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Theresa May has ruled out cuts to the UK foreign aid budget if she wins the election but doubts have been cast on other existing Conservative pledges. | [
"The prime minister said the commitment to spending 0.7% of national income on aid \"will remain\" although it must be spent \"in the most effective way\".\nIt follows speculation she was ready to drop it from the Tory manifesto.\nBut she declined to guarantee existing spending on state pensions which ensures a min... | [
"Chancellor Philip Hammond said on Thursday there should be \"flexibility to manage the system\" of taxation.\nBut Tory party sources have told the BBC it was not a hint at plans to raise taxes in the Conservative manifesto.\nThe shadow chancellor John McDonnell accused the government of planning \"a tax bombshell\... | xsum | {
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A retired Edinburgh bus driver has been awarded a prestigious medal by Russia for his role in the 1944 Arctic Convoy. | [
"Alex Ramsay, 88, was presented with the Ushakov Medal at his home in Portobello.\nAndrey Pritsepov, the Russian Consul General, also handed Mr Ramsay a bottle of Russian vodka.\nA veteran of the merchant navy, Mr Ramsay was among those who braved freezing conditions to deliver vital supplies to Russia.\nFrom 1941 ... | [
"Many here see it as a symbol of foreign aggression and western interventionism. It was captured after British-led forces had landed in northern Russia to try to fight the Bolsheviks.\nA little more than 20 years later, British tanks were heading back to Arkhangelsk (the town which was better known in Britain as Ar... | xsum | {
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An independent Scotland would have to apply to Nato as a new state, secretary general Anders Fogh Rasmussen has said. | [
"In an interview published in the Times, Mr Rasmussen is quoted saying Scotland's membership would have to be approved by the other member states.\nThe Scottish government said membership was \"in the strong interests of the rest of the alliance\".\nPro-Union campaigners claimed the SNP's plan to join Nato \"isn't ... | [
"\"It is not acceptable to make threats,\" said the Swedish Foreign Minister, Margot Wallstrom.\nSweden is not currently part of the security bloc, but is a close ally and polls have shown gradual growth in support among Swedes for membership.\nLike other countries in the Baltic region, Sweden has been alarmed by i... | xsum | {
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A piano festival in Liverpool is giving people the chance to show off their playing skills to the public. | [
"Media playback is unsupported on your device\n11 July 2014 Last updated at 13:28 BST\nThe Tickle the Ivories festival, now in its fourth year, has seen six pianos positioned around the city centre for public use.\nThose who step up to the keys are licensed to busk, meaning they can keep whatever proceeds they make... | [
"The contest, which began in 1978, has become one of the most popular classical music awards in the country.\nHeld every two years, it returns to Edinburgh's Usher Hall this weekend, with three of the country's most talented young musicians competing for the accolade.\nNicola Benedetti is one of its most famous win... | xsum | {
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US academics Thomas Sargent and Christopher Sims have won the 2011 Nobel economics prize. | [
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"The Pope's opposition to nuclear weapons and role in a deal between the US and Cuba boosted his chances, said Norwegian state broadcaster NRK.\nAngela Merkel, the German chancellor, has been tipped for her stance on the refugee crisis unfolding in Europe.\nBut the prize committee's decision is notoriously hard to ... | xsum | {
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Welshman Elfyn Evans was the best-placed British driver as reigning champion Sebastien Ogier won the opening round of the World Rally Championship (WRC) in Monte Carlo. | [
"The 28-year old Dolgellau-based driver won three out of the 17 stages in the M-Sport Ford Fiesta in his first event since returning to WRC.\nHe and co-driver Daniel Barritt finished in sixth place overall.\nEvans was more than six minutes behind team-mate Ogier.\nToyota's Jari-Matti Latvala finished in second plac... | [
"The eight-time winners of the series will take a year away from the sport to concentrate on the development of a new car running new regulations for 2017.\nThe 33-year-old may still have a role in developing the car but the Northern Ireland man is weighing up his options.\nMeeke's team-mate, Norway's Mads Ostberg,... | xsum | {
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India's ratification of the Paris global climate agreement on Sunday comes nearly a year after it was signed by 191 countries in the French capital. | [
"Last December in Paris, countries agreed to cut emissions in a bid to keep the global average rise in temperatures below 2C. The Paris deal is the world's first comprehensive climate agreement.\nIt also says signatories will strive to limit warming to 1.5C, a more ambitious goal, demanded by poor and very vulnerab... | [
"Both say they will take all the \"domestic steps\" necessary to join the agreement as soon as possible.\nThey are encouraging other countries to sign the document at UN headquarters in April.\nAt least 55 countries representing 55% of emissions have to sign to bring it into force.\nThis is the third joint statemen... | xsum | {
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South Africa midfielder Dean Furman has spoken of the "utter devastation" that has engulfed his team-mates following the death of captain Senzo Meyiwa. | [
"Meyiwa, 27, was reportedly shot dead in what appeared to be a robbery at his girlfriend's house on Sunday.\nFurman, who plays for Doncaster Rovers, told BBC Sport: \"It's complete and utter shock and devastation.\n\"He has a young family so there's more to it than losing a footballer - someone's lost a dad.\"\nMey... | [
"The 54-year-old South African Football Association technical director is the only white man to captain a Africa Cup of Nations-winning team.\nHe collapsed while training for a charity cycle race set for next month.\nIt is the second heart attack Tovey has suffered inside two years.\nThe doctors have been working r... | xsum | {
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Bristol City have signed Oxford United winger Callum O'Dowda for a fee of at least £1m. | [
