Ireland, Spain, the Congo, Afghanistan, Syria and Egypt

Pascale Harter presents stories from Ireland, Spain, the Congo, Afghanistan, Syria and Egypt.

Petroc Trelawney visits a ghost town in Ireland built during the boom.

Spain also has empty buildings after the collapse of its property boom. Manuela Saragosa reports.

Fiona Lloyd Davies receives a chilling proposal from a rebel leader in the Congo.

British troops are helping Afghan troops in Helmand, but what happens when they leave asks Quentin Sommerville.

Ian Pannell revisits a town in northern Syria where he catches up with a past interviewee.

Stephen Sackur has fallen in love with an Egyptian TV cook.