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38,458,454 | Mevlut Cavusoglu said the plan, which also involves Russia, could be set in motion "at any moment" but it was up to the "will of the leaders".
Russia has not officially confirmed the deal, other than to say talks are under way with Turkey. The two countries back opposing sides in the conflict.
Rebels said they would me... | A plan to implement a ceasefire across Syria could be in place before the new year, Turkey's foreign minister says. |
40,003,611 | Police said four men, aged 72, 58, 56 and 55, were being held in the probe into financial irregularities at LCC.
Liverpool City Council's chief executive Ged Fitzgerald and leader of the Tories at LCC Geoff Driver are among those arrested.
The probe is into a council contract.
Lancashire Police said the arrests at addr... | A council chief and the leader of the Conservatives on Lancashire County Council (LCC) have been arrested as part of a long-running fraud investigation, the BBC understands. |
33,973,055 | The family of the entertainer, who died on 1 August, has asked those wishing to pay their respects to line a two-mile stretch of Woolton Road.
The funeral will be held at St Mary's Church, in the suburb of Woolton, at 13:00 BST (12:00 GMT).
More than 3,000 people signed books of condolence in Liverpool, the star's home... | The cortege route for Cilla Black's funeral in Liverpool on Thursday has been announced. |
37,263,597 | The home side had early chances, David Worrall heading over from Joe Martin's cross, while Byron Webster wasted an opportunity from a Worrall corner inside the first 15 minutes.
But Coventry led after 22 minutes through Marvin Sordell's first goal for the club.
The forward showed strength under pressure to swivel and f... | Aiden O'Brien's second-half tap-in denied Coventry their first win of the season as Millwall rescued a point. |
32,837,071 | However, a radical new driverless truck being trialled by Daimler may offer a solution.
Earlier this month, the automotive giant was granted the first licence ever to test such a vehicle on a public highway by the US state of Nevada.
Using a combination of GPS, radar and video cameras, the Freightliner Inspiration can ... | Sleepiness and stress are perennial risks for the long distance lorry driver, and accidents are sadly too frequent. |
35,254,573 | In his closing speech, prosecutor Philip Evans told Woolwich Crown Court the men had given "lies" and "half truths" as evidence during the trial.
Carl Wood, William Lincoln, Jon Harbinson and Hugh Doyle all deny being part in the £14m theft.
Four other men have already pleaded guilty to taking part in the raid.
Summin... | Four men accused of being part of the Hatton Garden raid were trusted to be involved because of their "connections to the ringleaders", a court has heard. |
33,215,226 | The victim was threatened with a knife and punched during the attack at Exhibition Park in the early hours.
Her attacker is described as of Asian appearance, aged about 25 or 30, of thin build and wearing a grey hoodie.
Northumbria Police has asked anyone who was in the Exhibition Park or Spital Tongues area at the tim... | A man who raped a woman in a Newcastle park is being sought by police. |
32,545,999 | Lincoln Castle underwent a £22m renovation project ready for the document's 800th anniversary.
Castle manager Rachel Thomas said about 34,000 people visited in April - up 21,000 on last year.
Last month, the castle was named as one of 12 sites in the county that could be outsourced to save the council money.
Since the... | A castle that had a multi-million pound vault built to house a surviving copy of Magna Carta has almost tripled visitor numbers. |
33,595,751 | It took some amazing photos of the dwarf planet and now scientists are hard at work looking through all the information it sent back.
Here's Newsround's rundown of the most interesting things we've discovered about Pluto so far from the New Horizons probe.
The high-resolution cameras on board New Horizons have shown Pl... | The New Horizons probe successfully completed its fly-by of Pluto last week. |
10,552,803 | The John Muir Trust has carried out its latest clean-up of Ben Nevis after the thaw of winter snow.
Last September, trust volunteers found as many as 1,000 banana skins dropped at the summit.
Walkers and climbers were warned that the skins take up to two years to break down and did not biodegrade as quickly as they may... | Discarded banana skins are still being found on Britain's highest mountain despite warnings from conservationists. |
16,282,206 | The central bank had originally hoped to lend up to 450bn euros to stop another credit crunch crippling the banking system.
Over 500 banks raced to borrow from the scheme, which was far beyond market expectations.
The euro rose sharply on the news, but then fell back later.
When the plan was announced, French President... | Eurozone banks have rushed to take out cheap three-year loans offered by the European Central Bank, borrowing 489bn euros ($643bn; £375bn). |
36,326,088 | Turley, 26, had spells with non-league Salisbury City and Forest Green before joining Eastleigh in 2014 where he made 49 National League appearances.
"I'm delighted to be finally making the step up to the Football League and I want to take full advantage of this opportunity," he told the club website.
"I'm a quick and ... | Newport County have signed defender Jamie Turley on a two-year deal from National League side Eastleigh. |
35,241,244 | Last week a judge rejected Camille Cosby's attempts to avoid testifying, after she claimed she was protected by a marital disqualification law.
But on Tuesday, he agreed to a postponement, saying it would be unfair to deny her the right to appeal.
