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A fresh look at the week's global news from across the World Service's 27 language sections, with presenter David Amanor.

Reporting Turkey
David Amanor links up with two reporters on the ground in Istanbul who've spent a week reporting clashes and a festival atmosphere in Gezi Park. Selin Girit is a TV anchor with the 大象传媒's Turkish service and Jiyar Gol has been reporting there for 大象传媒 Persian.

Farewell Ahmadinejad
Iranians have gone to the polls to choose a new president. Mahmoud Ahmadinejad will be stepping down. He's a character that has made an unforgettable impact on the world stage. Journalists from 大象传媒 Persian remember his presidency. With Saeed Barzin, Rana Rahimpour and Kasra Naji.

Hear My Country: Russia
As part of the Hear My Country series, the Fifth Floor goes to the Russian service to ask a tricky question: if you had to pick one song that defines your country, which would it be? With Pasha Kanevsky, Anya Dorodeyko; Kirill Skorodelov

Government Monitoring
Edward Snowden revealed the existence of US project Prism, capable of storing vast amounts of phone and web data. But what about surveillance by other governments - are there other prisms out there? David speaks to Zhuang Chen at 大象传媒 Chinese, Lewis Machipisa from 大象传媒 Africa, and Ramaa Sharma of 大象传媒 Hindi.

Kremlin Heartbreak
There's been a very public divorce announcement in Russia. Vladimir Putin and wife Lyudmila brought 30 years of marriage to an end live on television - during the interval at a ballet. Famil Ismailov of 大象传媒 Russian tells the Fifth Floor about the legacy of love and marriage in the Kremlin.

Picture: Protestors in Taksim Square, Istanbul, Turkey.
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