This is the Global News podcast from the BBC World Service.

I'm Janet Joliel and in the early hours of Monday the 17th of March, these are our main stories.

Prosecutors in North Macedonia are investigating whether a fire in a nightclub that killed nearly 60 people could be linked to bribery and corruption.

The United States says its airstrikes on

Saturday killed several Houthi leaders in Yemen. The Trump administration deports more than

200 Venezuelans to El Salvador, despite an order by a US judge banning such a move.

Also in this podcast, how a glamorous new soap opera seeks to overturn stereotypes about black Americans.

And that's not the experience of most of Black America.

So that's cool that other people can say experience.

Black excellence, you know, and our drama.

Thank you. Black excellence, you know, and our drama. North Macedonia's Interior Minister says prosecutors are investigating whether corruption

and bribery are linked to a fire in a nightclub that killed 59 people.

Panche Toskovsky said the venue in the eastern town of Kocciani did not have a legal

license to operate.

A special team has been set up to look into the cause of the fire in the early hours

of Sunday morning, which broke out after a popular band used fireworks during a performance.

The flame spread quickly as the ceiling was made of highly flammable material.

Our Balkan's correspondent Guy Deloni sent this report from Cocheney.

This was the moment when a great night out turned into a disaster.

Pirate Technics ignited on stage as part of the performance by the band, DNK, in Cochene,

a small town about 60 miles to the east of North Macedonia's capital, Skopje.

At first they watched as flames crept across the ceiling,

...