However, if the appeal fails, a hearing should happen soon after, he add... | Bill Cosby's wife will not have to give evidence on Wednesday in a defamation case filed by seven women accusing the comedian of sexual assault. |
33,492,023 | The 25-year-old woman was attacked as she walked on a footpath in Wythenshawe Park at about 04:00 BST on 5 July. Extra police patrols were carried out in the aftermath.
Daniel McBurney, 30, from Sale, has been charged with rape and robbery, Greater Manchester Police said.
He will appear before Manchester and Salford Ma... | A man has been charged with rape after a woman was attacked in a park in Manchester. |
35,111,293 | About 50 people have now been re-settled in Torfaen, Ceredigion, Neath Port Talbot and Caerphilly.
More will be dispersed to other areas in the new year.
David Cameron has confirmed the first 1,000 Syrian refugees are now in the UK under a resettlement scheme.
The UK government has promised to accept 20,000 Syrians ove... | The first refugees to arrive in Wales after fleeing war-torn Syria are "happy" and "relieved to be here", according to those helping to welcome them. |
37,115,672 | The 41-year-old, who joined the BBC in 2008, said she was "mega-excited" if "petrified" to be taking part in the BBC One ratings hit.
"I'm going to give it my very best and enjoy what's bound to be a great adventure," she continued.
Munchetty, a keen golfer, also revealed she has known she would be taking part since Fe... | BBC Breakfast presenter Naga Munchetty has been named as the ninth celebrity on this year's Strictly Come Dancing. |
36,114,652 | The 8-11 shot defeated 12-1 chance Algometer by one and a half lengths with the other four rivals well beaten.
Midterm is a son of 2001 Derby winner Galileo and Group One victor Midday.
After the Sandown win, Midterm's odds for the Derby at Epsom in June were cut by some bookmakers from 8-1 to 6-1 second favourite.
The... | Odds-on favourite Midterm, ridden by Ryan Moore for trainer Sir Michael Stoute, won the Classic Trial at Sandown on Friday afternoon. |
32,873,016 | He was convicted at a retrial in March of accepting illegal payments from an American businessman while he served as mayor of Jerusalem and trade minister.
Last year, he was sentenced to six years in prison for accepting bribes.
Olmert has denied any wrongdoing and will remain free until his appeals against both convic... | A court in Jerusalem has sentenced the former Israeli Prime Minister, Ehud Olmert, to eight months in prison for fraud and breach of trust. |
34,643,099 | Replacement cost profit between July and September was $1.23bn (£802m), compared with $2.38bn a year earlier. Total revenue was $55.9bn against $94.8bn a year ago.
The oil price dipped below $50 a barrel in the quarter, while it was above $100 for much of the same period last year.
Prices have dropped due to oversuppl... | Oil giant BP has reported a fall in profits due to lower oil and gas prices. |
38,409,650 | The team's drivers - world champion Nico Rosberg and Lewis Hamilton - won 19 of the 21 races in 2016 and sealed the title with four races to spare.
Red Bull, though, gave Mercedes plenty to think about with their drivers Max Verstappen and Daniel Ricciardo often getting the very best out of the car.
But which team did ... | It was another dominant season on the track for Mercedes as they won the constructors' championship for the third consecutive season. |
30,438,661 | Mabey Bridge has begun a consultation on the planned closure of its business in Station Road where 150 people work.
It is also looking for a buyer for its renewables section in Mathern, Chepstow, which employs 180 people.
A company spokesman said it anticipated a buyer would be found to support that area of the busines... | An engineering firm has announced the proposed closure of one site in Chepstow and the sale of another, putting 330 jobs at risk. |
13,159,668 | Secret service and regular police have been searching for Ivan Kaspersky, 20, for at least two days, a police source told Interfax news agency.
His father's firm, Kaspersky Lab, told a newspaper it could not confirm news he had been abducted.
Yevgeny Kaspersky made his fortune developing anti-virus software.
News of hi... | The son of Russian software entrepreneur Yevgeny Kaspersky has gone missing in Moscow and may have been kidnapped, Russian media report. |
35,327,378 | Marc Martin, 22, and Matt Preece, 21, died after the BMW crashed in High Beeches Lane, Handcross, West Sussex, in December 2014.
Mr Martin, from Haywards Heath, and Mr Preece, of Lindfield, were both sitting in the back of the BMW.
Kyle Witney, 21, of Lindfield had previously admitted two counts of causing death by dan... | A man has been jailed after two of his friends died when his car hit a tree and flipped onto its roof. |
40,268,479 | Newly promoted Newcastle host Tottenham, while Brighton welcome Manchester City and Huddersfield visit Crystal Palace.
Spurs' first game at Wembley will be against Antonio Conte's champions on the second weekend of the season.
The precise date of games will be set once TV schedules have been decided.
The league season ... | Chelsea will begin their title defence at home to Burnley when the 2017-18 Premier League season kicks off on the weekend of 12-13 August. |
37,011,549 | The report for 2015 is due out in the next few weeks, so the most recent report we have is the 2014 one.
In the year covered by that report, 1,013 tests were conducted for IPC sports (which include athletics, swimming, powerlifting and skiing) in which prohibited substances were found nine times.
