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Iraqi shows mocking the establishment have been gaining millions of views in the past few years. BBC Monitoring looks at who these satirists are, and the risks and obstacles they face in the conservative country. Produced by Hassan Abu-Hussein and Alexi Peristianis BBC Monitoring reports and analyses news from TV, radio, web and print media […]

Austria’s far-right Freedom Party (FPÖ) has pulled out of the ruling coalition amid a political crisis triggered by a secret recording featuring two leading party figures. In the video, from 2017, FPÖ leader Heinz-Christian Strache appears to offer government contracts to a woman in exchange for electoral support. Mr Strache resigned as vice-chancellor but protested

In 2009 Ugandan MPs tried to introduce new laws against homosexuality that would include life imprisonment and even the death penalty. Homophobia was rife in the media with tabloid papers printing the names and addresses of gay men and lesbians. Many activists suffered intimidation and assault. The law was eventually overturned by the Constitutional Court

Dwytt Lewis is one of the 400 Morehouse College graduates whose entire student loan debt is being wiped by billionaire philanthropist Robert F Smith. Mr Smith, 56, is the founder of the private equity firm Vista Equity Partners and one of the nation’s most prominent African-American philanthropists. His net worth is estimated to be around

Swansea-based RNLI lifeguard Darren Williams is on a mission to prevent children drowning in Bangladesh. It has one of the highest drowning rates in the world and Mr Williams works with the charity’s international programme trying to tackle the problem. Solutions can often be swimming or safety lessons, but also include less obvious ideas –

Thousands of Manchester City fans partied on the streets as an open-top bus carried their heroes through the city. Pep Guardiola’s City side became the first to complete clean sweep of all three major English trophies with Saturday’s 6-0 thrashing of Watford in the FA Cup final at Wembley. They clinched a second successive Premier

In Uganda, young women are leaving their homes to try and find jobs as domestic workers, but for some their new lives can lead to mistreatment and abuse. A charity in Kenya is calling for the introduction of laws to protect domestic workers, commonly referred to as housegirls, to ensure their safety. For BBC Africa

“They left him alone like a dog,” is how Emiliano Sala’s treatment was described by his dad. The footballer died after the plane he was in was lost at sea while he was travelling to his new club, Cardiff City. His dad Horacio, who himself died in April weeks after speaking to BBC Wales, added:

In October last year, three research scientists from the Ethiopian capital Addis Ababa travelled to a village called Gonji in the country’s Amhara region to investigate intestinal worms and the eye disease trachoma at a local school. Two of them were killed by a mob who believed they were there to poison the children. Haileyesus

Ultra-orthodox Jews in Israel have held protests against the scheduling of the Eurovision Song Contest on the Jewish Sabbath. There were angry scenes in central Jerusalem as demonstrators clashed with police. At one point, a small number of women held a counter protest, showing their bras. The BBC’s Middle East Correspondent Tom Bateman reports from