"The 21-year-old, who scored 10 goals in 50 appearances for the U's last season, has signed a three-year contract with the Championship side.\nO'Dowda made his Republic of Ireland debut against Belarus in May, and scored in Oxford's Johnstone's Paint Trophy final defeat by Barnsley.\n\"He's a real emerging talent,\... | [
"Costa, 23, joined Wolves on a season-long loan deal from Benfica in July and the Portuguese has impressed in his 29 appearances for the club.\nThe Championship club's previous transfer record was Portuguese forward Ivan Cavaleiro, who joined from Monaco in a reported £7m deal in August.\nWolves are 18th in the Cha... | xsum | {
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A large fire has broken out at a convention centre in the western German city of Duesseldorf. | [
"The centre acts as an accommodation hub for refugees waiting to be sent elsewhere in North Rhine-Westphalia.\nEveryone inside hall 18, where 180 refugees were staying, was brought to safety, according to reports.\nAs the fire raged, a thick, black plume of smoke could be seen across Duesseldorf.\nThe smoke drifted... | [
"Police said that someone opened fire from a passing car and witnesses spoke of up to a dozen shots being fired close to the main police station.\n\"Nothing is known about the culprits yet but we can guess that this involves local crime gangs,\" investigators told German media.\nThe suspects fled and the area was q... | xsum | {
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The NI economy minister is in "cloud cuckoo land" if he believes a projected £490m overspend in a controversial renewable heating scheme could be reduced to zero, says the law professor who once taught him. | [
"Dr David Capper lectures in contract law at Queen's University.\nHe expressed concern that Mr Hamilton's proposal for the recovery of RHI costs \"has litigation written all over it\".\n\"There will be a cost. A price will have to be paid,\" he told the BBC.\nDr Capper said he believed that any legislation to amend... | [
"On Wednesday, a senior civil servant said he believed that Dr Andrew Crawford had influenced the decision to keep the Renewable Heat Incentive (RHI) scheme running.\nDr Crawford denies the claim, saying he \"acted with complete integrity\".\nMrs Foster set up the scheme in 2012, when she was enterprise minister.\n... | xsum | {
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A Labour government could give employees the right to take over their companies if they are sold, dissolved or floated on the stock market. | [
"Shadow Chancellor John McDonnell says the party does not want to return to an era of widespread state ownership.\nInstead, Labour would look to expand co-operatives and explore giving workers the \"right to own\".\nDavid Cameron has accused Labour of wanting to turn back the clock to the days of state ownership an... | [
"The right-leaning think tank, Policy Exchange, is recommending that most of the state-owned bank shares are offered to all British residents at no initial cost.\nThe shares would only have to be paid for when they were sold.\nIf the price fell, the government would retain them and bear the loss.\nThe Treasury is w... | xsum | {
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Adam Cunnington's second-half strike was enough to earn Bromley victory as Halifax dropped closer to the relegation places. | [
"The Shaymen held on until the 75th minute when the 28-year-old forward netted from Bradley Goldberg's cross.\nHalifax were then denied an equaliser as Hamza Bencherif saw his shot, following a nice turn, hit the post.\nThe away side are a point above the drop zone, with Boreham Wood overtaking them after they drew... | [
"Home striker John Rooney was denied from the spot by Welling keeper Marek Rodak but soon redeemed himself with a curling shot from 12 yards.\nThe 25-year-old doubled Chester's lead as he fired in James Alabi's cross before turning provider for Kane Richards to net the third.\nTom Shaw wrapped up the win as Welling... | xsum | {
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A newly-classified fossil gives clues to how life in the oceans recovered from a mass extinction about 250 million years ago. | [
"The reptile is an early relative of the ichthyosaurs - a large group of marine reptiles that swam at the time of the dinosaurs.\nWith its tiny toothless head, the creature is something of a curiosity, say scientists.\nThe specimen suggests marine reptiles evolved quickly after the event.\nPrevious evidence has sug... | [
"19 April 2016 Last updated at 17:36 BST\nBut now researchers think that dinosaurs may have already been dying out, long before the asteroid hit, because of changes to the planet.\nBy studying fossils, they have found evidence that dinosaurs might have been struggling to adapt to changes in the environment tens of ... | xsum | {
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Nine care homes for the elderly are to close in Cumbria, the county council has announced. | [
"The authority said demand is falling and that the properties in question are not up to modern standards.\nOf the homes to close, three are in Carlisle, with two in Whitehaven and one each in Cleator Moor, Egremont, Ulverston and Walney Island.\nCampaigners opposed to the plan said bed numbers will halve and put pr... | [
"Support Stafford Hospital campaigners, who oppose the transfer of services to Royal Stoke University Hospital, have been at the entrance since July.\nThey now plan to open a campaign office and stand as independent candidates for Stafford Borough Council.\nThey would put up candidates in all wards bar two where co... | xsum | {
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Former Lazio boss Stefano Pioli has been appointed Fiorentina's head coach - one month after being sacked by Inter Milan. | [
"Pioli, 51, was dismissed three games before the end of the Serie A season, in which Inter finished seventh and missed out on European football.\nFiorentina is the Italian's 12th different club as a boss having started his coaching career in 2003.\n\"It's always been my wish to coach here,\" said Pioli.\nFormer def... | [
"Lopez, appointed at the end of January, was dismissed after a 4-0 defeat at AC Milan on Sunday which left Palermo eight points adrift of safety.\nPresident Paul Baccaglini said: \"A big shake-up is needed. I am trying everything possible to get the team to react with their heads up.\"\nCoach Diego Bortoluzzi will... | xsum | {
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Aberdeen have confirmed Peter Pawlett is likely to sign for MK Dons at the end of the season. | [
"Dons manager Derek McInnes says the midfielder, whose existing deal ends in the summer, has had a long desire to play in England, and will \"probably\" leave Pittodrie.\nMcInnes told the club's online video channel RedTV Pawlett, 26, had been made a \"good\" offer by Aberdeen.\nMK Dons are managed by former Hearts... | [
