Pete Ross
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first heard Dec 2025
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Attendees at a global AIDS conference in Brazil this week were confused when US officials presented a map of Africa with countries in the wrong place.
The US State Department has now owned up to the error and said it takes full responsibility for the confusion and misrepresentation caused.
Shama Khalil reports from Washington.
Shana Khalil.
Earlier this week, Washington announced that it was banning foreign-made humanoid robot imports to the US over what the Trump administration described as unacceptable risks to America's national security.
The news might come as a blow to China, as it's a leading manufacturer in the field.
China is also a world beater in warehouse robotics.
Its leading company is called Geek Plus.
One of its main products is a squat floor robot that glides beneath storage racks, lifts them up and carries them across warehouses to waiting workers.
Our correspondent Suranjana Tiwari travelled to eastern China to see them in action.
Surinjana Tiwari.
An all-female chess team in Britain has been told that after years of progressing up the National Chess Leagues, their promotion to the top division means they now have to have a male in their squad.
The Four Nations Chess League introduced a rule in the mid-90s that states all first division teams should have at least one player of each sex.
It was designed to boost female participation in the male-dominated sport, but it now means the newly promoted She Plays to Win Lionesses team will have to drop one of its eight female players to accommodate the ruling.
Sean Lay has been speaking to Emily Mayton, an 18-year-old from the team, and he began by asking her how the team came about.
What do you now have to do?
I mean, this is quite a big thing for somebody, particularly at that young age, to be told that something you've been competing in and dreaming about, you might not be able to play even though your team is good enough.
This is what Mike Truro from 4NCL, the league, said.
Since its inception in 1994, the top division has always been a mixed team competition, each team requiring a mix of male and female.
We remain the only league in the UK...
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