Friedrich Karl Berger, now 94, is still receiving a pension in Germany for his "wartime service".

"You feel like... you've been in a 15-round prize-fight that was extended to 30 rounds, and here's something that'll take your mind off it for a while."

"It's not just black people's history — it's British history."

Lavinya Stennett is leading a campaign to have British black history taught in England's schools all year round. https://bbc.in/2TtSBvS

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A man in his early 80s with underlying health issues becomes the second person with coronavirus to die in the UK.

The couple were found dead in their flat in Russia, apparently poisoned by nitrous oxide.

Global stock markets see sharp falls over growing fears that coronavirus may cause a global economic slump.

The gamer was dropped from his e-sports team after accidentally firing a gun while broadcasting live.

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A blind man from Mexico was denied US citizenship because officials refused to provide him with an English language sentence to read in Braille.

Labour leadership candidate Lisa Nandy said that in 2016, members of Jeremy Corbyn’s leadership team "made it very clear" they would wage factional war within the party, "until the other side had been crushed".

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"I go by the name Pride of Palestine."

Abdul Kareem al-Selwady is a Mixed Martial Arts fighter who became the first Palestinian to win an MMA world lightweight title. https://bbc.in/39uS8Px

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"If you want change in America in 2020, it seems, you are better off going with a white man in his 70s."

The three-year-old was separated when violence broke out in north-east Delhi.

UK Health Secretary Matt Hancock said the government was working with retailers to ensure uninterrupted food supplies.

Anyone using an Android phone released in 2012 or earlier should be especially concerned, consumer group Which? says.

Customers with reusable cups will still get a 25p discount - but drinks will be served in paper cups.

Young people are at "huge risk of harm" and should be given more protection, a UK charity has said.

Staff at one supermarket branch near London told the BBC it was "madness" as customers cleared the shelves of rice, pasta and long-life milk.

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