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BBC Newshour Jun 19
"To understand and know what happened and why, that needs closure" Silene Fredriksz's son was killed on board MH17. She speaks to Newshour on the day four men are charged with his murder:
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BBC Newshour May 20
"Almost tears of joy came from my eyes": when your student loan is paid off by a stranger.
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BBC Newshour May 3
"Just the most gracious, most legendary man." Star Wars actor pays tribute to the original Wookiee, Peter Mayhew
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BBC World Service May 2
"In Venezuela there should be free and fair elections." tells his plan for Venezuela but refuses to endorse nor .
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BBC Newshour Mar 31
In a landmark ruling, a military court in Lebanon has acquitted four people accused of sodomy. But will it bring change? We hear from - who co-founded the Arab world's first LGBT+ organisation.
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BBC Newshour Mar 29
"She's on good form" - political analyst (L) listening to the British Prime Minister sell her EU withdrawal deal to Parliament, along with the BBC's .
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BBC Newshour Mar 29
“We will die in a ditch before we allow no deal”⁦ - Conservative ex-minister speaks to as the British Prime Minister tries once again to get her EU withdrawal deal through Parliament.
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James Coomarasamy Mar 12
Workers are preparing to remove the Confederate statue from downtown Winston-Salem in North Carolina. I’ll be live from the scene on ⁦
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Motown Museum Mar 7
We’re happy to welcome of the , broadcasting live from legendary Studio A!
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BBC Newshour Mar 7
"It was at least fifteen years before my mother gave me a nod of approval - that I was singing good songs." Motown legend Duke Fakir - founding member of the Four Tops - sat down with to talk music, family, and American unity.
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Maria Byrne Mar 4
Salah tells us her grandson was killed in a Houthi drone attack. 8 people from her tribe died in that night. Hear her story & other voices from Yemen today from ⁦⁩ on ⁦⁩ & ⁦
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BBC Newshour Feb 14
Can IS returnees be reintegrated back into society? says British teen Jihadi bride, Shamima Begum, "doesn't sound ripe for de-radicalisation" and prosecution in UK courts could be difficult if she were to return:
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BBC Newshour Feb 14
Should a British teenager who says she has no regrets about joining IS in Syria be allowed to come home? Journalist says she's an "indoctrinated Jihadi bride" who should be allowed to return to the UK on condition of being rehabilitated:
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BBC Newshour Feb 14
CEO of Philippines news site Rappler, , speaks to us about her arrest after being freed on bail:
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BBC Newshour Feb 13
RIP Opportunity - the robot designed to last 90 days on planet Mars but which survived 15 yrs feeding data back to Earth. who works on the Opportunity mission, mourns its demise: "You can think about them as another human or pet."
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BBC Newshour Feb 13
"This is part of the continuing attempts of government to intimidate us." speaks to us about the arrest of Maria Ressa, the CEO of - a website described as "fake news" by Philippines President, Rodrigo Duterte:
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BBC Newshour Feb 13
Snapped! How wildlife photographer managed to capture an image of the rare African black leopard for the first time in a century:
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BBC Newshour Feb 13
Christmas Island Shire President Gordon Thomson tells us island was not warned or consulted over re-opening of a controversial detention centre by the Australian government:
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BBC Newshour Feb 12
How was GPS invented and how has it changed our everyday lives? We speak to one of its inventors, Dr Brad Parkinson, who has won the prestigious Queen Elizabeth Prize for Engineering:
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BBC Newshour Feb 11
What do you do when polar bears take over your neighbourhood? We speak to a resident of the Novaya Zemlya islands in Russia where an invasion of bears has caused a state of emergency.
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