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Researching pain, painlessly

Researchers grow a mini human pain pathway in a flask for testing pain painlessly

14/04/2025 00:06 GMT

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Unstoppable: Purnima Devi Barman

Discover how Purnima Devi Barman recruited an army of women to save the storks of India.

14/04/2025 01:06 GMT

The world's Newsroom brings you global events as they happen

Why do animals swallow rocks?

Answering your questions about life, Earth and the universe

Recovery for all

Making it easier to recover from illness through rehabilitation

The Indonesian cave with a ‘tunnel’ to Mecca?

Hundreds of thousands of you watch our video about Safarwadi in West Java

How to make a documentary on President Trump

The presenter of Donald Trump’s New World Order on the challenges of staying up to date

14/04/2025 03:06 GMT

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Digging up dinosaurs

Two palaeontologists on dinosaurs, fossils and the fight to stop illegal fossil trade

Ecuador's president wins re-election

Official results give Daniel Noboa about 56% of the vote

Daniel Noboa wins Ecuador's presidential run-off

His challenger, Luisa González, said she did not accept the result and claimed fraud

Zelensky urges Trump to visit Ukraine

His remarks came hours after Russian missile attacks killed dozens in the city of Sumy

Akinwumi Adesina, President of the African Development Bank: Mission accomplished?

Audrey Brown speaks to Akinwumi Adesina, President of the African Development Bank

Start-ups: from campus to commerce

We look at the businesses that have 'spun-out' from universities

The Bali Nine drug smuggling case

In 2005, nine Australians were caught trying to smuggle heroin out of Indonesia

14/04/2025 08:06 GMT

The world's Newsroom brings you global events as they happen

Why do animals swallow rocks?

Answering your questions about life, Earth and the universe

Nazis and sex strikes

The 1933 Reichstag fire, and Liberia's women in white

14/04/2025 10:06 GMT

The world's Newsroom brings you global events as they happen

Digging up dinosaurs

Two palaeontologists on dinosaurs, fossils and the fight to stop illegal fossil trade

Undercover in Mumbai: The 'Lady James Bond' of India

Rajani Pandit defied social norms to become India's first female private detective

The Bali Nine drug smuggling case

In 2005, nine Australians were caught trying to smuggle heroin out of Indonesia

14/04/2025 12:06 GMT

The world's Newsroom brings you global events as they happen

Why do animals swallow rocks?

Answering your questions about life, Earth and the universe

European allies' outrage at Russia's attack on Sumy

Ukraine's European allies express outrage at the attack which left 34 civilians dead

Akinwumi Adesina, President of the African Development Bank: Mission accomplished?

Audrey Brown speaks to Akinwumi Adesina, President of the African Development Bank

Xi Jingping hits back at US tariffs

The Chinese leader stated ‘The Trade war and tariff war will produce no winner’

Hungary set to ban LGBTQ+ gatherings

Parliament in Hungary is voting to ban publish gatherings seen as promoting homosexuality

Ukraine war: Russian missile attack on Sumy

We have the latest on Sunday's attack on the city of Sumy

Undercover in Mumbai: The 'Lady James Bond' of India

Rajani Pandit defied social norms to become India's first female private detective

The Bali Nine drug smuggling case

In 2005, nine Australians were caught trying to smuggle heroin out of Indonesia

14/04/2025 18:06 GMT

The world's Newsroom brings you global events as they happen

2025/04/14 GMT

BBC sports correspondents tell the story behind today's top sporting news, with interviews and reports from across the world.

Undercover in Myanmar

Devastation in Mandalay - and little help for earthquake survivors

Unstoppable: Tu Youyou

Tu Youyou scoured ancient medical texts to find a world-changing treatment for malaria

Tens of thousands flee Sudan’s largest refugee camp after attacks

The Rapid Support Forces claimed control of the Zamzam camp in Darfur on Sunday

Akinwumi Adesina, President of the African Development Bank: Mission accomplished?

Audrey Brown speaks to Akinwumi Adesina, President of the African Development Bank

Digging up dinosaurs

Two palaeontologists on dinosaurs, fossils and the fight to stop illegal fossil trade

14/04/2025 22:06 GMT

The world's Newsroom brings you global events as they happen

Why is tech giant, Meta, in court?

Tech giant, Meta, faces a legal battle that could lead to its break-up.

Nazis and sex strikes

The 1933 Reichstag fire, and Liberia's women in white