BBC Arabic's Rihab Khatab and Dubai journalist James Bishop on the $68k swearing fine

Don't swear on WhatsApp in UAE

The Burmese pro-democracy leader won world-wide respect for her courage and resilience during her long imprisonment by the military government in Myanmar. But she's disappointed some people who think she should be more vocal in defence of other victims of oppression.  A radio essay by Jill McGivering, who's been following her career for decades.   

Aung San Suu Kyi and the disappointments of practical politics

The Indian government is very keen on World Yoga Day on Sunday, and has been encouraging government employees and others to take part.  Some people aren't so keen -- especially Muslims who are worried that they are being asked to follow a Hindu religious tradition. Tinku Ray in Delhi talks Emily Buchanan of BBC World Service's The World This Week through some of the contortions the government has had to adopt.

World Yoga Day in India

Researcher Jessica Hartel of Aarhus University in Denmark spoke to Newsday.


Ugandan chimps losing limbs to snares

John Heffernan, who recently played J Robert Oppenheimer on the London stage, delivers one of the scientist's famous speeches to Owen Bennett Jones. July 16 marked the 70th anniversary of the first atomic bomb detonation.

(Photo by Keith Keith Pattison for the Royal Shakespeare Company)

Oppenheimer: "Life is nothing if not a constant re-evaluation"

Dr. Adil Sultan, a Pakistani nuclear expert, on why Pakistan had to pursue nuclear weapons. 

Listen to the full edition of Newshour Extra here: http://www.bbc.co.uk/programmes/p02wq7nr

Pakistan "had no choice" but to build a nuclear weapon

Hans Blix, the veteran weapons inspector, talks to Owen Bennett Jones about the state of nuclear proliferation today.

Hear more on the full edition of Newshour Extra: http://www.bbc.co.uk/programmes/p02wq7nr

Hans Blix: people have "tended to forget" about nuclear weapons

Professor Sharon Lewin  tells The Newsroom about new hope for HIV sufferers after a French teenager is in remission twelve years after she stopped taking drugs. 

HIV Remission July20

Irish women are live-tweeting Prime Minister (Taoiseach) Enda Kenny their menstrual cycles to highlight the country's restrictive abortion laws.

Irish women tweet periods to Enda Kenny

Richard Upshall lives in Dubai and was inside the hotel when the fire took hold. He told the BBC Newsroom what happened.

BBC interview with eyewitness inside Dubai fire building

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