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Today, the death of a young woman in police custody in Iran has sparked nationwide protests

with dozens killed.

We hear from those who are taking a stand.

After the floods, the threat of water-borne disease looms large in Pakistan.

We hear from the doctors on the front line of a humanitarian crisis.

In Israel, we hear how a sex scandal has rocked the ultra-orthodox community,

prompting those who were affected to raise their voices.

And finally, we're in San Sebastian, on Spain's Atlantic coast, where there's a fierce debate over the country's imperial legacy.

But first, Vladimir Putin's announcement of a partial conscription involving some 300,000 Russian reservists

to fight in the war in Ukraine was interpreted by many commentators as an act of desperation

after Ukraine recaptured land in a bold counter-offensive earlier this month.

Within Russia, news of the conscription has sparked protests by Russians who are against fighting a war they don't believe in.

But many Russians had continued with life, almost as normal, unaffected by Putin's so-called special operation.

This week has changed that Cicero-Ramesford.

Listening to Vladimir Putin speak this week, it wasn't his nuclear threat that caught my attention the most.

That was nerve-wracking, of course.

But it's also routine now when Russia's in trouble.

For me, the key part had come earlier.

His announcement that hundreds of thousands of Russian men would be enlisted to fight in Ukraine.

As news of that call-up spread, I imagined panic spreading with it across the country.

The last time that happened was in February, when Putin launched his war on Ukraine.

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