During the year, sanct... | The International Paralympic Committee (IPC) gives details of anti-doping activities in its annual reports. |
37,118,171 | A selection of photos from Africa and of Africans elsewhere in the world this week: | Images courtesy of AFP, AP, EPA, Getty Images and Reuters |
36,598,069 | The Welsh have never been involved in a penalty shoot out, which could happen in Saturday's last 16 match in Paris.
Coleman admits it is impossible to replicate the anxiety of sudden death penalty shoot out.
''If it comes our way we will have to try and deal with it,'' said Coleman, who has a fully-fit squad after beat... | Wales have been practising penalties since arriving at Euro 2016, manager Chris Coleman says. |
39,239,570 | Paddy Madden curled in a right-footed shot from 14 yards to give the Iron a 12th-minute lead.
The rest of the first half was a scrappy affair on a bobbly pitch where getting the ball under control was not easy.
The second half was much livelier and captain John Lundstram brought the home side level with a driven half-v... | Phil Edwards claimed a stoppage-time winner as Oxford came from behind to beat promotion-chasing Scunthorpe in League One. |
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The Stoke City forward, 32, limped off after 64 minutes of Monday's 1-1 Group E draw with Sweden in Paris.
Walters has not trained since and his absence for the Belgium game was confirmed on Friday.
West Brom midfielder James McClean, Walters' replacement against Sweden, i... | Republic of Ireland striker Jonathan Walters has been ruled out of Saturday's Euro 2016 clash against Belgium because of an Achilles injury. |
39,415,858 | Media playback is not supported on this device
The competition is set to start in 2020 and will involve eight new city-based teams playing 36 games in 38 days.
"Cricket needs that moment in this country that changes the way we talk and think about it," said Vaughan.
He also said that he believes the ECB's aim for "sign... | A new Twenty20 tournament planned by the England and Wales Cricket Board "will be a roaring success", says former England captain Michael Vaughan. |
29,774,322 | Leonid Papachin, 51, from Lithuania, is alleged to have performed the manoeuvre on Thursday after missing an exit slip-road near Lichfield.
Other vehicles are said to have been forced to slow down to avoid his articulated lorry.
He appeared at Cannock Magistrates' Court charged with dangerous driving but did not enter ... | A lorry driver has appeared in court accused of doing a U-turn on the M6 toll motorway. |
34,920,729 | The attempted raid took place at the Rite Stop shop in Powell Street, Abertillery, at 20:25 GMT on Tuesday, Gwent Police said.
They allegedly entered the shop and tried to get behind the counter before they were challenged by staff, escaping empty-handed. | Two men are being hunted after trying to rob a Blaenau Gwent shop with a chair leg. |
36,012,264 | They were among a group of suspects acquitted in Kenya last week.
Taiwan's foreign ministry says they were forcibly put on a China-bound plane and has demanded their release.
China has not responded in detail to the allegations, but has criticised Taiwan for not considering itself as part of "one China".
The incident c... | Taiwan has accused China of "extrajudicial abduction" after eight Taiwanese acquitted of fraud in Kenya were deported to mainland China. |
25,216,363 | However, a sturdy pair of scissors was all it took to cut through the strap of an identical tag that was fitted to me the other day.
And there was easily enough room between my ankle and the strap to position the scissor blades before making the cut.
The tag was fitted to me in exactly the same way that all tags are at... | We do not know how the electronic GPS monitoring tag was removed from the ankle of Mohammed Ahmed Mohamed, the terror suspect who went missing after changing into a burka at a London mosque last month. |
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Owen Farrell moves from centre to fly-half to replace Charlie Hodgson, who has a finger injury.
Northampton's Lee Dickson steps in for Ben Youngs at scrum-half, while Scarlets' Ben Morgan starts at number eight in place of Phil Dowson.
Lock Tom Palmer has been dropped in f... | Centre Manu Tuilagi returns to the England side as interim head coach Stuart Lancaster makes four changes for the Six Nations game against Wales. |
39,106,383 | Figures from the Association of Scottish Visitor Attractions (ASVA) have shown that, in total, 1.81 million people visited the Edinburgh museum - a 15.5% rise on the previous year.
Edinburgh Castle welcomed 1.77 million people, up 13.4% on 2015.
Visits across Scotland rose for the third year running in 2016.
Almost 30 ... | The National Museum of Scotland overtook Edinburgh Castle to become the most popular visitor attraction in Scotland last year. |
36,878,493 | A drilled shot by experienced Slovenia international Milivoje Novakovic threatened to leave Aberdeen with an uphill task in next week's return leg.
But Republic of Ireland international Hayes finally converted one of the many chances the Dons created at Pittodrie.
However, Aberdeen will need to score in Slovenia to sta... | Aberdeen struck late in Europe again as Jonny Hayes equalised against Maribor in the Europa League third qualifying round first leg. |
32,620,587 | The group is managed by Hong Kong's Argyle Street Management and funded by Indonesia's Sinarmas Group, which is managed by Indonesia's Widjaja family.
The offer values Asia Resource Minerals at £98.8m and includes plans to inject $150m equity in the embattled company.
