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BBC News : Japan's main stock market index has plunged, reflecting traders' worries following a slide on Wall Street. The Nikkei closed down 5% on Tuesday, its wor... FULL STORY >>
BBC News : Mostafa Waziri, secretary-general of the Supreme Council of Antiquities, described the find as "one of a kind in the last decades". The tomb, found in... FULL STORY >>
BBc News German Chancellor Angela Merkel has told her CDU party that she will not run for re-election as its chairwoman in December, sources say. Her decision comes... FULL STORY >>
BBC News : The demonstration of a new US system to get astronauts into orbit is under way. The SpaceX company has launched a capsule designed to carry people from the Kennedy Space Center in Florida. The mission i... FULL STORY >>
BBC News : Jailed British-Iranian woman Nazanin Zaghari-Ratcliffe will be given diplomatic protection by Britain, Foreign Secretary Jeremy Hunt has said. It means the case will now be treated as a formal, legal dispu... FULL STORY >>
BBC News : Brexit Secretary Stephen Barclay and senior government officials are due to discuss alternative arrangements to the Irish backstop. The Alternative Arrangements Working Group will meet for the first time o... FULL STORY >>
BBC News : Authorities had said they planned to move the first group on Thursday but it is unclear whether they will go ahead. The UN and rights groups have said no-one should be forced to return, as the situation in My... FULL STORY >>
BBC News Édouard Philippe is the second French leader to travel there, after then-President François Mitterrand in 1993. Mr Philippe laid flowers at memorials for the dead on both sides, and called for France and Viet... FULL STORY >>
BBC News : The 2.4 trillion yen ($21bn) float is part of Softbank's broader move away from telecoms towards tech investing. If demand triggers an additional offering, the IPO could rival Alibaba's record $25bn listing. ... FULL STORY >>
BBC News : Cyclone Owen is moving slowly over waters off the Northern Territory with winds of up to 200km/h (124mph), meteorologists said. It is expected to intensify into a category four system before making landfal... FULL STORY >>
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