Our World - Season 14 / Year 2019

The Chernobyl nuclear power plant exploded 33 years ago in Soviet Ukraine. The cause, and who was to blame, is still being debated.

In northern Europe's Lapland, temperatures are rising faster than anywhere else in the world, threatening the livelihood of its indigenous Sami people. Central to Sami life is the ancient practice of reindeer herding, but climate change is putting the reindeer at risk of starvation. Many Sami also worry that plans to build a railway, to exploit Lapland's natural resources, will add to the pressure on their traditional way of life. For Our World, Erika Benke has been to Arctic Finland to hear from Sami women about their fears for the future.

In 2017, Anna Campbell travelled in secret from the UK to northern Syria. A month later she was killed by a Turkish air strike.

Steve Rosenberg explores how Moscow views the tumultuous events of 1989 and how Vladimir Putin's Russia is trying to regain its influence.

Michael Buchanan meets people in Hartlepool in the North East of England to find out how government cuts have affected their lives.

The Great Barrier Reef is in danger - it is now officially declared to be in a very poor state. Yet the battle to save a national icon has sparked furious clashes and opened up deep divides in Australian society. As Australia wrestles with the effects of climate change, Nick Lazaredes meets those who are fighting to preserve the reef and those being blamed for its sudden decline.

In 2016 Pakistani social media sensation Qandeel Baloch was murdered in her bed, the victim of a so-called honour killing. Her brother and five other men, among them a celebrity cleric, were charged with her murder. As the court prepares to deliver its verdict, Hani Taha - who has followed the story in two previous Our Worlds - returns to Qandeel's home town. Will there be justice for Qandeel? And how has her life and death changed Pakistan?