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Â鶹Éç Russian journalist Olga Ivshina shares the findings of her investigation into the reality of life for soldiers serving in Russia's armies, from crowd-sourcing to buy their own equipment, to why it’s so hard to leave.

Iran protest: 'For...’
The lyrics to 'Baraye', which translates as ‘for’ or ‘because’, by Shervin Hajipour were taken from ordinary Iranians posting on social media to explain why they are protesting, each line beginning "for...". Â鶹Éç Persian's Saba Zavarei explains how the protest song has evolved.

Venezuelan migrants in Martha's Vineyard
The Republican governor of Florida staged a political stunt to confront politicians far away from the southern border with the reality of uncontrolled migration. They flew 48 undocumented Latin Americans from Texas to Martha’s Vineyard, close to Boston, where many liberal and democrat politicians have summer houses. Luis Fajardo has been following the story for Â鶹Éç Monitoring in Miami.

Afghan women chasing their Olympic dreams in Italy
Â鶹Éç Uzbek's Firuz Rahimi, and producer Ivana Scatola, joined five women from Afghanistan’s cycling team who fled the country and are now training in Italy, pursuing their dream to represent their home country in the Olympics.

Pakistan floods and the karahi commute
Pakistan's catastrophic floods in the past month, have been challenging to report for Â鶹Éç Urdu. When Rubab Batool saw an intriguing video of locals using karahis - essentially huge cooking vessels - as transport on the floodwaters, she has to use her own creativity to work out how to film it.

Presenter: Feranak Amidi
Producer: Caroline Ferguson