"Coulson has made more than 250 appearances for his hometown club, but an ankle injury meant he only featured in only 12 games last season.\nThe 28-year-old is out of contract with the League Two side at the end of the upcoming season.\nCoulson could make his Orient debut when they travel to face Sutton United in t... | xsum | {
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Known as the White Ant, Dominic Ongwen was a 10-year-old boy walking to school in northern Uganda when he was abducted by the Lord's Resistance Army rebel movement (LRA) and turned into one of its most ruthless commanders, according to campaign group LRA Crisis Tracker. | [
"\"It is a story of a child, like many in the LRA, forced to grow up in the image of their oppressors,\" it says.\nAfter his abduction in 1990, Mr Ongwen - whose surname means \"born at the time of the white ant\" - rose rapidly in rebel ranks, becoming a major at the age of 18 and a brigadier by his late 20s afte... | [
"He and his Lord's Resistance Army (LRA) group had become \"weak\", and no longer threatened Uganda, it added.\nThe LRA was notorious for chopping off people's limbs and abducting children to use as soldiers and sex slaves.\nMr Kony, wanted on war crimes charges, first emerged in Uganda but fled more than a decade ... | xsum | {
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Searches are continuing on Saturday for two missing Dublin men. | [
"Eoin O'Connor, 32, and Anthony Keegan, 33, both from Coolock in Dublin, were last seen in County Cavan on Tuesday after telling their families they were going to a meeting.\nA silver Ford Focus they had been travelling in was found in County Westmeath on Friday.\nIt is understood Gardaà suspect their disappearanc... | [
"Media playback is unsupported on your device\n16 September 2014 Last updated at 15:03 BST\nThe footage was made public as part of an appeal to trace a man wanted in connection with a series of burglaries across East Anglia and Kent.\nIt is believed the cars were being used by the wanted man. Both incidents happene... | xsum | {
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National Grid has revealed plans to use 25 miles (40km) of pylons to connect to controversial planned wind farms in Powys. | [
"In addition to the pylons, eight miles (nearly 13km) of cables would be buried underground in the Meifod valley.\nNational Grid has also identified a preferred \"secluded\" site for a substation, on the Tir Gwynt wind farm.\nMontgomeryshire's Conservative MP Glyn Davies said the scale of the entire project was \"c... | [
"Each of the four large pieces of equipment weighs about 170 tonnes.\nThey have been unloaded from a ship at Port of Scrabster, near Thurso, to be taken by road to SSE's Spittal substation at Achanarras.\nThe substation is part of the £1.1bn Caithness-Moray Project, which when completed will transmit electricity fr... | xsum | {
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Two prisoners were injured and a number of cells damaged in an outbreak of violence at a Devon jail. | [
"The unrest at the category C Channings Wood prison involved about 10 prisoners on Friday night, the Prison Service said.\nNine inmates have been transferred to other jails and an investigation has been launched, said a spokesman.\n\"Staff intervened to successfully resolve it,\" he said and \"appropriate disciplin... | [
"Ross Queen, 30, of no fixed address, has been charged with prison mutiny, West Midlands Police said.\nMr Queen has been remanded in custody and is due to appear before Birmingham Magistrates' Court on Friday.\nThe disorder at the privately-run prison, which was understood to have involved up to 600 inmates, is bei... | xsum | {
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Marussia's Jules Bianchi has faced "a number of medical challenges" after sustaining severe head injuries in a crash at the Japanese Grand Prix, his team and family said in a statement. | [
"But the Frenchman's situation remains \"challenging\" and the 25-year-old is in a critical but stable condition.\nEarlier, Bianchi's father Philippe had described the situation as \"desperate\".\n\"Every time the telephone goes, we know it could be the hospital to tell us that Jules is dead,\" he said.\n\"He will ... | [
"The neurosurgeon has stepped down as president of the FIA Institute, but will continue in an honorary role.\nThe 83-year-old, who was a close friend of the late Ayrton Senna, served as F1 medical delegate from 1978 until 2004.\nHe played a major role in saving the lives of many F1 drivers after heavy crashes.\nAmo... | xsum | {
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St Johnstone cruised into the League Cup last sixteen with a 4-0 home win against Stirling Albion. | [
"Twice they scored from Liam Craig corners, Steven Anderson and Steven Maclean both heading home.\nCraig switched from creator to finisher with number three before half-time with yet another headed goal.\nAnd David Wotherspoon rounded off the victory right at the death as Stirling were outclassed.\nIt did not take ... | [
"The English striker scored three goals in four league games last month, with 16 goals in all competitions since arriving from Barnsley in the summer.\nHemmings was on target in the 2-1 derby win over Dundee United, the 4-2 win over Partick Thistle and scored two in the 3-1 Scottish Cup win over Falkirk.\nDundee ca... | xsum | {
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Ospreys fly-half Dan Biggar has been ruled out of the Judgement Day Pro12 match with Cardiff Blues following his head injury against Leinster. | [
"The Wales fly-half has not passed return to play protocols so Wales team-mate Sam Davies will start at 10.\nBradley Davies starts in the second row for the first time since November.\nThe Blues make four changes from the 24-24 draw with Ulster, with Sam Warburton, George Earle and Blaine Scully all injured.\nNick ... | [
"The 25-year-old sustained the injury in training in the week leading up to last weekend's opening Pro12 match of the season against Glasgow Warriors.\nAllen joined Scarlets over the summer having made 53 appearances for Ospreys.\nScrum-half Rhodri Williams will miss Saturday's home game with Ulster after suffering... | xsum | {
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A man has been charged with drug offences relating to the sudden death of a woman in County Armagh on Tuesday. | [
"He has been charged with being concerned in the supply of a class A controlled drug and possession of a class B controlled drug.\nThe woman, who was in her 30s, died at a house in Orior Park in Bessbrook."
