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• Botswana mulls lifting elephant hunting ban A government report recommends lifting a four-year ban on hunting elephants....
• Venezuela crisis: Maduro closes border with Brazil President Maduro acts as opposition supporters defy attempts to stop them bringi...
• Jussie Smollett: Judge calls alleged hate hoax 'despicable' A judge says the "most vile" part of the allegedly staged hate crime was the use...
• Japan's Yoshitaka Sakurada apologises for being three minutes late Japan's Yoshitaka Sakurada, who was late for a parliamentary meeting, makes his ...
• Insects decline: What do insects actually do? Reports show many insect populations are declining. How will that affect us?...
• Syria war: US to leave 200 troops for peacekeeping after withdrawal The announcement follows fierce criticism of President Donald Trump's decision t...
• Nigerian elections: Voters taken through danger zone Witnesses tell the BBC they were taken home from refugee camps despite the threa...
• Brexit: Theresa May warned dozens of Tories could rebel over no-deal Downing Street says talks continue "at pace" to get the changes to Theresa May's...
• Russian cemetery gang leaves widow with body out in cold Told to pay a huge funeral fee, a widow in Samara protested with a coffin outsid...
• Hayabusa-2: Japan spacecraft touches down on asteroid The Hayabusa-2 probe descended to the Ryugu asteroid to try to collect a sample ...
• Chelsea transfer ban: Club to appeal against Fifa decision Chelsea have been banned from signings during the next two transfer windows for ...
• Isle of Wight cerebral palsy author writes autobiography with his nose Author Josh Barry spent nine years writing book while also completing two degree...
• UN: Growing threat to food from decline in biodiversity A UN report says the plants and animals crucial to human food systems are in glo...
• Estonians rescue wild wolf from ice thinking it was a dog One man described taking the large dog to the vet in his car - before realising ...
• 24 photographers document 24 hours The latest set of 24 images from a group of photographers who document the first...
• Quiz of the Week: Who popped the question? It's the weekly news quiz - have you been paying attention to what's been going ...
• Africa's week in pictures: 15-21 February 2019 A selection of photographs from around the African continent this week....
• World's biggest bee found alive A giant bee, thought lost to science decades ago, has been re-discovered on an I...
• 'Firefall' in Yosemite National Park stuns visitors The rare phenomenon happens when light hits a waterfall tumbling down El Capitan...
• US election 2020: Which Democrat will take on Trump in 2020? Bernie Sanders has joined the race to stop Donald Trump from being re-elected. B...
• J-Hope: BTS fans 'save' squirrels for K-pop star's birthday Scottish wildlife has been adopted in K-pop star J-Hope's name after he asked fo...
• Panda-snow-mium: Giant pandas enjoy Washington winter storm Giant panda Mei Xiang, 20, and three-year-old Bei Bei had a (snow) ball at the N...
• Venezuela aid: Genuine help or Trojan horse? The crisis around humanitarian aid has become a political issue, says the BBC's ...
• HIV data leak leaves a community in fear When the HIV status of 14,000 in Singapore was leaked, an entire community was l...
• The snow patrol drones saving skiers from an icy death For people buried in an avalanche, it's a race against time. Could a drone find ...
• Nigeria elections 2019: Is the country prepared? Election officials prepare for the poll this Saturday after a one-week delay....
• Trump-Kim summit: The sorry fate of North Korea's diplomat defectors As North Korea inches out of diplomatic isolation, what will happen to the diplo...
• Is equal pay actually possible? Around the world, women tend to be paid less than men. Is Iceland's innovative s...
• What happens to IS fighters' children? The children, whose parents were Islamic State members, are at the centre of an ...
• Arsenal face Rennes & Chelsea play Dynamo Kiev in Europa League Arsenal will play French side Rennes and Chelsea are drawn against Ukraine's Dyn...
• Six Nations: Wales v England - watch some of the greatest moments from past matches As Wales take on England in the Six Nations, watch some of the greatest moments,...
• England women collapse to ODI defeat by India England women are choked by the India spinners to lose the first one-day interna...
• Seven-time Challenge Cup winners Widnes go into administration and face liquidation Widnes Vikings go into administration and face liquidation if suitable investmen...
• Six Nations: Wales will not target Kyle Sinckler - Warren Gatland Wales coach Warren Gatland says his side "will not try to antagonise" England pr...
• How will Pope Francis deal with abuse in the Catholic Church? How will the Pope confront the culture of abuse that has beset the Roman Catholi...
• Chernobyl: The end of a three-decade experiment The abandoned Chernobyl exclusion zone could be about to change for the first ti...
• The soldier with a secret talent - ballet When Alex Smith joined the Army he didn't reveal to anyone he had spent years tr...
• El Chapo guilty: Will his jailing change anything? The trial and conviction of the notorious Joaquín Guzmán tells us much about the...