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20 October 2017

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News imageMs Baloch in pictures alongside a Muslim cleric that appeared on social media

A YouTube star and the cleric linked to her death

The influential Muslim leader in Pakistan is now accused of instigating the murder of Qandeel Baloch.

News imageImage shows television sets showing a news report on China President Xi Jinping's speech

Positive energy on the Beijing subway

The BBC's Carrie Gracie gauges reaction to President Xi Jinping's Communist Party Congress speech.

News imageSean Hughes

Missed this week's entertainment news?

Take a look at some of the week's biggest stories in the world of arts and entertainment.

News imageKeyframe #2

Paul Ryan cracks jokes at charity dinner

The House Speaker receives plenty of laughs in a series of jokes on Trump, Clinton and Twitter.

News imageComputer simulated images illustrate Mir's descent and breakup as it enters the Earth's atmosphere

The place spacecraft go to die

Why one of the Earth's most remote places is the preferred place to dump space junk.

News imageCyclist

How much room do cyclists need?

BBC presenter Jon Cuthill took to the roads of Southampton with a modified Oxford safety reflector arm.

News imageTony Warren on Coronation Street in 1985

Coronation Street forerunner's script found

Tony Warren tried writing a different northern soap opera before creating Corrie.

News imageearly photo of Joshua Boyle and Caitlan Coleman

The story behind this couple's kidnapping

What’s next for the North American couple and their children rescued from five years of captivity?

News imageBallerina

Can ballet help heal after a massacre?

A new ballet tells the story of the aftermath of the racially motivated Charleston church shooting.

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