#bbc news
For farmers in the eastern Indian state of Chhattisgarh it is cheaper than pesticides and gets the job done just as well. The product? Pepsi or Coca-Cola.
http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/science-environment-17829665
Over-consumption in rich countries and rapid population growth in the poorest both need to be tackled to put society on a sustainable path, a report says.
http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-32272817
An example of uk taxpayers subsidising private companies, by almost £11bn per annum".
I have a phobia of talking
This documentary on SM aired on BBC News a few days ago. Probably one of the most accurate ones I’ve seen. Warning: Read the comments at your own discretion.
#BBCtrending: Why are people getting semicolon tattoos?
People living with mental illness have now taken on the punctuation symbol on as a metaphor for a moment when a person contemplates suicide - in other words, thinks about ending the story of their life - and yet they continue through their difficulties.
Project Semicolon began as a call for people to draw a “;” on their body to highlight a range of mental health issues including depression, suicide, addiction and self-harm. Many are now making the marks permanent, with semicolon tattoos.
Iran’s media landscape is typically a place to gauge what differences lie across the country’s political factions. However, on Wednesday, July 15, the country’s various publications seemed to be on the same page, so to speak, as the news of the previous day’s historic nuclear deal dominated almost every cover.
Iranian Newspapers React to the #IranDeal
And listen to voices from Tehran tell us how they think this will change their country.
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An intro of the BBC News in 1991.
Yeltsin, Georgia, the fight against Aids - it’s world news in late 1991.
Also, what do you guys think about bringing back this intro?
Three Washington DC students tell the BBC how school security - metal detectors, police and security guards - affects how they go to school.
Does school security make you feel the same way? What does keeping students safe look like near you? Tell us more by tweeting at @bbcnewsus or texting +18059940222 (that’s a US number).
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How does one take on the US Food and Drug Administration’s (FDA) rules about gay men giving blood? Use a taylorswift song, of course.
Taylor Swift parody targets blood ban rule - BBC News
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After a long career in television, Bill Proctor could have spent his retirement out of the spotlight. Instead, he has been trying to track a killer.
TV reporter spends retirement investigating brutal murder
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So watching BBC World News whilst getting ready for dinner and apparently their pop up team is in Canada.
For those who don’t know this is a team of BBC journalists who travel around looking for stories in an area or country that don’t often break the headlines.
So they’re looking for stories via Twitter. Think the hashtag is #bbcpopup but I’d check.
So any Canadians on here let them know. Be it about Mounties Vs Indigenous People or elections or anything
Thought I’d let you know.
Yes we are - watch more here and follow along with our Pop Up blog
In a packed Cairo courtroom, a nervous quiet reigned on Saturday as Judge Hassan Farid read his long delayed verdict in the retrial of three al-Jazeera journalists.
Then, there was a stunned silence shattered by the sobbing of Marwa Omara, as she learned that the defendants, including her husband Mohamed Fahmy, were about to return to jail convicted on charges ranging from broadcasting “false news” to operating from a local hotel without a licence.
As a media forest of cameras and microphones turned towards Marwa who slumped down, head in hands, they also caught in their glare the British-Lebanese barrister Amal Clooney placing a comforting arm around her.
In a rare interview with BBC’s Lyse Doucet, Amal Clooney describes the dilemma what steps to take next.
“We have two avenues but the one we are pushing for the most is for President Sisi to issue a pardon,”
“To issue a pardon would mean the conviction is reversed and it would apply to all journalists not just those who are foreign.”
Black pitmasters left out of US barbecue boom - BBC News
The US is in the midst of a barbecue boom. But as television programmes and restaurants celebrate mostly white pitmasters, are the cuisine’s African-American roots being forgotten?
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Young Africans to Obama: ‘Clean your own house first’
Aleem Maqbool spoke to young Kenyans and Ethiopian as the US president visited their countries.
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Gun control is area where I’ve been most frustrated, President Obama says in a BBC interview ahead of his trip to Kenya.
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Cool book which explores the homemade records made across America.
Also,here’s a nice BBC News Video about the book.
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Because if you’re going to take lessons on elitism from anyone, it should really be from a guy in robes bedecked in gold, carrying a gold staff, who insists that he’s speaking on behalf of the creator of the entire universe.
