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Unmasking the men who trade in subway train groping videos

Women who are groped on trains in East Asia face the further threat of their assault being filmed and uploaded for sale online. In a year-long investigation, the BBC World Service's investigative unit, BBC Eye, has gone undercover to unmask the men cashing in on sexual violence.

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Pakistan forgiveness laws: The price of getting away with murder

The murder was so brutal it shocked even the hardened detectives who arrived at the scene on the outskirts of Pakistan's capital, Islamabad.

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Crocodile found to have made herself pregnant

She produced a fetus that was 99.9% genetically identical to herself. The phenomenon of so-called "virgin birth" has been found in species of birds, fish and other reptiles, but never before in crocodiles.

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No means no: Japan is set to redefine rape in landmark legal reform

Warning: this article contains details that some readers may find distressing. Days after their rape, Megumi Okano says, they already knew the attacker would get away scot-free.

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Vision Pro: BBC editor tries out Apple's $3,499 headset

The first thing you notice about Apple's Vision Pro headset is that it's fairly comfortable - as much as wearing a pair of giant ski goggles on your face can possibly be.

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How to tip around the world

The ongoing debate about tipping culture in the United States has been reignited with the recent news that employees at the first-ever unionised Apple Store in the US are proposing asking for tips.

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'Ducking hell' to disappear from Apple autocorrect

Apple will improve its autocorrect feature so it stops changing one of the most common swear words to "ducking". Although iPhone users can disable the autocorrect, the keyboard's factory settings on the device change the word automatically.

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Robert Hanssen: The fake job that snared FBI agent who spied for Moscow

For nearly 20 years, FBI agent Robert Hanssen was leaking highly sensitive material to the Soviets. Then the US came up with an elaborate plan to stop him. In December 2000, FBI agent Richard Garcia had a curious visit from a colleague overseeing the Russia desk.

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The search for Earth's hidden mountains

It was a glaring summer's day in Antarctica. Through frozen eyelashes, Samantha Hansen blinked out at the featureless landscape: a wall of white, where up was the same as down, and ground blended seamlessly into sky.

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Apple expected to launch mixed-reality headset at WWDC

All eyes are on Apple as it is expected to launch a mixed-reality headset at its annual Worldwide Developers Conference (WWDC), in California. It would be the technology giant's most significant product release since it unveiled the Apple Watch, in 2015.

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France: Paris Champs-Élysées hosts mass spelling contest

Paris's most famous avenue was turned into an open-air classroom on Sunday, as almost 1,400 people took part into a record-breaking spelling exercise. About 1,700 desks were laid out on the Champs-Élysées for an event billed as the "largest dictation in the world".

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Jim Hines: First sprinter to run 100m in under 10 seconds dies

US sprinter Jim Hines, the first man to run the 100m in under 10 seconds, has died at the age of 76. He broke the record in 1968 when he recorded a hand-timed 9.9 seconds at the US Championships.

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New York's skyscrapers are causing it to sink – what can be done about it?

On 27 September 1889, workers put the finishing touches to the Tower Building. It was an 11-storey building that, thanks to its steel skeleton structure, is thought of as New York City's first skyscraper.

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The Overseas Highway: The US' 'floating' highway

Seagulls cried overhead as I glided across miles of glistening waters somewhere between the Atlantic Ocean and the Gulf of Mexico. The sky melted into the teal sea, which turned turquoise as it shallowed into channels between the coral and limestone islands.

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Can sci-fi films teach us anything about an AI threat?

In an apocalyptic warning this week, big-name researchers cited the plot of a major movie among a series of AI "disaster scenarios" they said could threaten humanity's existence.

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Lake Maggiore boat accident: Questions remain over spy deaths

The story of a boat that sank on Lake Maggiore on 28 May has elements of a spy novel. Four people tragically drowned on the picturesque and popular lake south of the Swiss Alps.

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Eight ways to make your clothes last longer

Shelley Tobin, costume curator at the National Trust's Killerton House, near Exeter in the UK, is musing about what happens to waste materials in the fashion industry.

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What are the risks of being an older father?

Fathers, it seems, are getting older. In some cases, by quite a bit.  This week, representatives for the actor Al Pacino, aged 83, confirmed he is having a child with his girlfriend 29-year-old Noor Alfallah.

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Utah primary schools ban Bible for 'vulgarity and violence'

BBC NewsA school district in the US state of Utah has removed the Bible from elementary and middle schools for containing "vulgarity and violence".The move follows a complaint from a parent that the King James Bible has material unsuitable for children.

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YouTube stops deleting false 2020 election claims

YouTube will stop removing videos with false claims of fraud in the 2020 presidential election, the social media platform announced on Friday. The move, ahead of the 2024 elections, is a reversal of its policy put in place after the 2020 vote.

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