The forests provide protective 'clothing' for sacred spaces but farmland is putting these ancient trees at risk. from BBC News - World https://ift.tt/2zHWWRj
The BBC's Gavin Lee boards a small boat to see some of the dangers face by migrants who cross the English Channel. from BBC News - World https://ift.tt/2ZwdBGc
Formula 2 driver Anthoine Hubert has been killed in a crash at the Belgian Grand Prix, motorsport's governing body the FIA says. from BBC News - World https://ift.tt/2zCwcSk
The latest version of the National Register of Citizens (NRC) in Assam, strips 1.9 million of citizenship. from BBC News - World https://ift.tt/2NI1Aas
As the world marks the 80th anniversary of the start of World War Two, Poland has reparations on its mind. from BBC News - World https://ift.tt/34bb1os
Hundreds have been arrested, now student are filling courtrooms for crash courses in Russia's legal system. from BBC News - World https://ift.tt/2MS44DB
Fossil fuel burning is the big issue but continued forest cover loss will make climate targets harder to achieve, say scientists. from BBC News - World https://ift.tt/2U9UWe2
When Long Litt Woon lost her husband she was overcome by grief. She rediscovered happiness foraging in the woods. from BBC News - World https://ift.tt/2MDa1UB
Insect-based foods may be better for pets than prime steak, according to the British Veterinary Association. from BBC News - World https://ift.tt/325G03n
Margo Perin was 13 when her father asked if she wanted a nose job. It soon became clear she had no choice. from BBC News - World https://ift.tt/2U3QSw5
Paralympic long-jumper Markus Rehm wants to see a closer relationship between the Olympics and Paralympics. from BBC News - World https://ift.tt/2HoZ1Gj
Young men from poor neighbourhoods of Medellín, Colombia, risk their lives riding specially-adapted pushbikes down perilous mountain roads. from BBC News - World https://ift.tt/341oRKf
United States suffer their first loss in 13 years after a shock defeat by Australia in a World Cup warm-up in Melbourne on Saturday. from BBC News - World https://ift.tt/2LbpoAm
Ghana is encouraging African Americans to relocate to the country, which was at the heart of the slave trade. from BBC News - World https://ift.tt/2L3yPlC
Althea Gibson became the first black player to win a Grand Slam yet she received little recognition during her life. Why? from BBC News - World https://ift.tt/2Pbo1XE
Paros in Greece is at the centre of a drive to turn it into the world's first island free of plastic waste. from BBC News - World https://ift.tt/2Z5kJcv
These are the stories of a mother desperate for news of her son and a wife waiting for her husband to come home. from BBC News - World https://ift.tt/2zgdq2Z
The 11th richest man in the world and his brother Charles had a huge influence on the conservative movement. from BBC News - World https://ift.tt/2PbIb42
Members of Brazil's indigenous Mura tribe vow to defend their land, as wildfires rage in the Amazon rainforest. from BBC News - World https://ift.tt/2ZkTaaY
American athletes are warned by Team USA chiefs they will face "consequences" if they stage political protests at next year's Olympic Games. from BBC News - World https://ift.tt/2KNb6a7
Artists in the self-declared republic of Somaliland are challenging state repression and conservative Muslim clerics. from BBC News - World https://ift.tt/2P8P5XB
Ex-Farc rebels in Colombia, who spent decades fighting the government over land and power, have reinvented themselves as eco-warriors protecting the Amazon from illegal logging. from BBC News - World https://ift.tt/2NkRsnz
Papua has seen days of unrest with protestors blocking streets and torching buildings including the prison. from BBC News - World https://ift.tt/2Zg9xJR
Dmitry and Olga Prokazov also face a criminal case after they were filmed at an unauthorised opposition protest with their baby. from BBC News - World https://ift.tt/2TNeUeq
Radio-frequency identification, famously used to bug the US embassy in Moscow, is a cheap way to track objects and data. from BBC News - World https://ift.tt/2PfREaC
