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Who are cricket's toughest male players? The Stumped team line up their "hard men" top 10 and work out what makes them players you don't want to be ... Show more   www.youtube.com/watch?v=https://www.youtube.com/watch

This is the story of two sisters in Afghanistan. From the secrecy of their home, they defy the Taliban's crackdown on women with the power of their voice ... Show more   www.youtube.com/watch

In Gaza, time is running out for Siham. Inside Gaza's Ambulances documentary on YouTube. 📺 www.youtube.com/watch?v=8qfWdgSBTi0

"It's like Narcos or Breaking Bad." How Thailand's lucrative cannabis industry is under threat. Watch the full film on YouTube. ➡️ www.youtube.com/watch

Last October, a small village in Ukraine's Kharkiv region lost over a fifth of its population in a single Russian missile strike ... Show more   bbc.in/49Ljakt

The United Arab Emirates has funded politically motivated assassinations in Yemen, a BBC Arabic investigation has uncovered ... Show more   bbc.in/495Qhz3

"There is a desire to control wombs." At 89, feminist icon Steinem says bodily autonomy should be at the top of the women’s rights agenda ... Show more   bbc.in/3t117qS

Toxic gas is worsening air quality for millions across the Middle East. Caused by gas flaring - the burning of waste gas during oil drilling - happening ... Show more   bbc.in/3RiZ4Yk

How did bedbugs become a global concern? 🎧 bbc.in/3FfX64f

Is the two-hour marathon record going to be broken, soon? Kenyan Kelvin Kiptum shattered the men's marathon world record in Chicago beating Eliud Kipchoge's ... Show more   bbc.in/3tqS56t

What's the best food to eat for a long life? Ask the centenarians. In the world's "blue zones", researchers say people are living longer than ... Show more   www.bbc.co.uk/sounds/play/w3ct4v7b

India take on arch-rivals Pakistan in the cricket World Cup on Saturday. 🏏 🇮🇳 🇵🇰 Does a sporting rivalry over crickets fiercest fixture help or hinder the ... Show more   bbc.in/3S1fAwX

A truckload of rubbish enters the ocean every minute. Boyan Slat is on a mission to remove it. He’s the founder of The Ocean Cleanup ... Show more   www.bbc.co.uk/sounds/play/p0ghh4ry

Are you worried about Artificial Intelligence (AI)? Here are just a few ways AI is being used for good and may be able to help us 🎧 bbc.in/3PNGGVF

What is consciousness? It feels obvious to each of us that we are conscious, experiencing our daily lives... but how do we know that someone else is ... Show more   bbc.in/3PY9axa

From keeping food cool to cutting plastic waste, here's how coconuts are fixing the world 🥥 🎧 bbc.in/3EXCb61

Countries around the world are phasing out new petrol and diesel vehicles, but are we ready for it? 🎧 bbc.in/3LLi5j4

Are your 20s the loneliest decade? Yes, according to TikTok... 🎧 bbc.in/3LCF4gm

“Having a song translated into every language in the world instantly… is an amazing thought.” Is AI a good or bad thing for music? Grammy Awards boss Harvey ... Show more   bbc.in/3ZH5bZ8

Peru's national animal - the vicuña - produces one of the most expensive wools in the world. Demand for it nearly led to their extinction ... Show more   bbc.in/3PwHT3G

This game allows you to experience an earthquake in VR - and prep for the real thing. � bbc.in/45bQe2r

In 1996, tenpin bowler Cara Honeychurch began a blistering two-year streak, becoming World and Commonwealth champion. She recalls how it all happened 🎳 🎧 bbc.in/3EUSyjI

An AI-powered tool helping blind people make sense of the world has run into privacy concerns around facial recognition. Tech Life looks at what happened ... Show more   bbc.in/3FdAnWJ

Teenager Dwayne Nyambo and his team of volunteers are on a mission to clean up Malawi's market places. 🎧 bbc.in/3PfgDq8

Watch how Vhils etches into "the layers of history" to create a 31-metre-long mural for the Paris headquarters of @unesco ... Show more   www.bbc.co.uk/sounds/play/w3ct4yfm

Earthquakes strike suddenly, and can have a devastating impact. From a VR game in Indonesia, to a seismology heat map for Haiti's citizens ... Show more   bbc.in/3LCzOck

Our faces are filmed more than ever before. Should we be worried about the growing use of facial recognition tech? 🎧 bbc.in/3PLd3p6

Freddie 'Saddam' Maake tells the story of how he became known as "Mr Vuvuzela". The notorious horn loved and hated by fans at the 2010 Fifa World ... Show more   bbc.in/3Lz7kA6

This farm has no fences... so the farmer uses a remote control for their cows to moo-ve them around. 🐮 🎧 bbc.in/48h31Ub

People are turning to social media influencers for advice on what birth control method to use. But in Scotland, experts are worried that misinformation online ... Show more   bbc.in/48kAg8W

Luis Rubiales has refused to step down as president of the Spanish football federation after he kissed a player on the lips at the Women's World Cup final ... Show more   bbc.in/44ofTo7

Ellie Mackay is a self-confessed "science nerd" happier to be outside a lab telling people about what goes on in them, than being in one herself ... Show more   bbc.in/465ZCph

"We want this to be the first of many World Cups for Chile," says the country's rugby captain, Martin Sigren, on the "impossible" dream of ... Show more   bbc.in/3LaPqDB

Every year, 3,000 people die prematurely due to air pollution in Bosnia-Herzegovina. Poor air quality is now one of the greatest threats to human health ... Show more   bbc.in/4648nAd

