Top News public: May 2019

Champions League final: Visiting Sadio Mane's hometown

BBC Africa's Babacar Diarra visits Sadio Mane's hometown in Senegal.

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U.S. tariff threat backs Mexican president into corner, facing Trump

U.S. President Donald Trump's threats to slap punitive tariffs on all Mexican trade if Mexico does not stop illegal immigration has punched a gaping hole in his Mexican counterpart's hands-off approach to diplomacy, with potentially ruinous consequences.

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11-foot gator bursts through windows, into kitchen of Clearwater home - WTSP.com

11-foot gator bursts through windows, into kitchen of Clearwater home WTSP.com
'I have a gigantic alligator...in my kitchen': 11-foot gator breaks into home ABC News
Alligator breaks into family's house in Florida CBS News
Unwelcome guest: 11-foot alligator breaks into house, trashes kitchen WSB Atlanta
Alligator breaks into Clearwater home by smashing window FOX 13 News - Tampa Bay
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Colorado governor signs gay conversion therapy ban - NBC News

Colorado governor signs gay conversion therapy ban NBC News
Colorado officially bans gay conversion therapy | TheHill The Hill
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Panasonic's cinema-centric S1H mirrorless camera can shoot 6K video - Engadget

Panasonic's cinema-centric S1H mirrorless camera can shoot 6K video Engadget
Panasonic S1H full-frame mirrorless 6K 24p Newsshooter
Panasonic Unveils the S1H, The First 6K Mirrorless Camera PetaPixel
Panasonic Lumix S1H bringing full-frame 6K, DCI 4K/60p for about $4,000 CNET
Panasonic LUMIX S1 DMW-SFU2 software upgrade key Newsshooter
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REPORT: Trading pick No. 3 for Nos. 8 and 10 “under consideration” by the Knicks - Posting and Toasting

REPORT: Trading pick No. 3 for Nos. 8 and 10 “under consideration” by the Knicks Posting and Toasting

Two outcomes have seemed likely for the Knicks with the No. 3 overall pick since the lottery a couple of weeks ago: draft R.J. Barrett (or Jarrett Culver), or trade ...

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Educated and 'estranged': Getting through uni without the bank of mum and dad

When student finance doesn’t stretch and you have no parents for help – how do you make it through your degree?

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Hezbollah chief warns war against Iran would 'engulf region' - Aljazeera.com

Hezbollah chief warns war against Iran would 'engulf region' Aljazeera.com

Hassan Nasrallah's comments come as Arab leaders meet in Saudi Arabia to discuss Iran's growing influence.

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Global stocks drop on fears of expanding trade war - Investing.com

Global stocks drop on fears of expanding trade war Investing.com
New front in trade war means Fed's dry powder may get burned Reuters
The bond market is trying to push the Fed into a new rate-cutting cycle Yahoo Finance
The reason why the Fed could be pressured to raise rates CNN
Fed Funds Futures Now Show Two Quarter-Point Cuts by Year-End Bloomberg
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Chicago prosecutor releases Smollett docs and explains recusal - Fox News

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Saudi king says attacks by Iran-backed groups threaten global oil

Saudi Arabia's King Salman said on Saturday that attacks on Saudi oil assets last month by Iran-backed groups are a threat to global oil supplies and regional security.

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Fox News stands by Laura Ingraham after she defends white supremacist, other extremists on her prime time show - CNN

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MacKenzie Bezos: Novelist and Amazon shareholder

What do we know about the novelist who is the third-richest woman in the world?

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UK's Chagos Islands descendants feel like 'lost nation'

Evicted from their homeland, Chagos Islands families living in the UK are divided by immigration law.

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Venezuela crisis: What happened to uprising against Maduro?

A beleaguered people say they had hopes their misery would end but now they go back to one thing - survival.

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Sayyida Salme: The tragic life of Zanzibar's rebel princess

Sayyida Salme is a little known 19th Century princess who fled Zanzibar after scandalising the royals.

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MacKenzie Bezos: Novelist and Amazon shareholder

What do we know about the novelist who is the third-richest woman in the world?

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Tiananmen 30 years on - China's great act of 'forgettance'

Older people are not allowed to remember; the younger generation aren't even allowed to know.

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'Jeopardy!' star James Holzhauer wins again Friday, could break money record on Monday - USA TODAY

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Homeland Security Watchdog Finds Migrants Standing On Toilets At Packed Detention Center

The inspector general's office said that detainees were in soiled clothes and had been forced to stay in standing-room-only conditions for days or weeks.

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Chinese Tourism To U.S. Is Down After Years Of Booming Growth - NPR

Chinese Tourism To U.S. Is Down After Years Of Booming Growth NPR

For years, a record number of Chinese tourists have flocked to U.S. attractions like Hollywood, Capitol Hill and the Grand Canyon. But their numbers are now ...

