World Questions: Sweden
MPs from Sweden’s four main political parties take part in a debate - taking questions from a lively and diverse audience in Stockholm. Issu...
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20 of 145 episodesWorld Questions: Nepal
Gen Z protestors were shot dead in the street, Nepal’s state buildings were razed to the ground, and the government collapsed last autumn. N...
World Questions: Guyana
Although its population is small, it's the world’s fastest growing economy – thanks to the discovery of vast amounts of offshore oil and gas...
World Questions: New Zealand
High rents, rising food costs and a perceived lack of opportunities are driving young people out of New Zealand. Last year, more people left...
World Questions: Hungary
Jonny Dymond chairs a debate with leading Hungarian politicians and academics who take questions from the public across Hungary. With electi...
World Questions: Kenya
Gen Z have taken to the streets of Nairobi with mass protests that rocked the Kenyan government in recent years and led to multiple deaths....
World Questions: Greenland
Independence from Denmark, the costs of mining for rare earth minerals and Inuit people’s rights – some of the challenges facing the autonom...
World Questions: Peru
This South American country has escaped from poverty and paramilitary violence that once threatened the state itself; huge reserves of natur...
World Questions: Greece
Fixing Greece’s declining population is now the Government’s top priority, so how should it solve the crisis? Is the country at risk of bein...
World Questions: Serbia
Is there a lack of democracy in Serbia? Can the current student-led protests topple the Government? Will this Balkan country ever join the E...
World Questions: Malaysia
Should there be affirmative action to get more women to the top of the media? How about a law to make politicians keep their promises? Jonny...
World Questions: Canada
Sky-high tariffs, a federal election and US threats to annex their country: Canadians have a lot of issues to address. Jonny Dymond hosts a...
World Questions: India
India is the world’s most populous nation, it has a young population and dynamic growth rates – yet problems persist. This debate, from the...
Word Questions: Lithuania
It is the NATO frontline, but three years after the invasion of Ukraine, Lithuanians worry their country could be next. Defence spending is...
World Questions: Australia
Soaring house prices, the rights of indigenous people, healthcare and knife crime – just some of the issues raised in this debate about the...
World Questions: South Africa
Gangsterism, immigration, economic inequality, land reform and whether the historic prison of Robben Island could be turned into a luxury re...
World Questions: France
Democracy, the deepening polarisation of politics, race relations and President Macron’s grip on power – all are up for debate as Jonny Dymo...
World Questions: Mexico
Claudia Sheinbaum, Mexico’s first female President takes office while protests still rage over changes to the constitution. World Questions...
Bonus: Question Time US election special
With less than a month until the election, the BBC’s flagship political debate programme Question Time broadcasts from the key swing state o...
World Questions: Albania
Mass migration, employment and opportunities, democracy, joining the EU and widespread corruption. Just some of the issues debated by a publ...