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Faranak Amidi presents global stories from the Fifth Floor, home to the BBC’s 40 Language Services.

Faranak Amidi presents global stories from the Fifth Floor, home to the BBC’s 40 Language Services

The Fifth Floor: Stories From the Frontline: Reyhanli

Building damaged by twin car bombs in Reyhanli, Turkey

17/05/2013

Stories From the Frontline: Reyhanli

BBC World Service - The Fifth Floor, Stories From the Frontline: Reyhanli

A letter from Reyhanli, the Turkish border town caught up in the Syrian conflict

Why the UN is urging people to eat insects,  Franco-Afrique relations, the Turkish town of Reyhanli, Indonesian baby-trafficking and the art of Syrian refugees in Lebanon.

REVENGE OF THE INSECTS
The UN has released a report urging people to eat more insects to solve world hunger. But how do claims like these go down in the insect world? The Fifth Floor gives us the view of the bugs.

FRANCO-AFRIQUE RELATIONS
It's been a year since Francois Hollande took power in France - a year which has left him more popular with the outside world than at home. But how much love is there between France and Francophone Africa? We bring together a Frenchman and a Guinean to find out. With BBC Africa's Stephane Mayoux and Ibrahima Diane.

LETTER FROM REYHANLI
"For the first time I felt nervous, for the first time I felt like I could have been there." The BBC's Zeynep Erdim has spent the last two years reporting from Turkish cities along the Syrian border. In the town of Reyhanli, the restaurant where she lunched with her colleagues was destroyed in a twin bomb attack that killed over 40 people - a hard reality check for our reporter.

WORLD OF WRESTLING
This week New York's Grand Central station played host to a show match of wrestling as part of campaign to keep the sport in the Olympics. Teams from Iran, Russia and the US - unlikely allies perhaps - came together, donned leotards and took to the ring. BBC Persian's Bahman Kalbasi and the Russian Service's Rafael Saakov reveal the attraction.

INDONESIA BABY-TRAFFICKING
Baby-trafficking is a long-running issue in Jakarta, with trafficking syndicates targeting parents from different socio-economic backgrounds. BBC Indonesian's Dewi Safitri describes it as the most heart-breaking story she's covered. 

THE ART OF SYRIAN REFUGEES
BBC Arabic's Carine Torbey reports on the Syrian artists living as refugees in Lebanon - trying to make a new home in a world of hip-hop and art.

Image: Building damaged by twin car bombs in Reyhanli, Turkey  Credit: Getty

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