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Andrew Benson's F1 Q&A: What's going on at Cadillac and Haas? - F1 Q&A
BBC Sport F1 correspondent Andrew Benson answers your latest questions before the season resumes with the Dutch Grand Prix.
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Pub chain bans playing music or calls on phone speakers after customers driven ‘nuts’
Chairman and founder Sir Tim Martin labelled the pubs as ‘an oasis of tranquillity and contemplation’
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Indian-origin woman detained by ICE with ‘no warning’ after 27 years in US
The case against Venkata Vasamsetty was dismissed by an immigration judge on 19 May this year
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Green energy tycoon Dale Vince backs new North Sea drilling in shock U-turn
The green energy boss previously said the new North Sea drilling would be a ‘betrayal’ if given the green light by the government
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Judge blocks Trump attempts to move FBI to DC office building
Officials in the Trump administration sought to scrap plans for relocation to a site approved under the Biden administration in favour of repurposing another building just blocks from the current FBI headquarters in the nation’s capital.
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Video. Latest news bulletin | August 18th, 2026 – Morning
Video. Catch up with the most important stories from around Europe and beyond this August 18th, 2026 - latest news, breaking news, World, Business, Entertainment, Politics, Culture, Travel.
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Human remains found 15 miles from missing Nancy Guthrie’s home ‘not connected’
Pima County Sheriff’s Department said that the remains had been at the desert location for an ‘extended period of time’
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Martin Odegaard: Could he be like a new signing for Arsenal?
The Arsenal captain had a hugely frustrating 2025-26 season despite leading his team to the title - but now appears fit and refreshed.
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Fear grips children after deadly earthquake in eastern Indonesia leaves thousands displaced
Thousands of people are still displaced on Indonesia’s Flores island, three days after a magnitude 7.7 earthquake killed at least 68 people, injured 213 and damaged more than 4,500 homes
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America’s busiest death chamber to see yet another execution
William Frances Silvia shot dead his former partner Patricia Silvia, and injured her mother, Betty Woodard
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Isles of Scilly named friendliest place in England – and Barking least friendly
Rankings based on community life survey put two Devon districts in top five and Stoke and Ipswich near bottom
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Disabled people in England to get 24-hour free bus travel – UK politics live
Burnham has announced a range of policies aimed at relieving pressure on financially squeezed households and businesses
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Zhu Rongji: China censors public mourning as it holds former premier's funeral
While hailing Zhu’s legacy, authorities are wary that the nostalgia could lead to criticisms of Xi’s rule.
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UK pay growth slows as Iran war prompts cost of living squeeze
Unemployment rate remained at 4.9% in the three months to end of June, ONS figures show
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Flight crews face greater cancer risk from radiation than nuclear scientists
Scientists call for occupational radiation protections for all aircrew members
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King Harald of Norway taken to hospital due to blood disease
Harald has been in and out of the hospital several times in recent years
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Video. Spain and France battle wildfires as 17,000 hectares burn in Aragon
Video. French and Spanish firefighters work together to tackle wildfires in Spain's Aragon region, where more than 17,000 hectares have burned.
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South Korea president calls for military independence in wake of Trump call to cut joint drills
Lee Jae Myung reiterates desire for full command back in Seoul’s hands after Donald Trump cuts joint exercises, citing warm ties with Kim Jong-un
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David Pocock condemns Labor-Coalition deal on gambling bill as ‘betrayal of all Australians’
Labor’s legislation to restrict gambling ads is set to pass this week, with the Greens calling the agreement ‘cowardly’
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Ferguson shipyard to cut a quarter of its workforce as it awaits promised orders
Work on the second of two long-delayed CalMac ferries is drawing to a close at the state-owned yard in Port Glasgow.
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Young people ‘need nepotism’ to exit NEET ‘rejection loop’, says YouTube star
Amelia Dimoldenberg, star of Chicken Shop Date, said the YouTube series wouldn’t exist without a youth club that ‘now doesn’t exist due to austerity cuts by the Conservative government’
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Ebola outbreak in Congo becomes country’s worst, death toll tops 2,300
Congo’s latest Ebola outbreak has killed more than 2,300 people, making it the deadliest outbreak of the disease ever recorded in the country.
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Video. Mount Etna erupts a day after US tourist killed by lightning
Video. Mount Etna erupts in Sicily, sending smoke and ash into the sky, a day after a US tourist died from a lightning strike while hiking on the volcano.
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‘We’re not scroungers – we need it’: PIP claimants slam Reform’s plan to axe benefits
Over half of the UK’s health benefit claimants would be stripped of their payments under the plans announced by Reform UK
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What is it like to be on a warship for months?
Concerns have mounted about conditions aboard the USS Abraham Lincoln, which has been deployed since 11 December.
