Fifth FloorEpisodes Episode guide
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Yemen's forgotten victims
Exposing Yemen's crisis, the stray dogs of Delhi, life in post-coup Turkey.
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Yemen war: a feline perspective
Life under siege in Taiz, as experienced by an imaginary cat
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Women's radio in Afghanistan
The women making ‘lifeline’ radio for their sisters confined at home
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Women fighting to inherit
The Jordanian woman who has been fighting for her inheritance for 20 years
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Women and peace in Afghanistan
What women in Herat and Kandahar hope and fear for any peace deal
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Witch-hunting in Rajasthan
"The word witch is changing people's lives and it's not a joke": India's witch problem
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Why women vote for Modi
Chest size or policies: why does Prime Minister Modi appeal to India's women voters?
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Why Pakistan's army chief has a Hashtag
Pakistan's Raheel Sharif, leaders in art, Alabay dogs of Turkmenistan, Fifi's web pick
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Why Pakistan is not polio free
Can the forces opposing Pakistan’s polio vaccination programme finally be overcome?
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Why Kenyan pupils are burning schools
What is driving the phenomenon of Kenyan students burning their boarding schools?
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Why I became a journalist
Nataliya Zotova's journey to journalism, from shy teenager to BBC Russian journalist
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Why did this woman join Boko Haram?
One woman's story of joining Boko Haram; Central Asia's strongmen; Tehran street art
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Why Afghan girls remain out of school
Hopes of the promised return to secondary school dashed by the Taliban
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Who’s advising Zelensky?
The president winning over people and parliaments: insights into the man and his advisors
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Who's behind Syria's Captagon trade?
How the multi-billion dollar Captagon drug trade is controlled by Syrian elites
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Who were the Blikkiesdorp 5?
BBC Africa’s Vauldi Carelse tells the stories of men killed in Blikkiesdorp, Cape Town
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Who is Yogi Adityanath?
India's Yogi Adityanath; Soviet apartments; ending Kony hunt; China's tv corruption drama
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Who is Yevgeny Prigozhin?
Who is the man behind the Russian mercenary group Wagner?
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Who are the Oromo Liberation Army?
Meeting the secretive Ethiopian armed group at a desert training camp
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Who are India's Naxalites?
India's Naxalites, Guyana rodeo, Japanese yakuza, Sierra Leone diamonds, Chinese dating
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Who are Algeria's Harkis?
Meeting the Algerians who fought on the side of France in the Algerian independence war
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Where Ex-President Jammeh Went Next
Equatorial Guinea, Kohat guavas, Afghan warlords, art of capoeira, betting in Vietnam.
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Where do ancient treasures belong?
The sale of Tutankhamun’s head reveals Egypt’s complex relationship with its heritage
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When the Refugee Crisis Becomes Personal
My brother the refugee, Chinese character test; kings of Africa. With David Amanor.
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What’s the secret of a happy and active old age?
The Costa Rican centenarians who eat and sleep well - and carry on riding
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What’s on trend around the world?
Food, sport and global beats: following fashions and passions
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What's in a Name?
Taboos and traditions surrounding names.
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What's happening in Ukraine?
The latest on the war from BBC Ukrainian and BBC Monitoring
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What's behind Guinea's coup?
The ageing and divisive president, and the young officer who led the coup against him
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What price scaling Everest?
Queues, casualties and a clean-up campaign on Nepal’s holy mountain


