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"Daryl Wallace, 19, made a brief appearance in private before Sheriff Kevin Drummond QC.\nNo plea or declaration was made and the case was continued for further inquiry. He was released on bail.\nHis appearance follows reports of an attack on a 27-year-old woman in a wooded area of Dalkeith in the early hours of S... | xsum | {
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Newport County striker Marlon Jackson says the chance to play Liverpool at Anfield in the FA Cup would be "something to tell the grandkids". | [
"Newport will face the Premier League giants if they beat Plymouth Argyle in their second-round replay on Wednesday.\nCounty are using a special pitch cover at Rodney Parade to ensure the games is not a victim of the weather.\n\"It's a massive game for us. The lads are buzzing, they are ready to go,\" Jackson said.... | [
"Media playback is not supported on this device\nThe Imps have reached the last 16 for the first time in 130 years.\nVictory on Saturday would see them become the first non-league team to reach the quarter-finals since 1925.\n\"If we're realistic, we'd probably only beat them once in a hundred times but we've got t... | xsum | {
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A 16-year-old boy has been charged over two sex attacks in Nottingham that took place within 30 minutes. | [
"The first assault happened in Derby Road, Lenton, near Hill Side at about 08:00 BST on Sunday, and the second in Woodyard Lane, Wollaton.\nThe boy, who cannot be named for legal reasons, is accused of two attempted rapes and three sexual assaults.\nHe has been remanded in custody and will appear at Nottingham Magi... | [
"Syed Jamanoor Islam died in hospital after an attack in Wager Street, Mile End, on 11 April.\nThree youths, aged 18, 17 and 15, have been charged with murder. They are due to appear at Bromley Magistrates' Court later.\nMr Islam was one of three people stabbed to death in little more than 24 hours in attacks in Lo... | xsum | {
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A Pakistani tribesman plans to sue the CIA for $500m (£320m), claiming it is responsible for the deaths of his son and brother in a drone air strike. | [
"Karim Khan, from North Waziristan, said his lawyer had notified the US embassy in Islamabad of the legal action.\nThe villager says no militants were in his home when it was struck by missiles on 19 December 2009.\nIt is thought to be the first time a Pakistani citizen has filed a compensation case against the US.... | [
"Islamabad offered its condolences to the families of US consultant Warren Weinstein and Italian aid worker Giovanni Lo Porto.\nThe two men were accidentally killed in a counter-terrorism operation in January, the US has admitted.\nThe drone strike targeted an al-Qaeda hideout on the Afghan-Pakistan border.\nThey d... | xsum | {
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Iceland's ruling coalition has named Sigurdur Ingi Johannsson as the new PM, with early elections to be held in the autumn. | [
"Mr Johannsson, 53, is agriculture and fisheries minister and deputy leader of the Progressive Party (PP).\nThe move comes after PM and PP chairman Sigmundur Gunnlaugsson stepped down in the wake of the leaked Panama Papers.\nThe leaks, from Panama law firm Mossack Fonseca, showed Mr Gunnlaugsson owned an offshore ... | [
"870s - First Norse settlements on Iceland. Previous inhabitants were a small number of Irish monks.\nTradition says 'Bay of Smoke' was founded in 874\n930 - An annual parliament - the Althing - established, to make laws and solve disputes.\n986 - Erik the Red takes settlers from Iceland to colonise Greenland.\n100... | xsum | {
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Euroscepticism is on the rise across Europe, new research has suggested, with little more than two weeks to go before Britons decide whether to remain within the EU. | [
"Nonetheless, the Pew Research Center report found that a slim majority - a median of 51% - of respondents across 10 EU countries still favoured the EU.\nForty-two percent want more power returned to their national capitals.\nAnother poll has found most Europeans want the UK to stay in the EU.\nHow Eurosceptic is t... | [
"Millions of people have voted in a historic referendum on whether the UK should remain a member of the European Union or leave. Here we look back at the events in pictures.\nThe UK has now voted to leave the European Union."
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There is a saying in politics, "If you want a friend, get a dog." | [
"Would-be US Democratic presidential candidate Hillary Clinton may know that better than anyone. She has faced scandal around her husband's affairs, the terrorists attacks in Benghazi, and the use of a personal server to store her emails when she was secretary of state.\nLiberals accuse her of being too close to bi... | [
"\"I respect the people who have them, but I think those views are just flat out wrong.\" - to CBS News, 2008\n\"Get over it.\"- on numerous occasions\n\"Never compromise your principles, unless of course your principles are Adolf Hitler's, in which case you would be well advised to compromise them as much as you ... | xsum | {
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Indian Prime Minister Narendra Modi is due to arrive in the Russian city of Ufa to attend summits of the BRICS emerging economies and regional Shanghai Cooperation Organisation. | [
"On the sidelines, he is expected to meet Russian President Vladimir Putin and Chinese President Xi Jinping.\nHe is also likely to meet his Pakistani counterpart Nawaz Sharif later in the week, Indian media reports say.\nMr Modi began a five nation tour of Central Asia and Russia on Monday.\nHe has visited Kazakhst... | [
"The two sides agreed to take measures to promote greater Indian exports to China, to reduce India's trade deficit.\nCompanies have already signed business deals worth $16bn on the opening day of Chinese PM Wen Jiabao's three-day official visit to India.\nThe latest of a number of world leaders to visit India, Mr W... | xsum | {
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Government funding totalling £18m is being offered to councils in England to speed up building of up to 800,000 new homes on large developments. | [
"Authorities can bid for a share of the \"capacity fund\" to tackle planning issues that can hold up projects.\nThe creation of six new housing zones to support developing 10,000 new homes on brownfield sites was also announced.\nGovernment support for the new Otterpool Park garden town in Shepway, Kent, was also r... | [
"Permission to add to the development, in Bicester, Oxfordshire, will make the project the largest of its type in the UK, it is claimed.\nCherwell District Council granted permission for the zero-carbon homes, in addition to 393 already under construction.\nFurther plans for 3,500 more homes have yet to be approved... | xsum | {
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At least three people are dead and thousands lost power after a strong storm system barrelled up the east coast of the US. | [
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"The home, on the shore of Lake Ontario, was captured by a local photographer after being battered by water whipped up from the lake by freezing winds.\nThe photographer said many people on social media refused to believe the images were genuine.\nJohn Kucko said he was \"amazed at how many people think I sprayed f... | xsum | {
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A man who led a £5.2m magazine fraud affecting up to 15,000 victims has been jailed for seven years. | [
"George Williams, 51, controlled a Liverpool-based team conning firms into paying for adverts in a publication called \"Emergency Services News\".\nThey should have produced about 1.2m copies to fulfil their promises to clients but instead police found they only printed 30,000 copies.\nFour other men were sentenced... | [
"Council workers Charles Owenson, 62, and James Costello, 44, helped award contracts to Edinburgh Action Building Contracts Ltd (ABC Ltd).\nIn return, ABC directors Kevin Balmer, 52, and Brendan Cantwell, 44, gave them tens of thousands of pounds, trips to lap dancing clubs and football tickets.\nThe charges relate... | xsum | {
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The Oxford to London Paddington line suffered the equivalent of more than one signal problem every day last year. | [
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"An overrunning engineering project shut the line between Reading and London Paddington at the end of last year.\nMajor work, including extensive signalling improvements, is being carried out on the route from Good Friday to Easter Monday.\nNetwork Rail said it had \"hundreds of buses\" ready in case it overruns.\n... | xsum | {
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The Financial Conduct Authority (FCA) wants to set a June 2019 deadline for people to make claims over mis-sold payment protection insurance (PPI). | [
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Suspended Fifa president Sepp Blatter has suggested there was an agreement in place for Russia to host the 2018 World Cup - before the vote took place. | [
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A 30-year-old man is in a serious condition after being attacked in the north of Glasgow. | [
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"Police say the death is not being treated as suspicious.\nIt has emerged she sent a Valentine's message on Facebook to her five children less than an hour before she was discovered in the town.\nMs Williams' body was found on Sunday night in a shelter at Newry Beach."
