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Some 450,000 asylum seekers have entered Germany already this year and up to a million are expected in 2015 - by far the most in the EU.
The government in Berlin has broadly welcomed refugees, relaxing EU rules so that it no longer sends back Syrians to other EU countries.
But it introduced temporary border controls on... | Germany has become the preferred destination for thousands of people reaching Europe in search of a better life. | 34175795 | [
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The man, 65, was walking in woods near the town of Buchen when he encountered the female African elephant, called Baby.
The 34-year-old elephant was later captured and returned to the circus.
Police are now investigating how the elephant got out of its enclosure and why it acted so aggressively.
"There's evidence of th... | A man taking his regular morning stroll in south-west Germany was attacked and killed by an elephant which had escaped from a circus, police say. | 33122495 | [
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But there certainly should be.
These are two of the biggest firms in the lucrative international business of making spectacles. France's Essilor is the world's number one manufacturer of lenses and contact lenses, while Italy's Luxottica is the leading frame manufacturer.
It is not obvious that the merger is in the pub... | Since their impending merger was announced in January, there has been remarkably little comment about the huge proposed deal to combine Essilor and Luxottica. | 38899892 | [
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Derbyshire Police said the taxi driver might have "crucial" information.
A 17-year-old girl from Evesham has been charged with an attempted kidnap of a child in Normanton on 21 September.
Police say the driver may have picked up two teenage girls in Derby on the day of the attempted kidnap.
The two girls are both descr... | Detectives investigating the alleged attempted kidnap of a baby are appealing for a taxi driver to contact them. | 34453610 | [
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At least five members of an oil exploration team were killed, a spokesman for the University of Maiduguri said.
Soldiers and members of a vigilante group also died in the ambush.
The high number of casualties will be a blow for the government, which insists the insurgency is all but defeated.
At least 20,000 people hav... | More than 40 people have died during an attempt to free people during an ambush by militant Islam group Boko Haram, sources have told the BBC. | 40740323 | [
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11 February 2015 Last updated at 10:17 GMT
Rail services were suspended as teams worked to clear the lines of snow and schools were forced to close their doors.
Forecasters have warned of more snow on Thursday and over the weekend.
Footage taken from the air shows the damage... | As residents and emergency teams in Boston, USA, struggle to deal with 60cm of fresh snow, the roofs of some buildings have collapsed under its weight. | 31408027 | [
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Matthew Daley, 35, denies murder but admits attacking Donald Lock, 79, in Findon, near Worthing, last July, claiming diminished responsibility.
Lewes Crown Court heard that rather than having Asperger's syndrome he had an underlying paranoid schizophrenic illness that was undiagnosed for years.
Forensic psychiatrist Dr... | A man who stabbed a motorist 39 times after a crash was misdiagnosed with a form of autism, a court has been told. | 36249710 | [
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The 17-year-old from Gloucestershire won the champion apprentice trophy in his maiden season this year.
Marquand has racked up 68 wins across the last 12 months, prompting his trainer Hannon to make the comparison with Moore.
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Among the dead is a family of four killed in a fire started by lightning, officials say. Thousands of people have been left homeless.
The storm comes two weeks after the region declared a drought disaster.
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Pulido, who plays for the Greek club, Olympiakos, cut his wrist when he punched a glass pane on a door as he tried to escape before police arrived.
Pulido, 25, was abducted at gunpoint on Saturday night in his home town of Ciudad Victoria in Tamaulipas state.
A 38-year-old man has been arrested.
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Lionel Portillo-Meza pleaded not guilty in the death of Brian Terry in an Arizona court on Wednesday.
Weapons found at the scene of his death were linked to a US anti-gun-running scheme called Fast and Furious.
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The city accepted 105 people from October to March under the Government's expanded resettlement programme.
The council said the first refugees arrived in 2014 and all costs associated with it "are met by the UK Government".
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MacNiallais' first goal contributed to Donegal's early 1-5 lead to 0-3 lead.
Fermanagh cut the margin to two and had a chance to lead before the break after Neil McGee's red card but Mark Anthony McGinley saved Sean Quigley's penalty.
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People poured out of offices in the city centre after an evacuation warning sounded. At least one person has died.
Donetsk has been surrounded for several weeks by Ukrainian forces battling pro-Russian rebels.
The convoy of at least 260 lorries carrying Russian aid has now halted, after moving towards the border.
