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United States: news

US senator enters Facebook 'bias' row

Tuesday, May 10th 2016, 21:14

A US senator has questioned Facebook over allegations that it manipulated its Trending News section to exclude conservative topics.
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Pakistan ex-PM's kidnapped son rescued

Tuesday, May 10th 2016, 16:15
related countries: Afghanistan, Pakistan

The kidnapped son of Pakistan's ex-Prime Minister Yusuf Raza Gilani is rescued in Afghanistan in a joint Afghan-US operation.
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President Obama to visit Hiroshima

Tuesday, May 10th 2016, 14:28
related countries: Japan
related places: Hiroshima

Barack Obama is to visit Hiroshima, the first serving US president to travel to the Japanese city since it was hit by a nuclear bomb in 1945.
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US navy sails in disputed S China Sea

Tuesday, May 10th 2016, 10:03
related countries: China
related places: South China

A US warship sails near the contested Fiery Cross reef in the South China Sea in a "freedom of navigation" operation, sparking an angry response from China.
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Trump would make 'exception' for Khan

Tuesday, May 10th 2016, 0:50
related countries: United Kingdom
related places: London

Presidential hopeful Donald Trump says the newly elected mayor of London would be an "exception" to his proposed ban on Muslims travelling to the US.
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Casting an Asian-American blockbuster

Monday, May 9th 2016, 23:00

Casting an Asian-American blockbuster
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Judge clears El Chapo extradition to US

Monday, May 9th 2016, 22:27
related countries: Mexico
related places: El Chapo

A judge in Mexico rules that drug lord Joaquin "El Chapo" Guzman can be extradited to the US but the foreign ministry must approve the decision.
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US sues N Carolina over anti-LGBT law

Monday, May 9th 2016, 21:22

The US Justice Department is suing North Carolina over its controversial anti-LGBT law, calling it "state-sponsored discrimination".
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N Carolina sues US over LGBT law

Monday, May 9th 2016, 17:35
related places: Justice

North Carolina is suing the US Department of Justice over its attempts to bar the state from upholding its anti-LGBT "bathroom bill".
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Hundreds suffer vomiting bug on UK ship

Monday, May 9th 2016, 12:03
related countries: United Kingdom

Hundreds of passengers on a British cruise ship docked in the US have fallen ill with norovirus, health officials say.
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Panama to fly Cuban migrants to Mexico

Sunday, May 8th 2016, 23:35
related countries: Cuba, Mexico, Panama

Panama has agreed to transfer a further 3,800 Cubans hoping to reach the United States to a town in northern Mexico.
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Trump says taxes on rich 'may go up'

Sunday, May 8th 2016, 16:07

Presumptive US Republican nominee Donald Trump says taxes for rich people may have to go up - an apparent reversal of his stated policy.
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US 'police racism' hunger strike ends

Sunday, May 8th 2016, 6:59
related places: San Francisco

Five people in San Francisco end a 17-day hunger strike called for the city's police chief to be sacking for heading a "racist force" after shootings.
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Flight delayed over equation suspicion

Sunday, May 8th 2016, 2:34

An American regional flight is delayed after a woman called security because the passenger next to her was working on a maths equation.
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'El Chapo' sent to jail near US

Saturday, May 7th 2016, 23:08
related countries: Mexico
related places: El Chapo

Convicted Mexican drug lord Joaquin Guzman, known as "El Chapo", is transferred to a prison close to the border with the US.
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Sheryl Sandberg in single mothers plea

Saturday, May 7th 2016, 14:59
related places: Day

Facebook executive Sheryl Sandberg makes an impassioned plea on behalf of single mothers, ahead of Mother's Day in the US.
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Policeman charged over US shootings

Saturday, May 7th 2016, 8:17
related places: Maryland

A police officer is charged after three shootings in Maryland near Washington which left his wife and two other people dead.
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Handless girl wins US handwriting award

Friday, May 6th 2016, 10:47
related places: Virginia

A seven-year-old girl from Virginia who was born without hands wins a US national handwriting contest.
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US busts 'huge money laundering scheme'

Friday, May 6th 2016, 6:15
related countries: Colombia

US authorities say a prominent family in Panama ran businesses as a front for a major drug money-laundering operation.
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Speaker Ryan 'not ready to back Trump'

Thursday, May 5th 2016, 22:47
related places: Republican

US House Speaker Paul Ryan, the highest-ranked elected Republican, says he cannot currently support Donald Trump as presidential nominee.
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Former presidents will not endorse Trump