British financer Nat Rothschild submitted an alter... | A group of Asian investors has submitted a bid to acquire Indonesian coal miner Asia Resource Minerals. |
36,308,616 | The 45-year-old, who stepped up from assistant in December after Mark Burchill was sacked, has signed a one-year deal.
"Continuity is one of the main objectives of the board of directors," said a club statement.
"The club is also delighted that it will retain its full-time status."
Livingston had hinted at their intent... | Livingston have decided to remain a full-time club despite being relegated to Scottish League One and have handed head coach David Hopkin a new contract. |
36,571,525 | The 23-year-old was found with serious injuries in Crossbank Avenue, Toryglen, at around 05:15 on Saturday.
He was taken to the Queen Elizabeth University Hospital and treated for a stab wound before being discharged.
Police are reviewing CCTV from the area and want to speak to a group of people who were in the street... | A young man needed hospital treatment after he was stabbed in Glasgow in the early hours of Saturday. |
35,520,699 | Journalist Richard Chambers was making his way to Letterkenny in Donegal when his car aquaplaned to the side of the road and became stuck in mud and gravel.
He was unable to push his car free - until a mini-bus carrying a hen party from Northern Ireland pulled up.
Dressed in pink feather boas the hens helped push the c... | A hen party which helped a man whose car had become stuck in mud has been called 'heroic' by the driver. |
31,125,655 | Referee Rajindraparsad Seechurn gave Equatorial Guinea a controversial penalty in stoppage time as they beat Tunisia 2-1 in the quarter-finals.
Tunisia staff confronted the official after the match and their federation has been fined $50,000 (£33,000).
"The referees committee noted the poor performance of the referee,"... | An Africa Cup of Nations referee has been banned for six months for "poor performance". |
40,081,524 | On Friday, the World Health Organization (WHO) said India's health ministry had confirmed three cases of the mosquito-borne virus from the city of Ahmedabad in western Gujarat state.
Authorities in Gujarat said the cases were reported in a bustling neighbourhood between November 2016 and February 2017.
The infection ha... | Did India conceal its first cases of the Zika virus? |
34,132,132 | Vice News's Jake Hanrahan and Philip Pendlebury, and Iraqi Mohammed Ismael Rasool, were detained in Diyarbakir, south-east Turkey on Thursday.
Vice News said they had been moved to a "high security prison" five hours away.
Police reportedly questioned them about alleged links to Islamic State and Kurdish militants, cha... | The Foreign Office has said it is "concerned" about the arrest of two UK journalists and their fixer in Turkey, accused of helping a terrorist group. |
37,460,403 | Tom Cairney earlier saw another spot-kick saved by QPR keeper Alex Smithies, before Conor Washington's deflected shot put the visitors ahead.
Tim Ream deservedly drilled level straight after half-time for Fulham, who saw Aluko miss several chances.
Idrissa Sylla's header restored QPR's lead late on before Aluko's miss ... | Fulham's Sone Aluko hit the post with a last-gasp penalty as QPR held on to win an enthralling west London derby. |
35,139,696 | Heavy rain in Glasgow has resulted in a waterlogged pitch at Thistle's Firhill Stadium.
Not date has yet been set for the rearranged fixture.
Thistle, who have won their last four games, also had a top-flight match against Motherwell called off due to rain on 5 December. | The Scottish Premiership game between Partick Thistle and St Johnstone has been postponed following a morning pitch inspection. |
40,448,837 | Harrold has scored nine goals in 68 games for Crawley since signing from Bristol Rovers in June 2014.
The 32-year-old acted as player-manager in the Reds' final game of last season following Dermot Drummy's departure.
"I feel like I've got a bit of a point to prove after my injuries and the tough season last year," he ... | Crawley striker Matt Harrold has signed a new contract to stay with the League Two side until the end of next season. |
39,162,732 | The 16-year-old slotted in Sone Aluko's backheel after the break and then fired home just before the hour mark.
Tom Cairney had put Fulham ahead with a 25-yard strike into the top corner.
After Daryl Murphy curled in a consolation for the hosts, Tim Ream missed a chance to make it 4-1 when he sent a stoppage-time penal... | Teenage full-back Ryan Sessegnon scored twice as play-off chasing Fulham stunned Championship leaders Newcastle with victory at St James' Park. |
25,988,178 | North of the Sun - Nordfor Sola in Norwegian - is among several documentaries on the Banff Mountain Film Festival's UK and Ireland tour.
It has already been shown at Inverness's Eden Court, where the Canadian festival's tour kicked off last month.
Winner of the festival's grand prize, people's choice and Dolby Audio aw... | Two surfers have documented a winter they spent riding waves above the Arctic Circle in a film that is being shown in the UK. |
39,797,974 | The Football Association charge relates to an incident around the 66th minute of the 2-2 draw when City were awarded a penalty.
The club "failed to ensure that its players conducted themselves in an orderly fashion", the FA allege.
Middlesbrough have until 18:00 BST on 5 May to respond to the charge.
Referee Kevin Frie... | Middlesbrough have been charged with failing to control their players in Sunday's Premier League match against Manchester City at the Riverside. |
40,653,456 | In the last PMQs before the summer break, Mr Corbyn said people were held back by low pay and accused ministers of a "lack of touch with reality".
