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• 'Stop whining,' Obama tells Trump, chiding for fraud talk - Daily Mail

  18-10-2016 23:31 via dailymail.co.uk
  
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  'Stop whining,' Obama tells Trump, chiding for fraud talk
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  WASHINGTON (AP) — "Stop whining," President Barack Obama rebuked Donald Trump on Tuesday, speaking out as seldom before on next month's election and chiding the Republican for sowing suspicion about the integrity of America's presidential vote.
  Read President Obama's Remarks Telling Donald Trump to 'Stop Whining'TIME
  Obama calls Trump's 'rigged' election claims irresponsible 'whining'The Guardian
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• Theresa May given stark warning about leaving customs union - The Guardian

  18-10-2016 23:00 via theguardian.com
  
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  Theresa May given stark warning about leaving customs union
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  Ministers warned that ports including Dover could be clogged up if there were customs checks on vehicles transporting goods. Photograph: Martin Godwin for the Guardian. Anushka Asthana, Rowena Mason, Heather Stewart and Owen Bowcott. Tuesday 18 ...
  Analysis: Great Britain can 'go global' with 'Hard Brexit' but what will be the cost?Telegraph.co.uk
  Brexit court case in the balance for GovernmentSky News
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• Royals host party for Britain's Olympic heroes - Sky News

  18-10-2016 22:51 via news.sky.com
  
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  Royals host party for Britain's Olympic heroes
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  The Duchess of Cambridge tells the athletes about Princess Charlotte's love of horses, while Prince Harry dishes out some hugs. 21:48, UK, Tuesday 18 October 2016. Queen Elizabeth II meets athletes during a reception for Team GB and ParalympicsGB ...
  Kate Middleton reveals Princess Charlotte's love of horsesMirror.co.uk
  Kate Middleton joins the Queen, Harry and Wills at reception for Olympic heroesDaily Mail
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• Royal family hosts party for Britain's Rio Olympics heroes

  18-10-2016 22:48
  Britain's Olympians and Paralympians have been congratulated on their success by members of the Royal family at a Buckingham Palace reception. Also there were Princess Anne, the Duke and Duchess of Cambridge, Prince Harry and the Duke of York. The Duchess of Cambridge told the athletes that her daughter Princess Charlotte had inherited the royal love of horses, while older brother Prince George was a swimming fan.
  
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• MPs could block 'hard Brexit' after Theresa May U-turn allows MPs to vote on leaving EU - Mirror.co.uk

  18-10-2016 22:41 via mirror.co.uk
  
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  MPs could block 'hard Brexit' after Theresa May U-turn allows MPs to vote on leaving EU
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  Theresa May has U-turned by agreeing MPs could vote on the final Brexit deal. The Government said it was “highly likely” Parliament would approve any agreement. The move leaves the open the possibility that the Commons could defy the referendum result ...
  Government lawyer defending Theresa May's right to start Brexit talks leaves High Court judge 'baffled'Daily Mai
  
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• How the outside world is putting up UK prices - Telegraph.co.uk

  18-10-2016 22:35 via telegraph.co.uk
  
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  How the outside world is putting up UK prices
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  Inflation is back. Prices have spent the past two years defying the Bank of England's efforts to push them upward, bouncing around the zero level since the end of 2014. Now consumer price inflation is back at 1pc, Governor Mark Carney can stop writing ...
  Is there Tory conspiracy to unsettle Bank of England's Mark Carney?The Guardian
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• Duchess of Cambridge spills the beans on Princess Charlotte's love of horses

  18-10-2016 22:14
  
  Kate Middleton revealed some interesting facts about her children at a royal event honouring sportsmen and women.
  
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• All bets are off on where William Hill goes from here - Telegraph.co.uk

  18-10-2016 22:08 via telegraph.co.uk
  
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  All bets are off on where William Hill goes from here
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  Flat or jump racing, burly Bolton bruiser Gareth Davis makes an unlikely jockey, yet after five years at William Hill it's clear he sees things through the eyes of a turf veteran. After the abrupt breakdown of merger talks with Canada's Amaya, in ...
  Investors sink William Hill's £5bn merger with AmayaEvening Standardall 71 news articles »
  
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• GB's Olympic and Paralympic stars welcomed home in spectacular fashion as victory parade reaches London

  18-10-2016 21:45
  
  The medallists headed to Buckingham Palace after the celebrations to meet the Royal family.
  
