Coca-Cola is to buy the Costa coffee chain from owner Whitbread in a deal worth £3.9bn. Whitbread boss Alison Brittain said the deal wo...
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Crossrail delay: New London line will open in autumn 2019
London’s £15bn Crossrail project is to open nine months after its scheduled launch to allow more time for testing. Crossrail's orig...
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'STAY AWAY!' Armed police storm city park in hunt for 'man wielding MACHINE GUN'
ARMED police have been scrambled to a park in Skien, Norway after receiving reports of a man carrying a machine gun. Police in Norway w...
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Clock changes: EU backs ending daylight saving
The EU Commission is proposing to end the practice of adjusting clocks by an hour in spring and autumn after a survey found most Europeans...
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Australia abuse inquiry: Catholic Church rejects call to overhaul confession
The Catholic Church in Australia has formally rejected a landmark inquiry's recommendation that priests should be forced to report sex...
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Pests to eat more crops in warmer world
Insects will be at the heart of worldwide crop losses as the climate warms up, predicts a US study. Wheat, a crop typically grown in co...
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Trump threatens to pull US out of World Trade Organization
President Donald Trump has threatened to withdraw the US from the World Trade Organization (WTO) if the body fails to change the way it tr...
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Why Australia's PM is 'keeping enemies close' in government reboot
Party infighting was behind Malcolm Turnbull's removal as Australia's prime minister last week. The BBC's Hywel Griffith looks...
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Roy Oliver: Ex-police officer jailed for Jordan Edwards shooting
An ex-police officer has been sentenced to 15 years in prison for shooting dead an unarmed black teenager in Texas. Oliver said he had ...
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Argentina asks IMF to release $50bn loan as crisis worsens
Argentina's government has unexpectedly asked for the early release of a $50bn (£37.2bn) loan from the IMF amid a growing economic cri...
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Dutroux murders: Belgian child-killer's letter angers parents
An infamous child killer who abducted, raped and murdered girls in Belgium in the 1990s has enraged victims' families with a letter of...
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Emails read while commuting 'should count as work'
Commuters are so regularly using travel time for work emails that their journeys should be counted as part of the working day, researchers...
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Energy drinks ban for children in UK - Government Mulls on Proposal
The sale of energy drinks could be banned in England to anybody under 18, amid fears they are damaging children's health, the prime mi...
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Brexit fallout: Panasonic to move Europe headquarters from UK to Amsterdam
Panasonic will move its European headquarters from the UK to Amsterdam later this year, a decision thought to be related to Brexit. The...
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Chemnitz protests: Far right on march in east Germany
On an overcast afternoon, small candles flicker on the paving stones where, in the early hours of Sunday morning, a German carpenter in hi...
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Trump accuses China of stalling progress with North Korea
US President Donald Trump has lashed out at China for undermining its work with North Korea, as criticism over progress on denuclearisatio...
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Vladimir Putin softens stance on Russia's pension age reforms after backlash
Moscow correspondent Diana Magnay reports on how Russia's pension plans will affect people in areas where life expectancy is low. V...
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