Mrs May said she, like the Labour leader, valued public services.
"The difference is on this side of the house we know we have to pay for them," she added.
Mrs May is seekin... | Theresa May has said she recognises the "sacrifice" made by public sector workers as Jeremy Corbyn urged her to lift the 1% cap on their wages. |
32,336,865 | Work is to be carried out on Edinburgh Airport's main runway over the next three weekends between 23:00 and 05:30.
Areas affected include Bonnyrigg, Loanhead, Fairmilehead, Colinton, Sighthill, South Gyle, Oxgangs, Kirkliston and Bo'ness.
The work will resurface runway areas particularly the touchdown zones.
The airpor... | Residents close to Edinburgh Airport have been warned about increased aircraft noise while the regular flight path is temporarily changed. |
33,322,065 | The justices voted 5-4 to grant an emergency appeal from the clinics after a federal appeals court had earlier upheld the new Texas law.
Clinics have argued that the measures will lead to a second major wave of Texas clinic closures in as many years.
The southern US state had 41 abortion clinics in 2012 but only 19 rem... | Several abortion clinics in Texas will remain open after the US Supreme Court decided to put strict new measures against them on hold. |
37,841,735 | The France striker opened the scoring against Rostov with a brilliant flick, but Sardar Azmoun equalised - only the fourth time in 19 home Champions League games under Diego Simeone that Atletico have conceded - before Griezmann fired in off the crossbar in injury time.
Bayern won 2-1 at PSV, with Poland striker Robert... | Antoine Griezmann scored a last-second winner as Atletico Madrid qualified for the Champions League last 16 alongside Group D rivals Bayern Munich. |
25,647,963 | The most extreme arctic blasts, blamed on a weather pattern known as the polar vortex, were said to have affected nearly 190 million people.
In Kentucky, an escaped prisoner turned himself in to get out of the cold.
Some parts of the Midwest hit -26C (-14F), as low as the Antarctic coast in winter, and much colder than... | Weather records have tumbled across North America, with freezing temperatures even in the southern US. |
39,682,628 | The big defender, wearing a dressing on a head wound and a shirt with no number, rose high above the Rovers defence to glance home Shane Ferguson's right-wing corner and send 1,200 travelling fans into party mood.
Millwall looked to have blown their chance when Billy Bodin made it 3-3 with a superb 30-yard free kick on... | Shaun Hutchinson headed an 85th-minute winner as Millwall grabbed the final play-off place in League One with a thrilling win at Bristol Rovers. |
39,253,277 | Tobefair, a seven-year-old gelding, has won his last seven races.
He was gifted as a colt to Michael Cole three years ago, in return for looking after two fillies on his farm.
Unable to afford the training costs on his own, he decided to offer 50% of the ownership to people he knew through his local pub, the Cresselly ... | A racehorse owned by a syndicate from Pembrokeshire is a favourite to win at this year's Cheltenham Festival. |
39,490,293 | The corruption allegations came in a video by opposition campaigner Alexei Navalny, viewed by millions on YouTube.
Mr Medvedev's properties include a vineyard in Italy, a mountain villa, and two luxury yachts, it is alleged.
"They pick up any old tosh, nonsense, about me or my acquaintances, and people I've never heard... | Russian Prime Minister Dmitry Medvedev has dismissed as "nonsense" allegations that he has secretly accumulated a vast fortune including country estates. |
32,101,921 | The deal with GlaxoSmithKline will enable the vaccine to be rolled out "this year", easing one of the "biggest worries" for parents, he said.
It follows a long-running stand-off over its cost.
Advisers recommended last year that all UK children over two months old should be given the vaccine on the NHS.
Campaigners hav... | An agreement has been reached with the drug manufacturer GSK to provide a meningitis B vaccine for all UK babies, Health Secretary Jeremy Hunt has said. |
21,240,676 | This includes as many as 40 military advisers who will train soldiers in Mali, and 200 British soldiers to be sent to neighbouring African countries, also to help train the Malian army.
French-led forces are continuing their offensive against Islamist militants who seized northern Mali last year.
International donors h... | The UK is to deploy about 330 military personnel to Mali and West Africa to support French forces, No 10 has said. |
37,898,753 | Cryne joined Barnsley's board in 2003 as part of a consortium led by ex-Leeds chairman Peter Ridsdale.
Ridsdale left the Championship club in December 2004, leaving Cryne and former chairman Gordon Shepherd in control.
In August, Cryne told the Barnsley Chronicle that he would welcome takeover offers from fans' groups. | Barnsley owner Patrick Cryne will not be involved in the club "for the foreseeable future" while he receives cancer treatment. |
39,534,732 | Mr Capriles has been at the forefront of efforts calling for a recall referendum on President Nicolas Maduro.
There was no immediate comment from the government.
The ban comes after a week of several large opposition-led protests in the capital Caracas. They accuse the government of stifling dissent.
On Thursday a man ... | A leading Venezuelan opposition leader, Henrique Capriles, says he has been formally banned for 15 years from political activity. |
34,355,532 | Investors shrugged off data that showed core consumer prices fell 0.1% in August from a year ago - the first annual drop since April 2013.
