First days of freedom in Yuma
BBC Mundo's Patricia Sulbaran meets the Meza family, seeking asylum in border town Yuma, Arizona.
Yuma, a small city in the middle of the desert in Arizona, is receiving an overwhelming number of asylum seekers who have crossed the US border from Latin America. BBC Mundo's Patricia Sulbaran follows the journey of one particular family, from their first "free" days after they were released from detention until reunited with family in Miami.
Belarus plane forced landing
Confusion and shock surrounded the forced landing of a Ryanair flight in Minsk this week, and the subsequent detention of passenger, and Belarussian opposition journalist, Roman Protasevich. Vitaliy Shevchenko of BBC Monitoring has been following how the story has been reported in the region.
Myanmar coup: a Nepali view
It’s four months since the military coup in Myanmar. For the BBC’s Media Action team in Yangon it meant a sudden halt to their programming, and for producer Dipak Bhattarai the events brought back memories of another coup in 2005, in his home country of Nepal.
MHT: São Paulo
We join Thomas Pappon of BBC Brasil for a trip to his home town of São Paulo to check out the record stores and visit the Japanese quarter.
Image: Adrian and Veronica Meza with their children
Credit: Angelica Casas/BBC
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