Wednesday, 8 June 2016

Today's Headlines: Extradited smuggling suspect 'wrong man', Four killed in Tel Aviv shooting, Japan in protest over Chinese ship

Extradited smuggling suspect 'wrong man'
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Today's Headlines June 8
Top News Stories
Extradited smuggling suspect 'wrong man'
Friends of an Eritrean man extradited to Italy on people smuggling charges say police have arrested the wrong man.
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Four killed in Tel Aviv shooting
Two Palestinian gunmen shoot dead four people at a popular open-air market in central Tel Aviv, Israeli police say.
Court blocks Papua New Guinea protests
The University of Papua New Guinea obtains an injunction to stop protests, after several people were injured at a demonstration against the prime minister.
Japan in protest over Chinese ship
Japan lodges a protest with the Chinese ambassador in Tokyo after a Chinese ship sailed close to contested islands in the East China Sea.
 
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Pressure builds on Sanders to drop out
Pressure is building on Vermont Senator Bernie Sanders to drop out of the race for the Democratic presidential nomination.
Stories from India
Viewpoint: Why blood transfusions are still giving Indians HIV
More than 2,000 Indians have contracted HIV while receiving blood transfusions in hospitals in the past 17 months because of the country's poor blood safety standards, writes Chapal Mehra.
VIDEO: 'We have overcome hesitations of history'
Narendra Modi has given a speech to lawmakers on Capitol Hill in Washington.
Amazon to boost India investment by $3bn
Online retail giant Amazon says it will invest an additional £3bn in India, where it already employs 45,000 people.
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If no-one helps you after a car crash in India, this is why
Fifteen people are killed on India's roads every hour - but when crashes happen, nobody wants to help.
Videos
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VIDEO: Cyprus president laughs off hijacking
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VIDEO: Armed man shot at US Capitol building
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VIDEO: FBI unlocks San Bernardino gunman's iPhone
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VIDEO: On the ground with Kurdish forces in Aleppo
Sport
Sharapova banned for two years
Russia's Maria Sharapova is suspended for two years by the International Tennis Federation after failing a drugs test.
Euros Predictor: Take on your friends
Create leagues against friends, family and colleagues in our new Euro 2016 Predictor game.
Van Gaal was great for me - Smalling
Chris Smalling says Louis van Gaal helped turn him into England boss Roy Hodgson's first-choice central defender for Euro 2016.
Business
Nike to continue Sharapova sponsorship
The sports firm Nike will continue to sponsor Maria Sharapova, while racket firm Head says the decision to ban her was based on a "flawed process".
Sweden bans logo on M&M sweets
A Swedish court rules that the confectionery company Mars can no longer advertise its M&M sweets with the lower case lettering - m&m.
 
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Technology
Bug breaks Lexus cars' maps systems
A faulty data update stops Lexus cars being able to provide directions, digital radio or climate controls in the US.
Human 'drone taxi' to be tested in US
A passenger-carrying drone is due to be tested in Nevada later this year.
Autos
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The spellbinding streets of Tokyo
This dazzling time-lapse video shows the blurred beauty of a city at speed
 
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The new British 'embassy' in Sardinia
In a clubby pop-up boutique in Porto Cervo, Rolls-Royce holidays with the 1%
Capital
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A delusion between you and a promotion
It's not you. It's leadership industrial complex and what it's done to bosses
 
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Young, rich, Chinese in rural America
China's 'Great Gatsby generation' comes to study — and buy $200,000 sports cars
Culture
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The cross-dressing gents of the 1800s
A remarkable story from Victorian England
 
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Do musicians get better with age?
Paul Simon and the artists breaking new ground in their later years
Earth
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The people who live with tigers
They have man-eating cats as neighbours
 
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The weird 'lasers' coming from space
The mysterious bursts come from far beyond our galaxy
Future
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Why your skin goes wrinkly in the bath
It's all about the nervous system
 
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How does Britain compare to the world?
Take our challenge to test your knowledge of how the UK stacks up
Travel
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Milan's patron saint of wasted youth
Meet the man who changed the streets of Milan
 
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The cleanest village in Asia
Walk in, and all the typical rubbish is mysteriously, miraculously absent
 
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