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Pascale Harter introduces correspondents' and writers' dispatches from Jamaica, the USA, Uganda and Germany.

Hurricane Melissa was the worst storm in Jamaica's modern history. It's caused extensive damage across the island's western farmlands - levelling homes, cutting off communities and killing dozens of people. Nada Tawfik witnessed the wreckage in the parishes of Westmoreland and St Elizabeth.

Zohran Mamdani has won New York City's race for mayor in a contest that drew in young voters and sparked some heated debate about the future direction of the US Democratic Party. Is it a waste of time to choose the middle of the road, if more radical rhetoric like his seems to have such appeal? ÃÛÑ¿´«Ã½ North America editor Sarah Smith considers the political choices ahead.

The glacial ice of Uganda's Rwenzori mountains sustains unique ecosystems - but it's also melting fast, and may soon reach the point of no return. Hugh Kinsella Cunningham joined local scholars trying to measure the extent of climate change - and community groups trying to mitigate the effects on the region's foothills.

The Berlin Wall was a looming, concrete manifestation of the Cold War division between East and West – but it wasn't the only barrier built during this era. John Kampfner travels to a small German village once divided by a wall of its own, which dominated the lives of local people for decades.

Producer: Polly Hope
Editor: Richard Fenton-Smith
Production co-ordinator: Katie Morrison

(Image: Residents of Black River look for food on the streets after the passage of Hurricane Melissa, in Santa Cruz, St Elizabeth, Jamaica Credit: RICARDO MAKYN/AFP via Getty Images)