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• Osborne's annuity scheme scrapped by Government

  18-10-2016 21:32
  Controversial plans to let hundreds of thousands of pensioners sell their retirement annuities to insurance firms for a cash lump sum have been scrapped by the Government. The scheme to create a secondary market for annuities was pushed by ex-chancellor George Osborne and aimed at allowing people more freedom to choose how to invest their pension pots. The scheme was set to be launched next April but ministers now believe consumers may not get good value for money and so it will no longer go-ahe
  
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• 'He can't read this': Campaign group trolls Donald Trump with Arabic billboard 'for his hateful rhetoric'

  18-10-2016 21:32
  
  The poster is intended to mock the Republican presidential candidate.
  
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• Kim Kardashian's Paris 'Concierge'says he let robbers in and even acted as interpreter - Daily Mail

  18-10-2016 21:01 via dailymail.co.uk
  
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  Kim Kardashian's Paris 'Concierge'says he let robbers in and even acted as interpreter
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  The hotel security guard at the centre of the £8.5million Kardashian heist has told how he tried to comfort terrified Kim as she was bound and gagged in her room by jewel thieves. The traumatised Algerian father-of-one, who asked to be identified only ...
  Concierge on duty during Kim Kardashian robbery says security was so lax he felt 'someone might die'Telegraph.co.uk
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• Treasury carries out major U-turn on pension annuities - The Guardian

  18-10-2016 20:56 via theguardian.com
  
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  Treasury carries out major U-turn on pension annuities
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  Much of the industry welcomed the decision – but Saga said many pensioners would be disappointed. Photograph: Christopher Furlong/Getty Images. Rupert Jones. Tuesday 18 October 2016 14.56 EDT Last modified on Tuesday 18 October 2016 17.00 EDT.
  Treasury abandons flagship Osborne reform on pensionsFinancial Times
  Savers stuck with poor pension incomes after government scraps plan to let retirees sell annuitiesT
  
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• Iraq makes gains in 'difficult' assault on IS-held Mosul - Daily Mail

  18-10-2016 20:37 via dailymail.co.uk
  
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  Iraq makes gains in 'difficult' assault on IS-held Mosul
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  Tens of thousands of Iraqi forces were making gains on the Islamic State group in Mosul Tuesday in an offensive US President Barack Obama warned would be a "difficult fight". With the crucial battle in its second day, Iraqi commanders said progress was ...
  Mosul offensive: Retaking city will take 2 months, says Peshmerga generalCNN
  Tunnels and booby traps complicate march on MosulFinancial Times
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• Obama calls Donald Trump's 'rigged' election claims irresponsible 'whining' - The Guardian

  18-10-2016 20:33 via theguardian.com
  
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  Obama calls Donald Trump's 'rigged' election claims irresponsible 'whining'
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  Barack Obama has told Donald Trump to “stop whining” as Republicans continued to disown Trump's claims that the US election is “rigged”. As the GOP nominee nominee approaches the last presidential debate with Hillary Clinton, Obama warned his claims ...
  Barack Obama chides Donald Trump for election-rigging claims; 'Stop whining'Daily Mail
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• Teenage girl arrives in UK as part of response to Calais crisis - The Guardian

  18-10-2016 20:19 via theguardian.com
  
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  Teenage girl arrives in UK as part of response to Calais crisis
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  Three of the unaccompanied children from the migrant camp outside a Home Office processing centre in Croydon, south London. Photograph: Peter Nicholls/Reuters. Amelia Gentleman · @ameliagentleman. Tuesday 18 October 2016 14.19 EDT Last ...
  Two-thirds of child refugees entering UK found to be adults, figures showTelegraph.co.uk
  How do you verify the age of child asylum seekers?BBC News
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• Delays on Eurostar and Eurotunnel after power cut

  18-10-2016 20:17
  Eurostar and Eurotunnel passengers faced hours-long delays after services were stopped due to a power cut. Customers using Eurostar, which runs passenger trains from London St Pancras to Paris and Brussels, suffered disruption after services were "held" due to a "technical issue". Eurotunnel said the power failure was on the overhead supply and technicians worked to fix the problem.
  
