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25 April 2023| History

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Five letters that changed the course of history - BBC Reel

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It's said that the pen is mightier than the sword, and throughout history letters have been known to cause scandal, alter the course of wars and inspire social movements. From a letter that led to a British queen's execution to one that set the US on a course to developing the atomic bomb - here are five fascinating letters that have changed the course of history.

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The most watched sporting event in the United States, the Super Bowl, has striking similarities to a sport played many centuries ago and over 4,000 miles away: Harpastum.

The beginnings of American football can be traced back to the old Roman Empire, and possibly even beyond. How similar is this modern team sport to its predecessors? And how did it become what it is today?

Produced by BBC's Howard Timberlake

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The surprising origins of the Super Bowl

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American football is a US tradition unlike any other and yet it traces its roots to an ancient Roman game.

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Elon Musk Proposes Renaming The English Channel To George Washington Channel

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Could an Arctic underground vault save our data?

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BBC Click explores an Arctic vault that stores digital artefacts from across the globe.

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Watch some of the most surprising moments in the history of presidential inaugurations.

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How technology can monitor and improve our health

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BBC Click visits CES 2025 to find out about the latest health tech, from medical tools to well-being devices.

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Meet the world’s first recipient of an AI-powered bionic arm

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Sarah De Lagarde lost an arm and a leg after being hit by two trains in London. Now, she has an AI-powered arm.

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In Australia, sea lions help researchers map the ocean floor

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Researchers in Australia put cameras on sea lions’ backs to help them map the elusive ocean floor.

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Sophisticated smuggling tunnel found between US and Mexico

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The underground passage linking Ciudad Juarez with El Paso, Texas, was equipped with lighting and ventilation.

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How to reset your brain with your breath

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With each inhalation and exhalation we have the ability to change the way we think and feel.

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Why Trump was spared a penalty in hush-money sentencing

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The BBC’s Nada Tawfik looks at what the sentence means for the incoming president.

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Spent cartridges found amongst fire wreckage in Los Angeles

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The BBC sees bullets strewn over the streets while touring the fire damage in Los Angeles.

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New Year: Paddington Bear and spectacular fireworks in London

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Onlookers line the Embankment in central London for a fireworks spectacular.

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Watch: A look back at the life of Jimmy Carter

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The Democrat from Georgia, who left office in 1981, lived longer than any other former US president.

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‘Poor sleep’ could age your brain faster, new study finds

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Researchers have found that poor sleep quality could make your brain age faster.

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AI v The Mind: Meet the world’s first artist robot

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We find out how AI blurs the line between creation and automation, raising questions about the essence of art.

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A new type of computer chip made specifically for Artificial Intelligence is making AI possible on your phone.

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New tech helping to combat illegal elephant ivory trade

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New laser technology is helping border security to distinguish illegal ivory from legal mammoth tusks.

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Tiny but mighty: Robots the size of a grain of rice

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Scientists in Singapore have created robots that can be used for targeted drug delivery inside the human body.

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Inside Japan’s speedy Shinkansen bullet train

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Celebrating its 60th anniversary, Japan’s Shinkansen remains a global symbol of speed and innovation.

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An augmented reality journey into Earth’s future

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An immersive exhibit at the Natural History Museum allows visitors to experience how the world will look in 2125.

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Astronauts unbox Thanksgiving meal aboard ISS

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“We’re thankful for zero gravity” says stranded astronaut Barry “Butch” Wilmore.

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Crews ready balloons for Thanksgiving Day parade in NY

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The event, which will feature more than 30 balloons, will celebrate 100 years of tradition on Thursday.

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King starts to deliver his Speech opening 2024 Parliament

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King starts to deliver his Speech opening 2024 Parliament

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Labour’s first King’s Speech: What happened in 60 seconds

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The new Labour government’s plans were read by King Charles in a speech to Parliament.

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Watch: Royals and veterans attend Cenotaph ceremony

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King Charles led two minutes of silence in remembrance of those who lost their lives in the two world wars and other conflicts.

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Cumbrian ‘soldier’ boy prepares for Remembrance Day

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A six-year-old Cumbrian “soldier” who has taken TikTok by storm prepares for Remembrance Day.

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Holocaust survivor shares story of journey to Auschwitz

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In a disarmingly frank interview, Holocaust survivor Freddie Knoller recounts his story of survival.

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The surprising Viking origin of Normandy

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How the Vikings mixed with the French to create Normandy and transform Europe.

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Why did the British government spy on King Edward VIII?

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The British government began surveilling a member of the British monarchy in 1935. Here’s why.

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US election 2024 live updates: Voting begins in key states with Trump and Harris neck and neck in polls

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The United States is choosing its next president - with polls open in key states including Michigan, Pennsylvania, Georgia, and North Carolina.

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From 2030 To 2500: Terraforming Mars From Red Planet To Green World!

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Does your vote count_ The Electoral College explained - Christina Greer

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Going back to the roots: History of Jack-O’-Lanterns

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Long before pumpkins became a sign of Halloween, people carved faces into turnips to ward off evil spirits.

