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Can Santa afford the new iPhone?

Ten years after its first iPhone, Apple has unveiled its latest and most expensive yet – the iPhone X, priced at $999.

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16 years on, America remembers 9/11

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Hurricane Irma downgraded to a tropical storm as it heads northwest

Irma has been downgraded from a hurricane to a tropical storm with sustained winds of up to 110 km per hour.

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Hurricane Irma smashes into Florida Keys

Hurricane Irma makes landfall in Florida as a category 4 storm

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Florida holds its breath as Hurricane Irma arrives

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French artist takes on US immigration debate with border installation

A remote part of the US-Mexico border has a new addition. It's not Donald Trump's promised wall but a photo of a giant toddler peering over the fence that separates the two countries.

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Irma hits Florida as state governor warns it's 'too late to leave'

After tearing through the Caribbean, the deadly Hurricane Irma has begun to batter Florida with water levels rising on the coast of the US state.

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Florida prepares for Hurricane Irma as powerful storm reaches Cuba

Enormous category 5 hurricane has already devastated much of the Caribbean and is now headed for the continental US.

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Irma lashes Caribbean as it heads for US mainland

Residents of the US state of Florida are making last minute preparations for Hurricane Irma. The superstorm is predicted to hit the US mainland as early as Saturday.

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Art without borders: ‘French Banksy’ produces touching portrait of boy looking over US-Mexico border

A giant image of a little boy peering over the US-Mexico border has been unveiled days after Trump’s scrapping of the Dreamers programme.

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'The Artist' director on new Godard-inspired comedy

Multiple Oscar winner Michel Hazanavicius is in Deauville this week heading the jury of the prestigious American film festival.

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Hurricane Irma 'could drop to Cat. 4' when reaches Florida

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Trump urges China to do more to rein in North Korea

US President Donald Trump urges China to do more to rein in North Korea

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Chicago just declared itself a ‘Trump-free zone’

The Mayor of Chicago reassured Dreamers that they are safe and rejected the US President’s scrapping of DACA.

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Watch: Handcuffed woman steals police car

The woman jumped into the front seat and accelerated while officers were outside checking her bags.

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Oxford, Cambridge top world university rankings

Oxford held on to first place for the second year in a row in the latest Times Higher Education ranking, while Cambridge rose from fourth to second.

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US braces for Hurricane Irma

US braces for Hurricane Irma

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Florida gets ready for Hurricane Irma

Hurricane Irma is now a dangerous Category 5 storm - the most powerful seen in the Atlantic in over a decade. And it's now barrelling toward the Caribbean and southern United States.

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