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The deadline to enter the tournament, which begins on 24 November, was 28 October, but the 39-year-old five-time world champion has declined to enter.
He has not played in a competitive match since losing 13-9 to Stuart Bingham in the quarter-finals of the World Championship in April.
O'Sullivan beat Judd Trump 10-9 in... | Ronnie O'Sullivan will not be defending his UK Snooker Championship title in York in November. | 34663852 | [
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Speaking to BBC Radio 4's Today programme, he said he would build on the support he received at rallies to reconnect the party to voters.
He rejected criticism from those who say he is mistaking the enthusiasm of his backers for wider electoral appeal.
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O'Connell, who led Ireland at the World Cup, retired from international rugby this year after the tournament.
Best, 33, is a candidate to succeed him although back row Jamie Heaslip could be favourite having deputised against Argentina when O'Connell was injured.
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The Lord Advocate said he had informed First Minister Nicola Sturgeon of his intention to quit the post after five years in the job.
He said it had been a "real privilege" to lead the prosecution service in Scotland and to provide legal advice to the Scottish government.
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There was a fancy dress theme of "pirates and princesses" for the 44th Boxing Day swim from North Beach.
Sea temperatures were 11 degrees - slightly warmer than the conditions for spectators.
The event, organised by the Tenby Sea Swimming Association (TSSA), is expected to raise thousands of pounds for charity.
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Aston Villa's Jordan Ayew opened the scoring on 62 minutes, curling the ball past Ley Matampi in the Leopards goal.
Paul-Jose M'Poku equalised for DR Congo with a sensational long-range effort from outside the box.
West Ham's Andre Ayew then coolly dispatched a winning penalty, sending Matampi the wrong way to seal the... | Ghana's Ayew brothers grabbed a goal each to beat DR Congo 2-1 and put the Black Stars through to the Africa Cup of Nations semi-finals. | 38709183 | [
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Judge Thokozile Masipa did the same for the lawyers on Thursday, urging them to make good use of the upcoming fortnight break for the Easter holidays.
In that spirit, here are a few questions that have been niggling me in recent days.
Tweet your thoughts and suggestions to @BBCAndrewH. I will be taking a week off and t... | Both defence lawyer Barry Roux and prosecutor Gerrie Nel have made a habit of setting "homework" for the witnesses they are cross-examining at the murder trail of South African athlete Oscar Pistorius. | 27070096 | [
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Greater Manchester Police spoke to the 42-year-old in Failsworth on Saturday after an abandoned 999 call.
The woman had minor facial injuries and a 57-year-old man was arrested on suspicion of assault.
Police later returned to the property in Oldham Road to take a statement from the woman but found her dead.
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Her decision was linked to a French inquiry into claims that her centrist MoDem party wrongly used EU funds to pay party workers. She is a former MEP.
Her party is allied to the president's La République en Marche (LREM) party.
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A 15-year-old boy told the BBC he survived by drinking water from wet clothes and eating clarified butter.
Elsewhere, a woman was pulled from a collapsed block where she had been trapped alongside three bodies.
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Police closed the motorway in both directions near East Midlands Airport to allow "a clear flight path" for the plane, which landed safely on Saturday.
Traffic was stopped between J23a and J24 at 21:30 GMT for about 20 minutes.
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It was supposed to be a moment that rocked the virtual world. Mr Modi, widely acknowledged as one of the world's most influential politicians on social media, enveloped a slightly stunned Mark Zuckerberg in a bear hug.
But what was it that really happened in Menlo Park? Why did some people think Mr Modi wasn't acting i... | A bear hug, a photo filter and a new debate on net neutrality - Ayeshea Perera examines the domestic fallout of Indian Prime Minister Narendra Modi's Facebook townhall in US. | 34513257 | [
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Some residents of James Turner Street in Birmingham complained that they had been misled before appearing on the programme.
Producers of the reality television show have denied that.
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Intense negotiations are under way between political parties amid public anger at a one-off levy of up to 10% being imposed on savers.
President Nicos Anastasiades said refusing the bailout would have led to the collapse of the country's banks.
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Boyce, 27, who had a couple of spells with Glentoran, had spent this season on loan at Dungannon Swifts after being put on the transfer list at Coleraine.
Last June, Coleraine boss Oran Kearney said Boyce was not in his plans and the player was not given a squad number.
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Under a five-year plan released on Wednesday, the cost of stamps will also rise and as many as 8,000 jobs will be eliminated.
But the agency says it will also open more retail locations across Canada.
