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'War on Terror': Are big military deployments over? - BBC News

Twenty years on from the "War on Terror", is it the end of big military deployments to warzones?

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Paris police search for two e-scooter riders after pedestrian killed - BBC

Two women on an electric scooter hit a pedestrian and did not stop to provide help, officials say.

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Singapore's endless pursuit of cleanliness

These quintessentially Singaporean values have been put to the test during Covid-19, when good public hygiene practice can be a matter of life and death.

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Spiro Mounds: North America's lost civilisation - BBC Travel

A treasure lost to time: Looters destroyed America's largest collection of Native American relics. Now, many have been reunited in a new museum exhibit.

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UN Afghan envoy Deborah Lyons alarmed at Taliban gains - BBC News

The insurgents are lining up to seize key cities once foreign troops leave, the UN envoy warns.

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Political trolling twice as popular as positivity, study suggests - BBC New

Political social-media posts are twice as likely to go viral if they are negative, a study suggests.

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Summer solstice: Hundreds attend Stonehenge despite advice - BBC News

Some scaled fences to enter the site in Wiltshire, with a live feed pulled amid safety concerns.

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The mysteries of the Oort Cloud that engulfs our Solar System - BBC Future

In the coldest, darkest reaches of our Solar System – a region still to be visited by human spacecraft – is a strange, frigid cloud that contains material from other stars.

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The treasure inside beer lost in a shipwreck 120 years ago - BBC Future

Long-forgotten yeast strains are being sought out from shipwrecks, abandoned breweries and other locations in the hope they could be put to good use if resurrected.

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The Nigerian priest saving Igbo deities from the bonfires - BBC News

Reverend Paul Obayi preserves artefacts burnt by preachers who see them as symbols of idolatry.

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Turkmenistan's capital tops list of most expensive cities for expats - BBC

The annual report ranks 209 cities based on the cost of expenses such as housing, transport and food.

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Signs of geological activity found on Venus - BBC News

Scientists find evidence parts of Venus's rocky surface move around like bits of ocean pack ice.

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Millions become millionaires during Covid pandemic - BBC News

Soaring stock markets and property prices help boost the wealth of the wealthy, research suggests.

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Roma street death was 'No Czech Floyd' say police - BBC News

The Czech government backs police after a video shows an officer subduing a man by kneeling on his neck.

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xkcd: No, The Other One

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Gold rush fuels armed violence in Brazilian Amazon - BBC News

Indigenous villages say they are under attack, as illegal mining and armed violence in the jungle rise.

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AI helps restore Rembrandt's Night Watch masterpiece - BBC News

The 1642 painting can again be seen in its entirety for the first time in more than 300 years.

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Harrison Ford injures shoulder on Indiana Jones 5 film set - BBC News

The 78-year-old actor injures his shoulder while rehearsing a fight scene in the UK.

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John McAfee: Anti-virus creator found dead in prison cell - BBC News

The software mogul is found dead hours after a Spanish court allowed his extradition to the US on tax charges.

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Pentagon UFO report: Here's what we know - BBC News

The report provides few answers on what the US military knows about unexplained flying objects.

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Climate change: Large-scale CO2 removal facility set for Scotland - BBC New

A plant that could remove the equivalent to 40 million trees every year is planned for Scotland.

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Microsoft unveils Windows 11 operating system - BBC News

The updated operating system has a new look and will let Android apps run on the Windows desktop.

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Astronomers work out when the first stars shone - BBC News

Called the "cosmic dawn", this period happened between 250 and 350 million years after the Big Bang.

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Covid-19: Europe braces for surge in Delta variant - BBC News

Germany says Europe is "on thin ice" amid warnings Delta could make up 90% of cases by late August.

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Canada: Hundreds of unmarked graves found at residential school - BBC News

It is the most significant such discovery to date, a First Nation group in Saskatchewan says.

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