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The day of the datacentres
The datacentres are coming, potentially in the hundreds.
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The latest five minute news bulletin from BBC World Service.
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The world's Newsroom brings you global events as they happen
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The latest two minute news summary from BBC World Service.
Women Not Included: Urban Planning
In a world not designed for women, the urban landscape reveals who it was really built for
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How do electric fish make electricity?
Some fish generate electric shocks that can stun a human. How do they do it?
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Peanuts for the people
How a peanut paste saved the lives of millions of children.
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Hong Kong's bookstore raids
Why a crackdown on Hong Kong booksellers could impact Taiwan
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Fertility in your 40s
Why is it more difficult for older women to get pregnant?
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Live news, business and sport from around the world.
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Michelle Bachelet, UN Chief candidate: Time for a woman to lead
Michelle Bachelet on bid to lead the UN and why she believes the organisation needs reform
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Is Turkey's clothing industry unravelling at the seams?
The Turkish textile industry is at risk after hundreds of apparel factories have closed
'I created the Star Wars toys'
In 1976, toymaker Jim Swearingen had to convince his boss to take a chance on a new film
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Voting for water and surviving a hurricane
Max Pearson presents a collection of the week's Witness History episodes
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Inside Afghanistan’s secret schools for girls
Lyse Doucet visits Afghanistan and speaks to the Taliban five years after the US pullout
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Harry Potter and the Ukrainian prisoner of war
Oleksandr Ivanov endured 4 years in Russian captivity by telling the Harry Potter stories
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Interviews, news and analysis of the day’s global events.
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Finance, economy and business news from BBC journalists around the world
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A vibrant account of the day’s events with explanation and reaction from those involved.
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BBC sports correspondents tell the story behind today's top sporting news, with interviews and reports from across the world.
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The AfD's vision of Germany
Saxony-Anhalt's elections reveal a far-right party's view of the German past - and future
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Women not included: Artificial Intelligence
In a world not designed for women, AI reveals its hidden gender biases.
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The latest business and finance news from around the world, on the BBC.
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