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• May avoids cabinet split over Heathrow as airport vote put on hold - The Guardian

  18-10-2016 20:15 via theguardian.com
  
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  May avoids cabinet split over Heathrow as airport vote put on hold
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  The partial suspension of collective cabinet responsibility strongly suggests the favoured proposal will be a third runway at Heathrow. Photograph: Steve Parsons/PA. Rowena Mason, Jessica Elgot and Gwyn Topham. Tuesday 18 October 2016 14.16 EDT.
  Airports expansion decision to be made next weekBBC News
  Boris Johnson has a 'special' chance to slam the final verdict on Heathrow expansionDaily Mail
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• Boris Johnson Refuses to Answer MPs on Brit Held in Ethiopia - Common Dreams (press release)

  18-10-2016 20:14 via commondreams.org
  Boris Johnson Refuses to Answer MPs on Brit Held in Ethiopia
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  Reprieve's London office can be contacted on: communications [at] reprieve.org.uk / +44 (0) 207 553 8140. Reprieve US, based in New York City, can be contacted on Katherine [dot] oshea [at] reprieve.org ...and more »
  
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• Bernie Sanders' brother Larry campaigns in rural England

  18-10-2016 20:12
  Larry Sanders, elder brother of former U.S. Democratic presidential candidate Bernie, was pressing the flesh in his own campaign on Tuesday as he took to the streets ahead of an election this week in rural Oxfordshire, central England. Sanders, 81, is standing as a candidate for the left-leaning Green Party in Witney, an affluent seat left vacant by the resignation of former Prime Minister David Cameron after June's EU membership referendum. Brooklyn-born Larry Sanders, an academic who has lived
  
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• First picture of the 20cm blade teenage 'Twilight' killers used to murder dinner lady and her 13-year-old daughter - Mirror.co.uk

  18-10-2016 20:08 via mirror.co.uk
  
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  First picture of the 20cm blade teenage 'Twilight' killers used to murder dinner lady and her 13-year-old daughter
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  The first picture has emerged of the 20cm kitchen knife two 'toxic' teenage sweethearts used to murder a dinner lady and her daughter while they slept in their beds. The pair, who were just 14 when they slaughtered Elizabeth Edwards, 49, and 13-year ...
  Spalding murders: What drove teenage sweethearts to kill?BBC News
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• Ched Evans 'considering' legal action against Loose Women after comments over his not guilty rape verdict - OK! Magazine

  18-10-2016 20:04 via ok.co.uk
  
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  Ched Evans 'considering' legal action against Loose Women after comments over his not guilty rape verdict
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  FOOTBALLER, Ched Evans, is 'considering' threatening Loose Women and Gloria Hunniford with legal action after they expressed their reaction to him being cleared for raping a teenage hotel waitress. By Olivia Wheeler Tuesday, October 18, 2016.
  Ched Evans considering suing Gloria Hunniford for her rape trial comments on Loose WomenDaily Star
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• Families leave Calais Jungle for new life in south of France - Belfast Telegraph

  18-10-2016 19:56 via belfasttelegraph.co.uk
  
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  Families leave Calais Jungle for new life in south of France
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  A coach-load of migrant and refugee families has left the Calais camp known as the Jungle before bulldozers move in to demolish makeshift homes in the slum. Young children were among those who boarded the coach on the camp's fringe before it took ...
  How do you verify the age of child asylum seekers?BBC News
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• Greggs is finally launching a delivery service

  18-10-2016 19:27
  
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• Boris Johnson refuses question on death-row Briton Andy Tsege

  18-10-2016 19:27
  Boris Johnson has been criticised for failing to answer an MP's question and using the threat of legal action as an excuse. The Foreign Secretary was asked in the Commons about the case of Andy Tsege, a British citizen who is on death row in Ethiopia accused of treason. A prominent critic of the Ethiopian government, he had been tried and convicted even before his detention.
  
