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Coronavirus: New Avon sellers double during UK lockdown - BBC News
There has been a surge in people signing up to sell Avon beauty products over the past few months.
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'My Nigerian great-grandfather sold slaves' - BBC News
The legacies of colonial slave-traders are being reassessed, but what about the Africans who profited?
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Spain's monarchy shaken by Juan Carlos's hidden Swiss fortune - BBC News
King Juan Carlos abdicated in 2014 but is once again in the spotlight over his financial dealings.
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Coronavirus: Are mutations making it more infectious? - BBC News
While there have been thousands of changes to the virus only one is seen as possibly altering its behaviour.
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Nantes cathedral volunteer detained after fire - BBC News
The Rwandan refugee, who was responsible for closing the building, is released without charge.
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Climate change: Polar bears could be lost by 2100 - BBC News
Scientists say we have time to save polar bears if we act now to reduce greenhouse gas emissions.
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BBC - Travel - HMS Challenger: The voyage that birthed oceanography
The 3.5-year voyage to the furthest corners of the globe reshaped marine science and permanently changed our relationship with the planet’s oceans.
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Q Magazine to close after 34 years - BBC News
"The pandemic did for us," says the editor of the UK's biggest rock magazine.
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Coronavirus: Oxford vaccine triggers immune response - BBC News
Study shows the vaccine is safe, but it is still too soon to know if it can stop people from being infected.
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By bike, boat and horseback: Epic coronavirus journeys home - BBC News
With flights grounded and borders closed, these travellers took incredible steps to get home.
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Bloedige plekken: in de eenzame velden van Neerwinden vond de afgrijselijks
Plekken in Vlaanderen waar voorbijgangers niet beseffen dat ze geschiedenis onder hun voeten hebben. In de reeks “Bloedige plekken” ontdekken VRT-journalist Jos Vandervelden en fotograaf Alexander Dumarey de plaatsen waar ooit bloed vloeide, waar mensen een gewelddadige dood stierven. Maar waar de sporen van de geschiedenis zo goed als weggevaagd zijn. Vandaag: tienduizenden zinloze oorlogsdoden bij een dorp dat ongevraagd in het strijdperk lag.
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Coronavirus: Did 'herd immunity' change the course of the outbreak? - BBC N
What drove the government's thinking in the crucial stages of the coronavirus outbreak?
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BBC - Travel - An abandoned British island reclaimed by nature
With no permanent residents and millions of animals, South Georgia island is one of the world’s most biodiverse places. Yet, few Brits have ever heard of it.
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Belgian authorities investigate police 'kneeling' death - BBC News
Police are investigating after footage appears to show an officer kneeling on the man's back.
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BBC - Travel - Nakhchivan: The world’s most sustainable ‘nation’?
Insular and isolated, the autonomous republic of Nakhchivan is emerging as one of the world’s most sustainable places.
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Searching for my slave roots
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Secret Morse code tune sees game removed in China - BBC News
A hidden message about Hong Kong has led to a game being taken offline.
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Greta Thunberg to donate one-million-euro humanitarian prize - BBC News
Campaigner Greta Thunberg says she will donate the money to projects that tackle the climate crisis.
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Johnny Depp and Amber Heard: Elon Musk offered actress '24/7' security - BB
Amber Heard denied the Tesla founder visited her in 2015 when her then husband Johnny Depp was away.
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QAnon: What is it and where did it come from? - BBC News
The fringe conspiracy theory is facing a crackdown by social media platforms, although it's been growing especially in the US.
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Earliest evidence for humans in the Americas - BBC News
Humans settled in the Americas much earlier than previously thought, according to new finds from Mexico.
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Abood Hamam: 'A picture can kill you or save your life' - BBC News
For years Abood Hamam sent war photos out of Syria anonymously. Now he's using his name, and urging exiles to return.
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Russian historian jailed in controversial sex abuse case - BBC News
Yury Dmitriyev says the case was politically motivated in reaction to his work as a Stalin scholar.
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The rush to claim an undersea mountain range - BBC Future
Beneath the frozen wastes of the Arctic, a three-way geopolitical tug-of-war is taking place over which country owns a ridge of undersea mountains. The winner will change maps forever.
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Cutting screen time lowers risk of death, study finds - BBC News
Research from the University of Glasgow finds watching two hours or less of television a day could minimize health risks.
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