BBC Radio 4 - From Our Own Correspondent

Strike! Strike! Strike!

Correspondents around the world tell stories and examine news developments in their region

French trades unions battle President Hollande over his government's new work bill

This edition features reports from the Middle East, Afghanistan, Italy, Malawi and Turkey.

A bumper crop of opium poppies in Afghanistan

Reporters' despatches from around the world. The Taliban leader killed in a drone strike.

The Taliban leader killed in a drone strike

25 years on: the cassettes which tell the dramatic story of the flight of the Kurds.

25-years on: the cassettes which tell the dramatic story of the flight of the Kurds

The wave of brutal killings which has shocked the nation.

The wave of brutal killings which has shocked the nation