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4 May 2021

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News imageFiona, Laurien, and Alba

Cancer research in a pandemic: 'I've done 90-hour weeks'

Lab staff are working long unpaid hours to reduce the impact Covid is having on cancer research.

News imageMauricio Pochettino

Mbappe absence no excuse - Pochettino

Paris St-Germain boss Mauricio Pochettino refuses to blame his side's Champions League exit to Manchester City on the absence of Kylian Mbappe.

News imageMaheraj Ahmed

'I've always thought I was British'

BBC Panorama speaks to young people who say their dreams have been crushed due to their immigration status.

News imageEverest base camp this climbing season

Covid cases at Everest raise fears of outbreak

Climbers say a growing number of people have tested positive, despite government denials.

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A fruit more powerful than acaí

The local indigenous people have long known that their native berries carry special properties. But now the rest of the world is finally starting to catch on.

News imagePhil Foden and Pep Guardiola

'Man City 90 minutes from owners' ultimate destination'

When Manchester City's Abu Dhabi owners took control of the club in 2008, they dreamed of becoming a European superpower - and they are nearly there.

News imageBonaparte crossing the St Bernard Pass - a painting by Jacques-Louis David

Napoleon's incendiary legacy still divides France

Dictatorship and slavery taint the Napoleonic reforms that shaped modern France.

News imageRelatives of a Covid-19 victim mourn outside Batra hospital, in Tughlakabad, on May 1, 2021 in New Delhi, India.

India is a Covid disaster - it didn't have to be

Experts tell the BBC that delays in decision-making worsened the crisis of India's second wave.

News imageZach

'Zach's life is as important as anyone else's'

A mum believes her disabled son is being failed by the social care system.

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