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6 August 2017

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News imageA Kenyan man wearing a high-visibility vest

Kenya holds its breath before tight poll

The election campaign falls silent - but the country is holding its breath, fearing violence.

News imageElephant

British army on elephant-saving mission

Soldiers are sharing tactics from Iraq and Afghanistan to help gamekeepers in Gabon tackle poaching.

News imageDavid Harris and Hazel Allinson with her spaniels

Husband who tried to hire hitman to appeal

David Harris was desperate for his partner's money and wanted to set up home with a sex worker.

News imagesoil moisture sensors

Developing sensors for Japan's farmers

Lisa Kikuchi of SenSprout tells the BBC how she is developing soil moisture sensors to help Japan's farmers.

News imageBarbed wire

'The devil's rope': How barbed wire changed America

How the spread of barbed wire helped redraw the map of the USA.

News imageThe house

'Hobbit' house marks 70 years of listed buildings

The listing system was launched in 1947 to protect important buildings amid post-war redevelopment.

News imagePartitioned subcontinent of India

The turmoil and legacy of India’s hasty partition

A timeline of independence, dividing lines drawn in haste and the devastating violence that followed.

News imageJack Bussey

'I was thinking - am I going to die?'

Toronto's Jack Bussey tells 5 live's Rugby League podcast he feared death after learning he had thyroid cancer - but was soon back playing.

News imageElina Berglund Scherwitzl, co-founder of Natural Cycles

The Swedish physicist revolutionising birth control

Elina Berglund Scherwitzl has created an app that offers women a "natural alternative" to the pill

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