World Service - The Inquiry, Is Brazil heading for a constitutional crisis?

The President of Brazil is reluctant to play by the rules and is willing to go to great lengths to secure a second term. Presented by Tanya Beckett.

The President of Brazil is reluctant to play by the rules. Elections are due next year and Bolsonaro is increasingly at loggerheads with his country’s democratic system. Between battles with the Supreme Court and a push to change the voting system, he is willing to go to great lengths to secure a second term.

Tanya Beckett takes a closer look at B

World Service - The Inquiry, Do climate conferences make a difference?

COP 26 is just around the corner and hopes are high that nations will act to cut CO2 emissions. But the pandemic may limit what can be achieved. Presented by Tanya Beckett

COP 26 is just around the corner and expectations are high that nations commit to reduce CO2 emissions.

Global temperature rises are set to exceed levels at which things could get much worse and so the question is extremely urgent.

But three decades since countries first came together to tackle environmental concerns, the