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• London High Court will decide EU exit case 'as quickly as possible'

  18-10-2016 18:46
  By Michael Holden LONDON (Reuters) - London's High Court said on Tuesday it would rule "as quickly as possible" on whether British lawmakers, and not the government alone, must trigger the formal process of leaving the European Union, in a case closely watched by politicians and markets. Campaigners have taken legal action to argue Prime Minister Theresa May and her ministers do not have the authority to invoke Article 50 of the EU Lisbon Treaty, the mechanism by which a nation can leave the blo
  
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• 15-year-old girl and boyfriend murdered dinner lady and daughter then watched four Twilight films

  18-10-2016 18:40
  
  They are thought to be the youngest defendants to be convicted of double murder in Britain.
  
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• Pound gains 1 percent on hint lawmakers must back Brexit - Daily Mail

  18-10-2016 18:38 via dailymail.co.uk
  
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  Pound gains 1 percent on hint lawmakers must back Brexit
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  LONDON, Oct 18 (Reuters) - Sterling jumped the most in three months in a rollercoaster session on Tuesday, as suggestions that parliament will have to ratify a British deal to leave the European Union outweighed concerns about a larger-than-expected ...
  Gilts and the pound: Brexit heat is spreadingFinancial Times
  Brexit & Beyond: A Vote on Final Deal; Inflation Up; France Clears the 'Jungle'Wall Street J
  
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• The mood is changing around Western intervention in Syria, Boris Johnson says - The Independent

  18-10-2016 18:36 via independent.co.uk
  
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  The mood is changing around Western intervention in Syria, Boris Johnson says
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  The “mood is certainly changing” towards the West intervening in the Syrian civil war, the Foreign Secretary has said. Boris Johnson told the House of Commons that that nothing was “off the table” in terms of the response to bombing and the ...
  Boris Johnson: Foreign Secretary speaks Italian in ParliamentEvening Standard
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• Games Inbox: What do you miss most about the old Sega? - Metro

  18-10-2016 18:26 via metro.co.uk
  
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  Games Inbox: What do you miss most about the old Sega?
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  The evening Inbox discusses first reactions to PlayStation VR, as one reader donates his old consoles to a museum. To join in with the discussions yourself email [email protected]. Race for nostalgia. In between VR sessions, I have been playing ...
  The Red Dead Redemption 2 wait is over – trailer coming this weekThe Guardian
  Red Dead Redemption 2 is officialPolygon
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• Power fault stops all Eurotunnel and Eurostar services

  18-10-2016 18:24
  Eurostar and Eurotunnel passengers face hours-long delays after all rail services through the Channel Tunnel were suspended because of a fault with the overhead power supply. The problem started at around 2pm this afternoon and Eurostar said all trains due to run before 6pm (UK time) have been cancelled. Customers using Eurostar, which runs passenger trains between London St Pancras to Paris and Brussels, suffered disruption after services were "held" due to a "technical issue".
  
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• Football Manager 2017 game features 'Brexit effect' storyline

  18-10-2016 18:18
  For years football enthusiasts have been able to try their hand at taking charge of their favourite team on Football Manager - but their task may be about to get a whole lot tougher thanks to Brexit. In Football Manager 2017, players will have to grapple with the complex negotiations of the UK trying to extract itself from the European Union. The 'hard' Brexit storyline - which even Theresa May has not outlined yet - will see transfers made more difficult so that rules for transferring non-
  
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• BREAKING: Gunman opens fire in packed hair salon leaving several seriously injured - Express.co.uk

  18-10-2016 18:16 via express.co.uk
  
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  BREAKING: Gunman opens fire in packed hair salon leaving several seriously injured
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  A GUNMAN opened fire in a crowded hair salon killing one person and leaving another with life threatening injuries before barricading himself into a nearby apartment, taking at least one person hostage. By Patrick Christys. PUBLISHED: 16:16, Tue, Oct ...
  Man dies, woman injured after shooting in German townDaily Mail
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• Magnifico! The day Boris Johnson addressed MPs in Italian - Telegraph.co.uk

