Fifth Floor

BBC World Service
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Sep 2, 2016 • 41min

Reporting the Disappeared

Photo: Tamil demonstrators hold photos of their relatives who disappeared during the Sri Lankan Civil War. Credit: Buddhika Weerasinghe/GettyImages.
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Aug 19, 2016 • 41min

Lashkar Gah: City on the Edge

Photo: An Afghan National Security Forces serviceman takes position during a military operation in Helmand province. Credit: STR/AFP/Getty Images.
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Aug 12, 2016 • 40min

Colombia: living with the peace

Life after conflict in Colombia; Syrian footballers changed by war and Tajikistan's incomprehensible words.Image: Colombia's President Santos (L), Cuban President Raul Castro (C) and 'Timochenko' (R), head of FARC signing the ceasefire 23 June 2016 Credit: ADALBERTO ROQUE/AFP/Getty Images
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Aug 5, 2016 • 41min

Nicaraguan First Lady Rosario Murillo

Photo: Rosario Murillo, wife of President Daniel Ortega of Nicaragua. Credit: Rafael Trobat/AFP/Getty Images.
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Jul 29, 2016 • 41min

Turkey: The Army and the People

The relationship between Turkey's army and the people, tackling leprosy in Brazil and spoken word poetry in Nairobi.Image: A Turkish soldier stands guard in front of the damaged Grand National Assembly building in Ankara Credit: Getty/Dimitar Dilkoff
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Jul 22, 2016 • 40min

Cairo Calling

Photo: David Amanor with the BBC Arabic journalists in Cairo. Credit: BBC
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Jul 15, 2016 • 49min

South China Sea: What's in a Name?

South China sea; Zimbabwe protests; Egypt in song; building bridges; 5th Floor SapeursImage: An official map of Vietnam at an exhibition about the South China Sea in Hanoi Credit: Getty
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Jul 11, 2016 • 41min

Myanmar: the Long Road to Peace

Myanmar's ethnic conflicts, Russian rock and the military, remembering Abbas Kiarostami.
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Jul 1, 2016 • 40min

"There is a feeling there is just nowhere safe"

Turkey under attack; Afghan Ramadan; singing Ghazals; Sunni Shia families; Tbilisi zooImage credit: Getty Images
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Jun 24, 2016 • 49min

Iran's Forgotten Province

Sistan Baluchistan, Mar Mar Aye, Russian dream, South Africa; Bangladeshi women in news

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