The Fifth Floor Episodes Episode guide
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Journalism under Taliban rule
How a 91Èȱ¬ team in Kabul are adapting to the new Afghanistan
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The tale of the Gilgamesh Dream tablet
The significance of a clay tablet from ancient Mesopotamia, recently returned to Iraq
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Iraq 2021
Elections and migrants: Iraq’s big stories
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Songs and social media
Iran's water protests in Isfahan reported through songs and social media
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Becoming a ‘foreign agent’
What it means to be named a ‘foreign agent’
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Reporting the Channel migrant tragedy
Stories of hope, resilience and tragedy from other migrants facing the same journey
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China surveillance system unpicked
The new Chinese surveillance system targeting international students and journalists
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The challenges of filming at altitude
Glaciers, vanishing villages, and an unexpected trip to a Himalayan hospital
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Afghanistan's Ministry of Vice and Virtue
A change of name that has brought painful memories for many Afghans
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Myanmar’s women-only army
The Burmese women who decided to form their own anti-junta militia
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Who are the Oromo Liberation Army?
Meeting the secretive Ethiopian armed group at a desert training camp
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Filming Life at 50°C
Living and working at extreme temperatures: behind the camera with Life at 50°C
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The 1961 Paris massacre cover-up
Why the killing of over 100 Algerian protesters by French police was hidden for decades
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Why I became a journalist
Nataliya Zotova's journey to journalism, from shy teenager to 91Èȱ¬ Russian journalist
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Ecuador’s prison battle: The aftermath
How Ecuador’s violent gang rivalry is fuelling armed conflict within prisons
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Meet Kenya's Guru of Love
"Get a boyfriend by Christmas", the promise of Kenyan love coach. We find out more
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What's behind Guinea's coup?
The ageing and divisive president, and the young officer who led the coup against him
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The Kenyan men campaigning against FGM
The men using their status and voices to end female genital mutilation.
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Afghanistan: History repeats itself
Lost dreams, lost livelihoods and lost voices: the return of the Taliban
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Afghanistan: The view from nextdoor
How our journalists from the region are reporting Afghanistan
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The valley of Afghan resistance
We hear about the only Afghan province outside Taliban control, Panjshir Valley
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Afghanistan after the Taliban takeover
Stories from friends and family now living under the Taliban
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Russian mercenaries in Libya
The 91Èȱ¬ investigation into the Russian mercenary group Wagner’s mission in Libya
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On the front line: New York, Ukraine
How did a town in Ukraine's Donbass conflict zone come to be called New York?
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Kyiv march: 'Eucharist is our vaccine'
Why thousands marched through the streets of Kyiv in the name of their Christian faith.
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Khuzestan: Iran's thirsty province
Acute water shortages in Khuzestan have caused a wave of unrest
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Women fighting to inherit
The Jordanian woman who has been fighting for her inheritance for 20 years
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Burkina Faso gold: A mixed blessing
Gold mining and Islamic extremist attacks in Burkina Faso
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Lebanon: A web of corruption
91Èȱ¬ Arabic investigates the disastrous state of Lebanon's electricity sector
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Hotel Rwanda hero on trial
Hotel Rwanda hero Paul Rusesabagina faces terrorism charges