Fifth Floor

BBC World Service
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Nov 25, 2016 • 41min

Political Parables and Proverbs

L - Photo: Ghana elections, NDC supporter. Credit: Pius Utomi Ekpei/AFP/Getty Images. R - Photo: Ghana elections, NPP supporter. Credit: Stefan Heunis/AFP/Getty Images.
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Nov 18, 2016 • 40min

What Next for Kenya's Dadaab Refugees?

Closing Dadaab; Russia's rival parades: weddings and the taxman; Iran's fencersImage: Refugees at Dadaab refugee camp, Kenya Credit: TONY KARUMBA/Getty Images
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Nov 11, 2016 • 41min

The world view on President-elect Donald Trump

Trump's victory; Ivan the Terrible; Syrian soul food; a portrait of Kashmir
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Nov 4, 2016 • 39min

Saudi Religious Police Under Scrutiny

Social change in Saudi, Mombasa night weddings, and the missing Kyrgyz constitution.Image: Saudi women walking past a jewellery shop at Tiba market in Riyadh Credit: FAYEZ NURELDINE/AFP/Getty Images
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Oct 28, 2016 • 49min

Bashiqa: Beyond the Battleground

Photo: Iraqi Kurdish Peshmerga fighters near Bashiqa. Credit: Safin Hamed/AFP/Getty Images.
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Oct 21, 2016 • 40min

US Elections: the View from Miami

Guest presenter Emilio San Pedro, in MiamiEmilio heads to Miami's Little Havana district and its famous Versailles café to talk politics with Ivette Leyva and Luis Fajardo of BBC Mundo and Rafael Abuchaibe of BBC Monitoring. Later he watches the final presidential debate at the BBC bureau as the Mundo team pick out what's of most interest to their audience and watch for reaction on social media.Eating and voting with Miami's Colombians and Venezuelans Emilio referees a food competition: Colombians Claudia Plazas and Rafael Abuchaibe versus Venezuelan Patricia Sulbaran. Whose 'arepas' are better? They also reflect on the recent No vote in the Colombian referendum on the peace deal with Farc rebels, and the significance of the vote from Colombians in Miami.Multiple Choice For decades, Chilean teenagers had to sit the Academic Aptitude Test in order to apply for university. Chilean writer Alejandro Zambra has gone back to this stressful time for his latest novel, Multiple Choice. Constanza Hola of BBC Mundo, who sat the test herself, puts Alejandro through his paces.And Fifi Haroon's pick of the world wide web.Image: Republican nominee Donald Trump and Democratic nominee Hillary Clinton during the final presidential debate in Las Vegas Credit: MARK RALSTON/AFP/Getty Images
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Oct 14, 2016 • 39min

Afghan Refugees: An Uncertain Future

Photo: Afghan refugee families wait to board trucks near Peshawar in July 2016. Credit: A. MAJEED/AFP/Getty Images.
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Oct 7, 2016 • 40min

Yemen's forgotten victims

Image: A close up of an under-nourished child's had held by an adult hand. Credit: Ashwaq17
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Sep 30, 2016 • 40min

Aleppo's citizens, past and present, eulogise their city online

Photos: The ancient market in Aleppo, Syria before and after it was badly damaged by fire. Credits: AFP/Getty Images.
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Sep 16, 2016 • 40min

Kashmir: The Continuing Conflict

Kashmiri protestors clash with Indian government forces during a protest against civilian killings in Srinagar, Kashmir. Credit: Tauseef Mustafa/AFP/Getty Images.

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