The community that rejected Amazon

Amazon's plans for a campus in Long Island City bitterly divided a community grappling with rapid change.

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'Killer car seats' sold online for £8

The illegal car seats have appeared for sale online, although sites say listings have been deleted.

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UK retail sales bounce back in January

Clothing discounts helped retail sales to rebound sharply last month, official figures show.

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Which banks do customers love or hate?

The UK's competition body lists the top, and bottom, rated banks for customer satisfaction.

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Vogue Brazil exec quits over 'slave party' criticism

Fashion Director Donata Meirelles has been criticised for party photos said to "evoke slavery."

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Brumadinho dam collapse: Eight arrests at Brazil's Vale

Employees at mining giant Vale are arrested amid a criminal probe into the dam break that killed 166.

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US-China trade talks break up without deal

The US says "very difficult issues" remain unresolved with talks due to resume in the US next week.

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Private probation firms in Wales and south west in administration

Unions say they had warned about the "disastrous privatisation programme" four years ago.

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Why did the Airbus A380 fail?

It was billed as the future of air travel, but airlines increasingly saw the jet as too big and inefficient.

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New best story on Hacker News: Don’t Get Clever with Login Forms

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New best story on Hacker News: My Chromecast Ultra would not start until I began answering 8.8.8.8

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Nigeria election 2019: Vote delayed on polling day

The country's electoral commission announces the move just hours before voting was due to begin.

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Aurora shooting: Five dead in Illinois workplace attack

Police said the gunman, who was shot dead, was an employee who had reportedly just been fired.

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Mexico border wall: Trump defends emergency powers move

He insists "walls work" as he confirms his plan to bypass Congress and build on the Mexican border.

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Colin Kaepernick: Former NFL quarterback settles 'collusion' case

Colin Kaepernick and former team-mate Eric Reid reach settlements with the NFL over 'collusion' cases against team owners.

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Paul Manafort should be jailed for 19-24 years - Mueller

US special counsel says Paul Manafort should be jailed for 19-24 years after breaching a plea deal.

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Call to ban killer robots in wars

Scientists have called for a ban on the development of weapons controlled by AI.

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Emiliano Sala's funeral to take place in hometown in Argentina

A service for the Cardiff City player, who died in a plane crash last month, will be held in Argentina.

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Vatican envoy Luigi Ventura faces sexual assault claim

Archbishop Luigi Ventura, ambassador to France, is alleged to have molested a junior official.

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General Joseph Votel breaks rank with Trump over Syria

The US general leading the fight against the Islamic State group has warned against withdrawing troops.

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ICYMI: Babies, birds and base jumping...

Here are a few things you might have missed this week.

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'I'd rather have my son than a hero'

Thirty years after Soviet troops pulled out of Afghanistan, the BBC went to meet the mother of a soldier killed in the disastrous war.

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Vitiligo: Skin condition bought Kenyan friends closer together

Kenyan friends Julie Asuju and Wangui Njee talk about their experiences of living with Vitiligo.

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Hiker speaks after taking on mountain lion...and winning

Travis Kauffman was hiking in Colorado when he came toe-to-toe with a young mountain lion.

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Afghan government ‘cannot be sidelined’ in peace talks

In a BBC interview, President Ashraf Ghani says his government is in contact with the Taliban.

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Vodka firm loses valuable iceberg water in apparent heist

Canadian police are investigating who took 30,000 of litres of iceberg water from the distiller.

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US border agency sued for detaining two Spanish speakers

US citizens Ana Suda and Martha Hernandez were detained in Montana last May for speaking Spanish.

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Fijians fume at India land swap

Suva residents question moves to allow a diplomatic mission to be built in a botanical gardens.

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Cash-strapped Pakistan rolls out red carpet for Saudis

Imran Khan needs Saudi money to stave off an economic bail-out - but this is not a one-way relationship.

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Long-nosed lover Cyrano returns to woo Paris in hit play Edmond

A half-British actor is the toast of Paris with his comedy Edmond - a new take on big-nosed Cyrano.

