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Projections say that the population won't even reach ten. that was steph hegarty, the bbc�*s population correspondent. when i was born in 19114, there were only two billion people on earth, a quarter of the number now. even then, the general opinion was that this was far too many and we wouldn't be able to feed them all or find work or medical care for numbers like that. and yet, of course, we did. in the 22 years of this century so far, something like one billion people have been lifted out of poverty, most of them in india and china. although large numbers of people still go hungry and dri...

Massive benefits there were there to this big increase in the working—age population. and we know we can tackle climate change. we know what needs to be done, but as we just learned from cop these past few weeks... just don't do it. we just haven't managed to get the necessary cooperation to get it done. when will it be nine billion? it should be around the late 20305, and then ten could be another 20 years after that. and around ten, the un estimates we'll top off byjust less than 10.5, but there's other, more conservative projections say that the population won't even reach ten. that was s...

And, yes, they were very close and they would send each other photographs and cards. harry made rodney an honorary member of the normandy veterans' association. a lovely friendship. friendship was so important to him. those of today and those of 19114. we witnessed it as he, at long last, for the first time, was able to touch the walls of the british normandy memorial above gold beach in france. it was exactly six months ago today. and, in st austell, in a shed at the bottom of his garden, he created his own memorial. he would spend hours in here, sitting alone quietly, reflecting and always r...

The funeral of the d—day veteran and campaigner harry billinge will take place today. harry was one of the first of the allied troops to storm the beaches of normandy injune 19114 and spent years raising funds to pay for a permanent memorial, in france, to his fallen comrades. harry was a loving family man, a great character and — in recent years — a good friend of breakfast. jon kay is in charlestown, in cornwall. it isa it is a sad day, but important, a day of celebration.— it is a sad day, but important, a day of celebration. that is exactly the tone people _ day of celebration. tha...

Revolutionary moment. this had never happened before in human history — that the leaders of a state, germany vanquished, should be put on trial before an international tribunal — this was a completely new thing. and as part of that process, new crimes were invented — genocide, the killing of groups, crimes against humanity, the killing of individuals. there's a problem, of course, these crimes did not exist in 1939 or 1942 as such, and so they were applied retroactively. well, they weren't on the charge sheet, where they, genocide was not on the charge sheet in 1945? genocide was a subhe...