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Hanging around

Dropping in on the man who just broke one of the most death-defying records in sport

Somalis in America

Somalis on President Trump and their lives in the US

Steel from shipwrecks

Materials scientist Anna Ploszajski investigates the scavenging of pre-atomic steel

14/12/2025 01:06 GMT

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Bill Walton’s The Grateful Team: Ep 3

The showdown between two rivals for an Olympic medal. Can Lithuania triumph in tie-dye?

Afghanistan’s international ski scene

How the mountains of Bamiyan in central Afghanistan became a skiing hub

14/12/2025 02:06 GMT

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Shingles vaccine slows the progression of dementia

We unpick further research on the benefits of the shingles vaccine

Philippa Gregory: The Other Boleyn Girl

Bestselling author Philippa Gregory joins to discuss The Other Boleyn Girl

Syria's first year without Assad

Flags and fireworks at the celebrations couldn't conceal the challenges ahead

Would our ancestors have benefited from early neanderthals making fire?

New evidence shows that early neanderthals made fire 350 thousand years before we thought.

14/12/2025 05:06 GMT

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Steel from shipwrecks

Materials scientist Anna Ploszajski investigates the scavenging of pre-atomic steel

Two dead confirmed at Brown University shooting

Two students are dead and nine other people are injured after the shooting

Manhunt continues after two killed in US university shooting

Police say the attacker was a male dressed all in black who fled on foot

Hundreds of police hunt suspect in Brown University shooting

A gunman opened fire into a classroom where exams were taking place

Syria's first year without Assad

Flags and fireworks at the celebrations couldn't conceal the challenges ahead

Food heroes and villains

Why does social media cast some foods as heroes and others as villains?

Rethinking dyslexia

Harnessing the skills of people with dyslexia by improving education and understanding

A makeover for Syria's interim leader?

Ahmed al-Sharaa has embraced social media to project an apparently moderate image

14/12/2025 11:06 GMT

The world's Newsroom brings you global events as they happen

Bill Walton’s The Grateful Team: Ep 3

The showdown between two rivals for an Olympic medal. Can Lithuania triumph in tie-dye?

RCP 8.5: Why did the climate change model get it wrong?

How an important climate model was too pessimistic about the future

Eleven people killed in antisemitic attack in Australia

The deadly shooting at Sydney's Bondi Beach targeted a Hanukkah celebration

What made the floods in South East Asia so deadly?

Can people in the region be protected from future disasters?

The Happy Pod: The cafe where mistakes are expected

A pop-up cafe in Tokyo is giving people with dementia a place to volunteer

14/12/2025 19:06 GMT

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Anna-Karin Karlsson: Sunglasses made for icons

The imaginative world of Swedish eyewear designer Anna-Karin Karlsson

Chicken, with a side order of science

Japan’s love for fried chicken at Christmas gets us digging into chicken’s origins.

Deadly shooting in Australia targets Hanukkah celebration

Sixteen people are dead

14/12/2025 22:06 GMT

The world's Newsroom brings you global events as they happen

A makeover for Syria's interim leader?

Ahmed al-Sharaa has embraced social media to project an apparently moderate image

What made the floods in South East Asia so deadly?

Can people in the region be protected from future disasters?

The struggle of Israel's peace movement

The Israeli and Palestinian activists who defy threats to dare to call for peace