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Pascale Harter introduces correspondents鈥� stories and reflections from Ukraine, Australia, Nigeria and India.

In Ukraine, just recently, 40 people were killed in a single day of multiple missile attacks. Among them, it鈥檚 the strike on Ukraine鈥檚 main hospital for children that will surely be remembered as a particularly sordid point in the Russian invasion of Ukraine. Moscow denies responsibility for attacking the hospital which provides cancer care to children and organ transplants. Kyiv, though, is in little doubt. World leaders at the next day鈥檚 NATO meeting in Washington condemned the attack. Our correspondent in Kyiv, James Waterhouse was travelling back to Ukraine when it happened. He describes how the atmosphere in the capital has darkened.

Australia is a 鈥渕igration nation鈥� 鈥� a third of its population was born abroad and it prides itself on its multi-culturalism. But there鈥檚 a big exception - many foreigners with disabilities or medical conditions are routinely denied an Australian visa and those already living in Australia face the threat of being made to leave because they are considered a burden. Katy Watson in Sydney has been finding out more.

Nigeria is Africa鈥檚 economic powerhouse 鈥� and the most populous country on the continent with more than 200 million people, two thirds of whom are under the age of 25. So why are so many of them trying to leave? Last year, Nigerian authorities issued a record number of passports 鈥� 1.9 million 鈥� to those looking to travel abroad. It鈥檚 become so common there鈥檚 even a name for it: japa, as Hannah Gelbart discovered in Lagos.

And last month the world鈥檚 largest democracy, India finished its six week long election. Prime Minister, Narendra Modi of the ruling BJP lost his majority and for the first time is having to rely on his coalition partners to govern. The BJP鈥檚 election campaign was polarising with Prime Minister Modi drawing on Hindu nationalism and anti-Muslim sentiment to garner support. But this seems to have back-fired. Samira Hussein in Delhi explains why she now feels able to wear one of her favourite necklaces again.

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Editor Tom Bigwood

Image: Volunteers clear the rubble at Ohmatdyt Children's Hospital following a Russian missile attack in the Ukrainian capital of Kyiv. (Photo by ROMAN PILIPEY/AFP via Getty Images)