Thursday, May 5th 2016, 16:17
related places: Trump

Former US presidents George H W Bush and George W Bush will not endorse Donald Trump's candidacy for president, aides have told local media.
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US to ban e-cigarettes for under-18s

Thursday, May 5th 2016, 15:24

The US government unveils new federal rules that include a ban on the sale of e-cigarettes to people aged under 18.
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Zimbabwe to print US dollar equivalent

Thursday, May 5th 2016, 9:49
related countries: Zimbabwe

Zimbabwe is set to print its own version of the US dollar in order to ease severe cash shortages in the country.
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Australia IS recruiter 'killed in Iraq'

Thursday, May 5th 2016, 9:36
related countries: Aruba, Iraq

An Australian man considered a senior recruiter for so-called Islamic State has been killed in a US air strike in Iraq, Australia's government says.
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N Carolina LGBT law 'violates rights'

Thursday, May 5th 2016, 0:37

The US Justice Department tells North Carolina that its law limiting protections for LGBT people violates national civil rights laws.
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Last Trump rival quits Republican race

Wednesday, May 4th 2016, 22:35
related places: Republican

John Kasich ends his campaign for the Republican nomination, leaving Donald Trump as sole candidate in his party's presidential race.
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Syria truce 'extended to Aleppo'

Wednesday, May 4th 2016, 20:02
related countries: Russia, Syria
related places: Aleppo

A partial, shaky truce between Syria and non-jihadist rebels is extended to embattled Aleppo, after US and Russian pressure.
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VIDEO: China: What's in a name?

Wednesday, May 4th 2016, 19:27
related countries: China
related places: Apple

Apple has been forced to share the iPhone name in China, but which other US brands have had similar problems in the country?
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Takata to double US airbag recall

Wednesday, May 4th 2016, 17:52
related countries: Japan
related places: Takata

Japanese airbag maker Takata has been forced to increase a recall after US authorities said they found further safety defects in its products.
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Trump set for Republican nomination

Wednesday, May 4th 2016, 7:12
related places: Republican, Indiana

Victory in Indiana tightens Donald Trump's grip on the US Republican presidential nomination after defeat forces rival Ted Cruz from the race.
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US Navy Seal dies in IS attack in Iraq

Wednesday, May 4th 2016, 0:55
related countries: Iraq

A US Navy Seal advising Kurdish Peshmerga forces in northern Iraq is killed in an attack by Islamic State militants, US officials say.
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Trump crushes rivals in Indiana win

Wednesday, May 4th 2016, 0:23
related places: Republican, Indiana

Donald Trump wins Indiana’s Republican presidential primary, dealing a huge blow to Ted Cruz and clearing a path to the nomination.
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Furious 'liar' row precedes Indiana poll

Tuesday, May 3rd 2016, 22:16
related places: Republican, Indiana

Republican presidential hopeful Ted Cruz brands his rival Donald Trump "a pathological liar" after the front-runner suggested Mr Cruz's father was linked to JFK's assassin.
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Assad strategy 'won't end Syria war'

Tuesday, May 3rd 2016, 21:45
related countries: Syria

US Secretary of State John Kerry warns Syria's President Assad that seeking military gains will not end the civil war.
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Russia 'nuclear sabre-rattling' - US

Tuesday, May 3rd 2016, 15:52
related countries: Russia

The US defence secretary accuses Russia of "nuclear sabre-rattling" and says the US has had to step up its military presence on Nato's eastern flank.
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Rock legends to play US 'mega-festival'

Tuesday, May 3rd 2016, 14:44

A festival featuring Paul McCartney, the Rolling Stones and Bob Dylan is confirmed for the US in October.
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Woman awarded $55m in talc cancer case

Tuesday, May 3rd 2016, 9:23

A US jury court orders Johnson & Johnson to pay $55m (£40m) to a woman who woman who says its talcum powder caused her ovarian cancer.
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VIDEO: Solar Impulse lands safely in Arizona

Tuesday, May 3rd 2016, 7:54
related places: California, Arizona

Solar Impulse, a plane fuelled only by the sun, has landed in the US state of Arizona after a 16-hour flight from California.
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Man held over US police horse joy-ride

Tuesday, May 3rd 2016, 6:21

A man in the US state of Connecticut is charged after taking a police horse for a joy ride while drunk, officers say.
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Has Cook's Australia ship been found?

