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'See you on the other side': Artemis II astronauts lose contact with Earth as they move behind Moon

The loss of communication with Nasa is planned and the spacecraft is expected to regain signal after 40 minutes.


News imageDonald Trump speaking at the podium on 5 April.

Trump threatens to take out Iran in 'one night' if no deal before deadline

The US president wants Tehran to reopen the Strait of Hormuz, a critical global energy route, before his Tuesday deadline.

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World
News imageTwo women in black head-to-toe walk past destroyed buildings and a series of red flag with yellow Arabic script.

Trump's deadline nears - with little indication Iran is on board

The US president is in a delicate political position as the final hours to Tuesday's deadline for Iran to open the Strait of Hormuz tick down.

23 mins ago
World

Ten killed in Israeli strikes and clashes between Hamas and militia in Gaza, local sources say

The Israeli strikes reportedly targeted Hamas security personnel after they clashed with an Israeli-backed militia near Maghazi camp.

4 hrs ago
Middle East

Trump endorses ex-UK political aide Steve Hilton for California governor

Steve Hilton, who advised the former prime minster and hosted a Fox News show, is running as a Republican.

5 hrs ago
US & Canada

US Supreme Court paves way for dismissal of Steve Bannon conviction

The order allows a lower court to consider dismissing the former Trump strategist's indictment.

7 hrs ago
US & Canada

UK festival boss defends Kanye West appearance

Its managing director calls the rapper's past comments "abhorrent" but asks people to "offer some forgiveness".

2 hrs ago
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Only from the BBC

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This exercise gives your memory an instant boost

A brief bout of physical exercise can create "ripples" of activity in your brain that help you store and retrieve memories.

News imageDr Jonas Salk stands in a lab holding up a beaker with a bright orange liquid filling a quarter of it, and lots more beakers full of the liquid underneath (Credit: Alamy)

The scientist who developed the polio vaccine

On 12 April 1955, Dr Jonas Salk announced that his vaccine was safe and effective – but he refused to profit from it.


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Lil Nas X assault case to be dismissed if he completes mental health programme

The judge said the musician's behaviour when he was arrested in LA last year was "aberrant from his normal conduct".

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Fake Australian, Chinese and Brazilian police stations: BBC goes inside a seized scam compound

Almost nothing was known about the Royal Hill casino until the Thai military took control of it in December.

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Emergency jabs after 100 children die of suspected measles in a month in Bangladesh

There have been more than 7,500 suspected cases since 15 March, according to health ministry data.

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Young gray whale dies after swimming up river in Washington state

Hunger is a likely reason the whale, dubbed Willapa Willy, travelled inland, experts say.

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'Really feeling the love' - Savannah Guthrie returns to NBC as search for mother goes on

Nancy Guthrie disappeared from her home in Tucson, Arizona, in what authorities believe was an abduction.

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Kanye West's right to enter UK under review after festival outcry

Jewish groups and lawmakers call on the London festival to cancel the controversial rapper's headline booking.

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Nine policemen sentenced to death in India over Covid custody killings

The father and son died in jail after being arrested on suspicion of breaching Covid lockdown rules in 2020.

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'We are at the edge of a battlefield': BBC reports near Strait of Hormuz

The BBC's Orla Guerin travels to the edge of the critical waterway that Iran has put a stranglehold on.

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The BBC visits the luxury hotel in Istanbul where Agatha Christie wrote Murder on the Orient Express.

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'Absolutely spectacular': Artemis II crew see first glimpse of far side of Moon

Astronauts on the Artemis II mission are on the third day of their journey around the far side of the Moon.

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Reports from the US, quoting unnamed officials, say a search is under way after the shooting down of a US fighter jet over Iran.

World
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The crew will not land on the Moon on this current mission, though Nasa is preparing for a potential lunar landing by 2028.

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Marshmallows fall from the sky at annual Michigan Easter event

At the annual 'Great Marshmallow Drop', more than 15,000 fluffy treats fell from a helicopter as kids raced to collect them.

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Min Aung Hlaing led the catastrophic coup that tipped the country into civil war in 2021.

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The BBC's Analysis Editor Ros Atkins takes a closer look at US costs as it continues its war with with Iran.

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Inspired by football culture on and off the pitch, this year's World Cup kit collections mix archive classics with streetwear staples.
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US Secret Service investigates reports of gunfire near White House

Officials said "a heightened security posture is in place", but no injuries were reported and no suspects had been identified.

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ICE wanted to build a detention centre - this small farming town said no

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Seven Eritrean players fail to return home after international match

Several footballers have absconded in the past leaving behind what rights groups call a repressive government.

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Brent crude rose above $110 then eased as the US and Iran traded plans for a potential ceasefire.

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Arsenal boss Mikel Arteta wants his side to channel the pain of back-to-back defeats when they take on Sporting in the Champions League quarter-finals.

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Apple at 50: Three products that changed how we live - and three that really didn't

On the tech giant's 50th year, we ask analysts to give their top three Apple successes and misses.

'I've had to prove myself as a woman in tech'

Power-washing, pool-cleaning and mowing: Why millions are playing games about mundane jobs

Fewer UK adults posting on social media, Ofcom finds


Science

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Artemis's stunning Moon pictures - science or holiday photos?

The story behind the beautiful pictures beamed back to Earth from the Artemis II astronauts.

Artemis II crew now halfway to Moon as they take 'spectacular' image of Earth

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Culture

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Why Chow Yun-Fat is cinema's greatest action hero

The Hong Kong actor made a series of films with director John Woo that revolutionised the action genre – and key to them was his beguiling mixture of toughness and tenderness.

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Arlo Parks: 'I got out of my head and into my body'


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F Scott Fitzgerald's The Great Gatsby is synonymous with glitz and glamour, but this is just one of many myths that have surrounded the book since its first publication in 1925.

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Inside the hotel where Agatha Christie wrote a classic

The BBC visits the luxury hotel in Istanbul where Agatha Christie wrote Murder on the Orient Express.
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Travel

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The Floridian beach town that looks like Santorini

The striking all-white architecture of Alys Beach may conjure Europe and the Caribbean, but its walkable streets and luminous Gulf beaches are pure Florida.

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Earth

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A rogue mushroom is tearing through US forests

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