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The people in Russia buying 'immortality'

After Anton Zeldin's wife was involved in a fatal car accident, he chose to have her brain frozen with the hope that she can one day be brought back to life. 

Video Journalist: Irina Sedunova

23 February 2022
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What does dying really feel like?

What does dying really feel like?

9 May 2022
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The world's first underwater cemetery

The world's first underwater burial site

30 Mar 2022
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One night in a 'haunted' Sicilian castle

23 Feb 2022
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How thinking about death can change us

How thinking about death warps your mind

23 Feb 2022
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Life after death: How seven kids came back from the dead

23 Feb 2022
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The village that exhumes its dead once a year

23 Feb 2022
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'Why I recover the bodies of the drowned'

23 Feb 2022
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The Japanese youth buying 'haunted houses'

The Japanese estate agent selling 'haunted' houses

23 Feb 2022
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Japan’s phone to the dead

Japan’s telephone to the dead

23 Feb 2022
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The world's only summer mummy school

The fascinating world of Sicily's hidden mummies

23 Feb 2022
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Why did people in Sicily want to be mummified?

23 Feb 2022
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Sicily's unusual world of the dead

23 Feb 2022
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The medical museum of the dead

23 Feb 2022
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Cyber criminals contact BBC to claim hack on M&S, Co-op

Cyber criminals contact BBC to claim hack on Co-op, M&S

Hackers reached out to the BBC's Joe Tidy on Telegram, frustrated that their ransom demands weren't being met.

16 mins ago
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Tom Cruise explains that epic stunt

Tom Cruise explains how he managed his epic stunt

For his latest Mission: Impossible film, the actor prepared for a daunting stunt by resting on a plane wing.

8 hrs ago
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Chip maker TSMC expands US reach with new Arizona factory

Chip maker TSMC expands US reach with new Arizona factory

The BBC gets exclusive access to the Taiwanese company's new factory in the Arizona desert, just outside Phoenix.

24 hrs ago
World of Business
What impact will the Trump tax bill have on growth?

Trump tax bill can have 'good and bad' effects - 22 May 2025

Investment Strategist Guy LeBas says the tax bill passed by the House has good and bad impacts on growth.

24 hrs ago
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Inside Cannes 8

Cannes like you've never seen it before

Tom Brook gives an insider guide to the film festival and takes us behind the scenes and beyond the red carpet.

1 day ago
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Inside the lab where baby sharks are born

Inside the lab where baby sharks are born

Japanese scientists take pregnant sharks, killed in fishing nets, and rescue their unborn young.

2 days ago
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China to US phone exports plunge

Smartphone production moving out of China - 20 May 2025

Donald Trump's tariffs are impacting the smartphone industry with Chinese exports at their lowest since 2011.

3 days ago
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White tern

A revered bird makes an improbable comeback on Hawaii

Down to a single pair, the white tern population has benefited from busy roads and planted trees in Honolulu.

3 days ago
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Michael B Jordan and Ryan Coogler on working together

Coogler's Warren Buffet quip cracks up Michael B Jordan

Sinners director Ryan Coogler jokes about his 'early investment' in his long-time actor friend.

4 days ago
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US tax cuts are political distraction

Expert: Tax cuts are distraction from tariffs - 19 May 2025

John Mowrey says its remains to be seen if the US can afford President Trump’s tax cuts.

4 days ago
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Inside Atlanta's luxury real estate market

Inside Atlanta's luxury real estate market

The city shaped by history and fueled by ambition has seen black entrepreneurs thriving.

4 days ago
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Brian Cox on the hard truth about acting

Brian Cox on the hard truth about acting

'It's difficult stuff - acting, and I find it hard after 60 years,' says acclaimed actor Brian Cox.

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Week in Markets - 16 May 2025

Week in Markets - 16 May 2025

A weekly summary of the big stories from financial markets around the world.

7 days ago
World of Business
Casanova drawing

Inside the hidden quarters of history's greatest seducer

From an alchemical pharmacy to a shadowy dungeon, uncover the many secrets of Casanova's mysterious world.

7 days ago
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India’s electric car plans

India’s electric car future

Tesla is rolling out in India, Asia’s third largest economy where EV sales grew 2000% over five years.

8 days ago
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Eight steps to live longer

Eight simple steps to help you live longer

We look at eight simple lifestyle steps you can take to help improve and extend your life.

15 May 2025
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Chinese factories go into overdrive

Chinese factories go into overdrive after tariff pause

The tariff pause has provided a bit of reprieve for some factories in China.

14 May 2025
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The 24-year-old founder taking on nuclear fusion

We go inside the lab and reveal how JC Btaiche convinced former Pentagon officials to come join his project.

14 May 2025
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Leaf monkey

Watch dramatic moment monkey family defends baby from python

Leaf monkeys are close-knit family groups that work closely to protect themselves and newborns.

13 May 2025
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Hailee Steinfeld's funniest moments on set

Hailee Steinfeld's funniest moments on set

Sharing the screen with Michael B Jordan, Woody Harrelson or Rebel Wilson comes lots of laughter.

12 May 2025
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