How many butterflies do you think there are in the world? You can try looking up the answer online but you won't get very far ... Show more   bbc.in/45Er1Pn

You have to be a certain type of person to thrive on a submarine, spending weeks in a confined space with no access to daylight or communication with the ... Show more   bbc.in/3J8UAzj

Cristiano Ronaldo, Sadio Mane, Karim Benzema – why are some of football's biggest names moving to play in a league ranked 68th in the world? 📻 bbc.in/3DOEjwj

In Kenya, a new way of using electric motorbikes means you don't need to charge the batteries - you just swap them ð���ð��� More ... Show more   bbc.in/452jBEV

How the Australian tennis player Pat Rafter surprised the world by winning The US Open in 1997. bbc.in/3ElFqnb

What do Nasa, a mix tape and extra terrestrials have to do with falling in love? Anna Druyan helped compile the golden records ready to tell the story of our ... Show more   bbc.in/485dxxJ

In a bid to protect our cultural heritage, the UN's culture organisation has designated 1157 sites around the world as being of "outstanding universal ... Show more   bbc.in/3EgB2WJ

During the Women's World Cup, one popular smart speaker failed to recognise the semi-final as a football match. We explore why ... Show more   bbc.in/3sywbNR

Caster Semenya is one of the fastest female runners in the world - but she's not allowed to compete in any track events without taking testosterone-reducing ... Show more   bbc.in/3qCZqys

John Isner, winner of the longest professional tennis match in history, has announced his retirement. In 2010 he and Nicolas Mahut battled it out for a ... Show more   bbc.in/3KVcKoS

Rose Reilly was banned from playing football in her native Scotland, so in 1984 she won the world cup for Italy instead. Hear her story 🎧 bbc.in/3OJ48D7

New York has one – so do London and Buenos Aires. But why exactly are there so many Little Italies around the world? 🍝🇮🇹📻 bbc.in/44hG8wj

The humble wine cork was the star of the 1990s – until screw caps started taking over. With aftertaste problems solved and sustainability in focus ... Show more   bbc.in/3sjmuCZ

Japan has started releasing treated radioactive water from the wrecked Fukushima nuclear power plant into the Pacific Ocean ... Show more   bbc.in/3QUYUGR

Sanctions against Afghanistan were meant to change the behaviour of the Taliban. But, are the Afghan people bearing the brunt of suffering? “The west needs to ... Show more   bbc.in/3s9ipRG

Forty years ago, female sprinter Juliet Cuthbert-Flynn was in Helsinki, Finland with a sewing kit, adjusting the men's uniform she'd been given to represent ... Show more   bbc.in/3s7aiFp

“If you’re skinny in an African home, you are considered to be either sick or having problems." Reporter Ashley Lime talks about her experience with ... Show more   bbc.in/3QKvKKx

Former England captain Faye White on how to prepare for the Fifa Women's World Cup final - and who she thinks will win... "Keep calm ... Show more   bbc.in/45eRSRB

The dramatic story of how the famous ruby slippers worn by Judy Garland in the Wizard of Oz film, went missing for over a decade ... Show more   bbc.in/3OKA4qn

Can Netflix guess your sexuality before you do? Ellie is bisexual - but before she had even realised that, it felt like big tech had already worked it out ... Show more   bbc.in/44dbc0b

As Barbie passes $1bn in profits at the global box office, we thought we'd put your knowledge to the test. Which of these are real ... Show more   bbc.in/444jFD1

British band The 1975 have been threatened with legal action by the organisers of a Malaysian festival. Last month at the Good Vibes Festival ... Show more   bbc.in/3OLZ81t

Earlier this week, Nasa picked up a "heartbeat" signal from the Voyager 2 probe after it lost contact with it 12.3 billion miles (19 ... Show more   bbc.in/45b5P2t

The average surface temperature of the world's oceans has hit record highs, and scientists say they are worried 🎧 bbc.in/3YnGcJz

On 16 March 2002, the Battle of Bramall Lane made footballing history. â�½ It's the only professional match in England to be abandoned due to a shortage of ... Show more   bbc.in/44Uad6B

The world record for holding a plank (see image below) is 9 ½ hours but don't worry, you only need to hold the position for two minutes regularly ... Show more   bbc.in/3rCebBN

Jisoo from Blackpink, one of the highest-profile K-pop groups, has acknowledged she is in a romantic relationship. But why is that news? Well ... Show more   bbc.in/3QrCWer

Fifa has raised the prize money for the 2023 Women’s World Cup to over $150 million but it’s still not on par with the men ... Show more   bbc.in/3rwpPhx

These bubbles in Amsterdam's canals are stopping plastic waste from getting to the ocean. 🌊 🫧 Hear how it works on People Fixing the World: www.bbc.co.uk/sounds/play/w3ct4xzt

At 15, Love Kotiya first saw ballet through the window of a Delhi dance studio. Now 18, he's at the prestigious English National Ballet School ... Show more   bbc.in/3Qc4rIG

Why don't vaping bans work? Several countries, like India and Brazil, have tried to ban disposable e-cigarettes and vapes - sometimes to little effect ... Show more   www.bbc.co.uk/sounds/play/p0g5pq1m

Invasive species, like Japanese knotweed and grey squirrels, can be annoying, damaging, and virtually impossible to get rid of. But could the solution be.. ... Show more   bbc.in/3qaqS6E

"For here, or to go?" Since the pandemic, more and more Americans are having their fast food to go. Companies like McDonald's and Burger King want ... Show more   bbc.in/47mRnq2