The faces from China’s Uyghur detention camps
Thousands of photographs from the heart of China’s highly secretive system of mass incarceration in Xinjiang, as well as a shoot-to-kill policy for those who try to escape, are among a huge cache of data hacked from police computer servers in the region. The Xinjiang Police Files, as they’re being called, were passed to the BBC earlier this year. After a months-long effort to investigate and authe
BBC Arts - BBC Arts, Breaking down David Bowie's "Heroes" - track by track
Producer Tony Visconti uses the original master tapes from sessions at Hansa Studio in Berlin to get to the heart of one of David Bowie’s best-loved songs, the title track from "Heroes". We hear the song built up by individual contributions, including those from guitarist Robert Fripp, Brian Eno's 'synthesiser in a briefcase' and of course David Bowie's powerful, harshly emotional vocal. This film
Vitamin E 'beneficial' in dementia
Vitamin E is found in foods such as eggs, nuts and oils A daily dose of vitamin E could help people with dementia, research suggests. A study in the journal JAMA, external found people with mild to moderate Alzheimer's disease on high doses of vitamin E had a slower rate of decline than those given a dummy pill. They were able to carry out everyday tasks for longer and needed less help from carers
Michael Schumacher, former F1 champion, critical after ski fall
Michael Schumacher, the seven-time Formula 1 champion, is in a critical condition after a skiing accident, says the French hospital treating him. The 44-year-old German suffered serious brain trauma, was in a coma on arrival and underwent immediate surgery. He was skiing off-piste with his son in the French Alps on Sunday morning when the accident occurred. The hospital in Grenoble will issue furt
Secret life of the cat: What do our feline companions get up to?
Secret life of the cat: What do our feline companions get up to? Ever wondered what your cat spends its time doing when you're not around? Where do our purring pets go when they disappear through the cat flap? Armed with GPS tracking devices and micro-cameras, a team from BBC Two's Horizon programme in collaboration with the Royal Veterinary College set off to a Surrey village to find out. Discove
David Beckham: ex-Man Utd, Real Madrid & AC Milan star to retire
David Beckham is to retire from football at the end of this season after an illustrious 20-year career. The former England captain made 115 appearances for his country and 394 for Manchester United, winning six Premier League titles and the Champions League. Beckham, 38, signed a five-month deal at Paris St-Germain in January. "I'm thankful to PSG for giving me the opportunity to continue but I fe
Who, What, Why: Why do Japanese politicians wave fish?
Japan's right-wing Liberal Democratic Party is set to form a government, after a dramatic comeback in Sunday's general election, barely three years after it suffered a historic defeat. One of the victorious candidates in Japan's general election on Sunday appeared in front of cheering supporters holding a large fish. Why? The politician was Shinjiro Koizumi, son of the retired former Prime Ministe
BBC - Spaceman: A perfect view of the asteroid capsule's Earth return
Nothing can prevent it now. Japan's Hayabusa spacecraft is heading home after its seven-year round-trip to the asteroid Itokawa. A final trajectory correction has been performed and the spacecraft is on target to hit the atmosphere of Earth above Australia shortly before midnight (local time; about 1400 GMT). I wrote earlier in the week about some of the woes Hayabusa experienced as it tried to gr
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