M&S in new phase of store closures

Seven more of the retailer's clothing shops will shut their doors for the last time on Saturday.

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Trump doubles metal tariffs on Turkey as lira falls by 20%

Turkey's currency falls 20% as the US leader announces a doubling of metal tariffs on the Nato ally.

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Tesla's Elon Musk in the hot seat, again

Tesla boss Elon Musk's claim that he is considering taking the car company private unleashed a torrent of questions.

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UK growth boosted by warmer weather

The recent heatwave helped to lift the economy, but analysts say growth remains relatively subdued.

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Turkey's lira crisis explained

The Turkish currency has nosedived since January and, unsurprisingly, tourists are taking advantage.

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Butlin's says guest records may have been hacked

Up to 34,000 visitors to Butlin's camps may have had their personal data stolen.

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No USP?

Department store chain House of Fraser has finally lost its battle to stay afloat. So what went wrong?

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Jet crashes after 'unauthorized' take-off from Seattle-Tacoma airport

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Alaska Airlines reports 'unauthorized take-off' at Seattle-Tacoma airport

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Iran test-fired ballistic missile last week, officials say

08/10/18 4:59 PM

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Two police officers among four killed in early morning shooting in Canada

08/10/18 9:36 AM

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Mechanic steals empty plane from Seattle's airport, crashes

An airline mechanic stole an airplane at Seattle–Tacoma International Airport on Friday and was chased by two U.S. military jets before crashing on a nearby sparsely populated island, the local sheriff said.

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Mountain lion breaks into Colorado home, kills family cat

A mountain lion crawled into a Colorado home and killed a family’s pet house cat and fled into a canyon after wildlife officers shot it with non-lethal bean bag rounds to force it outside, authorities said on Friday.

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Fifth body found in crashed Alaska plane; no body recovery planned

A fifth body was found on Friday in the wreckage of an Alaska sightseeing plane that crashed near North America's tallest peak, leaving no doubt the pilot perished with his four Polish passengers on the steep mountainside, authorities said.

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California police chief's son charged in beating of Sikh man

The estranged son of a northern California city police chief was formally charged on Friday with attempted robbery and abuse of a 71-year-old Sikh man who was beaten and spat upon in an unprovoked attack caught on video, prosecutors said.

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Monsanto ordered to pay $289 million in world's first Roundup cancer trial

A California jury on Friday found Monsanto liable in a lawsuit filed by a man who alleged the company's glyphosate-based weed-killers, including Roundup, caused his cancer and ordered the company to pay $289 million in damages.

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Bank sped up Manafort loan approval as CEO sought Trump cabinet job: witness

The head of a small Chicago bank was directly involved in approving $16 million in loans to former Trump campaign chair Paul Manafort while seeking Manafort's help securing a post in the new administration, a witness testified on Friday in Manafort's fraud trial.

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Anniversary of fatal Charlottesville rally puts city, D.C. on edge

Joan Fenton knows she will not make much money at her Charlottesville gift shop this weekend, when the downtown district will be virtually locked down for the anniversary of last year's deadly white nationalist rally. But like many other owners, she will be open anyway.

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Mother of slain youth, Michael Brown, running for Ferguson City Council

The mother of Michael Brown, the unarmed black teenager shot to death by a white policeman in Ferguson, Missouri, igniting months of protest and a national debate over race and law enforcement, said on Friday she is running for City Council.

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Judge encouraged by U.S. plan to reunite separated immigrant families

A federal judge on Friday said he was encouraged by a new U.S. plan to reunite parents and children who had been separated at the U.S.-Mexican border under President Donald Trump's now-abandoned "zero tolerance" policy toward illegal immigrants.

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U.S. agency says United pilot posted explicit photos of flight attendant online

A United Airlines flight attendant is accusing the airline of failing to protect her from sexually explicit pictures that a pilot posted of her online, according to a lawsuit filed in a San Antonio, Texas, federal court.

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Confirmation hearings for U.S. top court nominee Kavanaugh open Sept. 4

Confirmation hearings for U.S. Supreme Court nominee Brett Kavanaugh will begin on Sept. 4, Senate Judiciary Committee Chairman Chuck Grassley announced in a statement on Friday.

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California wildfire said set by arsonist threatens community

A Southern California wildfire - which authorities say was set by an arsonist with a grudge against a neighbor - doubled in size overnight into Friday as crews built fire lines and fought to protect thousands of homes in a lakefront community.

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Group asks Trump to unblock 41 Twitter users after court ruling

A U.S. free speech group on Friday asked President Donald Trump to unblock 41 Twitter users after a federal judge in May ordered him to restore access to a group of individuals who filed suit.

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