Thursday, 17 November 2016

Today's Headlines: Japan PM: 'I have great confidence in Trump', Baltic warning over Russian move on Nato, Terminally ill teen won historic ruling to preserve body

Japan PM has 'great confidence' in Trump
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Today's Headlines November 17
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Japan PM: 'I have great confidence in Trump'
Japan's PM says he has "great confidence" in Donald Trump and they can build a relationship of trust.
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Trump election: Baltic warning over Russian move on Nato
Lithuania says Russia's Vladimir Putin may test Nato before Donald Trump becomes US president.
Terminally ill teen won historic ruling to preserve body
A girl won an historic legal fight shortly before she died to have her body cryogenically preserved.
Philippines' Ferdinand Marcos given a hero's burial
Former Philippines dictator Ferdinand Marcos is controversially buried in Manila's Heroes' Cemetery.
 
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Mozambique: Scores killed in fuel truck blast
At least 73 people have been killed in a fuel truck explosion in Mozambique, government officials say.
Stories from India
'God-woman' shoots dead wedding guest
An Indian "god-woman" is on the run after firing celebratory shots at a wedding, killing the groom's aunt.
How do you organise an Indian wedding without cash?
India's cash crisis has thrown wedding planning into disarray, as the BBC's Shalu Yadav finds out.
India rupee crisis: The village with cash worth nothing
The BBC's Sanjoy Majumder travels to an Indian village where residents are stuck with banned notes.
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Falling baby caught by nine-year-old brother
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The Battle of the Somme and its end, 100 years on
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The Iraqi fighters gathering intelligence on IS
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Magazine
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On trial: The man with HIV who says he had sex with 104 women and girls
A man with HIV who says he had ritual sex with 104 women and girls faces up to five years in jail, if convicted. But some ask why the children's parents are not in the dock too.
Sport
Fifa takes action against England & Scotland over poppies
Fifa opens disciplinary proceedings against England and Scotland for wearing poppies in Friday's World Cup qualifier.
Premier League agrees major deal for Chinese TV rights
The Premier League has agreed a new TV rights deal in China, which the BBC understands is worth up to $700m (£560m).
Gerrard in contact with MK Dons over manager's job
Ex-England and Liverpool captain Steven Gerrard and MK Dons are in contact over their vacant managerial role.
Business
Janet Yellen: US Fed could raise interest rates 'soon'
US Federal Reserve chair Janet Yellen indicates it could raise interest rates "relatively soon".
JP Morgan pays $264m to settle China 'bribery' probe
US bank JP Morgan pays $264m to settle claims it hired the children of Chinese officials in return for business.
 
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Technology
SpaceX aims to launch internet from space
Private rocket firm SpaceX applies for US government approval for a large network of internet satellites.
Smart map aims to avoid 5G dead zones
Mapping organisation Ordnance Survey produces maps to help determine where to install next-generation 5G mobile towers.
Autos
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The Los Angeles Auto Show in 90 seconds
The short-attention-span guide to the good, the bad and the ugly in LA
 
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Why is airline food so bad?
The answer lies in how aeroplanes are designed
Capital
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Third Culture Kids: Citizens of nowhere
For expat kids who have lived in many places, 'home' is a complicated concept
 
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When good stress goes bad
The strange psychology of stress and burnout. The point where it all goes bad
Culture
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Is Fantastic Beasts as good as Potter?
JK Rowling makes her screenwriting debut with this return to the wizard's world
 
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22 syllables that can get you killed
How Afghan women express forbidden love in secret poems
Earth
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The lizard that 'flies like a dragon'
It glides through the air like a mythical beast
 
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The creature that wouldn't die
It comes back to life after an incredible 14 year ordeal
Future
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The rise of miniature 'microfactories'
Tiny furnaces could turn waste into gold
 
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A hypersonic plane for a new space race
A radical redesign of the aeroplane could cut the costs of travelling into orbit
Travel
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Where paint comes from rocks
Ochre was one of the first paints used by man
 
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A Sunday ritual for 300,000 women
Without fail, they congregate in Hong Kong's sweltering or rain-soaked streets
 
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