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Greece: Rescuers on Trial
In a case with profound implications for European migration policy, two dozen former volunteer humanitarian workers have been on trial on the Greek i…
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Black girlhood in photos and writing
Black girls performing in a parade on the streets of Chicago and playing in the surf at Martha's Vineyard offer a glimpse of what it is like, growing…
1 month ago
New elements
What does it take to make something which has never existed on Earth before? The search for element 120 on the periodic table has begun at the Lawren…
1 month, 1 week ago
Kenyans lured to Russia's frontline
Kenyan authorities recently reported that 200 of their citizens are fighting for Russia in the war in Ukraine. Many of them have reported that they t…
1 month, 1 week ago
Surviving an avalanche
In the past few days there have been a number of deaths on ski slopes in the Alps and, in recent months, hikers in Greece, climbers in Italy’s Dolomi…
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Eternal horizons
*** This programme contains graphic descriptions of body mutilation ***
In the Nepalese Himalaya, one of the world’s rarest and most spiritually prof…
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Stories from the New Silk Road: The Bering Sea
In 1867, the US government bought Alaska from Russia for $7.2 million dollars. At the time, critics questioned the value of purchasing such an inhosp…
1 month, 1 week ago
Putin's foreign fighters
*** This programme contains very strong language ***
Over the past year, BBC Eye has followed the journeys of young men from Syria, Egypt, and Yemen …
1 month, 1 week ago
The Netherlands: 10 new cities?
'Start by lighting a candle every morning.’ In other words, pray. That’s the advice on one social media platform to those looking for a rented proper…
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Bianca Raffaella: A world of blurred vision
Bianca Raffaella is a partially sighted painter based in Margate. Working entirely by touch and memory, her flower and figure paintings emerge from a…
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