Tuesday, May 3rd 2016, 5:44
related countries: Australia
related places: Endeavour, Captain Cook

Researchers in the US believe they are a step closer to finding the Endeavour, the ship in which Captain Cook sailed to Australia in 1768.
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Solar Impulse reaches Arizona

Tuesday, May 3rd 2016, 4:23
related places: Phoenix, California, Arizona

The zero-fuel aeroplane Solar Impulse starts to cross the continental USA, flying the first leg from California to Arizona.
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On board a historic US-Cuba crossing

Monday, May 2nd 2016, 19:00
related countries: Cuba

On board landmark US cruise to Cuba
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Syria conflict 'out of control' - Kerry

Monday, May 2nd 2016, 18:59
related countries: Syria
related places: Aleppo, Geneva

US Secretary of State John Kerry says the Syrian conflict is "in many ways out of control", as he tries to salvage a nine-week truce.
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Leak 'shows risk of EU-US trade deal'

Monday, May 2nd 2016, 11:57

Leaked documents from EU-US trade talks reveal a risk to European standards, says Greenpeace - but EU officials strongly reject the claim.
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CIA panned for Bin Laden death tweets

Monday, May 2nd 2016, 10:48

The US Central Intelligence Agency is criticised for live-tweeting the killing of Osama Bin Laden as if it were happening today.
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Elephants bow out at top US circus

Monday, May 2nd 2016, 10:46
related places: Barnum

Elephants have performed for the final time at the Ringling Bros and Barnum and Bailey Circus in the United States as attitudes change.
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Trump accuses China of trade 'rape'

Monday, May 2nd 2016, 9:44
related countries: China

Republican Party front-runner Donald Trump steps up his criticism of China's trade policy, accusing it of "raping" the US.
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Climbers' bodies found after 16 years

Monday, May 2nd 2016, 7:11

The bodies of US climber Alex Lowe and cameraman David Bridges are found on Shishapangma in Tibet, 16 years after they were killed by an avalanche.
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VIDEO: Cruise ship sailing into history

Monday, May 2nd 2016, 3:42
related countries: Cuba

An American cruise ship is sailing to Cuba from the US, the first such trip in more than 50 years.
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US missionaries murdered in Jamaica

Monday, May 2nd 2016, 3:40
related countries: Jamaica

Two US missionaries are found dead in a rural area of the Caribbean island of Jamaica notorious for its high rates of crime, police say.
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US cruise ship makes historic Cuba trip

Sunday, May 1st 2016, 22:16
related countries: Cuba

An American cruise ship is sailing to Cuba from the United States, the first such trip in more than five decades.
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Chemical leaks from US derailed train

Sunday, May 1st 2016, 19:13

A freight train derails in Washington DC, spilling hazardous liquid, but no injuries are reported and no evacuation orders are issued.
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Obama's daughter Malia to go to Harvard

Sunday, May 1st 2016, 16:25
related places: Harvard

US President Barack Obama's elder daughter Malia will attend Harvard University in 2017, after taking a gap year.
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VIDEO: Obama stars in spoof retirement video

Sunday, May 1st 2016, 13:35

Barack Obama stars in spoof retirement video as he nears the end of his second term as President of the United States
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US presses Russia over Syria fighting

Sunday, May 1st 2016, 12:18
related countries: Syria
related places: Aleppo

The US presses Russia over a plan to revive a nationwide ceasefire in Syria, particularly in the embattled city of Aleppo.
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VIDEO: Precious three-minute hug on US border

Sunday, May 1st 2016, 9:36
related places: California, Six

Six families get chance to hug as the US-Mexico border in California opens for 20 minutes.
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US anti-Vietnam war priest dies aged 94

Sunday, May 1st 2016, 4:54
related countries: Vietnam
related places: New York

The American priest and poet Daniel Berrigan - famous for leading defiant protests against the Vietnam War - dies in New York aged 94.
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What are US university 'honour codes'?

