Trump threatens to pull US out of World Trade Organization

The US president says he will abandon the global trade body "if they don't shape up".

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Man with dwarfism describes street abuse

Eugene Grant is regularly abused by people as he walks around Newcastle.

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New asthma treatment set for wider NHS distribution

The new 'melting muscle' treatment has proved to be safe and effective, health experts say.

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Breakdancing 'helped man escape gang culture'

Paco Box said he carried a gun and robbed people to fund his former lifestyle.

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Dominic Raab prepares for six-hour Brexit talks in Brussels

The Brexit secretary will meet the EU's chief negotiator as work on a divorce deal continues.

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Stéphane Pauwels arrest: Football presenter charged over armed robbery

One of Belgium's top football TV presenters is charged with being an accomplice to an armed robbery.

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The Papers: MP quits 'nasty' Labour and Grenfell fraud

Many of Friday's papers lead on the resignation of Frank Field over Labour's anti-Semitism row.

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News Daily: Labour culture 'appalling' and Trump threatens WTO

Your morning briefing for Friday 31 August 2018.

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Five back-to-school sleeping tips for kids

It's back-to-school time. Here are five top tips for getting your kids back into a school-friendly bedtime routine.

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Quiz: Who went wild about Harry?

It's the weekly news quiz - have you been paying attention to what's been going on in the world over the past seven days?

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The first cyclist to 'Everest' on Everest

JJ Zhou took on a fiendish cycling challenge on the world's highest mountain.

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McCain and Biden's long friendship

The Arizona senator and the former vice-president shared a decades-long friendship.

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Why a plane is dropping trout into a lake from above

A mountain lake is being re-stocked with trout from the air by the Utah Division of Wildlife Resources.

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Giant Sadiq Khan bikini-clad balloon to fly over London

The 29ft giant inflatable, bought by protesters, shows the London mayor wearing a yellow bikini.

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Errant swan captured on M5

Worried motorists called the police after spotting the bird on the hard shoulder.

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Imran Khan mocked for helicopter home-to-work commute

People are unimpressed the Pakistan prime minister takes a helicopter to work despite his austerity policies.

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High suicide risk for 'men in construction'

The suicide rate among low-skilled male labourers is three times higher than the national average for men, according to figures by the ONS.

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Sharing a one-night stand with Crohn's Disease

Philip's date was going well until Crohn's Disease turned up the morning after the night before.

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Mum, how should I talk to my son about you?

When she gave birth to her son Teddy, Robyn Hollingworth wanted to share the news with her own mum

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Why were there so many serial killers in the 1980s?

One historian suggests in a new book that the ravages of World War Two might have contributed.

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'My robot makes me feel like I haven't been forgotten'

How internet-connected robots are helping combat the scourge of isolation and loneliness.

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How the Hogwarts Express was saved from a Welsh scrapyard

The real-life story of the Hogwarts Express is almost as magical as the engine itself.

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Hacking a Prince, an Emir and a Journalist to Impress a Client

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Australia’s Catholic Leaders Reject Call to Report Sex Abuse Heard in Confessions

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15 Chapters of Grand Slam Drama for the Williams Sisters

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Catholic bishops in Australia reject compulsory abuse reporting, defying new laws

The Catholic church in Australia said on Friday it would oppose laws forcing priests to report child abuse when they learn about it in the confessional, setting the stage for a showdown between the country's biggest religion and the government.

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Catholic bishops in Australia reject compulsory abuse reporting, defying new laws

The Catholic church in Australia said on Friday it would oppose laws forcing priests to report child abuse when they learn about it in the confessional, setting the stage for a showdown between the country's biggest religion and the government.

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Portugal seduces parched investors with water: plenty of it

As wildfires scorched California yet again this summer, Jose Dariush Leal da Costa, a Bay Area native with Portuguese roots, was harvesting his first almonds in a sun-drenched, watery oasis in southern Portugal.

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Taiwan's last African ally holds out despite overtures by China

While China meets African leaders at a major summit in Beijing next week, the king of eSwatini, self-ruled Taiwan's last remaining ally on the continent, will be hosting thousands of people at a traditional Reed Dance ceremony.

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Kremlin says Putin, Trump could hold talks three times this year: Izvestiya

Kremlin said on Friday it did not rule out the possibility that Russian President Vladimir Putin could hold talks with U.S. President Donald Trump at three summits due to take place in 2018, including those in Singapore, France and Argentina.

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Cambodian court jails Australian filmmaker for six years for espionage

A Cambodian court jailed an Australian filmmaker for six years on Friday after finding him guilty of espionage for flying a drone over an opposition party rally.

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Japan's military seeks record spending to reinforce North Korea missile defenses

Japan's military wants record spending next year to help pay for major upgrades to defenses designed to shoot down North Korean ballistic missiles that Tokyo sees as a continued threat despite Pyongyang's promise to abandon nuclear weapons.

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New Zealand PM Ardern has two ministers step aside

New Zealand Prime Minister Jacinda Ardern has had to strip one minister of her portfolio and had another step aside in less than a week, capping off a month of challenges for the popular premier since her return from maternity leave.

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Duterte says Philippines better off run by dictator if he were not around

President Rodrigo Duterte has said graft and illicit drugs were so entrenched in the Philippines that if he were not around, it would be better off run by a dictator such as late strongman Ferdinand Marcos.

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Thrill-seeking runners take sport - and spending - to rural China

At dawn, high on the Qinghai-Tibetan plateau, a Buddhist monk in saffron robes chants blessings over limber athletes preparing to run 100 kilometers across sand dunes, rivers and ravines.

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Trump tweets are 'messages from some alternative universe': China Daily

Twitter comments by U.S. President Donald Trump accusing China of hacking former presidential candidate Hillary Clinton's email server are an attempt to cast China as a "scapegoat", the official China Daily said in an editorial Friday.

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Australian police charge Sri Lankan with terror plotting

Australia has arrested and charged a Sri Lankan man with planning a terror attack after finding "symbolic locations within Sydney" listed as possible targets in his notebook, police said on Friday.

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