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20 May 2018

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News imageA woman's hands plucking tea leaves

Tea leaves hope for cancer treatment

Scientists found tiny nanoparticles from the leaves destroyed 80% of cells they were applied to.

News imageRussian ruble coin

UK 'turns blind eye to dirty Russian money'

The City is being used as "a base for the corrupt assets" of President Putin's allies, MPs claim.

News imageWorkers at Pinkspiration

Firms to pass key tests to access £50m pot

New tests are set up for businesses which want to access money from a £50m pot of taxpayers' funding.

News imageNew hybrid trains on the route run on diesel and electric

Call to keep £430m from scrapped rail plan

MPs want savings from cancelling Cardiff to Swansea rail electrification to go into Welsh transport.

News imageOprah Winfrey (l), Chadwick Boseman (c), Lena Dunham (r)

Stars call for action on gender inequality

Lena Dunham, Oprah Winfrey and others say leaders are "on notice" to use their power for women.

News imageJameela Jamil

Jameela Jamil 'was too ethnic' for US

The British presenter-turned-actress talks about body image, equal pay and the #MeToo movement.

News imageJameela Jamil

'I ask what male colleagues are paid'

Jameela Jamil explains why she's determined to get equal pay for her work.

News imagePeople at a train station in Seoul walk past a television screen showing footage of Kim Jong Un

Why North Korea is destroying its nuclear test site

Kim Jong-un's pledge is a step towards ending the nuclear programme but isn't 'denuclearisation'

News imageBen Makuch

Why is Canada in a battle with Vice News?

Vice's Ben Makuch is fighting an order to hand communications with a terror suspect over to police.

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