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Turning Paris's underground car parks into mushrooms farms
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The city swapping cars for mushrooms
Paris is renovating many of its underground car parks and some are now growing mushrooms.
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Tacko Fall: The tallest man in the NBA
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Tacko Fall: The tallest man in the NBA - BBC Sport
The 7ft 5in Senegalese rookie only started playing basketball six years ago.
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Haiti unrest: Protesters forced back from president's home
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Haiti protesters forced back from president's home
The death of a prominent journalist inflames violent protests calling on Jovenel Moïse to resign.
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Dove Cameron: 'Difficult being a young girl these days'
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'Difficult being a young girl these days'
Dove Cameron, who stars in the latest Disney's Descendants film, describes the difficulty of balancing her own personality with people's desire for her to be a role model.
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The week in pictures
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Week in pictures: 5 - 11 October 2019
A selection of some of the most striking news photographs taken around the world this week.
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Kevin McAleenan: US Homeland Security chief steps down
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US Homeland Security chief steps down
Kevin McAleenan was the fourth person to head the agency and oversaw Donald Trump's border policies.
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'I'm proud my son is storing 1,000 bricks in my garden'
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'I'm proud my son is storing 1,000 bricks in my garden'
If Donna Heuerman looks out of her window she sees rows of bricks left by her teenage son, Jonjo.
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Batten disease girl given custom-made drug
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Batten disease: Unique drug for a girl with deadly brain disease
Mila is having far fewer - and briefer - seizures after a drug was designed just for her.
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Hanoi Train Street: 'I think my home is very special'
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Will Hanoi's Train Street survive?
Authorities have shut down cafes and banned crowds at one of the city's most popular tourist spots.
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Slow walking at 45 'a sign of faster ageing'
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Slow walking at 45 'a sign of faster ageing'
Gait speed in mid-life indicates how fast the brain and body are ageing, researchers found.
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Turkey Syria offensive: US builds pressure to halt incursion against Kurds
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US builds pressure on Turkey to halt incursion
Washington warns of sanctions unless the advance into Syria stops, but Ankara vows to press on.
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Typhoon Hagibis: Japan braced for powerful storm
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Japan counts cost of biggest typhoon in decades
Floods and landslides triggered by Typhoon Hagibis leave at least nine people dead.
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Robert Forster: Jackie Brown star dies aged 78
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Robert Forster: Jackie Brown star dies aged 78
The Oscar-nominated actor died of brain cancer in Los Angeles on Friday.
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Eliud Kipchoge breaks two-hour marathon mark by 20 seconds
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Eliud Kipchoge breaks two-hour marathon mark by 20 seconds
Eliud Kipchoge becomes the first athlete to run a marathon in under two hours, beating the mark by 20 seconds.
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GB's Watson into first WTA final since 2016
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Tianjin Open: Heather Watson into first WTA final since 2016
Britain's Heather Watson beats Veronika Kudermetova in straight sets to reach the final of Tianjin Open in China.
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Mercedes eye F1 history in typhoon-hit Japan
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Japanese Grand Prix: Typhoon Hagibis hits as Mercedes eye Formula 1 history
Lewis Hamilton and team-mate Valtteri Bottas could secure a record sixth consecutive drivers' and constructors' World Championship double for the Mercedes team.
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Former England head coach Flower to leave ECB after 12 years
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Andy Flower: Former England head coach to leave ECB after 12 years
Andy Flower, England head coach between 2009 and 2014, is leaving the England and Wales Cricket Board after 12 years.
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Eliud Kipchoge breaks two-hour marathon mark by 20 seconds
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Eliud Kipchoge breaks two-hour marathon mark by 20 seconds - BBC Sport
Watch the moment Eliud Kipchoge makes history to become the first athlete to run a marathon in under two hours.
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Turkey Syria offensive: Fierce battle rages in Ras al-Ain
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Fierce battle rages over key Syrian border town
Turkish soldiers say they have seized Ras al-Ain as they press the offensive against Kurdish forces.
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India's Narendra Modi's litter picking 'plog' on beach
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India's Narendra Modi picks litter on beach
The Indian Prime Minister launched a 'clean India' campaign in 2014.
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Ireland thrash Samoa to reach World Cup last eight
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Ireland 47-5 Samoa: Bonus-point win puts Irish into last eight
Ireland are through to the World Cup quarter-finals after beating Samoa 47-5 in their Pool A match in Fukuoka.