Beach handball: 'It's shocking to have to pay to not play in our pants'
Tonje Lerstad tells Newsbeat about a rollercoaster week for Norway's women's beach handball team.
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Britney Spears officially requests new conservator to replace her father
The star's new lawyer says her father's control of her career is "insane and depressing".
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Wright wins first ever Olympic surfing medal
Australian surfer Owen Wright marks his comeback from a traumatic brain injury by winning the first ever Olympic medal in surfing.
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Vatican's Cardinal Becciu on trial in $412m fraud case
Cardinal Becciu goes on trial with nine others accused over a London property deal that went sour.
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Hong Kong: First person charged under national security law found guilty
More than 100 people have been arrested since the controversial and widely criticised law came into force.
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Sri Lanka: World's largest star sapphire cluster found in backyard
The "Serendipity Sapphire" was accidentally found by a gem trader in the Ratnapura region.
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Tokyo Olympics: Flora Duffy claims historic first gold for Bermuda
With a population of just 63,000, Bermuda became the least populous nation or territory to win an Olympic gold medal at a summer Games when Flora Duffy won the triathlon in Tokyo.
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Assam-Mizoram clash: Why are Indian policemen firing at each other?
Policemen from Mizoram and Assam states fired at each other over a contested border.
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Tokyo Olympics: Naomi Osaka loses to Marketa Vondrousova in women's singles tennis
Japanese superstar Naomi Osaka suffers a surprise exit in her home Olympics as Czech Marketa Vondrousova earns a straight-set win.
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China stocks see biggest slump in US since 2008 financial crisis
The value of New York-listed Chinese companies has plummeted after a series of crackdowns by Beijing.
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Malcolm Turnbull: Australia ex-PM says vaccine rollout 'a colossal failure'
Ex-PM Malcolm Turnbull tells the BBC he believes Australia's borders won't reopen until early 2022.
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'What a massive surprise': US teen wins gold
Seventeen-year-old Lydia Jacoby of the United States wins a shock gold in the 100m breaststroke at Tokyo 2020.
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North and South Korea restore communication hotline
The two countries have not spoke since Pyongyang cut off all channels of communication last year.
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Tokyo Olympics: Surfers Italo Ferreira & Hiroto Ohhara ride big waves
Watch Italo Ferreira and Hiroto Ohhara ride big waves as a tropical storm hits the Tsurigasaki surfing beach during the Tokyo Olympics.
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Thomas Barrack: Top Trump aide pleads not guilty to working as foreign agent
Thomas Barrack has been accused of lobbying the US government on behalf of the United Arab Emirates.
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The Indian girl killed for wearing jeans
Neha Paswan was allegedly beaten to death by relatives who disagreed with her choice of clothes.
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Kenyans sue the British army over fire at wildlife sanctuary
Some 1,000 people are going to court after a fire destroyed 12,000 acres of land at a wildlife sanctuary.
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Mapping the advance of the Taliban in Afghanistan
Maps of Afghanistan showing who controls districts in fighting between the government and Taliban.
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Is there a future for Africa's lions?
As lion populations decline across much of Africa, could community-led conservation help reverse this trend?
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Brazil: Why are so many pregnant women dying from Covid?
One in five women that died from coronavirus in Brazil didn't have access to an intensive care unit.
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