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Relatives of a scientist on Sir Ernest Shackleton's ill-fated Antarctica expedition in 1915 have reached the South Pole 100 years later. | [
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Carole King is to play her first UK concert in more than 25 years at the BST festival in London's Hyde Park. | [
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"The pop star will perform on the festival's Floating Stage on 6 July, organisers said.\nSir Elton said: \"I am thrilled that I will be able to say I have played the beautiful Henley-on-Thames.\"\nThe five-day festival, which started in 1983, features music, comedy and dance, and is expected to attract about 35,000... | xsum | {
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Electric car maker Tesla has reported better-than-expected revenue growth as sales of the firm's cars continue to grow. | [
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A witness in a trial over a spate of murders of Muslim clerics in Uganda was "beaten and castrated" because he agreed to testify, prosecutors say. | [
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A Greek minister has said the "great powers" of Europe need to take more responsibility for the unfolding crisis in the Mediterranean Sea. | [
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The US economy added 151,000 jobs in January, helping to push the country's unemployment rate down to 4.9%. | [
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As Pakistani authorities brace themselves for two huge protest movements taking to the streets on Thursday, Pakistan's Independence Day, the BBC's M Ilyas Khan considers the implications of this assault on the leadership of Prime Minister Nawaz Sharif. | [
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The bodies of a man and woman in their 40s have been found at a house in Greater Manchester. | [
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The daughter of a man who died after a suspected gas explosion at his home in Greater Manchester has paid tribute to her "excellent dad". | [
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Nintendo has revealed lots of new details about its brand new console, the Nintendo Switch. | [
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Padraig Amond scored his 24th league goal of the season to help Grimsby Town to victory against Woking. | [
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The final list of candidates in the running to succeed Nigel Farage as UKIP leader will be announced later. | [
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To mark BBC Music Day, BBC Sport has come up with a top 10 of some of the best full-throttle music. | [
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A hospital in China has been bulldozed while still in use, reportedly causing doctors inside to flee and burying six bodies from its morgue under rubble, state media say. | [
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Barcelona will host Chapecoense in a friendly on 7 August to pay tribute to those who died when the Brazilian team's plane crashed last November. | [
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Noise, fumes and the "horrendous smell" of idling diesel trains are blighting the lives of people in a seaside town. | [
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"A campaign group has presented a 1,200-strong petition to Cardiff council against a planning application to bring Creigiau quarry back to life.\nFirm Tarmac says its plan balances the need to extract 12.75m tonnes of limestone with \"mitigating the impacts of developing the quarry\".\nThe meeting took place at 19:... | xsum | {
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The director of a Mexican prison and 28 guards have been arrested on suspicion of helping a mass breakout and massacre by gang members on Sunday. | [
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"Police in Tamaulipas state said the hole, which had been hidden by bricks, was up to five metres (16ft) deep.\nThey said it was unfinished and no one has escaped.\nIn 2015, one of the country's biggest drug lords, Joaquin \"El Chapo\" Guzman, escaped via tunnel from Altiplano prison.\nHe was recaptured after six m... | xsum | {
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Plans to demolish Huddersfield Royal Infirmary and replace it with a new facility with no A&E have entered a final day of public consultation. | [
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"About 100 people attended a meeting in Flint to discuss plans for single-site facility for GPs, clinics and other health and welfare services.\nThey want facilities reinstated following the closure of the town hospital with the loss of ward beds and a minor injuries unit.\nThe local health board said its plans off... | xsum | {
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Great Britain's Gordon Reid won his second Wimbledon title in as many days by adding the men's wheelchair singles to the doubles title he won alongside Alfie Hewett on Saturday. | [
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"Hewett, 19, beat Japan's Shingo Kunieda 6-4 6-4 in the singles semi-final and will also compete the doubles final with compatriot Gordon Reid.\nThe 2016 Wimbledon men's doubles winners beat Maikel Scheffers and Gustavo Fernandez 4-6 6-3 10-8.\nFind out how to get into tennis in our special guide.\nHewett will play... | xsum | {
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Mansfield Town chairman John Radford says manager Steve Evans will be given the backing for an automatic promotion push next season. | [
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"The club has not been able to buy players since January this year after breaching Financial Fair Play rules.\nThe news came the day after the club removed Russell Slade from his position as manager to take up a new role as the club's head of football.\nSlade will be in charge of the team for the last time when the... | xsum | {
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A Canadian woman who was killed in the London terror attack died in her fiancé's arms after being struck by the speeding van, her family has said. | [
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"Ignacio Echeverría, 39, saw the attack unfolding at London Bridge on Saturday night, and rushed to help the woman.\nFriends with him at the time told his family what had happened.\nReports say Mr Echeverría is not listed among the dead. His sister has gone to London hospitals, but there is no news of him being amo... | xsum | {
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A man has been charged with two counts of murder after a mother and daughter were found stabbed to death in their home. | [
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The number of terror suspects being investigated by prosecutors has risen over the past four years and is still increasing, the BBC has learned. | [
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Contractors with a head for heights have begun clean-up work on Wrexham's towering Pontcysyllte Aqueduct. | [
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"Caernarfon-based Mulcair told staff on Tuesday about the move.\nRecent high-profile projects for the company included building a bridge to replace Pont Briwet across the River Dwyryd and a Welsh Water scheme to alleviate flooding in Deeside.\nThe company did not add any further comment."
