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Post-mortems due on five boys killed in crash on wrong side of motorway that injured four in Ireland

BBC Front page Aug 17, 2026

Three women and a child who were in a second car are being treated in hospital for serious injuries.

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Trump says US to reduce military drills with South Korea after it stayed out of Iran war

BBC Front page Aug 17, 2026

Trump cites his "very good relationship" with North Korea's leader in deciding to downsize the exercises.

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Brook on Test captaincy, batting and Wellington

BBC Front page Aug 17, 2026

In an exclusive interview, England's Harry Brook says he supports Joe Root taking the Test captaincy, addresses frustrations about his batting and describes the Wellington nightclub incident fallout.

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Thousands of Bonnie Tyler fans set to gather in singer's hometown for funeral

BBC Entertainment Aug 17, 2026

A service will be held in Swansea before the cortege goes to Skewen, where the singer grew up.

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Why don't men talk about using weight-loss drugs?

BBC Front page Aug 17, 2026

Some men say they feel ashamed of needing to use weight-loss injections as it seems like "cheating".

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What really goes on in the MasterChef kitchen

BBC Entertainment Aug 17, 2026

The 21st series was filmed at Birmingham's Digbeth Loc Studios.

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What really goes on in the MasterChef kitchen

BBC Business Aug 17, 2026

The 21st series was filmed at Birmingham's Digbeth Loc Studios.

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Drugs, violence and racism: A week in Glasgow city centre

BBC Front page Aug 17, 2026

A BBC investigation captures people openly dealing and taking drugs, as well as thefts, arrests, and violence.

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Parents pushed to breaking point by Child Maintenance Service, BBC told

BBC Front page Aug 17, 2026

Mothers, like Katy, describe battles to make ex-partners pay, while fathers say they have been wrongly charged thousands.

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Instagram and Facebook could change forever if Meta loses child privacy trial

BBC Front page Aug 17, 2026

US states are suing the social media giant to force an overhaul of its platforms for young users.

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Sainsbury's branch pauses AI cameras after shopper wrongly identified as shoplifter

BBC Front page Aug 17, 2026

Matt Arnold says he was asked to leave the store after being wrongly flagged as a shoplifter.

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Ferrari's first ever electric car sold for record $40m

BBC Front page Aug 17, 2026

The Luce's launch drew backlash from some commentators who said it broke from the brand's signature dramatic styling.

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Rain on way for UK with temperatures to drop to overnight lows of 3C in some places

BBC Front page Aug 17, 2026

After and exceptional summer of heatwaves and drought, the weather will turn wetter and cooler this week, as Simon King explains

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'I want my brother back' - Tupac’s brother tells BBC murder trial won’t bring justice

BBC Front page Aug 16, 2026

The BBC's Shaimaa Khalil sat down with Mopreme Shakur ahead of the trial for his brother and late rapper's 1996 murder.

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'I want my brother back' - Tupac’s brother tells BBC murder trial won’t bring justice

BBC Entertainment Aug 16, 2026

The BBC's Shaimaa Khalil sat down with Mopreme Shakur ahead of the trial for his brother and late rapper's 1996 murder.

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How switching your bank account could earn you up to £220

BBC Front page Aug 16, 2026

New research suggests staying put is costing British savers billions in missed interest every year.

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Multiple people dead as flooding continues in Indiana

NPR Aug 16, 2026

Some parts of Indiana received more than 11 inches of rainfall over three days, beginning Aug. 11, causing record floods. Several suburbs of Indianapolis also underwater.

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Kushner meets with Hamas on the Gaza road map ahead of talks with Netanyahu

NPR Aug 16, 2026

Jared Kushner, President Trump's son-in-law, held a rare meeting with Hamas leadership Sunday in Egypt, in a new diplomatic effort to make progress in the stalled Gaza ceasefire.

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Tommy John, namesake for a pioneering elbow surgery that saved his career, dies at 83

NPR Aug 16, 2026

The left-handed MLB pitcher was 31 years old when he tore the ulnar collateral ligament in his pitching elbow in 1974, an injury that had been a death knell for pitchers' careers up to that point.

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Tommy John, whose elbow surgery transformed baseball, dies at 83

Washington Post Aug 16, 2026

The lefty made four all-star teams while pitching for the White Sox, Dodgers and Yankees. An innovative procedure extended his career to 26 seasons.

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A good – and bad – week for Italy's art police and museum security

NPR Aug 16, 2026

On Friday, Italian police said they'd recovered three paintings stolen from a museum near the city of Parma. By Saturday night, thieves in Sicily had made off with four more masterpieces.

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