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6 August 2023

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Keisha Schahaff and Anastatia Mayers

Mother and daughter first to go to space together

Anastatia Mayers and Keisha Schahaff won a place on Virgin Galactic's second commercial flight in a prize draw.

Tribal in Jharkhand

India tribes fear for identity over proposed law

For centuries, tribespeople in Jharkhand state have followed a distinct culture - why are they worried now?

Two school dinner staff serve lunches to children

Education staff could strike in September - union

Unite members in 10 Scottish council areas will take industrial action when schools return after the summer break.

The destruction of the buildings damaged in the Kahramanmaras earthquake continues on June 27, 2023 in Hatay, Turkey.

Quake survivors in Turkey face long wait for new homes

Six months on from the deadly earthquakes, thousands are still living in tents and makeshift camps.

Opposition leader Maria Kolesnikova makes heart sign with her hands while in courtroom defendants cage

Belarus isolates opposition prisoners to break spirit

Families of Belarusian political prisoners say loved ones are being denied any outside contact.

Undercover footage from care home

Woman caned at Kenyan care home - secret footage

BBC Africa Eye uncovers evidence of mistreatment and neglect of elderly residents.

A woman beside a smart speaker at home

Baby monitors and smart speakers 'enable abuse'

MPs demand government action on the growing problem of 'tech-enabled' domestic violence.

Lab technicians prepare samples at one of the new labs at the Health Security Agency, Porton Down, Salisbury

Can this laboratory help stop the next pandemic?

James Gallagher meets the scientists who work at one of the most secretive research bases in the UK.

Amhara region militias

Africa Live this week: 7-13 August 2023

Updates from across the African continent.

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