Yemen and Hungary
Iona Craig on how a previously marginalised militia group in Yemen swiftly seized control of the capital Sanaa. Nick Thorpe on mushroom picking in Hungary.
Saudi Arabia has warned that Yemen is now threatening regional security after Houthi rebels overran the capital Sanaa last week. Iona Craig explores the turbulence of Yemeni politics.
Mushrooming is one of those things that is probably best learnt as a child - the knowledge of generations past handed down by parents to their children. Nick Thorpe, it seems, lacks that education. Does he pick the perfect or the poisonous mushrooms he finds in Hungary?
Presented by Owen Bennett Jones
Produced by Laura Gray
(Photo: A young Yemeni Shiite Houthi rebel poses for a picture at the al-Iman Islamic University which they captured in the Yemeni capital, Sanaa, 2014. Credit: Mohammed Huwais/AFP/Getty Images)
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