The decline in prices, which includes oil products but not fresh food, had been expected by economists.
Japan's benchmark Nikkei index ended up 1.8% at 17,880.51.
Shares in Sharp fe... | Japanese shares finished higher on Friday, recovering some of the losses in the previous session when the market lost nearly 3%. |
38,176,262 | Warnings are being displayed at bus stops, Tube stations and roadsides in the capital because of "high pollution levels".
Mr Khan said the warnings would help Londoners take "appropriate measures to protect themselves".
Under previous mayor, Boris Johnson, air pollution alerts were available through a subscription text... | Air quality alerts have been issued across the capital by Mayor of London Sadiq Khan for the first time. |
35,521,934 | Both teams struggled to find continuity in a game that was punctuated with errors.
And whilst always down on the scoreboard, Scotland were in with a chance of winning the game going into the last 10 minutes, which cannot always be said of the fixture.
There were a few technical areas that Scotland came second best in a... | It was the first round of the Six Nations and, reflecting back on Scotland's defeat by England, that fact was apparent throughout. |
32,871,417 | For some of the division's most celebrated stars, it was also time to say goodbye.
For some it was a fairytale farewell; for others, a nightmare ending. Some will be remembered as club legends; others bow out unwanted.
Here, BBC Sport looks at five farewells that defined the final day - and five more stars who could be... | It wasn't just Hull City and fellow relegation-sufferers Burnley and QPR who bade farewell to the Premier League on the final day of the season. |
30,386,056 | The YouTuber, who has more than six million followers, is taking a break from her online world "for a few days" because she says it is "clouding up" her brain.
The news comes the same week that she admitted she had "help" from her publisher in writing her debut novel, Girl Online.
Zoella "worked with an expert editoria... | Zoella has temporarily quit the internet. |
32,069,441 | Alun and Mary Williams from Cwm Pennant got into difficulty after taking out a short-term loan with a farm finance company called UK Acorn Finance (UKAF).
UKAF won a court judgment last July to repossess the farm. On Thursday, Mrs Williams lost an application for the right to appeal against that ruling.
The family took... | A Gwynedd farming family are to lose their home after getting into debts of over £3m. |
37,210,085 | The data show subsidence of up to 23cm (9in) as a roughly 20km-long fault ruptured in the Apennine mountains in the early hours of Wednesday morning.
Scientists will use the information to better understand what caused the magnitude-6.2 event and to make hazard assessments for the future.
Almost 300 people are now know... | Europe’s Sentinel radar satellites have mapped the ground movement in the Italian earthquake. |
33,421,376 | Eighty-five per cent of all births in Brazilian private hospitals are caesareans and in public hospitals the figure is 45%.
The new rules oblige doctors to inform women about the risks and ask them to sign a consent form before performing a caesarean.
Doctors will also have to justify why a caesarean was necessary.
The... | New rules have come into force in Brazil aimed at reducing the country's high number of caesarean births. |
39,359,434 | Josie James, from Clwt y Bont near Caernarfon, had been discharged from a mental health unit despite having "murderous thoughts towards herself".
An inquest heard her parents had not been given clear advice or an emergency phone number.
A narrative conclusion was recorded.
Miss James died in August 2015. The inquest he... | A health board has acknowledged there was "no effective communication" with the family of a 15-year-old girl who fell to her death from the Menai suspension bridge. |
19,692,971 | It said the step was "inflammatory and inappropriate".
Railways Minister Ghulam Ahmad Bilour made the offer after a wave of protests against the film across Pakistan and the wider Muslim world.
Dozens have died in clashes between police and protesters in Pakistan and countries such as Tunisia and Sudan.
Sunday saw a fr... | The US state department has condemned a Pakistani minister's offer of $100,000 (£61,600) for the death of the American maker of an anti-Islam film. |
25,363,940 | In the last week, 94.8% of patients were seen within four hours compared to 95.6% the week before. The target is 95%.
The figures cover all centres - major A&Es, smaller minor injury units and urgent care centres.
Waiting times are worst in the major units where only 92.2% were seen within four hours.
The figures show ... | The NHS in England has missed its four-hour A&E waiting time for the first time this winter, figures show. |
32,016,730 | On Monday the number of cars on the road in Paris will be cut in half - only motorists with odd-numbered plates will be allowed to drive.
Public transportation will be free as well car-sharing and bike-sharing programmes.
Similar measures were put in place last year when pollution soared in Paris.
The city saw a severe... | The French authorities have introduced measures to combat a sharp increase in pollution affecting Paris and other cities in northern France. |
31,289,369 | The song sold more than 172,000 copies, about 87,000 more than Ronson's Uptown Funk, featuring Bruno Mars.
It is Goulding's second number one, after Burn in 2013.
Love Me Like You Do is the fastest-selling single of the year so far.
Ronson's Uptown Funk has spent nine weeks in the chart in total, seven of them in the n... | Ellie Goulding's song Love Me Like You Do has gone straight to number one in the UK singles chart, ending Mark Ronson's reign at the top. |
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The League Two hosts dominated their Championship opponents in the first half, taking the lead through Uche Ikpeazu's low turn and shot.
