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The UK's new £200m polar research ship is on the slipway ready to go in the River Mersey. from BBC News - Home https://ift.tt/2NBXSfM

Alex McKenzie, a student from Nottingham, is able to write shorthand at 60 words per minute. from BBC News - Home https://ift.tt/2JbAJNW

When a gay Londoner and his partner had a child they knew they would experience homophobia - they weren't ready for the sexism. from BBC News - Home https://ift.tt/2NFFPFK

The BBC's Feranak Amidi describes getting away with partying in Iran despite harsh rules. from BBC News - Home https://ift.tt/2JgwQXY

Three interracial couples tell Newsbeat their experiences. from BBC News - Home https://ift.tt/2L6vW26

The death of a woman months after Novichok was first used raises fears about how long it lasts. from BBC News - Home https://ift.tt/2L2MYBi

Gone Girl and Sharp Objects author Gillian Flynn wants to see "every kind of woman" represented. from BBC News - Home https://ift.tt/2NHHri3

Why did Jordan Burling's mother and grandmother fail to help him until it was too late? from BBC News - Home https://ift.tt/2N2j11G

Two big resignations, and the Prime Minster's Brexit plan is in the balance. from BBC News - Home https://ift.tt/2zpiXY3

The resignation of Boris Johnson means Theresa May's days as prime minister are numbered, in the view of most pundits around the world. from BBC News - Home https://ift.tt/2u4xMdp

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Gunmen attacked an education department office in the eastern Afghan city of Jalalabad on Wednesday and were holding out against security forces who had surrounded the compound, officials said. from Reuters: World News https://ift.tt/2zzzgBk

Greece will expel two Russian diplomats and ban entry to another two for activities inconsistent with their status, Greek newspaper Kathimerini reported on Wednesday. from Reuters: World News https://ift.tt/2L5Jqya

Prime Minister Shinzo Abe visited flood-stricken parts of Japan on Wednesday as the death toll from the worst weather disaster in 36 years reached 176 and health worries increased amid scorching heat and the threat of new floods. from Reuters: World News https://ift.tt/2L74dhK

The 12 boys and their soccer coach rescued from inside a flooded Thai cave lost an average of 2 kg (4 pounds) during their 17-day ordeal but were generally in good condition and showed no signs of stress, a senior health official said on Wednesday. from Reuters: World News https://ift.tt/2u8lu3C

A suicide bomber blew himself up at a rally by an anti-Taliban political party in Pakistan, killing 20 people, including a candidate in July 25 elections, police and hospital officials said on Wednesday. from Reuters: World News https://ift.tt/2uc6a65

The United States and Mexico on Tuesday vowed to work with Central American nations to reunite migrant families separated at the U.S. border "as quickly as possible" as the Trump administration faced fresh criticism over the practice. from Reuters: World News https://ift.tt/2L5r650

There is "very clear evidence of humanitarian need" in North Korea, the top U.N. aid official has said during the first visit of its kind to the isolated country since 2011. from Reuters: World News https://ift.tt/2zoO3Pr

Turkish police launched an operation on Wednesday to detain 235 people associated with Muslim author and televangelist Adnan Oktar over accusations including forming a criminal gang, fraud and sexual abuse, Istanbul police headquarters said. from Reuters: World News https://ift.tt/2Jc95R0

The nail-biting rescue of a Thai boys soccer team and their coach from a flooded cave complex transfixed news viewers around the world, and the story could be headed for a retelling by Hollywood. from Reuters: World News https://ift.tt/2JcL2kT

Rescuers freed the last four of 12 Thai boys and their soccer coach from deep inside a flooded cave on Tuesday, a successful end to a perilous mission that gripped the world for more than two weeks. from Reuters: World News https://ift.tt/2L2ddI4

Jailed Australian filmmaker James Ricketson has apologized for disrespectful comments about Cambodia's long serving Prime Minister Hun Sen ahead of a trial in which he stands accused of espionage and faces 10 years in jail if convicted. from Reuters: World News https://ift.tt/2L3Y71A

Torrential rains unleashed floods and set off landslides in western Japan last week, killing at least 176 people, forcing millions to evacuate and leaving dozens missing in the country's worst weather disaster in 36 years. from Reuters: World News https://ift.tt/2JdgkrE

Most of the boys rescued from inside a Thai cave this week lost an average of 2 kg (4 pounds) during their 17-day ordeal but were generally in good condition and showing no signs of stress, a senior health official said on Wednesday. from Reuters: World News https://ift.tt/2KYU6yJ