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US President Joe Biden has formally apologised to Native Americans for a 150-year-old Indian boarding school policy, becoming the first president to do so.

From 1819 until the 1970s, indigenous children were forcibly removed from their homes and sent to federal Indian boarding schools. The schools stripped them of their heritage and tried to assimilate Alaska Native, American Indian and Native Hawaiian children into white American culture.

Speaking while visiting the tribally controlled Gila Crossing Community School outside of Phoenix, Mr Biden called the program a "sin on our soul" and a "blot on American history".

The Biden administration says it has provided billions of dollars to support indigenous Americans, though communities affected say more could be done.

25 October 2024

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'It's long overdue' - Biden apologises over Indian boarding schools

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From 1819 until the 1970s, indigenous children were forcibly removed from their homes and sent to federal Indian boarding schools.

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Inside the high-security facility tackling digital threats

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BBC reporter Marc Cieslak explores a high-security hub monitoring digital threats ahead of the US election.

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Musk under final pressure over X - 3 Oct 2024

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An expert explains the CEOs fractious relationship with financial regulators.

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Five-time Paralympic long jumper Lex Gillette tests a new app to help blind athletes navigate the Games. Deployed at the Team USA training camp, just outside of Paris, the technology uses indoor mapping and audio cues to deliver step-by-step directions.

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How new tech helps Paralympians navigate the Games

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A new app uses indoor mapping and audio cues to deliver step-by-step directions to Paralympians.

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Nasa hopes to find a future for supersonic flight

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The space agency hopes its X-59 with a new design will overcome the national ban on supersonic flights over land.

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Nasa hopes to find a future for supersonic flight

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The space agency hopes its X-59 with a new design will overcome the national ban on supersonic flights over land.

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The picture that tells a lesser-known chapter of US history

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How a 1892 photo from Rougeville, Michigan, became the most iconic image of the bison massacre in America.

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In Australia, sea lions help researchers map the ocean floor

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Researchers in Australia put cameras on sea lions’ backs to help them map the elusive ocean floor.

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Watch key moments from the US vice-presidential debate

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Politeness, policy and a few tense moments - watch how Vance and Walz tackled the 90-minute event.

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You might remember the buzz over cloning when Dolly the Sheep, the first mammal cloned from an adult cell, was born in 1996. Fast forward two decades and cloning technology has moved on so much that you can now clone your pets. From horses to rabbits, cats and dogs - it is now possible from just a small tissue sample to clone these animals. You do, however, need at least 50,000 dollars. We visited a cloning lab to find out more.
Video by Claudia Baxter and Tristan Vince Executive producer: Camelia Sadeghzadeh Reporter: Stephanie Hegarty

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Inside the growing business of pet cloning

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Two decades after Dolly the sheep, cloning technology has moved on so much that you can now clone your pets.

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Post Office returns job application to sender after 48 years

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Tizi Hodson has waited since 1976 to hear back about her bid to become a motorcycle stunt rider.

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The vegetable that can protect you from cancer

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Eat your greens. It’s something we’ve all heard since childhood, but there’s good reason why we should listen.

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Two Russian astronauts, Oleg Kononenko and Nikolai Chub, left the International Space Station breaking the record for the longest stay at 374 days. Kononenko also set the record for the longest cumulative time in space at 1,111 days in orbit.

Nasa astronaut Tracy Dyson, was also also aboard the shuttle headed for Kazakhstan after spending six months on the station.

Suni Williams, one of the Nasa astronauts stranded on the ISS after arriving there on the Boeing Starliner spacecraft, rang the bell for their departure.

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Astronauts return to Earth after longest stay on ISS

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One Nasa astronaut and two Russian cosmonauts, who spent 374 days in space, were aboard the shuttle.

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Tutankhamun: The first ever view inside the tomb

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One month after the famous discovery, photographer Harry Burton recreated the first view of Tutankhamun’s tomb.

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The rare medieval street about to reveal its secrets

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One of Europe’s oldest residential streets hides in the heart of the English countryside.

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Why tonnes of mummified cats ended up in England

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In 1890 an estimated 180,000 ancient cats, weighing 19.5 tonnes, were auctioned off in Liverpool.

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With short summers, a cold climate, and a landscape of lava fields and glaciers, Iceland's not the first place you'd think of for farming. But pioneering entrepreneurs are growing some surprising crops and doing it sustainably. Adrienne Murray visits a vertical farm.

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Iceland's vertical farm turning algae into food

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A facility near the Icelandic capital, Reykjavik, is using innovative vertical-farming technology to grow algae.

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‘A tech firm stole our voices - then cloned and sold them’

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Two voice-over artists were listening to a podcast when they heard their own stolen AI-generated voices.

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‘Space is my happy place,’ says stranded astronaut

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Suni Williams and Barry ‘Butch’ Wilmore gave an update from the ISS on their extended stay in space.

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‘I worked two jobs at university to survive’

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BBC Scotland speaks to two care-experienced students about their time at university.

