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Ukraine’s art and culture under attack

War on culture: how Russia is destroying museums and taking art from Ukraine. Presented by Irena Taranyuk.

Artworks taken from collections, museums destroyed: Anastasia Soroka and Grigor Atanesian explore what's been happening to Ukraine's cultural heritage since the war began, in a special BBC Russian report.

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A Somali perspective on the Mo Farah story
The British Olympic champion Sir Mo Farah made headlines this week after revealing that he was illegally brought to the UK as a child. He said he was given the name Mohamed Farah, and made to work as a domestic servant. BBC Somali’s Sidiiq Burmad is based in Somaliland, where Sir Mo was born.

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K-pop's plastic problem
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(Photo: Russian journalists remove portrait of Arkhip Kuindzhi, painted by his pupil Grigory Kalmykov, from Mariupul Kuindzhi Art Museum basement. Credit: Screenshot from UNION TV Channel)

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Sat 16 Jul 2022 02:06GMT

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