BBC World Service - The Fifth Floor

A makeover for Syria's interim leader?

Ahmed al-Sharaa has embraced social media to project an apparently moderate image

Why it was vital for BBC journalists to visit the site of the Nigerian school kidnappings

How Russia uses oil tankers to evade sanctions and conduct hybrid warfare

India has been at war with Maoist insurgents for nearly 60 years, is it about to end?

Stories from the frontline of climate change and the 30th COP climate summit in Brazil

The debate surrounding the name of South Africa's iconic wildlife park

‘Russian Doll’ and ‘Doppelganger’: the bot networks targeting journalists

The ways in which Brazilian people living illegally in the USA try to avoid deportation

We live in an ultra-connected world, but does that mean we’re less lonely?