens our planet with devastating consequences. It is in that knowledge that delegates from 197 countries came to Glasgow for the UN’s Climate Conference, COP26. Has their agreement left the world on a safer path, or is it an opportunity missed? From coal emissions to deforestation, money for developing economies and clean cars, the BBC’s Science Editor David Shukman chairs a debate which covers the big issues with questions coming from all over the world.

The panel includes Zainab Waheed, 16-year-old climate activist and Pakistan’s delegate to Youth4Climate; Philip Dunne MP, chair of the UK Parliament's Environmental Audit Committee; Senator Loren Legarda, deputy speaker of the Philippines House of Representatives; and Dr Tara Shine, climate adviser and director of Change By Degrees.

Producer: Charlie Taylor

BBC World Questions is a series of international events created in partnership with the British Council.

(Photo: An illegal fire burns in Labrea, Amazonas state, Brazil Credit: Getty Images)

The BBC’s Shaimaa Khalil looks ahead to the COP climate change conference in the UK with a panel of guests to discuss the world’s most pressing issues from the perspective of the southern hemisphere. She is joined by Malcolm Turnbull, former Australian Prime Minister; Juliet Kabera, Director General of the Rwanda Environment Management Authority (REMA); Mbong Akiy, spokesperson for Greenpeace Africa; Natalia Greene, environmental campaigner in Ecuador.

Producers: Helen Towner and Steven Williams

BBC World Questions is a series of international events created in partnership with the British Council.

(Photo: A family wading through sea water that flooded their village In Kiribati Credit: Jonas Gratzer/LightRocket/Getty Images)

Presenter Sana Safi in London brings together a panel of young Afghan academics and campaigners to debate the country’s current crisis – and its future.

The panel includes:

Producers: Helen Towner and Steven Williams

(Photo: Silhouetted man waving Afghanistan flag on top of the mountain peak, Credit: zefart/Getty Images)

More than a billion people are disabled - that’s 15 percent of the world’s population. With a panel of leading disabled academics, campaigners and politicians, World Questions examines the challenges and opportunities facing disabled people across the globe right now.

Presenter: Scout Bassett, US Paralympic athlete

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BBC World Questions is a series of international events created in partnership with the British Council.

(Image: Disability rights protesters at a rally outside a New York courthouse, Credit: Erik McGregor/Getty Images)

As G7 wealthiest democracies gather in the UK to discuss the world’s big issues, World Questions convenes its parallel ‘summit’ tackling questions from the public all around the world. A powerful panel representing each of the seven countries discusses the threat to democracy, climate change, and whether China is a challenge to a rule-based world order. Jonny Dymond presents.

Producers: Charlie Taylor and Helen Towner

BBC World Questions is a series of international events created in partnership with the British Council.

(Photo: G7 flags in circle on world map background, Credit: Kachura Oleg / Getty Images)