Real World News
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DR Congo Ebola outbreak: Death toll passes 200 11 November 2018 Image copyright Reuters Image caption Medical teams are vaccinating people to help stop the spread of the virus …
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'Remarkable' decline in fertility rates By James Gallagher Health and science correspondent, BBC News 9 November 2018 Image copyright Getty Images There has been a remarkable global decline in the number of children women a…
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Jamal Khashoggi murder: Turkey 'shared Khashoggi tapes' with Saudi, US 10 November 2018 Related TopicsJamal Khashoggi death Media playback is unsupported on your device Media captionJamal Khashoggi: What we know about the journalist's disappearance and death Turkey says it has shared recordings related to the murder of the journalist and writer Jamal Kh…
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Sarah Payne's murderer 'stabbed' in prison attack 10 November 2018 Image copyright PA Image caption Roy Whiting, pictured in 2000, was sentenced to life in jail with a minimum of 40 years …
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California wildfires: More than 150,000 flee two blazes 9 November 2018 Related TopicsCalifornia wildfires Image copyright Reuters Image caption The Woolsey Fire destroyed homes overnight in Thou…
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Thousand Oaks: Las Vegas shooting survivor among dead 9 November 2018 Related TopicsCalifornia bar shooting Image copyright AFP Image caption A vigil was held to pay tribute to the victims of the…
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Retailers shut 2,700 shops in first half of the year By Daniel Thomas & Daniele Palumbo BBC News 9 November 2018 Image copyright Getty Images About 14 shops are closing every day as UK high streets face their toughest …
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A £10,000 reward for information is being offered after robbers ransacked a pensioner’s home and left him fighting for life in a “brutal and senseless” attack. https://www.standard.co.uk/news/crime/10000-reward-offered-in-hunt-for-robbers-who-left-pensioner-98-fighting-for-life-a3985211.html Hope they get the sick scumbags who did this and lock them for a very long time.
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Shropshire baby deaths hospital trust in special measures 8 November 2018 Media playback is unsupported on your device Media captionJack Burn died hours after being born at Princess Royal Hospital in Telford A hospital trust being investigated over baby deaths and subject to repeated warnings over patient safety across two sites has been put into special…
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Home Secretary Sajid Javid has called on the Met police to step up its response to knife killings after five people were stabbed to death in London in six days. https://www.standard.co.uk/news/london/home-secretary-met-must-use-stop-and-search-to-bring-an-end-to-knife-killings-a3983871.html
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Thousand Oaks: 'Multiple fatalities' at California bar shooting 8 November 2018 Media playback is unsupported on your device Media captionCaptain Garo Kuredjian: 'There is no threat to the general public' Police say there are "multiple fatalities" after a shooting at a bar in Thousand Oaks, California. Reports say the shooting began at about 23:20 local…
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Trump-Russia probe 'under threat' after Sessions fired 8 November 2018 Related TopicsRussia-Trump inquiry Media playback is unsupported on your device Media captionStaff applauded as Mr Sessions left the Department of Justice The Russia inquiry could be under threat after Donald Trump fired US Attorney General Jeff Sessions, top Democrats have warned. …
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Prince Charles won't 'meddle' when he becomes king 8 November 2018 The Prince of Wales says he will stop speaking out on topics he feels strongly about when he becomes king, as he is "not that stupid". He has campaigned on issues such as the environment for decades, but says he would not do the same as …
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7 November 2018 Image copyright AFP US Attorney General Jeff Sessions has been fired by President Donald Trump. "We thank Attorney General Jeff Sessions for his service, and wish him well!" Mr Trump tweeted on Wednesday. The president had repeatedly criticised his top law enforcement official after he recused himself from the Russia investigation d…
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Mid-term elections 2018: Trump's Republicans hold on to Senate 7 November 2018 President Donald Trump's Republicans are projected to retain control of the US Senate in the mid-term elections. But Democrats are on course to win the House of Representatives, which would deal a blow to the president's agen…