But a different Leeds came out after the break, equalising when Stuart Dallas nodded in Alex Mowatt's cross.
Mowatt then turned goalscor... | Leeds United came from behind to defeat stubborn Cambridge United in a hotly contested FA Cup third-round tie. |
39,564,437 | Health Minister Recep Akdag was quoted by the Anadolu news agency as saying traces of one of the decomposition products of Sarin had been detected in the blood and urine of several victims.
At least 89 people were killed in the incident in rebel-held Khan Sheikhoun.
Syria's government has repeatedly denied using any ch... | Turkey says it has "concrete evidence" the nerve agent Sarin was used in a suspected attack by Syrian government forces a week ago, state media report. |
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"While the news is devastating, I have much to be thankful for - I thank God that I am alive," he said when
Bolton's club doctor, Jonathan Tobin, said after Muamba's cardiac arrest during Bolton's FA Cup quarter-final against Tottenham that the player had, in effect, been ... | Former Bolton Wanderers midfielder Fabrice Muamba, who has been forced to retire from football, says he knows he is lucky to be alive. |
28,864,000 | The Council of Mortgage Lenders (CML) said the figure was 7% up from June, and 15% higher than July last year.
Caroline Offord, a CML analyst, said that mortgage lending remained robust, despite regulatory changes earlier this year to toughen lending criteria.
There was a 25% rise in property transactions in the first ... | Mortgage lending rose to £19.1bn in July to reach the highest monthly total since August 2008. |
35,810,599 | The Nigerian National Petroleum Corporation (NNPC) provided no explanation for the missing funds, the auditor general told MPs.
Oil revenue accounts for two-thirds of the government's funding.
President Muhammadu Buhari has promised to crack down on corruption since coming to office last May.
The NNPC has not commented... | Nigeria's state-owned oil company has failed to pay the government $16bn (£11bn) in a suspected fraud, according to an official audit. |
24,612,322 | The emerald ash borer, first recorded in the Moscow area in 2007, has become established in surrounding broadleaved woodlands, they observed.
The pest, which is expected to cost the US economy $10bn, has spread up to 25 miles each year, the team estimated.
The findings of the survey have been published in the journal F... | An invasive species of beetle that has killed tens of millions of ash trees in North America could "spread unhindered" across Europe, researchers have warned. |
17,766,713 | Thusha Kamaleswaran was shot in the chest and Roshan Selvakumar, 35, was also shot in Brixton, last March.
Nathaniel Grant, Kazeem Kolawole and Anthony McCalla were convicted of causing both victims grievous bodily harm with intent and attempted murder of rival gang member Roshaun Bryan.
Grant was told he would serve a... | Three men have been jailed for life for a shooting in a south London shop which left a five-year-old girl paralysed. |
18,292,852 | The requiem mass was held at St Mary's Church on the Melmount Road.
The teenager who died in a water-filled quarry in County Tyrone is the third member of his extended family to die in a drowning tragedy.
The body of Rhys Jack was recovered from the disused quarry in the Backtown area of Strabane on Tuesday afternoon.
... | The funeral mass has taken place of teenager Rhys Jack who drowned in a quarry in Strabane last week. |
28,652,701 | Former Fulham man Pavel Pogrebnyak sprung the offside trap and dinked a delicate chip over County goalkeeper Lenny Pidgeley to open the scoring.
Striker Nick Blackman doubled the lead for the Championship side with a solo effort before Shaun Jeffers' header gave League Two Newport hope.
Seconds after coming on for his ... | Reading coasted into the second round of the Capital One Cup at the expense of Newport County. |
37,168,560 | The 19-year-old, who won four golds at last year's World Championships in Glasgow, has a progressive neurological condition which causes muscle weakness.
"A recent progression in my condition, coupled with an ongoing shoulder injury, has affected my ability to train," she said.
"I did everything in my power to get to R... | Swimmer Tully Kearney has had to withdraw from the Great Britain team for the Rio Paralympics through injury. |
34,592,797 | They torched the tents at the camp in Brezice to protest at the slow process of registering them and moving them to the Austrian border, witnesses said.
They have also complained of a lack of food, water and blankets in the camp.
Meanwhile the Greek coastguard is searching for a migrant boat believed to have capsized w... | Tents have been torched at a transit camp in Slovenia, allegedly by migrants angry at how they are being treated. |
33,342,318 | Organisers say that as many as 48,000 people took part but police estimates were far lower at just under 20,000.
The BBC's Juliana Liu in Hong Kong says the protest was far more low key than this time last year when organisers said 500,0000 people demonstrated.
In June a Beijing-backed reform package was rejected by Ho... | Tens of thousands of people in Hong Kong have attended a pro-democracy rally to mark 18 years since Britain handed the territory back to China. |
36,632,815 | It comes after Aberavon MP Stephen Kinnock said the poll result could cause "irreparable damage" to the industry.
Newport-based steel group Liberty is determined to press ahead with its bid, BBC Wales understands.
Tata said no interested parties had changed their positions.
