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Breast cancer: The Asian survivors tackling taboo in the community
By Raj Kaur Bilkhu BBC Asian Network “Even though I watched my mum battle from a young age, I never used to check my breasts. We didn’t even talk about it.” When Sonia Bhandal was 14, her mum passed away from breast cancer, six years after being diagnosed. Then, when she was 27, Sonia found…
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Spotify will not ban AI-made music, says boss
By Zoe Kleinman Technology editor The boss of Spotify says he has no plans to completely ban content created by artificial intelligence from the music streaming platform. Earlier this year the platform pulled a track featuring AI-cloned voices of the performers Drake and The Weeknd. Daniel Ek told the BBC there were valid uses of…
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David McCallum: NCIS and The Man from U.N.C.L.E actor dies aged 90
By Max Matza BBC News British actor David McCallum is being remembered as a “true renaissance man” after his death at age 90. McCallum was most recently known for playing a pathologist on hit CBS TV programme NCIS, which went on to generate several spinoff series. In the 1960s, McCallum played a secret agent on…
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US-China rivalry spurs investment in space tech
By Jonathan Josephs Business reporter, BBC News The US is “in a space race with China to go back to the moon”, says Nasa chief Bill Nelson. In a BBC interview, Mr Nelson says he wants to make sure “we get there first”. His comments revive memories of the 1960s and 1970s, when Nasa was…
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Trudeau calls praise for Nazi-linked veteran ‘deeply embarrassing’
This video can not be played To play this video you need to enable JavaScript in your browser. By Nadine Yousif in Toronto and Max Matza in Seattle BBC News, An invitation to parliament for a Ukrainian man who fought for a Nazi unit in World War Two is “deeply embarrassing” to Canada, Prime Minister…
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Ukraine: The soldiers who can’t leave the front line until the war is over
By Mark Urban BBC News, Ukraine Open-ended service, just 10 days leave a year and a high casualty rate – for Ukrainian soldiers in one unit, life on the front line is far from easy, as BBC Newsnight witnessed up close. Standing among some flattened buildings, “Jimmy”, a Ukrainian officer who’s been on active service…
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Newcastle Hospitals blames computer error for losing patient letters
By Sharon Barbour BBC News A hospital trust failed to send out 24,000 letters from senior doctors to patients and their GPs after they became lost in a new computer system, the BBC has learned. Newcastle Hospitals has warned that the problem, which dates back to 2018, is significant. The healthcare regulator has sought urgent…
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Warning sick days at highest level for decade
By Vishala Sri-Pathma Business reporter UK workers are taking more sick days than at any point in the last decade, research suggests. Staff took on average 7.8 sick days in the past year, up from 5.8 before the pandemic, the Chartered Institute for Personnel and Development (CIPD) found. The trade group said the rise was…
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The five best things to do in Turkistan
From Karavansaray to the Aziret Sultan Complex, Kazakh tour guide Daulet Meldekhanov shares five unmissable stops on a visit to the city of Turkistan. Pressed against the borders of Uzbekistan and Kyrgyzstan, the southern Kazakh city of Turkistan (or Turkestan) is an ancient archaeological gem perched on the Eurasian Steppe. Fragments of Kazakhstani history are…
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Sheihk al mahshi: aubergines filled with ground beef
Sheihk el mahshi is an alluring dish of fried aubergines stuffed with an aromatic filling of beef mince and pine nuts, then baked in a rich tomato sauce. In the Levant, there’s a diverse array of dishes called mahshi (stuffed vegetables), including kousa bil labn (stuffed courgette cooked with yoghurt), beitenjan mahshi (aubergine simmered in…