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A resident is seen after shelling in the Ukrainian frontline city of Avdiivka on October 17, 2023

03/11/2023 GMT

What's happening in Ukraine?

BBC World Service - The Fifth Floor, What's happening in Ukraine?

The latest on the war from BBC Ukrainian and BBC Monitoring

BBC Ukrainian and BBC Monitoring share the latest on the war and the important stories they’re reporting from the region.

Presented by Irena Taranyuk

The intense focus of the world’s media on events in the Middle East has taken attention away from the war in Ukraine. We ask what's the latest on the war, and what important stories are being reported from the region? Answers from Diana Kuryshko of BBC Ukrainian and Vitaliy Shevchenko, Russia editor at BBC Monitoring and co-presenter of Ukrainecast.

Factories versus fishermen: the story of Rempang Island 
A small Indonesian island off Sumatra has been in the news because of a threat to evict local residents to make way for industrial development. Villagers on Rempang Island mostly make a living from fishing, and they have been protesting against the plan.  BBC Indonesian's Astudestra Ajengrastri went to Rempang Island to investigate.

Pakistan bump shaming 
Pictures of the cute babies of celebrities are popular on social media in Pakistan. But it seems Pakistanis are not so keen on images of the previous stage: pregnancy. Women have been trolled or banned from the screen for proudly showing their fully-covered baby bumps.  BBC Urdu's Shumaila Khan has been asking why this is so shocking.  

Pre-hispanic Latin America 
Gender equality, tolerance of same-sex relations, no extreme poverty and sustainable lifestyles: these are all areas in which indigenous cultures in Latin America were ahead of their time, according to research done by BBC Mundo.  It's a story which really caught the imagination of the Spanish-speaking audience - reporter Jose Carlos Cueto tells us more.

(Photo: A resident is seen after shelling in the Ukrainian frontline city of Avdiivka on October 17, 2023. Credit: Ozge Elif Kizil/Anadolu via Getty Images)

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