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World Service,29 Nov 2019,49 mins

Behind the tragic headlines

The Fifth Floor

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The first funerals of the victims of human trafficking discovered in Grays, Essex, were conducted in Vietnam this week. 39 people died in the back of a lorry trailer. The victims were initially thought to be Chinese, but BBC Vietnamese journalists Giang Nguyen and Khue Luu were among the team who confirmed they were Vietnamese, and pieced together their stories. My Home Town: Fez, Morocco Reda Al Mawy of BBC Arabic takes us to his childhood haunts to catch snails and hunt for old comic books. Online in the DRC A recent study suggested that the Democratic Republic of Congo is the most expensive country in the world to get internet access. BBC Africa's Gaius Kowene tells us about the lengths people go to in order to get online. The doping crisis in Russian sport Russia is facing exclusion from all sporting competition for four years after being accused of tampering with laboratory data submitted to the World Anti-Doping Agency. Elizaveta Fokht of BBC Russian has following the story. Meeting the Dambe Warriors Dambe is an ancient form of boxing, once associated with the Hausa butchers guild as a form of military training. Now it's gaining popularity and matches pull in millions of views on YouTube. Juliet Mafua of BBC Sport Africa met some of Nigeria's Dambe Warriors.

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