In 1976, North Koreans killed two US officers in the DMZ over a tree, sparking a huge military gardening operation. from BBC News - World https://ift.tt/2TYBjWx
The scandal involving an Indian nobleman and his British wife convulsed the elite class in 19th Century India. from BBC News - World https://ift.tt/2TMTo9T
Scientists working on a mission to the ocean moon of Europa can proceed with the final design and construction of the spacecraft, Nasa has said. from BBC News - World https://ift.tt/2Z5AOQ4
Some 200 schools in Indian-administered Kashmir opened their doors but many parents kept their children at home. from BBC News - World https://ift.tt/2TIE51I
A former business executive is now a freelance photographer travelling around the globe. First stop - Iran. from BBC News - World https://ift.tt/2KSnKnk
Paros in Greece is at the centre of a drive to turn it into the world's first island free of plastic waste. from BBC News - World https://ift.tt/2Z5kJcv
Cows are living on a floating farm in the middle of Europe's busiest port of Rotterdam, as part of an experiment to produce food more sustainably, and closer to people. from BBC News - World https://ift.tt/30aazV7
The violence broke out ahead of the derby between the Motagua and Olimpia clubs in the Honduran capital, Tegucigalpa. from BBC News - World https://ift.tt/30cgE3u
Dani Rotstein arrived in Majorca knowing nothing of its hidden Jewish past. Now he's helping reinvigorate its Jewish community. from BBC News - World https://ift.tt/2Z3YCmL
A homeless man was found in the Unkapani district, apparently drowned, after heavy rain caused extensive damage from BBC News - World https://ift.tt/2PaIgFc
Six-time Olympic gold medallist Allyson Felix says female athletes will "no longer be financially penalised for having a child" after Nike changed its sponsorship contracts. from BBC News - World https://ift.tt/2KTX99e
Donald Trump isn't the first US leader to seek expansion using taxpayer dollars. But did those deals work out? from BBC News - World https://ift.tt/2Z6Rpy9
Some countries are seeking extra protection while others want to re-open ivory markets at key trade meeting in Geneva. from BBC News - World https://ift.tt/2z3ScoX
Chinese telecoms firm Huawei and the Ugandan government deny hacking into Bobi Wine's WhatsApp chat group. from BBC News - World https://ift.tt/2KAwtve
Hurricane Irma hit Barbuda in 2017. It left a trail of destruction and kick-started old tensions - especially over land. from BBC News - World https://ift.tt/2zb0TOt
On the 50th anniversary of the seminal Woodstock music festival, we speak to people who were at the "Aquarian explosion". from BBC News - World https://ift.tt/2KBsaQC
Volunteer rescuers who found the body of Nora Quoirin have described how they discovered the missing teenager in the Malaysian jungle. from BBC News - World https://ift.tt/2MWxqQi
As Christian churches face declining numbers, one is bucking the trend. Is Hillsong a triumph of marketing or faith? from BBC News - World https://ift.tt/2KxSUkX
Hong Kong leader Carrie Lam is pressed on whether she has the power to withdraw the controversial extradition bill. from BBC News - World https://ift.tt/2KtRjMX
Typhoon Lekima in China has killed dozens of people, with over a million evacuated from Zhejiang province. from BBC News - World https://ift.tt/2Z00VmB
Hong Kong airport cancels flights as anti-government protests at the busy international hub go into fourth day from BBC News - World https://ift.tt/2Z7qaYt
When panic gripped a school one day, the girls affected did not know they were in the "mass hysteria capital of the world". from BBC News - World https://ift.tt/2ZW70Sw
Instead of treating migrants - or conducting autopsies on their bodies - Dr Pietro Bartolo is now seeking a political solution. from BBC News - World https://ift.tt/2KtWYCP
Monsoon flooding in India has led to dozens of deaths and hundreds of thousands of people being evacuated. from BBC News - World https://ift.tt/2KuArFX
US financier Jeffrey Epstein found dead in his cell while awaiting trial on sex trafficking charges, US media report from BBC News - World https://ift.tt/2KpzX3z