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'I heard the sirens go and I was all wobbly at the knees': The life-changing day World War Two began

'I heard the sirens go and I was all wobbly at the knees':...

Britain went to war with Hitler's Germany on 3 September 1939. In History revisits...

Science & Tech
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Striking images reveal depths of Titanic's slow decay

Striking images reveal depths of Titanic's slow decay

It was the image that made the Titanic's wreck instantly recognisable - the ship's...

Science & Tech
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Planes, trains and monster diggers: The vehicles pushing the limits of electric power

Planes, trains and monster diggers: The vehicles pushing...

How much energy you can pack into a battery is one limit on how big an EV can get...

Russia-Ukraine war
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Meeting the Ukrainian recruits preparing for new battle

Meeting the Ukrainian recruits preparing for new battle

For the previous 72 hours, the menacing whirr above our heads has belonged to Russia’s...

Europe
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Row over plan to keep Olympic rings on Eiffel Tower

Row over plan to keep Olympic rings on Eiffel Tower

Paris Mayor Anne Hidalgo has triggered a heated debate by saying she wants to keep...

Politics
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German far right hails 'historic' election victory in east

German far right hails 'historic' election victory in east

Germany's anti-immigration Alternative for Germany (AfD) is celebrating a "historic...

UK
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Light aircraft crashes in Chesterfield

Light aircraft crashes in Chesterfield

Roads have been closed after a light aircraft crashed at an industrial estate in...

Europe
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The journalist who spied on me - before Putin brought him back to Russia

The journalist who spied on me - before Putin brought him...

In early August, Pablo González was taken from a prison in Poland and flown to Moscow...

Asia
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Thailand wages war against 'alien' tilapia fish

Thailand wages war against 'alien' tilapia fish

It has been described as the "most invasive species" to ever hit Thailand - one...

Russia-Ukraine war
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Russia pushes on key Ukraine city while Kyiv's Kursk incursion slows

Russia pushes on key Ukraine city while Kyiv's Kursk incursion...

Russia has made sweeping advances in recent days that threaten to outweigh the gains...

Asia
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'The howls were terrifying': Imprisoned in the notorious 'House of Mirrors'

'The howls were terrifying': Imprisoned in the notorious...

The man who walked out into the rain in Dhaka hadn’t seen the sun in more than five...

Africa
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Collapse after collapse - why Lagos buildings keep crashing down

Collapse after collapse - why Lagos buildings keep crashing...

A building has collapsed in Nigeria’s megacity, Lagos, once every two weeks on average...

Ents & Arts
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Sing Sing star Clarence Maclin served time in a maximum security prison. What he found there could potentially take him to the Oscars

Sing Sing star Clarence Maclin served time in a maximum...

"No one wants to voluntarily walk back into a situation like prison. Once that chapter...

Business
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American conglomerate GE swoops for British start-up Satavia

American conglomerate GE swoops for British start-up Satavia

GE, one of the world’s best-known conglomerates has swooped to buy a British climate...

UK
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Scotland's Parallel Roads of Glen Roy, Rum Igneous Complex and Barrow Zones join list of world's top geology locations

Scotland's Parallel Roads of Glen Roy, Rum Igneous Complex...

Three Scottish sites have been included in a new list of internationally important...

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