A spokesman added: "Like the rest of the busi... | No bidders have pulled out of trying to buy Tata Steel's UK operations in the light of the Brexit result, the firm has said. |
36,247,883 | Sarah Pond said a member of staff at the Staffordshire theme park said: "You need to get off, you have one hand."
"Never in my life have I been spoken to like this," said Miss Pond. "I was not offered a reason why when I explained I have been on this ride about 10 times."
Alton Towers said it had apologised to Miss Pon... | A one-handed woman who was barred from a rollercoaster at Alton Towers has accused the venue of discrimination. |
39,985,405 | Campaigning ceased for an hour from 12:00 as all the major political parties gathered "in a show of solidarity" in Edinburgh.
Mrs Cox, 41, was killed by Thomas Mair in her Batley and Spen constituency in Yorkshire on 16 June last year.
Her husband Brendan has said she would be "incredibly touched" by the UK-wide respon... | Scotland's political leaders have called a general election "truce" to mark the death of MP Jo Cox. |
39,386,164 | Liverpool Mayor Joe Anderson said it was a great deal for taxpayers, with the club paying about £4.4m per year in return for the council's support.
But the city's Liberal Democrat leader Richard Kemp asked why a club largely owned by "billionaire" businessman Farhad Moshiri needed council backing.
He asked: "What are ... | Everton's ambition to build a new £300m stadium has been backed by Liverpool City Council, which has formally agreed to financially guarantee the project. |
19,837,904 | The award of the franchise to FirstGroup was scrapped on Wednesday because of bidding process "flaws".
The Times has reported that she learned of a potential flaw a week before the Cabinet reshuffle on 4 September.
The DfT says this was not the error that caused the process to collapse.
Three civil servants - who face ... | Former Transport Secretary Justine Greening did not know about the problem which led to the collapse of the West Coast Main Line franchise award, the Department for Transport has said. |
36,945,761 | Daphne Reid, 66, died after a fire broke out at her Silverhill Park home in Enniskillen on 27 December 2015.
Her husband Franklin, who was 70, died just over a week later from injuries sustained in the blaze.
Coroner Joe McCrisken said police officers disregarded their own safety to try to rescue the couple.
He added t... | A coroner has praised emergency services staff who attended a house fire in County Fermanagh that claimed the lives of two people. |
33,729,248 | Baggs, 27, who ran a communications firm on the Isle of Man, was found dead at a his home in the island's capital Douglas at about 09:00 BST on Thursday.
In a Facebook tribute, his sister Charlotte Baggs described him as "the biggest character".
Police are investigating his "sudden and unexpected" death.
A spokeswoman ... | The sister of former Apprentice contestant Stuart Baggs has said the family's world has been "shattered" by his sudden death. |
39,443,873 | The 38-year-old played more than 100 games for the Black Caps in all formats and was a key figure as they reached the 2015 World Cup final.
Bears sport director Ashley Giles said: "Grant has proven himself as a match-winner on the biggest stage.
"He top-scored in the final and semi-final of the World Cup in 2015 and ha... | Birmingham Bears have signed former New Zealand all-rounder Grant Elliott on a Kolpak deal for the T20 Blast. |
40,438,385 | Austin Okwor is reported to be part of a team investigating corruption within the judiciary. He is being treated in hospital for his wounds.
The attack happened in Port Harcourt on Saturday night, the Economic and Financial Crimes Commission said.
Last year several judges were arrested on suspicion of corruption in a n... | A leading anti-corruption investigator in Nigeria has survived being shot multiple times, officials say. |
24,316,197 | It is alleged in journalist Matthew d'Ancona's book that Larry is merely a public relations prop.
But a Downing Street spokesman said Larry was "very popular with everyone" in the building.
His lackadaisical approach to mousing has previously led to speculation he would be relieved of his duties.
Larry was brought in t... | Number 10 has denied claims in a new book that Larry the Downing Street cat is disliked by the prime minister and his family. |
33,470,377 | Manager John Hughes had recently been quoted as saying the 46-year-old was likely to pursue another opportunity.
Latapy confirmed his departure in a statement on the Caley Thistle website without revealing his destination.
"I have never hidden my ambition to one day be my own man in management terms and believe now is ... | Russell Latapy has left his post as assistant manager with Inverness Caledonian Thistle saying it is time to become a boss in his own right again. |
36,414,580 | Manager Chris Coleman says he does not know when Ledley will be available to play in France.
Adam Matthews, Paul Dummett, Emyr Huws and Wes Burns were cut from Chris Coleman's training camp group.
Coleman dismissed concerns over the fitness of Gareth Bale after suffering cramp in the Champions League final.
Three playe... | Joe Ledley has been selected in Wales' squad for Euro 2016 after returning to training less than a month after breaking his leg. |
32,951,877 | The Welsh number nine, only playing in the absence of Charlie Mulchrone (injured) and Jonny Arr (suspended), was one of the stand-out performers.
"We showed the spirit at this club," he told BBC Hereford & Worcester.
"The character the boys showed says what we can go on and do next year."
Bruzulier's only action this s... | Worcester Warriors scrum-half JB Bruzulier says the character the team showed in their thrilling, last-gasp Championship play-off final win over Bristol augurs well for next season. |
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