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Trump heads to London amid Brexit furor and political upheaval in Europe. What could go wrong? - Los Angeles Times

Trump heads to London amid Brexit furor and political upheaval in Europe. What could go wrong? Los Angeles Times
Trump UK state visit: Full details including lunch with the Queen revealed Daily Mail
How Trump Undermined Theresa May The Atlantic
Britain is in crisis. So why is President Trump coming to visit? The Washington Post
Trump and May End Relationship That Began Strained and Only Got Worse Bloomberg
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Passengers May Pay a Lot More. Drivers Won’t Accept Much Less. - The New York Times

Passengers May Pay a Lot More. Drivers Won’t Accept Much Less. The New York Times
Uber reports $1 billion loss in first post-IPO quarterly results Ars Technica
Uber lost more than $1 billion in the first quarter CNN
Uber's Earnings Call Provides More Fuel For Lyft's Shares Than Uber's TheStreet
How Uber Hopes to Profit From Public Transit The New York Times
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GM fungus rapidly kills 99% of malaria mosquitoes, study suggests

A fungus has been genetically modified with spider venom to kill the mosquitoes that spread malaria.

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Louisiana passes law banning abortions after heartbeat is detected

Restrictive abortion law signed by the Democratic governor could ban abortions after just six weeks.

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Hungary boat crash: Captain of vessel involved in collision arrested

The collision between the vessel and a tour boat in Budapest has left at least seven people dead.

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Trump: Robert Mueller 'conflicted' and a 'Never Trumper'

The US president launches a fierce personal attack on the special counsel in the Russia inquiry.

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Spelling Bee: Can these parents spell as well as their kids?

Children at this year's US National Spelling Bee are facing words like horripilation and parochialism.

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Ethan Bramble: Tattooed model mocks arrest warrant in Australia

Police are seeking 23-year-old Instagram model Ethan Bramble, who has tattoos to 98% of his body.

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Philippines sends tonnes of rubbish back to Canada

The Philippines says the rubbish was falsely labelled as plastic recycling when it was sent in 2014.

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Uber posts $1bn loss weeks after stock market listing

The taxi company's first set of figures since going public come after its share price slumped.

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Claus von Bülow: Socialite cleared of trying to murder his wife dies aged 92

The socialite was convicted but later acquitted of giving his heiress wife an insulin overdose.

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R. Kelly facing 11 more sex crime charges

The new charges carry heavier sentences than the 10 others he already faces.

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'World's smallest' surviving premature baby released from US hospital

Baby Saybie was given just hours to live when she was born weighing just 245g (8.6oz) in San Diego.

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The man who might have stopped Sri Lanka's Easter bombings

Few realised before the attacks that Sri Lanka had a problem with Islamist militancy. One man who did was Mohammad Razak Taslim.

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My Ramadan Diary: Fasting for 18 hours with depression and anxiety

We spent the day with Maryam to find out how she copes with her mental health issues while fasting for Ramadan.

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The sea-cooled eco-resort that's nearly mosquito-free

The Brando resort in French Polynesia is close to being carbon neutral and self-sustainable.

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Australia's 'new wave' of stereotype-shunning comedy

A new era of "seriously formidable" acts have shunned past stereotypes to find global success.

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Fran Rivera: Bullfighter sparks revenge porn row in Spain

Spanish women hit back at Fran Rivera's comments after a revenge porn victim took her own life.

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Nesamani: Who is he and why is the world praying for him?

Who is Nesamani and why is seemingly everyone in the world praying for him on Twitter?

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Champions League final: Everything you need to know

As Liverpool and Tottenham prepare to face each other in the Champions League final in Madrid, football broadcaster Lynsey Hooper shares an easy guide to the game.

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Erosion forcing Nigerian families to abandon their homes and farms

A community in southern Nigeria face losing their homes and food shortages due to erosion.

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Philippines sends rotting exported waste back to Canada

Exported waste, intended for recycling, is being sent back to Canada by the Philippines.

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Adel al-Jubeir: 'Saudi Arabia does not want a war with Iran'

The kingdom is hosting two summits of Gulf and Arab leaders to discuss growing tensions in the region.

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Weighing little more than an apple at birth, Saybie is the smallest baby to ever survive

Saybie is believed to be the world's smallest infant to survive after weighing just 8.6 ounces or 245 grams at birth.

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Fukushima: How to move a mountain of radioactive soil

Eight years after the disaster at the Japanese nuclear power station, the clean-up is continuing.

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Online usage grows, but so do social media concerns - Ofcom study

Most people say the internet improves their lives, but 70% would support tougher social media laws.

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Eight child stair gate models fail Which? safety tests

Consumer group Which? warns parents of safety risk after eight out of 12 stair gates fail its tests.

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Paper review: Tuition fees review and Boris in court case

The front pages focus on calls to reduce fees for students and allegations against Boris Johnson.

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News Daily: Tuition fees 'should be cut', and Chelsea's Europa League joy

Your morning briefing for 30 May 2019.