Saturday, April 30th 2016, 23:24

Raped as a student - and then accused of bad behaviour
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Poet Walt Whitman health tips unearthed

Saturday, April 30th 2016, 11:22

A trove of health journalism by US literary giant Walt Whitman is being published after lying in obscurity more than 150 years.
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Russia challenges US after jet face-off

Saturday, April 30th 2016, 10:26
related countries: Russia
related places: Baltic, Friday

Russia accuses a US Air Force jet of switching off its transponder signal over the Baltic on Friday, leading its own jets to intercept it.
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VIDEO: Afghan hospital bombing 'not a war crime'

Saturday, April 30th 2016, 4:09
related countries: Afghanistan

A US military report into an air strike on a hospital in Afghanistan in 2015 concludes that it "was not a war crime".
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US accuses Russia over jet manoeuvre

Friday, April 29th 2016, 22:24
related countries: Russia

A Russian jet fighter intercepted a US Air Force plane in an "unsafe and unprofessional manner" over the Baltic Sea, the Pentagon says.
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Children in Texas tied up in garden

Friday, April 29th 2016, 18:22
related places: Texas

Police in the US state in Texas rescue eight children from "horrific abuse" including a two-year-old who was chained to the ground in a yard.
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Afghan clinic bombing 'not a war crime'

Friday, April 29th 2016, 17:20
related countries: Afghanistan

The Pentagon says the bombing of an Afghan hospital that left 42 dead was not a war crime, confirming that 16 US troops will face disciplinary action.
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Indiana governor backs Ted Cruz

Friday, April 29th 2016, 16:20
related places: Republican, Indiana

The Indiana governor backs Republican presidential candidate Ted Cruz, four days before a crucial primary contest there.
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China bars US warship from Hong Kong

Friday, April 29th 2016, 15:47
related countries: Hong Kong

China denies permission for a US aircraft carrier to visit Hong Kong, the US state department says.
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US 'drops Pakistan fighter jet subsidy'

Friday, April 29th 2016, 10:25
related countries: Pakistan

The US will no longer subsidise the sale of eight F-16 fighter jets to Pakistan, a senior state department official tells the BBC.
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US man jailed for spying in N Korea

Friday, April 29th 2016, 7:13
related countries: North Korea
related places: Pyongyang

North Korea has sentenced Kim Dong-chul, a naturalised US citizen, to 10 years of hard labour for spying.
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Panda-suit man shot after bomb threat

Friday, April 29th 2016, 7:08

A man wearing a panda costume and a surgical mask is shot and wounded by US police after allegedly making a bomb threat against a TV station.
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US forces 'punished for hospital attack'

Thursday, April 28th 2016, 21:32
related countries: Afghanistan

Sixteen US military personnel are disciplined over last year's bombing of an Afghan hospital in Kunduz that left 42 dead, officials say.
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Search warrant issued over Prince death

Thursday, April 28th 2016, 19:12
related places: Prince

A search warrant was obtained in relation to the home of Prince shortly after he died, court documents show.
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Ted Cruz 'is Lucifer' - ex-Speaker

Thursday, April 28th 2016, 16:20
related places: Republican, Speaker

US presidential hopeful Ted Cruz has been called "Lucifer in the flesh" by the former Speaker of the House of Representatives and fellow Republican, John Boehner.
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VIDEO: Boy, two, accidentally shoots mother

Thursday, April 28th 2016, 14:09
related places: Milwaukee

A two-year-old boy has accidentally shot and killed his mother in the US city of Milwaukee, as Andy Moore reports.
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Trump lists 'America First' foreign plan

Thursday, April 28th 2016, 8:45

Donald Trump gives details of his foreign policy in a speech, a day after sweeping to a win in five US Republican primaries.
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Sanders begins campaign lay-offs

Thursday, April 28th 2016, 8:19

The campaign of US Democrat Bernie Sanders starts laying off staff members, after a series of losses to Hillary Clinton in key states.
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US and Russia urged to save Syria talks

Thursday, April 28th 2016, 8:12
related countries: Russia, Syria

The UN's special envoy calls on the US and Russia to urgently intervene "at the highest level" to salvage Syria's struggling peace process.
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US returns ancient sculpture to Pakistan

Thursday, April 28th 2016, 2:01
related countries: Pakistan
related places: Buddha

An ancient Pakistani sculpture depicting Buddha's footprints has been handed over to Pakistani officials after it was smuggled into the US.
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Cruz picks Fiorina as running mate

Wednesday, April 27th 2016, 21:30

Republican presidential candidate Ted Cruz announces former contender Carly Fiorina as his running mate.
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Two-year-old shoots mother dead in US

Wednesday, April 27th 2016, 16:05
related places: Milwaukee

A two-year-old boy has accidentally shot and killed his mother in the US city of Milwaukee after finding a gun in the back of their car.
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Trump sweeps five US state primaries

Wednesday, April 27th 2016, 8:55
related places: Clinton, Pennsylvania, Maryland

Donald Trump wins Republican presidential primaries in all five US states that voted, while Democrat Hillary Clinton notches four from five.
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Trump and Clinton hope for big wins