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Man charged with manslaughter after dog-bite death in Wakefield
Man to appear in court after 55-year-old man was bitten by dog on footpath and later died in hospital
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Newcastle transfer news: Club sign Amar Dedic from Benfica for around £30m
Newcastle United sign defender Amar Dedic from Benfica for around £30m.
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CEO who went viral for firing 900 on Zoom before Christmas is now mad he got fired
Vishal Garg, the CEO and founder of Better.com, was let go and replaced by a hedge fund manager who joined the company’s board only a week earlier, according to a report
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Job vacancies at five-year low as smaller firms scale back recruitment
Small firms cite labour and operating costs as reasons for scaling back hiring, the UK's statistics body says.
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Manslaughter charge after man's dog bite death in Wakefield
Lee Ellis, 55, is charged in connection with the incident which happened in Wakefield on Saturday.
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Inside secret police warehouse as Germany targets small boats gangs
German authorities seize dinghies and life jackets during their first raids under a new law that cracks down on smuggling.
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A top official leaves FIFA, deepening the fallout from Infantino’s World Cup sell-off plan
FIFA's chief operating officer, Kevin Lamour, has reportedly left his role weeks after accusing president Gianni Infantino of deceiving staff with a World Cup sell-off plan
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US, Canada hold last-minute talks to stop 50% U.S. tariffs on $20 billion worth of Canadian goods
Tension between Washington and Ottawa is already high, stoked by trade disputes and President Donald Trump's inflammatory comments about making Canada the 51st U.S. state
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Hundreds of guinea pigs fill Massachusetts sanctuary with squeals, purrs and lots of love
Kimie Smothermon runs the Guinea Pig Sanctuary in Salisbury, Massachusetts, caring for nearly 400 guinea pigs
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Watch: What we learned from opening statements in Tupac Shakur murder trial
The BBC's Shaimaa Khalil breaks down the key arguments as the long-awaited trial gets under way.
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Asia shares decline as worries about rising oil prices outweigh perks from strong earnings
Asian shares are declining, as rising oil prices and worries about inflation work as a dampener on some markets
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Shakira makes surprise visit to earthquake-damaged Colombian schools and says she will help rebuild
Colombian superstar Shakira pledged to help rebuild at least 10 schools in a remote region of her home country after a devastating earthquake struck last week, killing hundreds and affecting thousands of educational sites
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Opening statements begin in long-awaited Tupac Shakur murder trial
Duane Davis is being accused of planning the fatal 1996 Las Vegas shooting which claimed the life of hip-hop’s rising star Tupac Shakur. Davis was the first to be charged in connection with the murder, after he was indicted in 2023.
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Top economists urge Burnham to sign UK up to UN initiative on global inequality
Open letter signed by 40 academics including Nobel winner Joseph Stiglitz and Kate Pickett, co-author of The Spirit Level
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A physics graduate, a soccer player, a teen who couldn't swim: They died in the Ceuta migrant surge
In a tragic attempt to reach Europe, dozens of Moroccans died trying to cross into Spain
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This school teaches Senegal's brightest girls to push back against patriarchal norms
Senegal's first elite boarding school for girls shows how the largely Muslim West African nation has made progress in girls' education, but challenges remain
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A looming rock collapse threatens a Swiss village as thawing permafrost destabilizes the Alps
Residents of the Swiss village of Kandersteg face a looming threat from an unstable mountain rock formation called Spitze Stei
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Student shot a classmate to death then killed himself at school in southern Philippines, mayor says
Authorities say a high school student carrying two firearms shot to death a fellow student before killing himself in a high school in a university campus in the southern Philippines
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Mangione's state trial postponed indefinitely in double jeopardy claim
Mangione’s attorneys argued that he was being double charged for the same “criminal transaction” pleading for the state case to be tossed out. Mangione pleaded guilty to the stalking and fatal shooting of UnitedHealthcare CEO Brian Thompson in 2024.
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Where’s Melania? First lady is rarely seen at the White House
The first lady, who reportedly spends time in Florida and New York, has not been seen publicly in nearly a month, according to reports
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How one gardener's neighbors shared their land to help her start a flower business
Melissa Mender-Franklin wanted to grow flowers and own a flower shop, but she had no land to grow them on
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A Chinese animated film mocked as ‘terrible’ becomes a box-office hit
A Chinese animation with crude visuals has unexpectedly surged at the box office."
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Opening arguments set to begin in Meta's federal trial over child harms
A pivotal trial for Meta Platforms is set to kick off in a California federal court
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Ukraine war live: Kremlin threatens UK over Kyiv’s ‘use of British drones’ in attacks
The attack on the rocket fuel plant was part of what Moscow says was Kyiv’s largest drone attack of 2026
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Donor fatigue guts demining in Asia, as active conflicts draw away funding
Land mines and unexploded bombs from conflicts of the last century still plague parts of Southeast Asia, claiming lives and limbs each year