  18-10-2016 18:08 via telegraph.co.uk
  
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  Magnifico! The day Boris Johnson addressed MPs in Italian
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  For a little while there, I was worried. “What have they done with Boris Johnson?” I wondered. “For 10 whole minutes now he's been at the Commons dispatch box, and he hasn't told a single joke. He hasn't played the fool. He hasn't acted the giddy goat ...
  Boris Johnson puts forward united front for Brexit trioBT.com
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• Child abuse inquiry insider 'told Home Office about Goddard concerns in April' - The Guardian

  18-10-2016 18:08 via theguardian.com
  
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  Child abuse inquiry insider 'told Home Office about Goddard concerns in April'
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  Drusilla Sharpling (right) alongside Ivor Frank and Alexis Jay at the select committee hearing. Photograph: PA. Sandra Laville and Haroon Siddique. Tuesday 18 October 2016 11.28 EDT Last modified on Tuesday 18 October 2016 14.30 EDT. Share on ...
  National child abuse inquiry chair claims her predecessor Dame Lowel Goddard did not want to work with staffThe Independent
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• Michelle Obama hailed as an 'icon' in magazine love letters feature

  18-10-2016 18:06
  
  First lady looks fashion forward in latest magazine cover.
  
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• Commons vote to ratify Brexit deal likely, says No 10 - BBC News

  18-10-2016 18:06 via bbc.co.uk
  
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  Commons vote to ratify Brexit deal likely, says No 10
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  Downing Street has said it is "very likely" MPs will be able to vote on the final Brexit agreement reached between the UK and the European Union. Number 10 confirmed the comment by a government lawyer in the High Court represented the "government's ...
  Foreign firms say UK profits hit by Brexit vote, weak sterlingDaily Mail
  MPs promised a vote 'if final Brexit deal leads to new treaty with EU'BT.com
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• Mosul offensive: Retaking city will take 2 months, says Peshmerga general - CNN

  18-10-2016 17:45 via cnn.com
  
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  Mosul offensive: Retaking city will take 2 months, says Peshmerga general
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  Near Mosul, Iraq (CNN) The battle to recapture Mosul from ISIS could take two months, a Peshmerga military commander told CNN on the second day of the long-awaited offensive to liberate Iraq's second city. "My expectation is two months for the fight ...
  Islamic State said to use human shields as coalition advances on MosulDaily Mail
  Mosul battle: EU 'should prepare for returning jihadists'BBC News
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• Theresa May to step into Brussels lions' den

  18-10-2016 17:42
  By Alastair Macdonald and Jan Strupczewski BRUSSELS (Reuters) - Theresa May's first EU summit was never going to be easy but Thursday's encounter in Brussels may be a thoroughly bleak affair now that fellow leaders feel she has taken a hard line on breaking away from the European Union. The British prime minister caught the other 27 off guard on Oct. 2 when, having campaigned to stay in the bloc, she thrilled her Conservatives' conference in Birmingham with rousing pledges to start Brexit talks
  
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• UK government to seek to curb immigration through 'targeted visa system'

  18-10-2016 17:35
  British Prime Minister Theresa May has tasked a team of ministers with cutting immigration, including through a "targeted visa system", according to a government document published on Tuesday. The immigration taskforce, chaired by May and featuring 12 other ministers including the three leading Brexit campaigners Boris Johnson, David Davis and Liam Fox, has been asked to deliver annual net migration in the tens of thousands.
  
