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The Happy Pod: Inviting strangers round for dinner
One couple's quest to make friends led them to host dinners with people they'd never met
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Rubio, Antifa and the global threat from the far-left
The secretary of state hosts a summit to tackle “the resurgence of far-left terrorism"
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Meet the humanoid robots performing surgery
Surgeons remotely control two human-like robots in an operating theatre.
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I donated my eggs to a stranger on the train
After a stranger's unexpected confession on the Tube, Gini Bhogal made an unusual promis
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Birkin bag: Creating fashion’s iconic accessory
In 1985, one the world’s most recognisable fashion accessories was launched, the Birkin
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Revealing the deeper cost of survival for Harry Haft after life in Nazi concentration camp
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Christopher Nolan, director: We need to take risks
Katie Razzall speaks to filmmaker Christopher Nolan about his adaptation of The Odyssey
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Taking Stock: A slower China and a durian glut
China's economy slows, New York targets AI centres, and the ‘king of fruits’ giveaway
A child's return to Franco's Spain
What it was like to live under Franco’s rule during the Spanish Civil War
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How might we spot nukes in space?
What’s the point of having a treaty banning nukes in space if we can’t spot them?
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A scientific odyssey
A new film adaptation of the Greek epic poem sends us on our own unexpected journey
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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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How major news stories are affecting the lives of people around the world
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Are there diseases in space?
Space missions are looking for life, but could that life be dangerous?
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