Insight, wit and analysis as the BBC's foreign correspondents take a closer look at the stories behind the headlines. Presented by Kate Adie. Broadcast on BBC Radio 4 in the UK on Saturdays at 1130 BST and for about 25 weeks of the year, on Thursdays at 1102 BST. BBC World Service broadcasts on Saturdays and Sundays all year round, presented by Alan Johnston. For more information, a full list of programme broadcast times and the podcast Terms of Use go to www.bbc.co.uk/fromourowncorrespondent ...
In the USA, Alan Little reflects on how the current financial turmoil is affecting the people of Memphis. David Edmonds visits a prison in Ethiopia, which has been called "Africa's Guantanamo". Wyre Davies reflects on Israel's use of a non-lethal, smelly weapon called "skunk". In the Canary Islands, Richard Black goes on the trail of the beaked whale and Stephen Evans looks at how New Zealand's commitment to the Kyoto Protocol is raising a stink among some of its farmers. Presented by Kate Adie. ...