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Tesla questioned further over Autopilot after fatal crash

US safety regulators want detailed information from electric car maker Tesla about the design, operation and testing of its Autopilot technology following a fatal crash in May.

Cult

Blink-182's homage to California rocks to the top of the charts

American pop punk-trio Blink-182 stormed to the No1 spot in the UK and US album charts with their comeback album California.

World

Reinventing education: when unusual methods make the only sense

Teaching's one-size-fits-all approach is inadapted for many, especially pupils in critical situations or failing. This edition of Learning World looks at some remarkable teachers and their remarkable

USA

Obama praises slain Dallas police officers for saving lives at fatal protest

President Obama has praised Dallas police at a memorial service in the Texan city for five officers shot dead last week in the deadliest day for US law enforcement in almost 15…

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Sanders backs Clinton to be next US president

US Senator Bernie Sanders has officially endorsed Hillary Clinton for the democrat presidential nomination ahead of the party’s July convention.

Cinema

Matt Damon 'bourne' again after nine-year break

Matt Damon is being ‘bourne’ again as Jason Bourne – the troubled former CIA assassin.

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Pokemon GO goes viral, boosts Nintendo shares

Pokemon GO, an "augmented reality" game for smartphones has become a craze on the streets and given a massive boost to the share price of Japanese video-game giant Nintendo.

Iraq

US to send more troops to Iraq

US Secretary of Defence Ash Carter has announced the country will send 560 extra military personnel to Iraq to assist local forces in the fight against ISIL.

USA

Thousands attend Dallas vigil for slain police officers

Thousands of people have attended a candlelight vigil outside the Dallas Police Department to honour the five officers shot dead during a protest over the killings of two black…

USA

Two bailiffs and a gunman killed at US courthouse

A gunman has shot dead two bailiffs and wounded two others, including a deputy sheriff at a courthouse in the US state of Michigan.

USA

Dallas police chief received death threats

After a week of killings and confrontation across the US, police chiefs urged the public to adjust their expectations on Monday.

Business Series

Wal-Mart 'Primed' to go head-to-head with Amazon

Wal-Mart is fighting back against Amazon by offering free shipping for all items ordered online for a limited period around its rival's 'Prime Day' event.

USA

Protests spread in US over fatal police shootings

Police made dozens of arrests in Baton Rouge as protests grow following the fatal police shooting of Philando Castile and Alton Sterling.

USA

Dallas gunman was planning larger assault - police

Dallas gunman practiced with explosives Investigators analysing attacker’s journal Memorial set up outside Dallas Police HQ Micah Johnson, the US military veteran who last week shot dead five poli

Spain

Barack Obama meets Spanish PM

Barack Obama met with Prime Minister Mariano Rajoy in Spain on Sunday, the last big EU state that the US president had yet to visit.

USA

Hundreds arrested as US police protests continue

Hundreds of people have been arrested in the US following fresh protests against the recent killings of two black men by police.

Spain

Obama cuts short visit to Spain

US President Barack Obama arrived in Spain on Sunday for a visit which was interrupted after five white police officers were shot dead by an African-American war vet in Dallas on…

USA

Dallas police heighten security across city after new threat, two days after officers killed

USA

US 'not as divided as some suggest' - Obama seeks to soothe racial tensions after shootings

US President Barack Obama has been seeking to soothe racial tensions at the end of a week in which five policeman were killed by a sniper in Dallas and two black men were killed by police in Minnesota

USA

Dallas police defend use of robot to kill gunman

Authorities in Dallas have defended their decision to use an explosive-laden robot to kill a man who shot dead five white police officers in the city.

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