Fifth Floor

By BBC World Service

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

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The podcast currently has 401 episodes available.

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November 25, 2016 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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41min
November 18, 2016 What Next for Kenya's Dadaab Refugees?
Closing Dadaab; Russia's rival parades: weddings and the taxman; Iran's fencers
Image: Refugees at Dadaab refugee camp, Kenya
Credit: TONY KARUMBA/Getty Images
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40min
November 11, 2016 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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41min
November 04, 2016 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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40min
October 28, 2016 Bashiqa: Beyond the Battleground
Photo: Iraqi Kurdish Peshmerga fighters near Bashiqa.
Credit: Safin Hamed/AFP/Getty Images.
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50min
October 21, 2016 US Elections: the View from Miami
Guest presenter Emilio San Pedro, in Miami
Emilio 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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41min
October 14, 2016 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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40min
October 07, 2016 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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40min
September 30, 2016 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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41min
September 16, 2016 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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41min

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