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Some workers at Austins, in County Londonderry, say they have been left devastated by the closure of the department store. | [
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Snow and freezing temperatures have been affecting travel in parts of Scotland. | [
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In continental Europe the UK has often been cast as the spoiler, the renegade, the outsider - the island nation incapable of understanding the European idea. | [
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The US space agency has successfully put a new probe in orbit around Jupiter. | [
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A communication error led to a man being hit by a tram and killed, an investigation has found. | [
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The UK's first official astronaut, Major Tim Peake, has been answering your questions about all things space. | [
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A 97-year-old World War Two veteran has had service medals stolen in a burglary while he was in hospital. | [
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Luke Fletcher equalled his career-best of 92 and took a wicket in Durham's second innings as Notts seized control on day two at the Riverside. | [
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Until today, we thought Drake's Views was the best-selling album of 2016, but new music industry figures suggest otherwise. | [
"According to the IFPI's annual report, both Beyonce's Lemonade and Adele's 25 shifted more copies worldwide.\nBeyonce topped the chart with 2.4 million sales, while Drake came third, having sold 2.1 million units.\nThe figures only include CDs, vinyl and downloads - which may explain Drake's sudden change in fortu... | [
"The track, which was streamed 5.97 million times, knocked his previous chart topper, Sorry, to number two.\nThe last living artists to achieve the feat were The Beatles in 1963 with She Loves You and I Want to Hold Your Hand.\nFormer number one Hello by Adele held firm at three, while Bieber's third track in the t... | xsum | {
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Former New England Patriots player Aaron Hernandez has been found guilty of the first-degree murder of his friend, another American footballer. | [
"Relatives of the victim wept in the Massachusetts courthouse as the verdict was announced on live television.\nHernandez was sentenced to life in prison without parole.\nHe was arrested in 2013 and charged with killing Odin Lloyd, a semi-pro player who was dating the sister of Hernandez's fiancee.\nLloyd's body wa... | [
"Officials believe Lawrence Phillips, 40, killed himself early on Wednesday.\nIn the 1990s, he was a star player at the University of Nebraska, making him a sought-after rookie in the NFL.\nPhillips played for the St Louis Rams, Miami Dolphins and San Francisco 49ers until 1999, but he was plagued by trouble on and... | xsum | {
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Running in looping coils, razor-wire now stretches along part of Macedonia's border with Greece. | [
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"News of the impending barrier along Hungary's border with Serbia spread rapidly among the diverse groups of migrants travelling northwards through the Balkans, or still hesitating before setting out on the journey from northern Greece or western Turkey.\nBut the immediate effect seems to be the opposite of what th... | xsum | {
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Nick Gubbins' century helped Middlesex beat Hampshire in a rain-affected One-Day Cup game in Southampton. | [
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"Ben Slater played out a maiden over from Tim Bresnan after Yorkshire won the toss and put the home side in.\nBut the players then had to retreat to the dressing room as bad weather arrived at the ground.\nAnd umpires Ian Blackwell and Neil Mallander decided no further play would be possible shortly before 13:00 BS... | xsum | {
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Changes to the staging of America's Cup World Series events in Portsmouth are to be introduced, following criticism of last year's event. | [
"A city council report said the yacht racing in July 2015 boosted visitor numbers and raised the city's profile.\nHowever, it highlighted confusion among spectators about ticketing and criticised steel fencing at the site.\nAmong changes planned for this year's event is scrapping of evening entertainment.\nThe four... | [
"William and Kate travelled to Portsmouth to watch the second day of racing at the event.\nThey were hoping to cheer on Olympic champion Sir Ben Ainslie in his bid to be the first British challenger to win the trophy.\nBut with winds in excess of 30mph on site, the race was abandoned.\nAn official statement from th... | xsum | {
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A Chihuahua dumped at a church in Hertfordshire in a Santa sack has been reunited with his owner four months after he went missing. | [
"The dog, called Eragon, was found by children attending a service at St Mary's Church, Hitchin, on Tuesday.\nHe was accompanied by a note asking, \"please find me a lovely new home\".\nThe RSPCA scanned his microchip and found he belonged to Samantha Jones from Bowditch in south London. She had lost the dog during... | [
"The owners of 18-year-old George, who lives in Llanrwst in the Conwy Valley, were searching for him for more than a month before he turned up on a doorstep in Brighouse, West Yorkshire.\nGemma Davison-Lemalle said she thinks her pet must have sneaked into a nearby caravan site before being driven off.\n\"It's bonk... | xsum | {
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Three-quarters of the world's coral reefs are at risk due to overfishing, pollution, climate change and other factors, says a major new assessment. | [
"Reefs at Risk Revisited collates the work of hundreds of scientists and took three years to compile.\nThe biggest threat is exploitative fishing, the researchers say, though most reefs will be feeling the impact of climate change within 20 years.\nBut, they say, there are measures that can be taken to protect at l... | [
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An 18-month-old girl who was the sole survivor of a crash which killed her mother and three relatives is improving in hospital, police have said. | [
"The girl, named locally as Holly Hughes, is now in a stable condition after the crash involving a tanker and a van on the A44 in Powys on Tuesday.\nHer mother mother Alison Hind, 28, died in the crash.\nMs Hind's uncle Martin Pugh, 47, and his partner's parents Margaret, 65, and John Kehoe, 72, were also killed.\n... | [