Tuesday, April 26th 2016, 23:14
related places: Clinton

Polls in five US states are about to close, with Hillary Clinton and Donald Trump poised to tighten their grip on the presidential nomination.
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Up to $800m of IS cash 'destroyed'

Tuesday, April 26th 2016, 20:28

Up to $800m in cash held by so-called Islamic State has been destroyed in air strikes, a US military official says.
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NFL star charged with domestic violence

Tuesday, April 26th 2016, 17:33

Former Cleveland Browns quarterback Johnny Manziel is charged with assaulting his ex-girlfriend, with the American Football star expected to plead not guilty.
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US firefighters backtrack on meteorite

Tuesday, April 26th 2016, 17:18
related places: Maryland

Firefighters in the US state of Maryland backtrack after blaming a meteorite for a brush fire.
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VIDEO: 'Why I'm defending Azerbaijani journalist'

Tuesday, April 26th 2016, 6:08
related countries: Azerbaijan

Human rights lawyer Amal Clooney speaks to the BBC about representing Azerbaijan reporter Khadija Ismayilova, as well as US politics.
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Cleveland to pay $6m over Rice shooting

Monday, April 25th 2016, 14:49
related places: Cleveland, Rice

The US city of Cleveland agrees to pay $6m (£4.14m) to the family of 12-year-old black boy Tamir Rice, shot and killed by a white policeman in 2014.
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Obama urges greater European unity

Monday, April 25th 2016, 13:32

US President Barack Obama calls for greater European unity and calls on Nato allies to spend more on security.
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Republican rivals team up to slow Trump

Monday, April 25th 2016, 13:15
related places: Trump

Republican rivals Ted Cruz and John Kasich announce they will co-ordinate strategies to tackle frontrunner Donald Trump in forthcoming US primaries.
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US to send more special forces to Syria

Monday, April 25th 2016, 11:12
related countries: Syria

The US president says he is to send up to 250 more special forces troops to Syria to support local militias against so-called Islamic State.
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Mexican voter data 'was left online'

Monday, April 25th 2016, 10:06
related countries: Mexico

The details of 87 million Mexican voter records were made publicly accessible on the internet, a US security researcher discovers.
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VIDEO: Barack Obama speech

Monday, April 25th 2016, 9:16

US President Barack Obama speaks from the Hanover Messe, the world's leading showcase for industrial technology.
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Billy Paul of Me and Mrs Jones dies

Monday, April 25th 2016, 8:27

The American soul singer Billy Paul, best known for his 1972 Me and Mrs Jones hit, dies at the age of 81.
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US ex-senator, 90, to marry a man

Monday, April 25th 2016, 7:00

Former US Senator Harris Wofford, 90, prepares to marry a man, 20 years after the death of his wife.
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VIDEO: Obama defends controversial EU trade deal

Monday, April 25th 2016, 3:45
related places: Hannover

President Obama has been defending one of his landmark policies, a controversial new US-EU trade deal, in Hannover.
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Obama dismisses N Korea nuclear 'offer'

Monday, April 25th 2016, 2:58
related countries: North Korea, South Korea

US President Barack Obama dismisses a proposal by North Korea to suspend nuclear tests if the US stops its annual military exercises with South Korea.
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UK-US trade deal could take years - Obama

Sunday, April 24th 2016, 14:06
related countries: United Kingdom

The UK could take up to 10 years to negotiate trade deals with the US if it leaves the EU, and would have less influence globally, US President Barack Obama says.
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VIDEO: Footage shows huge US apartment fire

Sunday, April 24th 2016, 11:21
related places: Arizona

An apartment block under construction in the US state of Arizona has been destroyed in a huge fire.
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Obama rejects ground troops for Syria

Sunday, April 24th 2016, 11:16
related countries: Syria

US President Barack Obama rules out US ground troops for Syria and tells the BBC military efforts alone cannot solve the country's problems.
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VIDEO: Obama on Brexit, Syria and Michelle

Sunday, April 24th 2016, 5:01

Speaking exclusively to the BBC, US President Barack Obama speaks about Brexit, Syria and his wife, Michelle.
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VIDEO: Syria ground troops would be 'a mistake'

Sunday, April 24th 2016, 4:57
related countries: Syria
related places: Western

US President Barack Obama has said that "it would be a mistake" for any Western state to send ground troops into Syria.
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