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France braces for 40C heatwave

It could feel like 47C in Paris this week as high humidity makes a hot June feel even hotter.
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‘We needed somewhere to tell wild drug stories’

When two ex-addicts started a podcast, they had no idea what success - and tragedy - awaited them.
US & Canada
Is Palestinian-Israeli peace out of reach?

More than 25 years on from breakthrough peace accords the two sides seem further apart than ever. But why?
Middle East

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Bangladesh hitting out in final overs against Afghanistan - in-play clips, radio & text

Bangladesh play Afghanistan at the Hampshire Bowl in the ICC Cricket World Cup - follow in-play clips, radio and text.
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Benitez to leave Newcastle manager role

Newcastle United say manager Rafael Benitez will leave the club when his contract expires on 30 June.
Football
Neville 'ashamed' by Cameroon behaviour

England boss Phil Neville said his side's last-16 win over Cameroon in the Women's World Cup "didn't feel like football".
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Glastonbury: ‘It's the best it's been’

Co-organiser Emily Eavis talks about the future of the legendary festival
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The talent scouts for influencers

How China’s hyper-professionalised influencer market could be a model elsewhere
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The fiction that predicted space travel

How Arthur C Clarke envisioned the future
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Where people speak Elizabethan English

It’s the last British accent in the US
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How your looks shape your personality

Certain physical traits may make you a more outgoing, or aggressive, person
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Are Arabs turning their backs on religion?

A growing number of Arabs in the Middle East and North Africa say they are no longer religious, a...
Middle East
A place where butch lesbians live in fear

Fatal attacks have put lesbians in Chile on red alert
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