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Mariam Issoufou: Designing a museum
Architect Mariam Issoufou designs a new museum in Senegal
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The world's Newsroom brings you global events as they happen
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The latest two minute news summary from BBC World Service.
How does war affect a child’s brain?
Veteran war reporter Fergal Keane on PTSD among children in conflicts worldwide.
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Q&A: Beavers, solar panels in the Sahara and nuclear waste
The Climate Question panel answer your queries on all things climate.
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Speaking Scots helped me find my voice – and millions listen
Award-winning Scottish poet Len Pennie began writing to improve her mental health
The L'Amicale Four
A Mauritian man jailed for two decades shares his story of what happened in Port Louis
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The Darkest Web
5. Buried hard drives
A Portuguese paedophile goes to extreme lengths to keep his abuse hidden
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Iran warns of 'decisive response' after death of security chief
Iran's Ali Larijani was killed in overnight Israeli strikes
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Israel launches deadly strikes on Beirut
Israel has stepped up air and ground attacks against Hezbollah
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Israel continues to strike Lebanon
It comes after overnight attacks on Tel Aviv from Iran
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Alexander Stubb, President of Finland: We live in a world of disorder
Matt Chorley speaks to Finland’s President Alexander Stubb about the changing world order
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The cost of calling home
There’s a growing market for apps helping to cut the costs of international calls
Oslo's anti-racism demonstration
In 2001, an anti-racism rally was held in Oslo after a teenager was murdered by neo-Nazis
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Guyana
The world’s fastest growing economy
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Listener Q&A on Iran
BBC world affairs editor John Simpson answers your questions on the US-Israel war on Iran
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The street kid who built a boxing academy
Tobias Mupfuti learned boxing while homeless – now he trains young fighters in Zimbabwe
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Israel bombs the heart of the Lebanese capital
Israel strikes Beirut in escalated attacks on the Iran-backed group Hezbollah
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Oil shock spreads global strain
Oil prices climb above 109 dollars after airstrikes hit a key Iranian gas facility
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Iran war: Displaced Lebanese
The Israeli military has conducted more deadly airstrikes in central Beirut
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Iran's largest gas field attacked
An Iranian petrochemical complex on the South Pars gas field has been hit
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BBC sports correspondents tell the story behind today's top sporting news, with interviews and reports from across the world.
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Does your home country impact your cancer risk?
North and South Koreans face different cancer risks due to childhood environment
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Israel attacks Iranian petrochemical complex
South Pars is one of the world's largest natural gas fields
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How important is the South Pars field to global gas supply?
We ask what impact strikes on the world's largest gas field will have beyond the region.
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