Vanilla has become one of the world's most expensive food ingredients, and for the farmers of Madagascar who are the world's largest producers, it's become a dangerous business.
Fighting the vanilla thieves of Madagascar
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The murder of a model: Remembering Harry Uzoka
Male model Harry Uzoka was one of the first victims of knife crime in London in 2018. Friends and colleagues say he had managed an extraordinary transformation in his life. But at the age of 25 he was stabbed to death in a confrontation with another model.
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The inside story of the death of a six-year-old boy in hospital - and the trainee doctor who took the blame.
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BBC Indonesian
With frequent floods, sinking markets and engulfed homes, by 2050 parts of Jakarta will be underwater.
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Geeta Pandey
BBC World Service, Delhi
As a male belly dancer, Eshan Hilal is a rarity - and in India it takes courage to choose this career.
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Joel Gunter & Roland Hughes
BBC News
Last summer the far-right descended on Charlottesville. We revisited that weekend with those involved.
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Georgina Rannard
BBC News
A woman in exile discovers that cooking for strangers is a way into their hearts.
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Monica Rimmer
BBC News
How did British medical worker Janet Parker become the world's last victim of smallpox?
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Linda Pressly
BBC News, The Netherlands
In January Aurelia Brouwers drank poison supplied by a doctor and lay down to die. She was 29.
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Sam Piranty
BBC Africa
The gang behind the August 2017 attacks had contact with other jihadists, including in France.
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