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The UK’s great cheese wheel chase
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Recently discovered poem may be the first piece of English literature
2:00
International fight over natural resources goes back to colonial days
4:13
A person with short gray hair and glasses, wearing a dark suit and blue tie, speaking against a dark background.
British PM refuses to resign amid growing party rift
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British prime minister refuses to resign as party rift widens
5:57
Sir David Attenborough, voice of the planet, turns 100
8:21
A large group of people in kilts and Scotland soccer jerseys gather outside a grand building with columns.
Sports
Scottish soccer fans aim to skirt World Cup train costs by hiring a fleet of school buses
4:34
Working from home just got a new meaning
1:00
Scotland fans hire fleet of school buses for World Cup
4:34
Aerial view of a sprawling cityscape under a clear sky, with numerous buildings and sparse vegetation in the foreground.
Coordinated attacks in Mali expose weaknesses of military junta
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49:44
A sweet competition
7:38
A person fills a syringe with vaccine from a vial, with people and children in the background.
Mexico hopes to fix health care access — but can it deliver?
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50:00
Two record-breaking moments at Sunday’s London Marathon
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Increasing frustration over UK deal with spy tech company
6:03
UK’s King Charles in US for landmark visit as trans-Atlantic relations face strain
6:57
Women composers of the Renaissance emerge
7:18
Two men stand amidst rubble and debris in front of a partially collapsed building, with an excavator in the background.
Israeli airstrikes in Lebanon test fragile US-Iran ceasefire
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UK and Norway monitor Russian spy submarines in North Sea
6:20
UK officials looking to do away with some jury trials
6:29
Musical journey continues for Sami Yusuf
2:01
Colonial-era diamond giant De Beers is up for sale — now former colonies like Botswana want a stake
7:48
A large fire engulfing a balcony of a multi-story apartment building, with flames and smoke rising from the structure.
Israel escalating attacks on civilian infrastructure in Lebanon
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50:17
Scientists transform plastic bottles into drugs to treat Parkinson’s disease
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Public health officials respond to meningitis outbreak in the UK
5:43
A symphonic work for ‘lost birds’
1:29
Just your average Celtic-Guinean band
3:59
UK pubs ban art made by AI
0:51
UK’s former Prince Andrew taken into custody
7:18
UK rethinks use of rap lyrics in trials
5:47
All of the Olympic curling stones come from this small Scottish island
4:12
British prime minister ‘resets relations’ with China despite criticism
6:29
The Church of England has a new Archbishop of Canterbury — and she’s a woman
2:34
London killings fall to decade low but debate over safety continues
6:24
Excavation in east England unearths a 2,000-year-old war trumpet
1:10
Winter weather disrupts travel in Europe
3:24
A man in a red shirt carries a large bundle on his shoulders while walking on a bridge. He is accompanied by others on foot, and motorcycles and cars drive by on the road next to them. The setting appears to be an urban area with trees in the background.
Crackdowns in Venezuela amid power transition
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Garbage workers’ union takes a stand for a full year
4:48
SFTS: Hitchhiking adventure in Canada
7:17
A group of uniformed officers in camouflage, wearing maroon berets, work together to secure a crime scene with yellow tape, while a crowd of people, including adults and children, observe from behind the tape in a rural setting.
US conducts airstrikes in northwestern Nigeria
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Age is just a number
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Some UK patients who can’t see a dentist take matters into their own hands
5:12
Oleg Gordievsky, Cold War double agent
4:47
Sir Geoff Palmer, grain scientist and human rights advocate
4:28
A deserted street lined with trees and buildings under a sky filled with thick, dark smoke.
US sanctions Colombians hiring out mercenaries to Sudan
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Aging landfills in the UK risk leaking toxic waste into communities
7:51
Hundreds of people across dozens of countries worked on this single red dress
4:40
Kenyan MPs accuse British soldiers of sexual abuse and environmental damage
7:19
Erling Haaland reaches Premier League milestone in record time
1:19
Weaning Europe off of coal won’t be easy
10:21
The sounds of (not) silence
2:31
Why shouldn’t your pooch fly first class, too?
5:37
A man in a blue suit and red tie walks past a row of alternating United States and Chinese flags against a dark blue curtain backdrop.
Taiwan watches US diplomacy with China and Russia closely
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Europe’s asylum landscape has transformed in 10 years
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British prime minister is in on the joke
1:17
Three men sitting in a luxuriously decorated room, with ornate blue walls and golden details, engaged in a discussion around a round table.
US-Russia plan pressures Ukraine to concede
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49:40
Caribbean leaders make the case for reparations on UK visit
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Ultra-processed foods are bad for human organs, study finds
5:53
Two men in formal attire sitting in a lavish, gold-decorated room, smiling and sharing a friendly gesture, with a model airplane on the table in the foreground.
Saudi crown prince meets with Trump at White House
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AI takes on superbugs in new UK research project
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Crypto scammer who fled China for London sentenced to 11 years in prison
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