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Playwright Banna Desta has brought to life an often-overlooked ancient African civilisation in her latest work - a compelling audio drama about an increasingly tyrannical queen and her scheming twin ...

An undercover BBC reporter spent a year investigating the far-right group and its members were recorded using racial slurs.

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