"Harri Jones, 18, from Wrexham, is at a hospital in Stoke-on-Trent after money was raised to fly him to the UK. He is said to be responding to questions and has moved his arms and legs.\nHe suffered a fractured skull and cheekbone, and lost sight in one eye following last month's accident.\nIt was on the first nigh... | xsum | {
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A popular Tokyo noodle shop has vaulted into the world's top ranks of restaurants by becoming the first ramen eatery to receive a Michelin star. | [
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"The venue was stripped of the accolade, the pinnacle in the food industry, last year when it was temporarily relocated to Melbourne, Australia.\nThe move meant the £255-per-person restaurant did not qualify for inclusion in the Michelin Guide.\nIn 2009, 240 people claimed to suffer norovirus-like symptoms after e... | xsum | {
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Gloucestershire Airport has asked two councils for what appears to be a six-figure "bail out", the BBC has learned. | [
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"The deal for the Long Ashton site made the council look \"totally incompetent\" and threatened \"to turn it into a laughing stock\" a Tory councillor said.\nJohn Goulandris said money had been wasted paying the firm Park-and-Ride (PRL) for years after the council was obliged to do so.\nThe city's transport boss sa... | xsum | {
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Two new jails are to be built in south Wales and Yorkshire as part of a £1.3bn government pledge to create 10,000 modern prison places by 2020. | [
"Sites in Port Talbot and Full Sutton, near York, have been earmarked, while two existing jails in Kent and Wigan will also be redeveloped.\nJustice Secretary Liz Truss said modern jails would help cut reoffending.\nBut Peter Dawson, of the Prison Reform Trust, said \"closing prisons, not opening them\" was a bette... | [
"In September, the government announced the Victorian prison building in North Square was among four English sites to close.\nMost of Dorchester's 157 staff have been transferred to the former HMP The Verne on Portland, which will become a new immigration removal centre.\nA closing ceremony took place at HMP Dorche... | xsum | {
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Rudi Gutendorf has witnessed bribery, betrayal by his own players and the horrors of genocide during his coaching career, so it may surprise some that he still wants to add to his colourful CV. | [
"Instead of enjoying the fruits of retirement after an incredible managerial career, which has seen him coach 18 national teams and six different clubs in the German top flight, the 86-year-old is desperate for another job.\nAnd whatever Gutendorf lacks in youth - he led Duisburg to runners-up spot in the inaugural... | [
"For the 56-year-old may not have ventured into the African game were it not for the ban he received in Belgium following his implication in a match-fixing scandal.\nThe former Lierse coach received a three-year ban from the Belgian FA (RBFA) following allegations the side had taken money from a Chinese betting syn... | xsum | {
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(Close): Wall Street ended the week mixed as disappointing results from Google owner Alphabet and Microsoft weighed on the technology sector. | [
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"The Dow Jones Industrial Average edged down 2.95 points to 18,352.05.\nThe S&P 500 moved just 0.46 points up to 2,164.25, while the tech-rich Nasdaq climbed 6.51 points to 5,166.25.\nUS investors appeared mostly unmoved by the Bank of England's decision to cut interest rates for the first time in seven years.\nIn ... | xsum | {
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How we generate our electricity in Wales in future, and the role politicians in Cardiff Bay have to play in the process is one of the talking points at this election. | [
"It's a complicated picture, with control over different aspects of the process of generating power and getting it to our homes split between the Welsh and UK governments.\nOne thing industry experts seem to agree on though is that energy policy will be a bigger issue for whoever's in power in the Senedd after poll... | [
"Perth and North Perthshire MP Mr Wishart will chair the Scottish Affairs Committee.\nMr MacNeil, the MP for Na h-Eileanan an Iar, will chair the Energy and Climate Change Committee.\nMr Wishart said he was \"delighted\" at his appointment, while Mr MacNeil said he recognised the challenges ahead.\nBoth candidates ... | xsum | {
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Sixty people are now thought to be dead or missing after a freight train carrying crude oil derailed and blew up in Quebec, Canadian police say. | [
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"The accident took place on the key Kabul-Kandahar highway in the Maiwand district.\nWomen and children are among the dead and officials say that most bodies are badly burned.\nAccidents are common in Afghanistan which has some of the most dangerous roads in the world.\nOne report suggested the tanker had been left... | xsum | {
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Mark Warburton says captain Lee Wallace is among those in his Rangers squad ready to "step up" for Scotland but concedes international recognition may require promotion first. | [
"Wallace, 28, won the last of his eight caps in late 2013.\nAnd the left-back was left out of Gordon Strachan's squads for the games with Czech Republic and Denmark.\n\"Lee has been first class,\" said Warburton, whose side are top of the Scottish Championship.\n\"He's club captain and has been outstanding for us. ... | [
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Brighton station was closed amid fears of dangerous overcrowding and claims commuters had fainted in the hot weather. | [
"Signalling failures around Gatwick Airport, as well as a hole in the south-east London area caused delays and cancellations through the day.\nBrighton Station was closed temporarily at 19:20 BST to allow crowd control measures to be put in place.\nSouthern said it had not received reports of passengers being taken... | [
"Lines into London Bridge station were shut for safety and services cancelled, following the discovery of the 50cm-wide hole at Forest Hill, south-east London, on Thursday.\nIt comes after 13ft-deep hole opened in the same area on 18 July, also forcing lines into London Bridge to be shut.\nAll lines into London Bri... | xsum | {
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One person died and three others were taken to hospital after a boat capsized in Brixham harbour in south Devon. | [
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"The pair had to be cut free from the wreckage.\nThe crash happened near Midmar just before midday."
