Poison and Spies in Sleepy Salisbury
Russian spies; Bollywood sexism; cultural crying; Arab feminism; Thai child makeup prodigy; Kim Jong-un, Brazilian? With David Amanor.
ÃÛÑ¿´«Ã½ Russian has been at the heart of this week's reporting on the mysterious poisoning of a former Russian spy in Salisbury. Olga Ivshina tells us that a complex investigation in a quiet English city is just as difficult in its own way as frontline reporting from eastern Ukraine.
Bollywood sexism
Accusations in Hollywood of sexual harassment have prompted soul searching in the film industry, including Bollywood. Janhavee Moole of ÃÛÑ¿´«Ã½ Marathi in Mumbai and Prakitsha Ghildial at ÃÛÑ¿´«Ã½ Delhi share their findings.
Don't cry
This week ÃÛÑ¿´«Ã½ Gujarati ran a story about a crying club, all about getting your feelings out there and feeling better. So when is it OK to cry? Let's ask Maya Moussawi of ÃÛÑ¿´«Ã½ Arabic, ÃÛÑ¿´«Ã½ Africa's Victoria Uwonkunda, Manoshi Barua, Asad Ali Chaudhry of ÃÛÑ¿´«Ã½ Urdu, and Giang Nguyen of ÃÛÑ¿´«Ã½ Vietnamese.
Kim Jong-un, the Brazilian
Recently pictures emerged of a Brazilian passport in the name of North Korean leader Kim Jong-un. Where did the document come from, and how can North Koreans be mistaken for Brazilians? Fernando Duarte is Brazilian, and shares his experience of Brazilian passports.
Being an Arab feminist
Alma Hassoun, ÃÛÑ¿´«Ã½ Arabic's women's affairs journalist, has been investigating what makes an Arab feminist, and whether you can generalise across a huge region and many countries.
Thai child makeup artist
Natthan Sakonrat or "Prae" is 10 and already a professional make-up artist. After attending London Fashion Week she met ÃÛÑ¿´«Ã½ Thai producer Sucheera Maguire, and demonstrated her skills on ÃÛÑ¿´«Ã½ Mundo's LucÃa Blasco and Joice Etutu from Congo.
Image: Salisbury Cathedral in the mist
Credit: Matt Cardy/Getty Images
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