麻豆社

Pascale Harter introduces stories from a Bangladesh under new management, a man released from Russian prison, a jailhouse meeting in Brazil and anti-tourism protests on the Spanish island of Majorca.

Sheikh Hasina was prime minister of Bangladesh for 15 years but left the country in a hurry earlier this week. A wave of student-led protests, and a bloody crackdown by the state in response, had shaken the nation and broken her grip on its political life. Samira Hussain reports from Dhaka on how the new interim government will cope with the demands it now faces.

What can it be like to be suddenly released from a prison cell in Siberia when you expected to die behind bars? The 麻豆社's former Moscow correspondent, Sarah Rainsford, talks to Vladimir Kara-Murza after he left Russia as part of the recent high-level prisoner swap.

Kat Torres went from Brazil's favelas to international fame as a model - and then remade herself as an online wellness guru. Now she's a convicted felon, after charges that she abused her influence and exploited at least one of her followers. Jack Garland describes an unnerving meeting with her in a jail less than an hour's drive - but a world away - from Copacabana beach.

Spain's Balearic islands are awash with tourists - with more than 14 million foreign visitors last year. But local people now protest that it's nearly impossible to find anywhere to live. In Palma de Majorca, Nick Beake recently attended a march calling for limits on the tourist trade.

Producer: Polly Hope
Editor: Tom Bigwood
Production Co-Ordinator: Katie Morrison