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The Nigerian president is confident that the Islamist insurgents of Boko Haram are finally about to be decisively defeated. | [
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"The military said three civilians, including UN staff, and two soldiers were wounded in the attack.\nIt has prompted the UN to temporarily suspend aid deliveries in Borno state, where more than two million people have been displaced by the insurgency.\nThe UN says thousands of children are severely malnourished in... | xsum | {
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In Malaysia the "aspirational" low-income part of the population is helping to drive economic growth through consumption, according to the World Bank. | [
"Media playback is unsupported on your device\n18 December 2014 Last updated at 10:28 GMT\nMalaysia has successfully tackled poverty over the last four decades by drawing on its rich natural resources.\nAccording to the World Bank, some 49% of Malaysians in 1970 were extremely poor, and that figure has been reduced... | [
"One woman is in tears as she is about to be forcibly relocated from this slum due to redevelopment. She says that her new home is two hours away and would be too far for her to go to work. She is worried that the government won't provide help to re-establish her family's lives.\nPeople like her encapsulate the une... | xsum | {
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Nearly a century after the Middle East's frontiers were established by British and French colonialists, the maps delineating the region's nation states are being overtaken by events. | [
"Countries created to suit the imperial designs of London and Paris are being replaced by patches of territory carved out by jihadis, nationalists, rebels and warlords.\nThe border between Iraq and Syria is under the control of the so-called Islamic State; Syrian Kurds are experiencing the kind of autonomy their co... | [
"The Kurds make up a little over 10% of the population. Long marginalised by the Alawite-dominated government, they are largely concentrated in north-eastern Syria, up towards the Turkish border.\nAaron David Miller, a distinguished scholar at the Woodrow Wilson Center in Washington DC, believes that the Kurds coul... | xsum | {
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Portugal's minister of culture has resigned after threatening to slap media critics. | [
"In a Facebook post, Joao Soares said that he looked forward to landing \"salutary blows\" on two newspaper columnists.\nThe post attracted hundreds of critical comments from the public, opposition politicians and journalists.\nMr Soares, 66, resigned after Prime Minister Antonio Costa reprimanded him and issued a ... | [
"Polish MEP Janusz Korwin-Mikke made the gesture in July as he spoke against the influx of migrants into the EU.\nIn October, Italian MEP Gianluca Buonanno wore a Hitler moustache and gave the salute during a debate where the German chancellor was present.\nThe pair have been fined $3,380 (£2,200) and are suspende... | xsum | {
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The under-35s are not a spendthrift generation, but are struggling to save owing to daily financial pressures and low wages, a trade body has said. | [
"Young adults aged 18 to 35 are often described as the Yolo (you only live once) generation.\nBut the Pensions and Lifetime Savings Association said that label was unfair, claiming that as many got satisfaction from saving as did from spending.\nThe cost of living and low salaries were the biggest barriers to savin... | [
"Its research was based on figures from the Office for National Statistics (ONS) for the three months to the end of September 2016.\nAccording to the ONS, total unsecured debt hit an all-time high of £349bn at that point.\nThe TUC divided that number by the total number of households in the UK.\nHowever, its figure... | xsum | {
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Pro-democracy activists have strongly denied Hong Kong leader CY Leung's claim that "external forces" are involved in protests in the territory. | [
"Student activist Alex Chow said the leader's comments were \"irresponsible\", and said Mr Leung had not provided any evidence to support his claim.\nPro-democracy demonstrations have paralysed parts of Hong Kong for the past three weeks.\nThe protesters are calling for fully democratic elections in Hong Kong.\nThe... | [
"Ray Wong, 22, co-founded the group Hong Kong Indigenous which advocates for more autonomy for Hong Kong from China.\nScores of people have been arrested in connection with the violence.\nOn 8 February, police tried to clear illegal food stalls sparking a backlash from those who see them as integral to Chinese New ... | xsum | {
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A driver has defended parking his car across two spaces in a supermarket car park to protect it from "clowns who can't drive". | [
"Luke Varley, from Doncaster, was criticised on a Facebook group dedicated to photographs of people's parking blunders.\nThe 24-year-old said the abuse was \"water off a duck's back\".\nThe sales assistant said he chose to park across two bays to ensure his new car did not get scratched.\nMore on this and other sto... | [
"Jonathan Hall, a former RSPCA inspector, said it was easier to catch a feral cat than deter parents from parking illegally near schools.\nHe likened it to \"a game of cat and mouse\" with parents determined to ignore officers and risk a ticket.\nMr Hall has emailed east Cambridgeshire residents asking them to park... | xsum | {
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Pakistani education activist Malala Yousafzai and Indian child rights campaigner Kailash Satyarthi have received the Nobel Peace Prize awards. | [
"The Nobel committee described both laureates as \"champions of peace\".\nMs Yousafzai said she was there to stand up for the rights of forgotten and frightened children, and raise their voice rather than pity them.\nMr Satyarthi said receiving the prize was \"a great opportunity\" to further his work against child... | [
"The Pope's opposition to nuclear weapons and role in a deal between the US and Cuba boosted his chances, said Norwegian state broadcaster NRK.\nAngela Merkel, the German chancellor, has been tipped for her stance on the refugee crisis unfolding in Europe.\nBut the prize committee's decision is notoriously hard to ... | xsum | {
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On Friday, 28 October girls and women around Scotland will be heading to their local gyms, leisure centres and school halls to take part in Active Girls Day. | [
"In association with Sport Scotland the aim is to celebrate all the amazing work that goes on to get girls active, as well as inspire more girls to participate in sport and physical activity.\nEvents will be hosted by clubs and schools and you can find out more on the Sport Scotland website.\nGirls and women in Sco... | [
"Media playback is not supported on this device\nReclaim Sport is a partnership with Birmingham City Council, Sport Birmingham, BBC WM, BBC Birmingham and BBC Get Inspired.\nThe teams are working together to collect used sports equipment that can be redistributed to give Birmingham kids a chance to be more active.\... | xsum | {
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