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'I didn't understand what transgender was'

These children became closer to their dad when he became a woman. This is their story.

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Cameroon atrocity: What happened after Africa Eye found who killed this woman

BBC Africa Eye identified who killed a group of women and children last year, but what happened next?

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How the Tiananmen Square protests changed my life

Dan Wang was a student leader at the Tiananmen Square protests in China in 1989. After the violent crackdown by the security services he was at the top of the 'most wanted' list.

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Jonathan Last uses handstands to 'connect the world'

Jonathan Last uses Instagram to share his love of landmarks and gymnastics.

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Gym class where Muslim women can take of their hijabs

Hafsah began women-only gym classes because she prefers to take off her headscarf when exercising.

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What's behind the Spice Girls' sound problems?

Experts explain the issues that could be behind the negative comments about the group's comeback.

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Bridge cat stuck for six days still stranded after rescue fails

Fire crews offered tasty morsels in a bid to tempt Hatty the cat from her perch - but she wouldn't budge.

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History of Britain's lidos celebrated

Outdoor swimming enthusiasts Janet Wilkinson and Emma Pusill have documented more than 100 lidos.

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Roblox: 'I thought he was playing an innocent game'

Online multiplayer game Roblox is marketed at children - but there are fears it also being used for grooming.

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Octavia Spencer: Ditching the 'sassy black woman' for horror

The Oscar winner on why she hopes horror film MA, her first lead role, can change Hollywood for black actresses.

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5G: Finally, it's here in the UK - but so what?

A brief guide to what 5G offers today and how it should improve over the years to come.

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Brexit: How the timetable to 31 October could unfold

MPs will only sit for about 50 days between now and the 31 October Brexit deadline.

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Miss India contest: Why do all the finalists 'look the same'?

A photo of this year's finalists has placed them at the centre of a storm over skin colour.

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Europa League final in Baku: Far from the pitch and a long way from home - the surreal final

Chelsea succeeded in Baku but it was a Europa League final that will be remembered more for its surreal surroundings and flat atmosphere.

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Special Counsel Robert Mueller makes first public remarks on Russia election meddling in 2016

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FBI adds fugitive Eugene Palmer to Top 10 Most-Wanted List

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British finance minister says: Kill the specter of a no-deal Brexit

Britain's finance minister on Thursday warned those in his party vying for Prime Minister Theresa May's job that a no-deal Brexit would undermine the economy and threaten the United Kingdom's cohesion.

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U.S. looks to improve ties with Indonesian special forces, stage exercises

Acting U.S. Defense Secretary Patrick Shanahan met his Indonesian counterpart on Thursday as the United States looks to improve ties with an Indonesian special forces unit that have been limited due to human rights abuses in the 1990s.

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Seven South Koreans killed, 19 missing after Hungarian boat capsizes on Danube

At least seven people were killed and nearly 20 were missing after a pleasure boat carrying South Korean tourists capsized on the flooding Danube in the Hungarian capital on Wednesday, police and ambulance officials said.

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Israel faces second election in months as Netanyahu fails to form government

Israeli lawmakers voted to dissolve parliament early on Thursday, paving the way for a new election after veteran Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu failed to form a coalition government before a midnight deadline.

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Explainer: The main players in Israel's next election, the second this year

Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu failed to cobble together a coalition government despite weeks of trying and Israel will vote on Sept. 17 in the second election within months.

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Taiwan holds military drills, vows to defend against Chinese aggression

Taiwan's air, sea and land forces conducted a drill to repel an invading force on Thursday, as its defense minister pledged to defend the self-ruled island against China's rising military threat.

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Economy in focus as India PM Modi starts second term without key aide

Indian Prime Minister Narendra Modi will take his oath of office on Thursday along with his ministers, though he suffered a setback at the start of his second term when key aide and Finance Minister Arun Jaitley opted out of the next government.

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Malaysia's Mahathir proposes common East Asia currency pegged to gold

Malaysian Prime Minister Mahathir Mohamad on Thursday mooted the idea of a common trading currency for East Asia that would be pegged to gold, describing the existing currency trading in the region as manipulative.

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New Zealand unveils new 'wellbeing' budget with $2.5 billion spending; cuts growth forecast

New Zealand on Thursday unveiled a $2.5-billion-dollar spending package under its 'wellbeing' budget, prioritizing mental health and alleviating child poverty, as it rolled out a new approach to budgeting that goes beyond measuring just economic growth.

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Save coal, lose youth vote? Far-right German party faces climate policy revolt

A youth wing of Germany's far-right Alternative for Germany (AfD) has called on the party to rethink its climate scepticism, which includes defending the coal industry, after a poor showing among young voters in last week's European Parliament election.

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Taking aim at U.S., China says provoking trade disputes is 'naked economic terrorism'

Provoking trade disputes is "naked economic terrorism", a senior Chinese diplomat said on Thursday, ramping up the rhetoric against the United States amid a bitter trade war that is showing no signs of ending soon.

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