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From anxious children unable to cope with school to those with more complex, profound disabilities, England’s support for Send children is broken, with underfunded local authorities weaponising time in order to avoid legal obligations to support families and increasing numbers of parents unable to work, burnt out, judged and even suffering PTSD through attempting to navigate the system. ⁨‪@theGuardian‬ meets parents and children from across the country, to get a sense of the scale of the issue

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New documentary on ‪‪@theGuardian‬ – Atomic Secrets follows Dmitry Kalmykov, a Ukrainian scientist who has dedicated his life to investigating environmental disasters, first at Chornobyl and now in Semipalatinsk, Kazakhstan - formerly the Soviet Union's primary nuclear weapons testing site.

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How much of the global seed market is controlled by just three companies?

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Do you think philanthropists like Bill Gates should be deciding how developing countries farm and feed themselves?

Watch our new explainer before you vote: How philanthropists broke Africa’s farming: https://youtu.be/KO3-xkVACgE

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Social media is changing who is providing information about war and how people are consuming it, but it’s also providing legally sound evidence for war crimes trials.

In Sudan, fighters from the Rapid Support Forces (RSF), a paramilitary group, appear to have filmed and posted online videos of themselves glorifying the burning of homes and harming prisoners. These videos could now be used by international courts to pursue war crime prosecutions.

Kaamil Ahmed explains how the international legal system is adapting to social media, using the Berkeley Protocol, and finding a way to use the digital material shared online to corroborate accounts of war crimes being committed in countries ranging from Ukraine to Sudan.

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Tiny plastics are everywhere, from plastic-lined cups to synthetic clothing. Scientists think they’re entering our bodies through what we eat, drink, and even breathe, but which organ is accumulating the most plastic?
Watch our latest video on the rise of nanoplastics here: https://youtu.be/4JUvvbpx2So?si=TK3xe...

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Ever noticed the label ‘BPA-free’ on plastic items? BPA is a chemical that can leach from certain plastics, wreaking havoc on our bodies by mimicking the hormone estrogen. But did you know its harmful effects were discovered entirely by accident?

Our latest video on how nanoplastics are invading our bodies is out, where you can hear more about the dangers of plastics: https://youtu.be/4JUvvbpx2So?si=TK3xe...

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As of January 2024, China was ranked first, for the largest armed forces in the world by active duty military personnel, with about 2,000,000 active soldiers. But where was Taiwan ranked?

Data source: www.statista.com/statistics/264443/the-worlds-larg…

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The latest video from our new channel ‪@ItsComplicated‬ explains how China's approach to Taiwan keeps it in a state of "not peace but not quite war either" to wear down its opposition and eat up resources.

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