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Arrests at Columbia campus after NYPD raid - Police arrested about 300 protesters during campus raids in New York.

OS Conversations On - How major news stories are affecting the lives of people around the world

Can the Tour de France Femmes deliver? - Over its long history women have been mostly excluded from the Tour de France. Until recently.

US holds interest rates for sixth time - The US Federal Reserve says it needs greater confidence that inflation is easing before cutting interest rates.

Why am I bad at maths? - Why are some people better at mathematics than others? Presenter Anand Jagatia speaks to geneticists, education researchers and psychologists to find out.

Obsessed with the Quest: Inside the Minds of Chimpanzees - Catherine Hobaiter explains her quest to understand what it means to be a chimpanzee and Sara Dykman recounts her 10,201-mile journey following the monarch butterfly migration.

- Insight, wit and analysis from BBC correspondents, journalists and writers from around the world.

Tutus and triumph - The happiest stories in the world - our weekly collection

Ami Ayalon: Is Israel fighting an unwinnable war? - Stephen Sackur speaks to Ami Ayalon, former director of the Israeli Security Agency, also known as Shin Bet, and now a fierce critic of Prime Minister Netanyahu's government.

What’s happening with girls’ mental health? - Claudia Hammond speaks to young people and experts about the mental health issues affecting teenage girls.

Jewish dating: The race to break the glass - Amie Liebowitz is on her own quest to understand how traditional dating methods are currently being used in a modern Jewish society in the hope to find their bashert or soulmate.

Kenyan artist Wangari Mathenge - We follow artist Wangari Mathenge as she paints a series of large portraits depicting female domestic workers in her native Kenya.

- Tim Harford explains the numbers and statistics in the news and in life.

Israel accused of possible war crime in West Bank - The killing of an eight year old appears to violate law according to UN expert

Deadline looms for Hamas to respond to offer of a ceasefire - An Israeli deadline looms for Hamas to respond to its offer of a ceasefire in return for the release of some hostages.

'Becoming' Elton John saved my life - Tom Cridland discovered Elton John's music at university and was instantly obsessed. Later, when Tom was struggling with alcohol addiction, it was Elton's music that saved him.