When Frida Kahlo died in 1954, her belongings were sealed until the caretaker of her estate passed away in 2002. For the first time her dresses, makeup and jewellery are being displayed outside Mexico. A new exhibition at the Victoria & Albert Museum in London uses this time capsule of a wardrobe to tell the story of Mexico's greatest painter.
Megan Hobson still cannot walk properly since being caught in a crossfire of bullets in Florida six years ago. But for her and many other shooting victims, the price of survival is not just months of rehabilitation and operations, it is tens of thousands of dollars in medical bills with no end in sight.
County lines: Newsnight looks at the murky world of drug dealing.
The practice of people removing human excrement and sewage with their bare hands was made illegal in India 25 years ago. That doesn't mean people have stopped doing it. It’s called ‘manual scavenging’ and the Indian government estimates that there are about 600,000 ‘manual scavengers’ in the country. Official estimates say that one worker dies every five days in India doing this type of work, but campaigners have told Newsnight this is the tip of the iceberg as many deaths go unreported.
Tamer fled Syria seven years ago, but now lives in a historic house in south-west London.
In July 2018 a horrifying video began to circulate on social media. It shows two women and two young children being led away at gunpoint by a group of Cameroonian soldiers. The captives are blindfolded, forced to the ground, and shot 22 times. The government of Cameroon initially dismissed the video as "fake news." But BBC Africa Eye, through forensic analysis of the footage, can prove exactly where this happened, when it happened, and who is responsible for the killings. In an interview with the Cameroonian Minister of communications the government finally acknowledged that the killings seen in this video were carried out by Cameroonian soldiers.
Penis fillers, designed to increase a man's girth, are gaining in popularity, despite warnings over complications. The British Association of Urological Surgeons believe the rise is driven by a lack of self-esteem among men, whose view of a normal sized penis is distorted by pornography and whose view of cosmetic surgery has been normalised by celebrities and influencers promoting their procedures online. Two men tell the BBC’s Victoria Derbyshire programme why they are not ashamed to have them.
What happens when two strong-minded individuals from opposite sides of the Brexit debate sit down for dinner? Former Big Brother contestant Aisleyne Horgan-Wallace is pro-Leave. Labour peer and fertility expert Prof Lord Winston believes the UK would be much better remaining in the EU. They went into the meal without knowing whom they would be meeting.
After nearly four years of war in Yemen, Houthi rebels and the Saudi-led military coalition appeared to agree to pause fighting. But it wasn’t to last. International pressure has been mounting to end the conflict, which has pushed the country to the verge of starvation. The BBC’s Nawal Al-Maghafi reports from a camp for displaced people, where children hunt desperately for something to eat.
What happens when two strong-minded individuals from opposite sides of the Brexit debate sit down for dinner? June Sarpong is a broadcaster who campaigned for Remain. Perry McCarthy is an ex-racing driver who became the first Stig on Top Gear, and is firmly opposed to the EU. They went into the meal without knowing who they would be meeting. But did they get on?
What happens when two strong-minded individuals from opposite sides of the Brexit debate sit down for dinner? Stanley Johnson, Boris Johnson's father, is a former Conservative MEP and founder of Environmentalists for Europe, who believes the UK would be better off remaining in the EU. Ella Whelan, author and journalist at Spiked, staunchly believes in Brexit. They went into the meal without knowing whom they would be meeting. But did they get on?
Dustin Lance Black is an Oscar-winning screenwriter, married to Olympic diver Tom Daley, who believes the UK would be better off remaining in the EU. Ulrika Jonsson is best known for her TV presenting, and staunchly believes in Brexit. They went into the meal without knowing who they would be meeting. But did they get on?
Changing gender can often leave people infertile but, if their eggs or sperm are frozen before treatment, it is possible for them to start their own families. The BBC has found that about a quarter of all NHS Clinical Commissioning Groups in England offer free fertility treatment to transgender patients, while the rest don't. Now the equalities watchdog is suing NHS England – and calling on them to make the treatment freely available to all transgender patients. BBC reporter Ashley John-Baptiste has been to meet some of those affected.
The UN says as many as 1.7% of the world have intersex traits - that's the same as the number of people with red hair. All over the world, children with intersex traits are being operated on to be sex assigned at birth - sometimes with devastating consequences. BBC Gender and Identity Reporter Megha Mohan explores the hidden world of intersex children.
Bangladesh is home to the world's largest river delta and prone to frequent, devastating flooding. Farmers here are expanding an ancient technique of building floating farms that simply rise and fall with the swelling waters. In times of rising sea levels, could this offer a solution to food security problems?
Molly Russell, 14, took her own life in 2017. When her family looked into her Instagram account they found distressing material about depression and suicide. Molly's father Ian says he believes Instagram is partly responsible for his daughter's death. In a statement, Instagram said it "does not allow content that promotes or glorifies self-harm or suicide and will remove content of this kind." The UK government is urging social media companies to take more responsibility for harmful online content which illustrates and promotes methods of suicide and self-harm.
Would you break international laws for your favourite YouTube vlogger? Two teenagers did just that. They hacked tens of thousands of home and office printers in support of YouTube's biggest star, PewDiePie. The hackers are now in hiding from the police and internet vengeance. They tell us how they did it, and whether it was worth looking over their shoulders for the rest of their lives.