What caused this huge power cut? Learn about this story and learn vocabulary from the news headlines with Beth and Pippa

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What happens after the Pope dies?

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The war in Sudan is the biggest humanitarian crisis in the world today, say charities.

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How are Trump's latest tariffs affecting the global economy?

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Myanmar has begun five days of national mourning following an earthquake in the country.

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There have been protests in Turkey after the president's main political rival was jailed.

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After nine months in space, two Nasa astronauts have finally arrived back on Earth.

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After creating woolly mice, researchers plan to create genetically-altered, mammoth-like elephants in the future.

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More than half of all adults and a third of children, teenagers and young adults around the world are predicted to be overweight or obese by 2050.

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A new UK study has found that vapes are just as bad for health as cigarettes.

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