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• UK inflation jumps to 1% in September - official figures

  18-10-2016 17:32
  
  Inflation hit 1% in September, up from 0.6% in August, with higher fuel and clothing prices largely responsible for the highest annual rate in almost two years. The Office for National Statistics (ONS) said there was nothing, yet, to suggest widespread pressure on prices from sterling's decline, which makes imported goods more expensive. Mike Prestwood, head of inflation at the ONS, said: "CPI inflation has risen to its highest for nearly two years, though it remains low by histor
  
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• Why you should care about inflation

  18-10-2016 17:30
  
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• UK's post Brexit food price rises to be muted - industry executives

  18-10-2016 17:29
  By James Davey LONDON (Reuters) - Food price rises in the wake of sterling's post-Brexit vote slump will be softened by intense competition in the industry, which is currently still driving them lower, grocery executives said on Tuesday. Most economists believe food prices are set to rise as the pound has fallen 18 percent against the dollar and 14 percent against the euro since Britain voted to leave the European Union in June, making importing goods more expensive. Nearly half of the food Brit
  
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• Teen migrants head to UK as French court upholds "Jungle" closure - Daily Mail

  18-10-2016 17:26 via dailymail.co.uk
  
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  Teen migrants head to UK as French court upholds "Jungle" closure
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  CALAIS/LILLE, France Oct 18 (Reuters) - France transferred another dozen mostly Afghan teenagers to Britain on Tuesday as efforts to rehouse the most vulnerable migrants of the "Jungle" camp in northern France accelerated ahead of its demolition.
  Defender of Rights warns France's democratic reputation is 'on the line'Express.co.uk
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• Republicans revive Clinton email woes ahead of final debate - BT.com

  18-10-2016 17:10 via home.bt.com
  
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  Republicans revive Clinton email woes ahead of final debate
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  Republicans have seized on the latest developments in the Hillary Clinton email controversy as an issue that could help Donald Trump make up ground in the final US presidential debate. 0. Share this. Facebook; Twitter; Google plus; Email; Share. 0.
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• Home Office 'knew of concerns about child abuse head in April'

  18-10-2016 17:09
  The Home Office knew there were concerns about the chairman of the child abuse inquiry in April, it has been disclosed. Child abuse inquiry member Drusilla Sharpling told the Home Affairs Select Committee that she raised her concerns over the leadership of Dame Lowell Goddard in the spring - months before the latest chairman left the post. Ms Sharpling said: "At the end of April, with the panel's knowledge, I reported my concerns about the leadership of the inquiry to the then director 
  
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• Iran sentences two US citizens to 10 years prison -official website - Daily Mail

  18-10-2016 17:05 via dailymail.co.uk
  
  Iran sentences two US citizens to 10 years prison -official website
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  DUBAI/WASHINGTON Oct 18 (Reuters) - An Iranian court has sentenced an Iranian-American businessman and his elderly father to 10 years in prison on charges of cooperating with the United States, the Iranian judiciary's official news website reported on ...and more »
  
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• Slavery victims in UK 'worse off' after Brexit, says parliamentary watchdog chair

  18-10-2016 17:04
  By Tom Esslemont LONDON (Thomson Reuters Foundation) - Victims of human trafficking could find themselves excluded from the "best legal protections" after Britain leaves the European Union, the chairwoman of a parliamentary anti-trafficking watchdog said on Tuesday. British lawmaker Fiona MacTaggart told a UK anti-slavery conference that Britain's membership of the EU had enabled lawyers to argue on behalf of enslaved people at the European Court of Human Rights (ECHR). "Better protection for vi
  
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• Spalding teen found GUILTY of murdering dinner lady Elizabeth Edwards and daughter - Daily Mail

  18-10-2016 16:56 via dailymail.co.uk
  
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  Spalding teen found GUILTY of murdering dinner lady Elizabeth Edwards and daughter
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  The 15-year-old girl who murdered a dinner lady and her daughter calmly told police what she and her boyfriend had done, adding: 'Afterwards I felt fine'. Elizabeth Edwards, 49, and her daughter Katie were found dead after their throats were cut as ...
  Teenage girl guilty of Spalding murder of mother and daughterThe Guardian
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• Channel tunnel train services halted due to power outage

  18-10-2016 16:54
  Channel tunnel train services were halted on Tuesday afternoon due to a power outage, spokesmen for both Eurotunnel and Eurostar said. Eurostar, whose passenger services connect London to Paris and Brussels through the tunnel, said it had cancelled six trains as a result of the outage. The operator of the tunnel, Eurotunnel, which runs trains for cars and lorries between the British and French coasts, said the power outage was on the overhead supply of locomotives and that technicians were in th
  
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