The service faces a projected 1bn Canadian dollar ($943m; £576m) loss by 2020 without "fundamental changes".
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The 22-year-old spent much of the 2015-16 season with the Blues, making 22 league appearances.
Lloyd will not feature for Chester in Saturday's game at Maidstone as Jon McCarthy's side look for back-to-back victories in the National League.
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The news of Annan Athletic's 4-1 fourth-round win over Hamilton Academical was far-reaching.
Omar, the son of refugees from Iraqi Kurdistan, was featured in the local press there.
"There's a big following there now, my uncle tells me," said the Glasgow University student.
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Speaking on BBC Radio 4's World At One programme, General Lord Dannatt said it was wrong to "talk up" the incidents.
Five Afghan soldiers died in an assault on the former UK base Camp Bastion and capital city Kabul has been attacked.
Lord Dannatt said the Afghan government must retain the support of the West.
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Arsenal will host Leicester City on Friday 11 August, with a 19:45 BST kick-off, as the Premier League starts its 25th anniversary season.
Sky Sports were awarded the rights to screen 10 Friday night matches as part of their multi-million pound deal with the Premier League.
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Former justice minister David Ford is among a cross-community group of politicians and human-rights activists involved in the bid.
Their lawyers have written to Prime Minister Theresa May urging her to consider the NI peace process before formally triggering Brexit.
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The family of Joseph Murphy has hit out at authorities for the delay.
Forensic tests have confirmed that the bullet was fired from a military-issue weapon.
Mr Murphy, 41, a father of 12, was injured in Ballymurphy, west Belfast, in August 1971 and died 13 days later in hospital.
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Images of the capsule landing in Inner Mongolia at 10:05 local time (02:05 GMT) were shown live on television.
The astronauts, including China's first woman in space, carried out a successful manual docking with the Tiangong-1 laboratory module.
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Almost one million people have been evacuated from coastal areas in anticipation of a typhoon carrying wind speeds of 173km/h (107mph). Some 100mm of rain has fallen since Friday.
Chan-hom is now heading north past the city of Shanghai.
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In his most outspoken comments yet, Mr Ahmadinejad told CNN: "Nobody has the right to kill others, neither the government nor its opponents."
He said Iran would encourage all sides to reach an understanding, but warned the US not to intervene in Syria.
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Secretary of State Rex Tillerson said the US would consider working with Russia in some areas but would stand up for its own interests.
Meanwhile, US Defence Secretary James Mattis said Washington was not ready to collaborate militarily with Moscow.
US President Donald Trump has called for improved ties with Moscow.
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Mr Houchen beat Labour's Sue Jeffrey by a little over 2,000 votes after second preference votes were counted. Liberal Democrat Chris Foote Wood was third and UKIP's John Tennant finished last.
Mr Houchen will have a budget of £15m a year.
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Starr, a former independent counsel, was the author of what's probably the most expensive piece of pornography ever published, the Starr Report which chronicled, in graphic sexual detail, Bill Clinton's affair with a 21-year-old White House intern, Monica Lewinsky.
The one-time character assassin has become a character... | Adding another unanticipated sidebar to this topsy-turvy election, Kenneth Starr has lavished praise on Bill Clinton, citing his "genuine empathy for human beings", calling him "the most gifted politician of the baby boomer generation" and commending his post-presidential philanthropy, which he noted was Carteresque in... | 36412809 | [
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"I cancelled their day off because we were so poor overall."
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Mr Zuma said the auditor-general and finance minister should determine how much he should repay to end the dispute.
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The Hannover forward, who will also miss Austria's game in Serbia on Sunday, has been replaced by Sturm Graz striker Deni Alar
Harnik is the team's most-capped player, with 14 goals in 61 matches.
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On Tuesday Mr Obama cancelled planned talks after the firebrand Mr Duterte called him the "son of a whore".
Wednesday's informal meeting took place before an Asean summit gala dinner.
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But Ahmet Davutoglu said air strikes on IS positions close to the Syria/Turkey border and on Kurdish PKK separatists in Iraq could "change the game".
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If approved by parliament, the code will end consensual searches from May.
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The soldiers from the 2 Scots battalion of the Royal Regiment of Scotland are being sent to Kabul to help train the Afghan army.
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BBC Northern Ireland is planning to move from its premises at Broadcasting House on Ormeau Avenue.
The corporation has yet to decide on a site.
The council has set out its preferred options for the broadcaster in its regeneration and investment strategy.
