Strange days in Sudan

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Pascale Harter introduces the stories behind the headlines from reporters and writers around the world. Omar al Bashir was President of Sudan for nearly thirty years, despite international rejection and domestic resistance. But in recent weeks street protests in Khartoum appear to have toppled him - and perhaps the military regime he led as well. Alastair Leithead reports from the barricades on how far the demonstrators can, or will, push their demands for change. Vicky Spratt reveals that people-traffickers in Nepal have a new recruiting tool to lure young women abroad: social media. In Kolkata, India, there's intense interest in how and when Britain might leave the European Union - as the BBC's Rahul Tandon, now nicknamed "Mr Brexit" by his friends there, never stops hearing these days. And Emma Levine explains just why the streets and landscapes of Canada have doubled for so many other locations on screen. What has turned Toronto into such a hub for international television and film production? Photo: Sudanese protesters chant slogans outside the army headquarters in Khartoum on April 25, 2019. (OZAN KOSE / AFP/ Getty Images)