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The Fifth Floor: Angry and Divided: Nicaragua in Crisis

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An anti-government demonstrator fires a home-made mortar in Masaya, Nicaragua

08/06/2018 GMT

Angry and Divided: Nicaragua in Crisis

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"Shock groups", improvised weapons, and scores dead: a country tearing itself apart

Nicaragua protests; BBC Persian in Korean; the resort run by Israeli spies; an Indian in Russia; BBC Bangla's World Cup fever; my hometown, Kazan. With David Amanor.

More than 130 people have been killed in Nicaragua as protests over pension cuts spiralled into a campaign against President Daniel Ortega.  The conflict has divided country, friends and families.  Nicaraguan Arturo Wallace of BBC Mundo has just returned from what he calls the hardest assignment of his life. 

BBC Persian reporting in Korean?
How does a BBC Persian reporter find himself reporting for BBC Korean in Korean?  Over to Hossein Sharif.

Sand, sea and spies 
In the 1980s, the Red Sea resort of Arous in Sudan was a popular holiday destination.  It was also home to a clandestine operation run by Israel's secret services to rescue Ethiopian Jews from refugee camps in Sudan. Middle East editor Raffi Berg explains.

World Cup 2018: An Indian in Russia 
BBC Delhi reporter Nitin Srivastava recently travelled to Russia to paint a picture of the country for Indian audiences ahead of the World Cup.  It was a mouth-watering experience.  

BBC Bangla's World Cup fever 
Their team won't be competing but Bangladesh is World Cup mad.  So who to support?  The question splits the nation between two teams, and bitter rivals, Brazil and Argentina.  Mir Sabbir and Akbar Hossain are colleagues in BBC Bangla from opposite sides. 

My Hometown: Kazan, Russia 
Tatar pies, English signs and gearing up for the footie: Olga Ivshina of BBC Russian takes us to her hometown, Kazan, one of the host cities for the World Cup.

Image: An anti-government demonstrator fires a home-made mortar in Masaya, Nicaragua.
Credit: Inti OCONINTI OCON/AFP/Getty Images

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