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Week in pictures: 9 - 15 February 2019

A selection of the best news photographs from around the world, taken over the past week.

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Eskom crisis: Why the lights keep going out in South Africa

How did Africa's most-industrialised country end up running out of electricity?

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The community that rejected Amazon

Amazon's plans for a campus in Long Island City bitterly divided a community grappling with rapid change.

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How far might India go to 'punish' Pakistan?

India's government is talking tough after a car bombing killed 46 Indian troops. How far could tensions escalate?

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Dismissed employee kills five co-workers in Illinois factory shooting

A gunman opened fire at an Illinois factory just after receiving notice of termination from his job there on Friday, killing five fellow workers and wounding five policemen before he was slain by police, authorities said.

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Gunman in Aurora, Illinois, shooting described as 'loner'

When Gary Martin came to work at the Henry Pratt valve manufacturing plant in Aurora, Illinois, on Friday, he was told he was being terminated from his job. Shortly thereafter, Martin pulled out his Smith & Wesson revolver and opened fire.

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Suspects in alleged attack on 'Empire' actor released

Suspects arrested in connection with an alleged racist and homophobic assault on "Empire" actor Jussie Smollett in Chicago were released on Friday, police said.

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Legal challenges to Trump emergency declaration face uphill battle

Democratic lawmakers, states and others mulling legal challenges to President Donald Trump's national emergency declaration to obtain funds to build a U.S.-Mexico border wall face an uphill and probably losing battle in a showdown likely to be decided by the conservative-majority Supreme Court, legal experts said.

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U.S. court faults Puerto Rico board appointments, keeps bankruptcy alive

A U.S. Appeals Court ruled on Friday that members of Puerto Rico's federally created oversight board were unconstitutionally appointed but declined to dismiss the bankruptcy cases the board filed for the U.S. commonwealth.

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U.S. to slash payouts from 9/11 victims fund

The special master overseeing a U.S. government fund to compensate victims of the Sept. 11, 2001, attacks on Friday said future awards will be significantly reduced, typically by at least 50 percent, because the fund is running short of money.

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Trump declares emergency for border wall, House panel launches probe

President Donald Trump on Friday declared a national emergency in a bid to fund his promised wall at the U.S.-Mexico border without congressional approval, an action Democrats vowed to challenge as a violation of the U.S. Constitution.

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Trump to nominate Jeffrey Byard as U.S. emergency management chief

President Donald Trump intends to nominate Jeffrey Byard, a senior official at the U.S. Federal Emergency Management Agency, to be its administrator, replacing Brock Long who said this week he was resigning, the White House said on Friday.

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California, New York promise legal challenges to Trump's emergency declaration

California and New York suggested on Friday they would take legal action against President Donald Trump's national emergency declaration aimed at freeing up billions of dollars in funds to build a wall along the U.S. border with Mexico.

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Texas landowners file first lawsuit to block Trump's national emergency declaration

Three Texas landowners and an environmental group filed the first lawsuit on Friday challenging President Donald Trump's national emergency declaration aimed at freeing up billions of dollars to build a wall along the U.S. border with Mexico, the consumer advocacy group Public Citizen said.

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Senate inquiry to probe Russian agent's meetings with Treasury, Fed

The U.S. Senate Finance Committee has launched an inquiry into meetings in 2015 between top Obama administration officials, a Russian central banker and Maria Butina, who has pleaded guilty to conspiring to work as a Russian agent to influence American foreign policy.

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U.S. Supreme Court to decide legality of census citizenship query

The U.S. Supreme Court will decide the fate of a fiercely contested plan by President Donald Trump's administration to add a citizenship question to the 2020 census, agreeing on Friday to an expedited review of a judge's ruling blocking the plan.

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Amazon invites Ocasio-Cortez for tour, calls worker claims untrue

A senior Amazon.com Inc executive on Friday disputed claims raised by Representative Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez that Amazon workers face "dehumanizing conditions" as being untrue and invited her to take a tour of company facilities.

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