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Biden calls for police to be charged over shootings

BBC World News | Sept. 2, 2020, 9:26 p.m. | Original

Democratic presidential candidate Joe Biden has urged charges against police who shot two black Americans, Jacob Blake and Breonna Taylor.

Speaking in Delaware, Mr Biden did not specify what counts should be brought in the cases, which have fuelled racial justice protests nationwide.

The Democrat spoke after notching up a record fundraising haul in August.

He has a lead over President Donald Trump, a Republican, in opinion polls ahead of November's election.

During a news conference in his hometown of Wilmington on Wednesday, Mr Biden

Coronavirus in South Africa: Scientists explore surprise theory for low death rate

BBC World News | Sept. 2, 2020, 7:15 p.m. | Original

Rather than helping spread coronavirus, might overcrowding actually mitigate its effects?

US elections 2020: Fact-checking Trump on crime in Democratic-run cities

BBC World News | Sept. 2, 2020, 7:11 p.m. | Original

President Donald Trump is blaming Democratic mayors for unrest across American cities in his bid to make law and order a central part of his re-election campaign.

Mr Trump has repeatedly said that the 10 most dangerous cities in the US are all run by Democrats.

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How Covid-19 myths are merging with the QAnon conspiracy theory

BBC World News | Sept. 2, 2020, 7:10 p.m. | Original

Image caption Protesters gathered in London on Saturday to hear about a range of coronavirus-related conspiracy theories

Online and in real-life demonstrations, two viral conspiracy theories are increasingly coming together.

At first glance the only thing they appear to have in common is their vast distance from reality.

On one hand, QAnon: a convoluted conspiracy theory that contends that President Trump is waging a secret war against Satan-worshipping elite paedophiles .

On the other, a swirling mass of pseudoscience claiming that coronavirus does not

Moments of joy between mothers and children in prison

BBC World News | Sept. 2, 2020, 7:07 p.m. | Original

Photographer Jadwiga Bronte uses portraits to document the experiences of mothers in prison.

Mishal Husain: My grandfather’s war

BBC World News | Sept. 2, 2020, 7:07 p.m. | Original

The BBC presenter revisits her grandfather’s experience of serving in the British Indian Army during WW2.

India's kite-makers see sales fly during lockdown

BBC World News | Sept. 2, 2020, 7:04 p.m. | Original

Image caption Kite sales in India boomed during the country's lockdown

Mohammad Ahmed has been selling kites for the past 11 years, and he says he has never seen it so busy.

Sales at his shop in Delhi have soared over the past six months - thanks to coronavirus.

Mr Ahmed says that most days since India went into lockdown on 25 March he has restocked his shop with kites worth a total 150,000 rupees ($2,000;

Body neutrality: What if you don't really love or hate your body?

BBC World News | Sept. 2, 2020, 5:27 p.m. | Original

Body neutrality encourages people to appreciate their bodies for what it does, rather than how it looks.

Nancy Pelosi calls rule-flouting salon visit a 'setup'

BBC World News | Sept. 2, 2020, 5:08 p.m. | Original

Image caption Security camera footage from eSalon SF shows Nancy Pelosi without a mask over her face

US House of Representatives Speaker Nancy Pelosi has said her visit to a San Francisco hair salon in breach of coronavirus rules was a "setup".

"I take responsibility for trusting the word of a neighbourhood salon," the top Democrat told reporters on Wednesday. "It turns out it was a setup."

Mrs Pelosi was pictured in the salon without a mask over her face.

The California lawmaker has often criticised

Nile dam row: US 'to cut $100m in aid' to Ethiopia

BBC World News | Sept. 2, 2020, 4:45 p.m. | Original

Ethiopia has begun filling the mega dam before reaching an agreement with Sudan and Egypt.

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