Nigeria's farmers fear jihadist attacks

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Pascale Harter introduces correspondents' reports from northeastern Nigeria, the Iran-Iraq border, the Philippines and Hungary In Borno State, may farmers are too afraid to go out to their fields and harvest without an armed guard. Ijeoma Ndukwe spoke to people in and around Maiduguri about living with the ever-present risk of attack by jihadist groups and bandits - and the agonising choice between lives and livelihoods in remote rural areas. For decades Iran's government has cracked down hard on any sort of internal dissent - including Kurdish armed groups. So many of them took refuge over the border in Iraq, where they've tunnelled into mountain ranges to carve out underground bases for their militias. Jiyar Gol journeyed into the region to talk to fighters there about their views of the crisis in Iran - and whether their moment to fight again may be near. The Philippines are more than seven thousand kilometres away from the Persian Gulf - but the current crisis in Iran has had a drastic effect on everyday life for Filipinos. As fuel prices spiked, the cost of everything from a ride home to a plate of rice has risen too. Suranjana Tewari reports on how the government of Ferdinand Marcos Jr has tried to respond. Next weekend Hungarians vote in a general election where, for the first time in many years, Prime Minister Viktor Orban faces a serious challenge. The campaign rhetoric has been heated - and much of it has been about Ukraine. Then came a series of dramatic events which baffled, intrigued and enraged many voters. Nick Thorpe examines why Ukraine and the EU are such hot-button issues in Budapest. Producer: Polly Hope Editor: Richard Fenton-Smith Production Co-ordinator: Katie Morrison (Image: Farmers in northern Nigeria Credit: JORIS BOLOMEY/AFP via Getty Images)