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Refugees at Za’atari camp in Jordan and a team of scientists from Sheffield in the UK are working together to create a way to grow fresh food in old mattress foam. The foam works as a substrate in place of soil in a system called hydroponics, solving two problems in one: recycling the old mattresses […]

US citizen Ningxi Xu describes what it’s like to live under quarantine for coronavirus after evacuating from Wuhan. She managed to get on the first civilian flight out of the city and is part way through her 14-day quarantine at a military base in San Diego. The World Health Organization has named the virus, which

Quincy is all-in for Bernie Sanders and that’s put the 23-year-old her at odds with her father, Ron. He’s backing Elizabeth Warren in New Hampshire’s Democratic primary on Tuesday. This kind of generational battle between ideology and pragmatism is nothing new – but it could be a key factor as Democrats decide who has the

The Syrian war has been ongoing for nine years, but escalating violence in and surrounding the city of Idlib in the north-west has created one of the region’s worst humanitarian crises. Hundreds of thousands of people are attempting to leave the city of Idlib but are finding themselves with nowhere to go. The BBC’s diplomatic

Emergency services have rescued hundreds of people from flood waters in Sydney, after the city had its wettest few days in 30 years. People in the city have been sharing their footage of dams overflowing, fallen trees and howling winds. More than 100,000 homes remain without power across New South Wales and evacuation orders are

Lata Kare, 68, did not know that running was a sport – nor that it could earn her any money. But when her husband fell ill and needed an MRI scan that the couple couldn’t afford, Ms Kare, who lives in India’s western Maharashtra state, found a way they could pay for it. The decision

WARNING: This film contains disturbing scenes including images of torture BBC Africa Eye has uncovered shocking video evidence that torture is being used by multiple branches of the Nigerian police and armed forces. Torture is illegal in Nigeria. But images from social media show that a particular form of torture – a technique known as

Noor has been performing Gidha, a folk dance usually done by women in India’s Punjab state, for years now. It all began with a wedding, when Noor and his friends dressed as women and performed on a whim. Almost 21 years later, Noor is still dancing. And now, with his all-male troop recreating the traditional

After living on California’s streets for a decade, Greg and Marie received a remarkable invitation. A local businessman asked if they wanted to share his $4m home. A year later, we reveal what happened next – and what the experiment tells us about America’s homelessness crisis. Video produced by Hannah Long-Higgins, Chelsea Bailey and Cody

Hundreds of thousands of bats have invaded the town of Ingham in Queensland, Australia, and residents are fed up. The bats now outnumber the residents in the town and upset locals have asked their council to do something about it. The animals have caused chaos, with residents complaining about the smell, the dirt and the