Fifth Floor

Faranak Amidi takes a fresh look at the stories of the week with journalists from our 40 language sections.

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Families facing starvation in Tigray

Families facing starvation in Tigray

Officials in Ethiopia's Tigray region have reported that more than 1,400 have died of starvation since international food aid was suspended a few months ago. Deliveries were halted after reports of w...

25 Aug 202340min

Peshawar's school for Afghans

Peshawar's school for Afghans

Since August 2021 when the Taliban took control of Afghanistan, an estimated 600,000 Afghans have crossed the border into Pakistan. Pakistan has hosted millions of refugees over the years, but has re...

18 Aug 202340min

Reporting the global heatwave

Reporting the global heatwave

July 2023 was world’s hottest month on record, with extreme temperatures and weather patterns making global headlines. We asked colleagues from the language services how they had been covering the st...

11 Aug 202340min

Beirut port explosion: 3 years on

Beirut port explosion: 3 years on

Beirut's devastating port explosion killed more than 200, and injured thousands, but three years on, while neighbourhoods have largely returned to normal the families of victims are still waiting for ...

4 Aug 202340min

India shamed:  Manipur women speak up

India shamed: Manipur women speak up

It’s been two months since violence in Manipur broke out between the majority Meitei and minority Kuki communities. When a video emerged showing two women being sexually assaulted, Prime Minister Nare...

28 Jul 202340min

Stories from Sudan Lifeline radio

Stories from Sudan Lifeline radio

It's three months since the beginning of the conflict in Sudan between the army and the Rapid Support Forces militia, and since the launch of BBC Arabic's Sudan Lifeline radio service. We hear from M...

21 Jul 202338min

Prigozhin and the President

Prigozhin and the President

BBC Russian editor Famil Ismailov shares his insights into what's been going on between Wagner boss Yevgeny Prigozhin and President Vladimir Putin. How vulnerable is Prigozhin after his failed mutiny,...

14 Jul 202339min

Tracking Pakistan’s petrol smugglers

Tracking Pakistan’s petrol smugglers

BBC Urdu’s Saher Baloch follows in the dirt tracks of the petrol smugglers bringing fuel from Iran into the border town of Mashkel in Balochistan, and onwards into the markets of Karachi, Islamabad an...

7 Jul 202340min

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