"They were defending the steel plant for 82 days and they are the example of incredible courage. They were ready to stand to the end."
The group of more than 260 Ukrainian fighters are being taken to areas held by Russian-backed rebels
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The WHO recently released new estimates of the Covid pandemic global death toll.
takes a look at why the figures for a few countries have caused controversy
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The wheat ban is thought to be driven by a poorer harvest than expected due to scorching heat waves in March. Will the decision help feed the country?
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Somalia's former leader Hassan Sheikh Mohamud has been elected president after a final vote that was only open to the country's MPs
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In the first episode of our Million by 30 series, tech entrepreneur Hertzy Kabeya tells us how he managed it
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When Donna met Carlo she instantly fell for him. But there was one thing that bugged her, he'd never introduced her to his family or friends.
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Brazilian gamers have been a source of support for President Jair Bolsonaro - but is that all about to change?
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Chelsea have won the women's FA Cup! 🏆
It's the domestic league and cup double for Emma Hayes' side and back-to-back FA Cup wins.
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Will black, evangelical women vote again for Brazil's President Jair Bolsonaro?
They were kingmakers in the country's last presidential election and look set to be so again...
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How do you make a million meals from food destined for the bin?
Entrepreneur Iseult Ward explains how she went from from working with market traders to working with huge multi-nationals
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As you come down from your #Eurovision high, celebrate past anthems with 's Alexandra Rotan's playlist - with , , and Loreen
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Why are Morocco’s bees disappearing? 🐝🐝🐝
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Following the end of slavery in the British Empire the practice of contracting labourers, sometimes without a salary, to work on sugarcane plantations began.
A new book highlights this hidden history of indentured labour in South Africa
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Ukraine wins the Eurovision Song Contest as folk-rap group Kalush Orchestra ride a wave of public support to be crowne bbc.in/3yDeU7q
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It's time for #Eurovision!
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Many of Cambodia’s prized treasures were taken by looters in the 1980s and 1990s and then sold on to some of the western world’s most prestigious museums - and Cambodia wants them back
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"We love the craziness of it!"
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“We cried all the way to Jordan.”
Mohammed and his mum Maha fled Syria for the Zaatari refugee camp 10 years ago - they still live there now
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The US is sending weapons and money to Ukraine to confront Vladimir Putin.
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For Iraq's LGBTQ+ community, life is difficult and dangerous. Being gay or non-binary doesn’t break any laws, but people in these groups still live in fear.
Varin is 22 and identifies as non-binary
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Some people make sacrifices or compromises to win over the person they love... eating food they don’t like, pretending to adore cats and so on… but for she was never going to pretend she liked ’s singing
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As a new president takes charge in South Korea, Kim Jong-un is testing weapons with renewed urgency.
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Thousands of whales a year are estimated to be killed by ships as they swim along migration routes to feed or reproduce.
explains why they're colliding and how strikes could be reduced
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"Representing your country during war puts a huge responsibility on you."
Ukraine's Kalush Orchestra have been given special permission to leave the country and perform at this year's #Eurovision Song Contest.
But how are they feeling?
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"We're all in need of a limited supply."
A US mother explains the distress being caused by a worsening baby formula shortage, that has prompted leading pharmacies to restrict their sales, and some parents to even "water down their formula"
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Is insomnia really a problem of modern life... or is the struggle for sleep older than you think?
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"Imagine going to work and having to wrap 10 bodies in a 12 hour shift."
As the US records more than one million Covid-19 related deaths, hears from healthcare workers who describe the toll the pandemic has had on their profession
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Can Sri Lanka's new prime minister bring the country back from economic meltdown?
Food, fuel and medication are in desperately short supply and even "a paracetamol is now a luxury good"
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CCTV shows Russian soldiers killing unarmed Ukrainian civilians.
The incident is being investigated as a suspected war crime.
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Scientists think they have cracked the mystery of how starlings manage not to collide with each other as they fly in their mesmerising, shape-shifting murmurations
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Somalis will wake up to a newly elected president on Monday morning.
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