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Boeing's Starliner spacecraft has returned to Earth without the astronauts it carried into space.

Nasa astronauts Barry Wilmore and Sunita Williams were onboard for the first crewed test flight of the capsule, but several problems arose, leading Nasa to delay the pair's return from the International Space Station (ISS) until February 2025 - aboard a separate spacecraft.

Starliner decoupled from the ISS before undertaking a six-hour flight back to Earth. It re-entered the atmosphere and used parachutes to slow its descent, before landing at the White Sands Space Harbor in New Mexico.

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Starliner undocks from ISS and returns to Earth without crew

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The empty spacecraft completed a six-hour flight to the New Mexico's White Sands Space Harbor.

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Miami Heat: the basketball team turned tech startup

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The iconic team has developed technology which spread to concerts, nightclubs, and other sports teams.

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Listen to: The High Cost of Cheap Rentals in Mexico City - https://one.npr.org/i/1258165278:1258165280

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Paris 2024: The tech transforming the Paralympics for disabled fans

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From electric scooters to super goggles, how new inventions are helping visitors to Paris 2024 get more out of their Paralympic experience.

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Tim Burton receives star on Hollywood Walk of Fame

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The film director was honoured just days before the release of his latest movie, Beetlejuice Beetlejuice.

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The woman who stopped a pile-up on the M25

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Marie-Therese Gumpert stopped a bus from crashing after the driver had a heart attack at the wheel.

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‘I heard the sirens go and I was all wobbly at the knees’: The life-changing day World War Two began

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Britain went to war with Hitler’s Germany on 3 September 1939. In History revisits people’s recollections of that day and looks at the chilling announcements.

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Share Message - Inside Russia as war in Ukraine grinds into new year
https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/world-europe-67843830

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BBC News - Attenborough series returns to green turtles after 66 years
https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/science-environment-67128771

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BBC News - Guess William and Kate's most used emojis
https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-67094213

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BBC News - The Sycamore Gap... then, and now
https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-66960444

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BBC News - Tupac murder: What have the police got on Keffe D?
https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/world-us-canada-66967931

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BBC News - Why asteroid Bennu samples are so important... in 83 seconds
https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/science-environment-66907728

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BBC News - Three reasons Kim and Putin might want to be friends
https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/world-66792191

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Why did the British government spy on King Edward VIII? - BBC Reel

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Before Edward VIII became King, he was known for his high spending habits, promiscuity, and links to controversial political figures. His unreliable behavior led his father, George V, and Prime Minister Stanley Baldwin, to take the unprecedented decision of spying on him to safeguard national interests and uphold the reputation of the monarchy.

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BBC News - Gun salutes for King Charles's first year on throne
https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-66759222

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BBC News - What's it like being the youngest MP?
https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-politics-66733790

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BBC News - Martin Luther King Jr: 60 years since 'I have a dream'
https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/world-us-canada-66631477

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BBC News - Watch: British Museum controversy so far
https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-66626876

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BBC News - Can this battery-swapping scooter clean up cities?
https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/world-asia-66495578

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BBC News - Can this battery-swapping scooter clean up cities?
https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/world-asia-66495578

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BBC News - On board Virgin Galactic's tourist journey to space
https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/world-us-canada-66473358

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BBC News - How to spot fake reviews online
https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-66387392

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BBC News - The school in an empty department store
https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/world-us-canada-65641242

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BBC News - The school in an empty department store
https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/world-us-canada-65641242

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BBC News - Hero student stops school bus
https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/world-us-canada-65434848

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BBC News - Hero student stops school bus
https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/world-us-canada-65434848

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BBC News - Joe Biden tours his Irish family heritage
https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/world-europe-65260479

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BBC News - Jack Teixeira: How damaging are US intelligence leaks?
https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/world-us-canada-65274730

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BBC News - NASA reveals new spacesuit for moon landing
https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/world-us-canada-64983557

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BBC News - The mystery of a shark beheaded on a UK beach
https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-65022016

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BBC News - Tackling the cost of living crisis in a tiny house
https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-england-surrey-64736279

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BBC News - How a trip to the pub made the world's roads safer
https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-64518984

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BBC News - How a trip to the pub made the world's roads safer
https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-64518984

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BBC News - How a trip to the pub made the world's roads safer
https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-64518984

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BBC News - Chinese spy balloon: 'I thought it was a star'
https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/world-us-canada-64509526

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BBC News - David Hockney art turned into immersive experience
https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/entertainment-arts-64056663

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BBC News - How too much ice triggered a dramatic penguin decline
https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/science-environment-63704054

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BBC News - How the world got to 8 billion - and where next
https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/world-63624652

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BBC News - Watch: Nasa's Artemis I rocket blasts off
https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/science-environment-63646382

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BBC News - How the world got to 8 billion - and where next
https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/world-63624652

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BBC News - The dads spreading love to stop fights in school
https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/world-us-canada-63521781

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BBC News - Why some of Brazil's poorest are drawn to Lula
https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/world-latin-america-63407833