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I kill me. >> asian men are the sexiest. they got no body hair from the neck down. >> its like making love to a dolphin. because of my appearance and my race and gender, it was really hard to welcome people into this idea that a person who looked like me could be funny. >> comedy comes from pain. when you look at oppressed groups, theres a lot of comedy that comes from those groups. a lot of times that comedy takes its roots from how those groups chose to deal with their oppression or whatever t...

Have been killed — after a volcano erupted on the indonesian island ofjava — for the second time in less than a year. the pope has been meeting refugees on the island of lesbos and touring a temporary reception centre there that was set up after the notorious moria camp burned down last year. its the second time the pope has visited the island in five years. in the last half an hour, hes been speaking about the plight of migrants and urged people to treat them with compassion. translation: t...

Visited the island in five years. during this visit he spoke about the plight of migrants and urged people to treat them with compassion. translation: those who are afraid of you have never looked... ..have never looked you in the eye. those who are afraid of you have never seen your faces. never seen your children. those people forget that migration is not a problem of the middle east. not a problem of north africa. not a problem of europe and of greece. it is a problem of the world. yes, it is...

Supplies and the delays. today, the business secretary visited durham. we completely accept that this was wrong. weve spoken directly to the northern power grid company and we will have a review. well make sure that if they have failed to invest in infrastructure, there could well be enforcement action. as work goes on to get power back after storm arwen, the met office has now issued a new weather warning. storm barra is due to hit northern england and scotland on tuesday. peter harris, bbc new...

Because of starvation. this is a wildlife conservancy in northern kenya, and the effects of drought here are all too clear. and that is a very unusual sight — a dead giraffe inside a wildlife conservancy, yet we are told that at least 11 of those have been found within months. and it is notjust giraffes that are affected. it is all wildlife. theres no pasture, theres no water for them. more frequent droughts suggest climate change is already taking its toll on the region. the impact on people ...

A system of prohibition is chaotic, and it makes it hard for people to make the best choices. people are doing the best that they can, and so, yes, while some people want people -- while some people are trying to get to a place where they can stop using drugs, for us were trying to get them to a place where theyre less chaotic where we can create options for them that seem logical to them, giving them the opportunity to come in as opposed to being isolated to being criminalized and navigating a ...

"a horrific vigilante attack" on a sri lankan man who was lynched after being accused of blasphemy. imran khan said the burning alive of priyantha kumara after he was beaten by an angry mob was a day of shame for pakistan. the us economy created far fewerjobs than expected in november. employers in the worlds largest economy added just 210,000 jobs for the month — thats less than half the figure for october. the number of people in work is now 3.9 million below the peak of february 2020. pope ...

Talk to your doctor and say yess to linzess. learn how abbvie and ironwood could help you save on linzess. . pope francis has pledged to relocate 50 migrants from cyprus to the vatican. the announcement comes as the pontiff wraps up a visit. their plight has been a key focus of his visit and he has condemned the harsh conditions in the camps. the next stop is greece and will include a visit to lesbos. the court of appeals in the

Negative way. we will know a lot more in the _ negative way. we will know a lot more in the coming i negative way. we will know a lot more in the coming days. lot more in the coming days about how these talks go. thank you so much indeed. pope francis has addressed thousands of roman catholic worshippers at a football stadium in the cypriot city of nicosia. its the second day of the popes trip to the divided island. his visit has focused heavily on the plight of migrants. our rome correspondent ...

By their plight that she decided to step in and help. she has given a flat for free to a man who worked as an interpreter for british armed forces and his family, whove spent months living in a hotel. our special correspondent, lucy manning, has the story. oh, im so pleased to meet you, at long last. kindness often repeats itself. sometimes it only takes one person to change the lives of others. the vesal family, at the end of their long journey to a home. im so pleased to meet you. when kabul c...