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Hinkley Point: What is it and why is it important?
Hinkley Point: What is it and why is it important?
Secret library
Enthusiasts have stocked an underground library in Syria with books rescued from bombed buildings - and users dodge shells and bullets to reach it.
Labour leadership: Ruling due on Corbyn ballot challenge
A judge will rule later on whether Labour's decision to allow Jeremy Corbyn to automatically stand for re-election as leader was lawful or not.
Antibiotic resistance: 'Snot wars' study heralds new class of drugs
A new class of antibiotics has been discovered by analysing the bacterial warfare taking place up people's noses, scientists report.
Hinkley Point set to get final investment approval from France's EDF
Investment in the UK's first new nuclear plant in decades is set to get final approval later on Thursday from the company financing most of the project.
Hour's activity 'offsets sedentary day'
An hour's "brisk exercise" each day offsets the risks of early death linked to a desk-bound working life, scientists suggest.
Byron burger chain staff arrested in immigration raids
Dozens of workers from Albania, Brazil, Nepal and Egypt are arrested in "intelligence led" raids by immigration officials at Byron burger restaurants across London.
Florida investigates four mysterious Zika infections
Health officials in Florida investigate four cases of Zika that do not appear related to travel, raising fears US mosquitoes may be carrying the virus.
Turkey coup attempt: Dozens of media outlets shut
Turkey announces the closure of dozens of media outlets and discharges nearly 1,700 soldiers, as a crackdown continues after a failed coup.
Pope Francis: 'The world is at war'
Pope Francis warns that the "world is at war", but says it is a conflict of interests rather than religion.
Australia's Turnbull 'shocked' by juvenile detention abuse video
The Australian teenager who has become the face of a juvenile detention scandal has thanked Australians for their support.