Tuesday, 9 August 2016

Today's Headlines: Anger over Trump gun rights remarks, Brazil Senate votes for Rousseff trial, Phelps wins 20th & 21st Olympic golds

Anger over Trump gun rights remarks
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Today's Headlines August 10
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Anger over Trump gun rights remarks
Republican Donald Trump has sparked anger by appearing to suggest his supporters could stop his Democratic rival Hillary Clinton by exercising their gun rights.
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Brazil Senate votes for Rousseff trial
Brazil's Senate votes to hold an impeachment trial for suspended President Dilma Rousseff, who is accused of breaking budget law.
Rio 2016 Olympics day-by-day guide
Want to know what's happening when in Rio? Check out our comprehensive guide to all the action in Brazil.
Double silver for GB & Phelps wins gold
Siobhan-Marie O'Connor and the men's relay team win silver medals, while American Michael Phelps wins his 20th and 21st golds - day four round-up.
 
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Duke of Westminster dies aged 64
Billionaire landowner the Duke of Westminster, Gerald Cavendish Grosvenor, dies aged 64, his estate says.
Stories from India
'I want to be free like a bird and fly'
Indian activist Irom Sharmila tells the BBC that she "felt isolated during years of confinement" and wants to "connect with people" after ending her 16-year-long hunger strike.
VIDEO: Can you get a three-course meal for a dollar?
The BBC's Vidit Mehra takes up the challenge of finding a three-course meal for a dollar.
Irom Sharmila: What's next for world's longest hunger striker?
The story of the Indian woman, Irom Sharmila, who became a powerful symbol of non-violent protest through her 16-year fast.
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Councillor in Aleppo: 'We can hear the war all around'
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Usain Bolt: Athletics definitely needs me
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Moving manatees from Asia to Caribbean
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Rio Olympics 2016: Kazakhstan's Vladislav Yakovlev capsizes again
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Six types of Olympic booing
From fencing to swimming, basketball to tennis, some athletes have found themselves roundly booed in Rio. Why?
Sport
Rio round-up: Double silver for GB & Phelps strikes gold yet again
Siobhan-Marie O'Connor and the men's relay team win silver medals, while American Michael Phelps wins his 20th and 21st golds.
Bolt, Biles, Brownlee? Take our Olympic body match test
Find your body match from over 10,000 athletes competing in Rio.
'I've never dived in anything like it' - Rio pool turns green
Divers are forced to dive into green water at the Olympic diving pool with organisers left to investigate the cause of the colour change.
Business
Peppa Pig owner rejects ITV offer
Entertainment One, the film distribution and television production company, rejects a takeover bid from ITV worth more than £1bn.
Eurostar staff to strike for seven days
Eurostar rail workers are to take seven days of strike action in August over their work and life balance, the RMT union says.
 
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Technology
Retro computer project directors row
The founders of a crowd-funded project to create a retro computer games console, backed by Spectrum inventor Sir Clive Sinclair, distance themselves from their former company.
'Why I ditched my smartphone'
A recent report by UK regulator Ofcom claimed that 59% of Brits consider themselves to be "hooked" on their handsets - but not everybody is a slave to their smartphone, reports Zoe Kleinman.
Autos
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Here comes the titanium supercar
Can this once-futuristic metal become an everyday material?
 
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Why are train seats so ugly?
The secret science behind one of transport's universal truths
Capital
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Does your job equal your social status?
Why we need to stop defining ourselves by our work
 
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The downsides of being an Aussie expat
Want work down under? It's not all beaches and barbecues
Culture
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The comic book that changed everything
How Watchmen made it acceptable for grown-ups to read graphic novels
 
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Hieronymus Bosch's hidden messages
Hidden meanings in The Garden of Earthly Delights
Earth
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The saltiest place on Earth
It makes the Dead Sea look like mineral water
 
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15 crazy and weird real animals
15 of the world's weirdest real animals that look like Pokémon
Future
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The upsides of being grumpy
Why it sometimes pays to see the dark side of life
 
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Will skyscrapers outlast the pyramids?
What it takes to make a building last millennia
Travel
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A beer with healing powers?
Where bubbling hot springs turn water into beer
 
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Our damaged, beautiful world
Stunning photos of a world that never makes the headlines
 
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