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Mufawaka Alabash and Asem Alfrhad were convicted of people smuggling, but acquitted of causing death "through deliberate negligence".
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Thousands of people have been forced to take refuge in temporary shelters and mosques.
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The steel framework, intended to recreate the shape of the iconic fighter, is currently being installed.
The centre will tell the story of the World War II battle over Kent and Sussex in 1940.
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The UK government gave Northern Ireland the power to reduce the level of the tax because it said it had a special economic case.
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Colonel Christopher Garver said Iraqi forces had cleared only a third of the city and the rest remains contested.
Iraqi commanders insist that 80% of Falluja is under their control.
Iraq's prime minister announced Falluja's "liberation" on Friday, after the city council building was retaken.
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The 32-year old, who has won 12 caps for his country, has been signed to provide injury cover.
Ospreys tight heads Dmitri Arhip and Ma'afu Fia are currently sidelined and Rhodri Jones is in the Wales squad.
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Defending champion Spieth, 22, had a quadruple-bogey seven on the par-three 12th as Danny Willett became the first Englishman since Faldo in 1996 to win.
The American had become the first man to lead the Masters for seven straight rounds going into the final day.
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The incident happened at Wadi Joz, an Arab area in occupied East Jerusalem.
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More than 120 old or recent bruises and broken bones were discovered on Keegan Downer's body, Birmingham Crown Court was told.
Kandyce Downer denies murdering the 18-month-old, after she collapsed at the family home in Birmingham.
The child also had a "terrible" spiral leg fracture which had gone untreated.
It left the... | A mother-of-four battered a toddler to death months after she was made the child's legal guardian, a court has heard. | 35987432 | [
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Labour called health policy, which is devolved to Welsh ministers, a "real dividing line" between it and the Conservative Party.
Labour said it would use funds from a tax on expensive UK homes for 1,000 extra medical staff in the Welsh NHS.
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1 June 2016 Last updated at 07:33 BST
He says his highlight on the International Space Station is the spacewalk he carried out and the moment he stepped into space, describing it as amazing.
On his return to Earth, he says the first meal he'd like to eat is pizza.
But although he's returning to Earth in less than three... | British astronaut Tim Peake has been talking about his return to Earth, as his mission in space nears the end. | 36423784 | [
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The claim: Anyone can win £50 million by correctly predicting the result of all 51 games in the Euro 2016 football championships. Vote Leave says this figure represents the amount of money the UK sends to the EU every day.
Reality Check verdict: Unlikely anyone could win this prize. The odds of winning are only slightl... | Vote Leave has promised a £50m prize for the person who correctly predicts who they think will win each game of the 2016 European Football Championships this summer. | 36398775 | [
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Relations with Iran have been shaky since the Islamic Revolution in 1979.
The British embassy in Tehran is expected to be reopened within days, during a visit to Iran by Foreign Secretary Philip Hammond and a delegation of business leaders.
The move follows a deal agreed by Iran with six world powers on curbing its nuc... | The UK is set to reopen its embassy in Tehran in the coming days, almost four years after it was closed following the storming of the compound by protesters. | 15949285 | [
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The semi-final between Liverpool and Nottingham Forest took place on Saturday 15 April, 1989.
The match was sold out, meaning more than 53,000 fans from the two sides would head for Hillsborough for the 15.00 kick-off.
Despite being a far larger club, Liverpool supporters were allocated the smaller end of the stadium, ... | After two years of inquest evidence, a detailed picture has built up of how an FA Cup match at Sheffield Wednesday's Hillsborough ground turned into a disaster that claimed 96 lives and left hundreds more injured. | 19545126 | [
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A judge had made the request because efforts to get them through "political channels" had failed, the lawyer said.
France, the former colonial power, has not yet commented on the request.
Mr Sankara's widow and supporters have repeatedly accused France of masterminding his 1987 killing because he was a Marxist revoluti... | Burkina Faso has asked France to declassify military documents about the killing of ex-president Thomas Sankara, a lawyer for his family has said. | 37643926 | [
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They show that there has been an overall increase of 53% in the number of women being treated for the disease in the last 20 years.
The rise was described as dramatic by Royal Victoria Hospital statisticians.
Dr Anna Gavin, who led the research, said the health system needs to prepare itself as the figures are set to c... | New figures from the Northern Ireland Cancer Registry show there has been a dramatic rise in the numbers of women being diagnosed with breast cancer. | 35554611 | [
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Panthers kept alive their title hopes and closed the gap on leaders Devils to four points.
