Use BBC.com or the new BBC App to listen to BBC podcasts, Radio 4 and the World Service outside the UK.

Find out how to listen to other BBC stations

Episode details

World Service,12 Jun 2020,40 mins

Brazil's Black Lives Matter protests

The Fifth Floor

Available for over a year

The killing of George Floyd by a Minneapolis policeman has reignited the ongoing debate in Brazil about institutional racism. BBC Brasil's Camilla Costa tells the stories of some of Brazil's own George Floyds, including 5-year-old Miguel, whose shocking death last week led to the #justiçaparamiguel protests. My home town: Cali, Colombia Luis Fajardo of BBC Monitoring takes us to his hometown of Cali to swim in crystal clear rivers and hang out at his favourite bar. Love, war and Communism 77-year-old actress Kim Chi is famous in Vietnam for her film roles set during Vietnam War era, and more recently, for quitting the Communist Party. She's back in the news now having married an 82-year-old academic, her fourth marriage. Thu Phan of BBC Vietnamese tells her story. Measuring Mount Everest Nepali researchers had nearly finalised a new calculation of the height of Mount Everest when their government agreed to make this a joint project with China. Phanindra Dahal of BBC Nepali tells us why the measurement is being made, and what China's involvement means for the project. In the words of President Putin 2020 marks twenty years in power for Vladimir Putin. But what has changed over the years? Sergey Kozlovsky of BBC Russian has taken all Mr Putin's speeches, and analysed which words have fallen in and out of favour. Picture: Woman holds "Justice for Miguel - Black Lives Matter" banner, Brazil Credit: Leo Malafaia AFP via Getty Images

Programme Website
More episodes