BBC World Service

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A gang of hackers was allegedly laundering money through a legitimate film company. But the strangest part? They were also commissioning a film based largely on the life of their alleged leader…

🎧 Search for Cyber Hack: Conti Files wherever you get your BBC podcasts or click here to listen now https://t.co/eWh2cGhowt

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Iran-backed Houthis claim they hit several targets in Saudi Arabia, including Riyadh Airport, while Saudi-led forces attacked Houthi military strongholds on the Red Sea coast. 🎧 #GlobalNewsPod https://t.co/jBB4Di2W6r

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Comando, a 13-month-old Chihuahua, has just landed an exciting new job. 🐶

He is putting his best paw forward as the Mexican National Guard’s smallest recruit.

Only time will tell if his bark is worse than his bite...

📺 Teaching service dogs new tricks - watch on YouTube: https://t.co/2D0oBH3nL9

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The co-pilot accused of hijacking a Flydubai plane is thought to have been a 'lone wolf' extremist who wanted to crash the aircraft into a building. 🎧 #GlobalNewsPod https://t.co/Z84h0qeh9r

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The Arts Hour: Saoirse Ronan and Rachel Eliza Griffiths.

🎧 How creatives write, perform and make art, design and music https://t.co/A1kN8UExdc

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Nelson Peltz made his money via some contentious methods, but fame came via his daughter.

🎧 From celebs and CEOs to sport stars and tech titans, @BBCSimonJack @misszing find out how the world's billionaires made their money https://t.co/H3NJIC8fD3

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Can victims of Bashar al-Assad’s brutal reign in Syria find redress?

🎧 A window into our world, through in-depth storytelling https://t.co/hAZxwr9tut

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In 2007, a photo album from Auschwitz, a World War Two concentration camp in occupied Poland, arrived at the US Holocaust Memorial Museum.

It portrayed the everyday lives of Nazi officers stationed there.

From parties to social gatherings, the scenes chillingly ignored the horrific reality of what was happening inside the camp.

🎧 https://t.co/mEVT34aXRt

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Benjamin Daniel known as Ben Dancer, has completed a 168-hour dance marathon in Lagos, Nigeria. 🇳🇬

Ben says he launched his world record attempt to shine a spotlight on African indigenous dancers.

🎧 Learn about the futuristic "film city" being built on the outskirts of Lagos https://t.co/jgNqSFHbx1

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The Peruvian pilots who secretly delivered fighter jets to Argentina during the 1982 Falklands War.

🎧 Hear the events that have shaped our world through the eyes of the people who were there https://t.co/gf1I20f35E

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How white South Africans became the face of Trump’s refugee policy.

🎧 The Global Story: where the world meets America https://t.co/juzaSgryO5

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The right-wing challenger Flávio Bolsonaro wins the first round of Brazil's presidential election ahead of incumbent President Lula da Silva, but falls short of a majority. 🎧 #GlobalNewsPod https://t.co/mO7iJ1KDXP

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Climate scientists say this year’s El Niño could be the worst on record. Are we prepared? 🎧 #GlobalNewsPod https://t.co/DQ7g3S0Fxh

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Nepal: In the shadow of a glacier

🎧 A window into our world, through in-depth storytelling https://t.co/QLLk9HQZtA

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What if a home could be the start of a whole new life? 🏡

In a small village in Scotland, homes are being built for people who have experienced homelessness - offering something that goes beyond four walls.

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Is it time to find a side hustle?

🎧 Helping you make sense of what’s happening in your world https://t.co/Kt9nJT2csw

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Taking Stock: How evicting an 87-year-old woman in Spain disrupted the debate on housing

🎧The daily drama of money and work from the BBC https://t.co/DMya0febBM

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How do you rescue a five-year-old trapped in a well too small for adults to enter?

This five-man rescue team solved the problem by lowering another young boy into the well by rope to help him escape.

Cases like this are on the rise in Afghanistan, where a severe drought has led farmers to dig makeshift boreholes - a danger to young children.

🎧 How are Afghan refugees coping with the political changes their country faces? https://t.co/jZ5qqNMckT

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Is Meta dying?

🎧 The Global Story: where the world meets America https://t.co/3xAHLel5Ar

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How did the contraceptive pill get legalised in Japan?

🎧 Hear the events that have shaped our world through the eyes of the people who were there https://t.co/0Ly6yx0Dzv

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A street in India turns pink as 11 tonnes of gulal - a coloured powder - was thrown during the celebrations of the Hindu festival Ganesh Visarjan.

🎧 Celebrating Hindu Festivals https://t.co/BsGHOk3xtb