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The Fifth Floor: Inside the Lula Story

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Former Brazilian President Luiz Inacio Lula da Silva (Credit: Igo Estrela/Getty Images)

06/04/2018 GMT

Inside the Lula Story

BBC World Service - The Fifth Floor, Inside the Lula Story

Encounters, jokes and surprises: face to face with Brazil's Lula

Reporting Lula; billboards of Karachi; Hinglish, Chinglish and Spanglish; Cameroon's absentee president; the gado gado debate; understanding 'Taza Koom'. With David Amanor.

Brazil's former president Luiz Inacio Lula da Silva, who's facing a lengthy prison term for corruption, stirs high passions both in those who support him and those who don't. The BBC's Fernando Duarte gives us insights into a charismatic leader he reported on for many years.

Billboards of Karachi
Nearly two years ago Pakistan's Supreme Court banned public adverts in Karachi. BBC Urdu's Abid Hussain, who grew up in Karachi, says it was a dramatic change for a city chock-full of giant billboards.

Hinglish, Chinglish and Spanglish
Sometimes the English language gatecrashes other languages - creating entirely new mixed-language words. We check out examples from Hinglish, Spanglish and Chinglish, with the help of Sumiran Preet Kaur, Lioman Lima and Yuwen Wu. 

In office but not in the office? Cameroon's President Paul Biya
President Paul Biya of Cameroon has been nicknamed 'the absentee landlord' by some Cameroonians because of the amount of time he spends abroad. BBC Africa's Randy Joe Sa'ah tells us about this elusive head of state. 

Gado gado
Indonesians have been finding fault with British TV chef Jamie Oliver's version of their traditional salad dish gado gado. Apparently he didn't make it the Indonesian way, as Rohmatin Bonasir from BBC Indonesian explains.

Word in the news
It's all the buzz in Kyrgyzstan - Taza Koom, 'clean society' - an ambitious project to digitalise all sectors of government. What does that mean for ordinary citizens, and how much will it cost?  Questions for the BBC's Gulnara Kasmambet.

Image: Former Brazilian President Luiz Inacio Lula da Silva 
Credit: Igo Estrela/Getty Images

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