Monday 27 June 2016

Today's Headlines: Cameron to face EU leaders over Brexit, VW US settlement 'to cost $15bn', Payout of $10,000 for Windows 10 update

Cameron to face EU leaders over Brexit
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Today's Headlines June 27
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Cameron to face EU leaders over Brexit
David Cameron is to meet European leaders for the first time since the UK voted to leave the European Union, as the European Parliament debates the implications of Brexit.
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VW US settlement 'to cost $15bn'
German automaker Volkswagen reportedly reaches a $15bn (£11.3bn) settlement with US car owners after the firm admitted cheating in emission tests.
Pakistan politician on three years in captivity
Three years after he was kidnapped by militants, Ali Haider Gilani, the son of ex-Prime Minister Yousuf Raza Gilani, tells the BBC about his time in captivity.
Payout of $10,000 for Windows 10 update
Microsoft agrees to pay a California woman $10,000 (£7,500) after an automatic Windows 10 update leaves her computer unusable.
 
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Elite tennis players have 'beefed up'
A Wimbledon win may be down to pumping iron in the gym, according to researchers who say the most successful elite male players of modern times are more muscular.
Stories from India
The story of an iconic Indian family photograph
Indian writer and photographer Sooni Taraporevala relates the story of a much-feted 31-year-old picture of a family in the city of Mumbai.
'Exam topper' sent to jail for cheating
A "top student" in India's Bihar state, 17-year-old Ruby Rai, is arrested after a panel of examiners retesting her cancelled her original results.
What Indians have done to world cuisine
Food writer Samar Halarnkar explains what Indians have done to Chinese and other cuisines of the world.
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EU Summit: The start of UK's long goodbye
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Ali Haider Gilani on three year kidnap ordeal
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Rio 2016 boss: Zika 'blown out of proportion'
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BBC in Fallujah: 'You can smell war'
Magazine
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Was there a Brexit graduate gap?
Voters without degrees were more likely to back leaving the EU, figures suggest. But in one of the towns with the fewest graduates in the UK, the relationship is more complicated.
Business
VW US settlement 'to cost $15bn'
German automaker Volkswagen reportedly reaches a $15bn (£11.3bn) settlement with US car owners after the firm admitted cheating in emission tests.
Agencies downgrade UK credit rating
The UK has lost its top AAA credit rating from S&P and has been downgraded by rival agency Fitch, following the EU referendum "out" vote.
 
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Technology
Payout of $10,000 for Windows 10 update
Microsoft agrees to pay a California woman $10,000 (£7,500) after an automatic Windows 10 update leaves her computer unusable.
EU referendum petition hijacked by bots
An online petition calling for a second EU referendum has been hijacked by automated bots adding false signatures.
Autos
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The rise of junkyard couture
How upstart companies are turning old car and bike parts into fashion statements
 
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This bike is free — but there's a catch
One London startup has a novel strategy to encourage commuters to pedal to work
Capital
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The tyranny of forced fun at work
Have fun right now — or else. The truth about the effect of forced socialising
 
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Yes, you can retire at 50
Quitting the rat race early is possible, with a bit of savvy planning
Culture
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Why Labyrinth is so memorable
And it's not just David Bowie's codpiece
 
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Sitting down to make a stand
The posture of human courage
Earth
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When it is good to steal birds' eggs
It is almost always a crime, but there is one exception
 
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We have males and females all wrong
Our ideas about the sexes are hopelessly out of date
Future
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Are we all sexually fluid?
Not all gay people are 'born this way'
 
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The ignoble origins of our finest foods
You frequently snack on offal and brewer's slurry
Travel
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An ultrarunner's view of Death Valley
"It's like being slow-cooked in an oven set to low"
 
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An abandoned town where only two live
Meet Sinforosa and Juan Martin, the last inhabitants of La Estrella
 
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