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  1. 19 minutes ago

    "We didn't know what was going on."

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  2. 2 hours ago

    Nancy Stone thought she had an awesome marriage, but it turned out her husband had spent several years paying a gang of criminals to murder her.

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  3. 4 hours ago

    Here's what we know about the toxic nerve agent that's responsible for the second poisoning this year in southern England.

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  4. 4 hours ago

    Can you feel richer by giving your money away? 💸 This lottery winner thinks so. More stories

    The lottery winner who's giving it all away
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  5. 6 hours ago

    Uluru is sacred to the Anangu Aboriginal people - so why are tourists as well as other Australians still climbing it? Download/listen to the podcast:

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  6. 7 hours ago

    Pangolins are the world's most-trafficked animals. Can fingerprint technology help save them from poachers?

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  7. 8 hours ago

    An Asian hornet invasion is threatening British honeybees. Can tiny electronic trackers stop it?

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  8. 10 hours ago

    "You are surrounded by armed police, put everything down and get out now" - how a British couple found out that a young man in their care was wanted for planting a bomb. 📻

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  9. 11 hours ago

    All eyes are on Russia’s football pitches right now, but the country also has a rich alternative music scene. Meet the electronic artist who has just composed her first piece for a classical ensemble, and a horror hiphop duo 📻:

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  10. 12 hours ago

    Why are there still so few women in the top ranks of chess? Listen to and :

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    23 hours ago

    "The two people have been exposed to the nerve agent Novichok" - UK police give update on man and woman found unconscious in Amesbury, Wiltshire

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  12. Jul 4

    Do dads do enough of the childcare? If you don't think so, you might want to consider moving to Sweden... 👶 🇸🇪 Hear more on how different countries are encouraging people to have more children: 📻

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  13. Jul 4

    Israel has said it won't accept Syrian refugees, but a former spokesman for the Israeli Defence Forces says there should be room for compassion for people in dire need. Listen to the full interview:

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  14. Jul 4

    "The only black guy on the plane and [my son] was worried he was going to rob the plane." How this social psychologist noticed prejudice through the eyes of her son.

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  15. Jul 4

    How turned his Latino dance party class into a multi-million dollar fitness empire.

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  16. Jul 4

    Did you know that, apart from having plenty of football fans and a pretty good team, Russia is obsessed with hiphop and has a thriving electronic music scene? With 📻:

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  17. Jul 4

    In Zanzibar, seaweed is big business - and it 's proved a liberating force for women.

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  18. Jul 4

    Street, skate park, half pipe? Send us a photo of you in your favourite place.

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  19. Jul 4

    The Muslim women playing rugby in a hijab. 🏉 📻

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  20. Jul 4

    Are only children selfish and lonely? Or as sociable and motivated as people from bigger families? 👪 More on bringing up only children here

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