Violent Iraq Protests Spread

Iraq has put its security forces on high alert, after protests against a lack of basic services and high unemployment spread from the south of the country to the capital, Baghdad. We hear from a community worker about why the wave of demonstrations is happening now.

Also on the programme: the latest from Nicaragua, where the government has launched an attack on an opposition stronghold despite international calls for restraint.

Picture: Iraqi protestors in Basra. Credit: Getty Images.