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Sports Direct offers some staff guaranteed hours 6 September 2016 From the section Business Image copyright PA Sports Direct said it will offer directly employed casual retail staff at least 12 guaranteed hours a week, instead of zero-hour contracts. However almost all staff at the firm's troubled Shirebrook warehouse are agency workers and are not eligible. In a report commissioned by the firm, it apologise…

Obama calls off meeting with Philippine leader after 'whore' jibe 6 September 2016 From the section Asia Image copyright AP Image caption Rodrigo Duterte arrives in Laos for the Asean summit US President Barack Obama has cancelled a meeting with controversial Philippine President Rodrigo Duterte, who had earlier called him a "son of a whore"…

UN human rights chief condemns Western 'demagogues' 6 September 2016 From the section Europe Image copyright Reuters Image caption Geert Wilders, left, and Donald Trump use half-truths and oversimplification, Zeid Ra'ad Al Hussein said The UN's human rights chief has launched a scathing attack on Western populist politicians, branding them "…

GMC says patients will suffer if junior doctors' strikes go ahead 5 September 2016 From the section Health Image copyright EPA The body that regulates the medical profession has warned that patients will suffer if junior doctors in England go ahead with a series of five one-day strikes next week. The General Medical Council said the scale of the action, planned at such short notice, could not be justified. …

Obese patients face NHS surgery ban to save money 3 September 2016 From the section York & North Yorkshire Image copyright PA Obese patients will be refused surgery for up to a year as part of efforts to save money, an NHS commissioning group in North Yorkshire has said. Officials at the Vale of York Clinical Commissioning Group said the decision came at a time when the local system was under "severe pres…

Hong Kong election: Anti-China activists set to take LegCo seats 5 September 2016 From the section China Image copyright AFP Image caption Nathan Law was a leading figure in the student-led protests of 2014 A new generation of anti-China activists have won seats on Hong Kong's Legislative Council (LegCo), preliminary results indicate. Among…

Immigration: Points-based system not 'silver bullet', says May 4 September 2016 From the section UK Politics Image caption The government has said it is committed to reducing net migration Theresa May has cast doubt on the feasibility of a points-based system for controlling immigration into the UK, one of the key promises of Leave campaigners during the EU referendum. Speaking in Ch…

Angela Merkel's CDU 'suffers Mecklenburg-Western Pomerania poll blow' 4 September 2016 From the section Europe Angela Merkel's ruling CDU party has been beaten into third place by an anti-immigrant and anti-Islam party in elections in a north-eastern German state, TV exit polls suggest. The Alternative fuer Deutschland (AfD) party took 21% of the vote behind the centre-left SPD's 30.5%. The German chancellor's CDU was supported by only 19% of those who voted, according to the exit polls. The vote was seen as a key test before German parliamentary elections in 2017. Before the vote in Mecklenburg-…

Apple facing record bill for Irish tax 30 August 2016 From the section Business Image copyright Getty Images Apple could be ordered to pay billions of euros in back taxes in the Republic of Ireland by European Union competition officials. The final ruling, expected on Tuesday, follows a three-year probe into Apple's Irish tax affairs, which the EU has previously identified as illegal. The Financial Times rep…

G20: Theresa May faces Brexit trade pressure 4 September 2016 From the section UK Politics Media captionPresident Obama: "The basic premise is that together we reaffirm the very special relationship between the US and the UK" UK Prime Minister Theresa May has come under pressure at the G20 summit over Britain's trade links with the US and other countries after it leaves the EU. President Obama said the US would prioritise trade negotiations with the EU and Pacific nations over a UK deal. …

Mother Teresa to be made a saint in Vatican ceremony 4 September 2016 From the section Europe Image copyright AP Image caption Hundreds of thousands of admirers of Mother Teresa are expected to attend the canonisation ceremony The nun Mother Teresa, known for working with the desperately poor in India, is to be declared a saint at a ceremony…

G20 leaders told 'avoid empty talk' by China's Xi Jinping 4 September 2016 From the section Business Image copyright Getty Images Image caption China President Xi Jinping: 'Risks and challenges' face world economy China's President Xi Jinping has urged leaders of the world's 20 largest economies to avoid "empty talk" as they look to quicken …

Trump: Mexico will pay for wall, '100%' 1 September 2016 From the section US Election 2016 US Republican presidential candidate Donald Trump has insisted Mexico will pay for a border wall "100%", in a major immigration speech. He told a rally in Arizona that he would secure the US borders and millions of undocumented immigrants could be subject to deportation. Hours earlier, he met the Mexican President Pena Nieto but said they did not discuss who would pay for the wall. But the president later insisted he had told Mr Trump Mexico would not pay. View the full article

China ratifies Paris climate agreement 3 September 2016 From the section China China's parliament ratifies Paris global climate agreement, ahead of expected joint announcement with US This breaking news story is being updated and more details will be published shortly. Please refresh the page for the fullest version. If you want to receive Breaking News alerts via email, or on a smartphone or tablet via the BBC News App then details on how to do so are available on this help page. You can also follow @BBCBreaking on Twitter to get the latest alerts. View the full article

Islam Karimov: Uzbekistan to bury its strongman leader 3 September 2016 From the section Asia Media captionSteve Rosenberg assesses the legacy of Islam KarimovUzbekistan is preparing to bury President Islam Karimov, one of Asia's most authoritarian leaders, who died this week aged 78. His death was confirmed by the government in Tashkent on Friday, six days after he was taken to hospital following a stroke. He ruled for 27 years, and is accused by human rights groups of harshly repressing…