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Investigation highlights abuses of students at the height of the Syrian civil war

Many of the most brutal cases took place in Aleppo between 2011 and 2013. Also: hundreds of people are reported to have died during this year's Hajj pilgrimage in Saudi Arabia as temperatures in Mecca exceeded fifty degrees, and scientists shed light on why some people do not get Covid-19.

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  US Democrats debate Biden's fitness as candidate

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  Big stakes and high tension as Biden and Trump debate on TV

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  The BBC tracks down a people smuggler

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  Bolivian leader condemns coup attempt in La Paz

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  Assange arrives in his native Australia after a 14 year long legal battle

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  Julian Assange attends court hearing on Pacific island after striking US p…

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  Wikileaks founder Julian Assange freed from British prison after 14-year l…

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  UNICEF says millions of children going hungry in Sudan

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  At least 20 dead in church and synagogue attacks in southern Russia

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  Deadly attacks on Dagestan synagogue and churches

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  Iranian rapper's death sentence overturned

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  The Happy Pod: Knitted together by an unloved sweater

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  Jail sentences for members of Hinduja family

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  Kenyan police accused of excessive force in anti-tax demos

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  US says it is working hard to avoid conflict with China

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  New clashes in Kenya over planned tax rises