'You'd better stop digging about this war, or you'll be killed'

A journalist tries to uncover the truth about civil war in Ethiopia. Plus, the consequences of India's heatwave, how the Church of England profited from slavery in Barbados, and how a blind teenager became a Paralympic champion

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Having difficulty reading this email? View it online     Searching for the truth about war in Ethiopia In 2020, Ethiopia's Nobel Peace Prize-winning President, Abiy Ahmed, launched a military offensive against regional forces in Tigray, in the north of the country. Since then, the region has been subject to an information blackout, making reporting nearly impossible. Journalist Lucy Kassa tells Chloe Hadjimatheou how she has been trying to uncover the truth - and how much danger that has placed her in. 'You'd better stop digging about this war, or you'll be killed' Listen to documentaries from the BBC World Service     Is India becoming too hot to live in? This year, India has experienced its worst heatwave since records began, and its effects are being felt far beyond public health. Can a country with more than one billion people adapt? 'It's not just about the temperatures' From Ukraine to Israel: A modern exodus? Thousands of Ukrainian Jews have fled to Israel, following a path taken by many since the fall of the Soviet Union. Tim Samuels asks what life awaits them, and what it means for the region. 'They are more refugees than immigrants today'   'The Church sought to tell half the story' Professor Robert Beckford discovers how the Church of England profited from its links with slave plantations in Barbados. Can it make amends for its part in this brutal history? 'They were talking about how we can convert the slaves'   'We don't necessarily have to live in fear of death' Sam is a terminally ill woman who has made peace with her condition - but her friends and family are unwilling to talk about it. Is there a way to help them come to terms with her mortality? 'Avoidance makes the anxiety worse in the long term' The realities of life with type 1 diabetes Two women share their experiences of living with type 1 diabetes, a chronic condition for which there is no known cure, and whose consequences can be severe without proper treatment. 'It's not because I 'ate too much sugar''   'Who wants to be 'normal'? Eww!' Anastasia Pagonis lost all her usable vision aged 14. Three years later, she became a Paralympic champion - and acquired a huge online following for her videos about life as a blind teenager. 'Mmm... no. I'm not being stuck in this place'   'Remaining would be death, or worse' When she was a young girl, Lauren Vuong's family embarked on a perilous escape from their home in Vietnam to the US. As an adult, she tried to find the people who helped them survive. 'What future, then, would be for us?' Lemn Sissay: The food that fuelled a writer's life Raised as a foster child in northern England, Lemn Sissay spent years not knowing his real heritage. Ruth Alexander hears about the food that brings back extraordinary memories. 'I was essentially stolen from my mother'

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