Obituary: Queen Elizabeth II
The long reign of Queen Elizabeth II was marked by her strong sense of duty and her determination to dedicate her life to her throne and to her people. She became for many the one constant point in a rapidly changing world as British influence declined, society changed beyond recognition and the role of the monarchy itself came into question. Her success in maintaining the monarchy through such tu
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画像説明, イギリス保健安全庁は幼い子供の保護者に、黄疸（おうだん）などの症状に気を付けるよう呼びかけている
Pidgin - West African lingua franca
Akwasi Sarpong from Ghana and Didi Akinyelure from Nigeria speak Pidgin The BBC is launching 11 new language services and one of them is English-based Pidgin, which is one of the most widely spoken languages across West Africa, even though it is not officially recognised. The Oxford English Dictionary definition of Pidgin is: A language containing lexical and other features from two or more langua
The family with no fingerprints
At least four generations of Apu Sarker's family have an extremely rare condition leaving them with no fingerprints Apu Sarker was showing his open palm to me on a video call from his home in Bangladesh. Nothing seemed unusual at first, but as I looked closer I could see the smooth surfaces of his fingertips. Apu, who is 22, lives with his family in a village in the northern district of Rajshahi.
ハイヒールの終わりが来たのか - BBCニュース
2014年1月に故カール･ラガーフェルドは、シャネルのオートクチュール･コレクションを開いた。架空の「カンボン・クラブ」だという舞台設定で、カーラ・デルヴィーンを先頭にモデルたちは巨大階段を次々と流れるように下りた。管弦楽の演奏を背景に、モデルたちはきらきらと光る繊細なニットやツイード、透ける絹の薄布による創作を身にまとっていた。ここまでは、実にオートクチュールそのものだった。しかし、何かがふだんとは違った。何かと言うと、モデルたちの足元だ。（文中敬称略） シャネルのオートクチュール・ショーでラガーフェルドはモデルたちに、特注のスニーカーを履かせることで、スタイルを完成させた。一足の値段は推定3000ユーロ（現レートで約37万円）、完成に30時間かかるものだった。オートクチュールにスニーカーという組み合わせは当時、大勢を驚かせたものの、大胆な第一歩でもあった。
Africa by Toto to play on eternal loop 'down in Africa'
The sound installation is somewhere in the Namib desert, which is 81,000 sq km The world's oldest desert is to be blessed with one of the most listened-to songs - Africa by Toto. Namibian artist Max Siedentopf has set up a sound installation in the coastal Namib Desert to play on loop, in tribute to the soft rock classic.
Hundreds of Soviet doctors were imprisoned or shot
In 1953 the Soviet dictator, Joseph Stalin, arrested the best doctors in Moscow and accused them of plotting to kill senior Communist officials. Several hundred doctors were imprisoned and tortured, many of them died in detention. Professor Yakov Rapoport was among the few survivors of what was known as the 'Doctors' Plot'. His daughter Natasha remembers her family's ordeal.
Iran TV chief sacked over uncensored Jackie Chan sex scene
Jackie Chan (L) starred in the film Shinjuku Incident alongside Daniel Wu (R) Iran's state broadcaster, Irib, has sacked the head of a regional TV channel after it broadcast a Jackie Chan film without removing a sex scene. A video posted online apparently by a viewer on Kish Island showed the Hong Kong martial arts star having sex with a woman in the film Shinjuku Incident.
Argentine woman abducted in 1980s freed in Bolivia
The rescued woman (second left) and her son (second right) are escorted by police officers An Argentine woman seized in the 1980s by people traffickers has been reunited with her family in a joint operation by Argentine and Bolivian police. The whereabouts of the woman, who is now 45, had been unknown until earlier this year when police received a tip-off she was in Bermejo, south Bolivia.
サウジ、カナダへの航空便停止 人権活動家拘束めぐり緊張高まる - BBCニュース
サウジアラビアの国営航空会社サウディアは6日、13日からカナダ・トロントへの直行便を停止すると発表した。サウジアラビアでは先に市民社会と女性の権利を訴える活動家らが逮捕されたが、カナダ政府がこの活動家の釈放を求めたことで両国の緊張が高まっている。
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