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Nike, Superdry and Lacoste ads banned over misleading green claims

The advertising watchdog said the retailers misled shoppers with their 'sustaina...

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Steve Rosenberg: Putin showing no signs of compromise

The BBC's Russia Editor shares his analysis after five hours of peace talks betw...

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Was it a coup or was it a 'sham'? Behind Guinea-Bissau's military takeover

The military has taken over but some say the overthrow of the president was not ...

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Airbus to inspect some planes over 'quality issue' with panels

It comes days after thousands of Airbus planes were grounded for an urgent softw...

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India scraps order to pre-install state-run cyber safety app on smartphones

The order to make the registration mandatory had led to a major backlash from se...

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Trump says he does not want Somalis in US as ICE plans Minnesota operation

The president says the US will "go the wrong way if we keep taking in garbage in...

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Water bill rises push troubled Thames back into profit

As it stands, Thames Water has sufficient cash to make it to the first quarter o...

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'Carspreading' is on the rise - and not everyone is happy about it

In the UK and across Europe, cars are becoming longer, wider and heavier....

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Australia is banning social media for kids under 16. How will it work?

The world-first law aims to reduce the risks children face online, but critics f...

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Gary Lineker takes football podcast to Netflix

The Rest is Football will stream on Netflix during next summer's World Cup as pa...

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Italian fashion giant Prada buys Versace – at a discount

The $1.38bn (£1.04bn) deal between the two Italian fashion giants is well below...

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Italian fashion giant Prada buys Versace – at a discount

The $1.38bn (£1.04bn) deal between the two Italian fashion giants is well below...

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Delhi records 200,000 acute respiratory illness cases amid toxic air

More than 30,000 people with respiratory illnesses had to be hospitalised in Del...

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Man charged with theft over claims he swallowed $19k Fabergé egg

The egg pendant, which is set with 60 white diamonds and 15 blue sapphires, has ...

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Food bank 'braced' for another difficult winter

The food bank's plea for donations comes as figures showed rising demand across ...

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Crisis looms in Israel over ultra-Orthodox conscription bill

Lawmakers are considering a draft bill to end the exemption granted to ultra-Ort...

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Search for long-missing Malaysia Airlines flight MH370 to resume

The Boeing 777 with 239 people on board vanished in 2014 in one of the greatest ...

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YouTube says it will be less safe for kids under Australia's social media ban

The Google-owned platform says parental controls will be stripped away as a resu...

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As lead changes in knife-edge Honduran election, will Trump fail to get his way?

Former vice-president Salvador Nasralla has a small lead over his rival, the con...

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Watch: Driver hoisted to safety from truck dangling over West Virginia bridge

A man was hoisted to safety and uninjured after his truck partly skated off an i...

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