Two goals from Matthew Myers put Panthers in control before Joey Martin replied.
Franklin MacDonald, Geoff Waugh and Evan Mosey's two goals secured the win.
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Cheshire is home to major employers in science and manufacturing, housing developers are eager - some would say too eager - to build new homes, and it could soon have two high-speed rail stations.
The presence of the Northern Powerhouse's chief architect, Chancellor George Osborne, as the MP for Tatton, means there is ... | Looking at a map, Cheshire might appear to be on the fringes of the Northern Powerhouse, but officials in the county say it's actually the Gateway to it - bringing in commuters and investment. | 34844395 | [
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Waiting times are "unacceptably high" and must be top priority, the Royal College of Surgeons (RCS) said in a "manifesto" ahead of May's assembly election.
The RCS says almost 450,000 patients are waiting for treatment - 10% higher than three years ago.
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The National Trust is at Rhossili on Saturday, searching for remnants of a village which was engulfed by sand.
Recent storms have eroded the cliffs below where the village was located, but there are fears further erosion will mean it will be lost in the sea.
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India were cruising to their target of 349 - and the highest successful run-chase in Australia - as both Shikhar Dhawan and Virat Kohli made hundreds.
But India collapsed from 277-1 to 323 all out as Australia pace bowler Kane Richardson took 5-68.
Aaron Finch made 107 and David Warner 93 in Australia's 348-8.
The home... | India lost nine wickets for 46 runs as Australia staged a remarkable fightback to win the fourth one-day international in Canberra. | 35362233 | [
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Maj Gen James Johnston was faced with 40,000 prisoners at the Bergen-Belsen camp and set up a hospital to treat them for typhus, TB and starvation.
His son, Anthony Johnston, said: "He had to deal with people dying by the hundreds every day."
The plaque was unveiled in Northiam, East Sussex where Gen Johnston lived.
Bo... | A plaque has been unveiled in memory of an Army medical officer who treated prisoners at a German concentration camp in 1945 following its liberation. | 32936574 | [
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It emerged that the wife of former Ulster Unionist MLA Neil Somerville has a wood pellet boiler under the scheme in a family business.
The boiler is used to power a horse solarium.
"My wife runs the business which also includes the grooming and clipping of horses, but due to the type of work she does, it wasn't possibl... | While the the Renewable Heat Incentive Scheme has lurched from controversy to controversy, one of the more unusual uses for an RHI wood pellet boiler came to light on Monday. | 38731631 | [
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The team finished second but the final handover between Daniel Talbot and Adam Gemili, 18, was not completed in time.
Gemili said: "Maybe I went early or too hard. It's disappointing as we could have been in contention in the final."
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The German was 0.207 seconds quicker than Williams driver Valtteri Bottas.
There was encouragement for struggling McLaren-Honda as Fernando Alonso set the third best time, albeit 1.7secs slower than Rosberg on the same tyres.
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Blackwell, 25, suffered a bleed on the brain in a loss to Eubank in March and was put in an induced coma.
The offer comes despite Blackwell saying Eubank and his father were "inhuman" in how they reacted to his life-threatening injuries post-fight.
"I ended the guy's career," Eubank Jr told ITV's Good Morning Britain.
... | British middleweight champion Chris Eubank Jr has offered to give his title belt to retired opponent Nick Blackwell as a "goodwill gesture". | 36369046 | [
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The stormy weather made for treacherous racing on slippery roads but Team Sky's Froome survived the final descent into Morzine to maintain his overall lead.
Froome's lead over Romain Bardet of four minutes five seconds will not be tested on the final stage in Paris.
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The man, in his 20s, was the only person in the BMW convertible when the accident happened on the A323 Aldershot Road in Guildford.
He was travelling east when his car left the road near the junction with Holly Lane at 23:00 BST on Monday.
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This is the new Virtual Reality (VR) version of Google Earth, as seen through the HTC Vive headset.
The way the HTC Vive's works means that as well as moving your head around to get different views, you can walk around your surroundings, try to see into Buckingham Palace or fly up to the top of the Eiffel Tower.
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Madihah Taheer, Ummariyat Mirza and Zainub Mirza appeared at the Old Bailey in London on 28 April.
Mrs Taheer, 21, has been charged with assisting another to commit acts of terrorism by providing her bank details to purchase a knife.
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