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Authorities offer to free prominent women’s rights campaigner if she appears on video refuting allegations of abuse, her siblings say Middle east eye …

Humans are like ungainly packets of meat when paddling in the ocean and should be easy prey compared to fast-moving fish and seals. …

BBC culture / 20 years on, it is seen as a high watermark for Hollywood, which hasn’t been matched since. But is that …

Your bed should be a place for sleeping, sex and conversation — not for scrolling mindlessly through your Instagram feed. By Kelsey Borresen/  …

Including The Kitchen and Blinded by The Light, Nicholas Barber picks the films not to miss this month. BBC culture/ By Nicholas Barber

 The Story of Minglan is a TV phenomenon in China, gaining 400 million views in just three days. Jennifer Keishin Armstrong finds out …

For years they’ve played second fiddle to romantic interests, but friends are finally getting their due on the big screen, writes Clare Thorp. …

Throughout history, people’s faith and their attachments to religious institutions have transformed, argues Sumit Paul-Choudhury. So what’s next? BBC culture / By Sumit …

From walking trees to floating toads, the far future of nature on our planet could be like nothing we’ve seen before. BBC culture …

The Independent / ROBERT FISK Almost exactly a hundred years ago, the president of the United States was searching for a “deal of …