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A flammable gas leak at a plant owned by ChemChina subsidiary Hebei Shenghua Chemical Industry Co caused a blast that killed 23 people and injured 22 this week in Zhangjiakou, Hebei province, ChemChina said in a statement on Friday. from Reuters: World News https://ift.tt/2rfp9ed

Rail passengers will have to pay an average of 3.1% more for train tickets in 2019. from BBC News - Home https://ift.tt/2zvB10g

The PM says she still hopes the Commons will back her Brexit plan as she prepares to meet G20 leaders. from BBC News - Home https://ift.tt/2zz4OoH

Leaders gather in Argentina amid tension with Russia over Ukraine and a US trade row with China. from BBC News - Home https://ift.tt/2FOo3QB

Susan and James Kenneavy's car was spotted on Drummore beach after a night of heavy rain and flooding. from BBC News - Home https://ift.tt/2ACpOue

A diet of soups and shakes that can reverse type 2 diabetes is to be trialled by the NHS in England. from BBC News - Home https://ift.tt/2QnWK3T

A Labour MP revealed he has been HIV positive for nearly ten years, as the Commons debated World Aids Day. from BBC News - Home https://ift.tt/2PasiVZ

The second leg of the Copa Libertadores final between Boca Juniors and River Plate is moved 6,000 miles away to Madrid's Bernabeu. from BBC News - Home https://ift.tt/2E79czl

It is estimated about 72% of Scottish prisoners smoke regularly but sales of tobacco ceased in last week. from BBC News - Home https://ift.tt/2FQSndm

The German chancellor will miss the start of the G20 in Argentina after her flight had to turn back. from BBC News - Home https://ift.tt/2repfCG

The trial opens of Alex Fields Jr, who drove a car into a crowd in Virginia in 2017, killing a woman. from BBC News - Home https://ift.tt/2DSo1on

Founder of UK software giant is charged with fraud seven years after the firm's sale to Hewlett-Packard. from BBC News - Home https://ift.tt/2Q7wcnZ

Tarana Burke first used the phrase 12 years ago before it became a global movement last year. from BBC News - Home https://ift.tt/2zGF1ev

Royal Mail replied to the seven-year-old in West Lothian to say it had been delivered safely. from BBC News - Home https://ift.tt/2zuzZSc

The front pages report an immigration rule change to fill health staff gaps and continue to look ahead to the Brexit deal vote. from BBC News - Home https://ift.tt/2P9bv5W

It's the weekly news quiz - have you been paying attention to what's been going on in the world during the past seven days? from BBC News - Home https://ift.tt/2Q6V3Iz

Your morning briefing for 30 November 2018. from BBC News - Home https://ift.tt/2RviXKk

The soap airs a special episode talking about the different opinions around sexual consent. from BBC News - Home https://ift.tt/2RpTX7A

Syrian Hassan al-Kontar had not been outside for nine months - but now has a new home in Canada. from BBC News - Home https://ift.tt/2PYXtJc

Misimi Isimi is an 11-year-old environmentalist on a mission to clean up Lagos. from BBC News - Home https://ift.tt/2zz5cn9

Terrence Higgins's partner Dr Rupert Whitaker speaks to Witness about the man whose death was the first confirmed case of Aids in the UK from BBC News - Home https://ift.tt/2KKicKS

Why Ralph Breaks The Internet is the Disney sequel that is not afraid of poking fun at a Disney stereotype. from BBC News - Home https://ift.tt/2zzazmj

Find out what happened when the Blur star performed for a tiny crowd in Cullercoats. from BBC News - Home https://ift.tt/2E4CNJG

Comedian Ian Smith offers advice on how to handle a heckler during a gig. from BBC News - Home https://ift.tt/2zujWDW

The dad of a student who died after a uni initiation is calling for expulsions, but what are the rules? from BBC News - Home https://ift.tt/2AA1nOb

The Wolverine star will also perform songs from Les Miserables and other Broadway shows. from BBC News - Home https://ift.tt/2PZl5xi

5 Live is getting the views of people across the UK. from BBC News - Home https://ift.tt/2FNpm2d

Southwest Airlines has offered its "sincere apology" after staff mocked five-year-old Abcde Redford. from BBC News - Home https://ift.tt/2FN4tUX

Maternity leave is often seen as an idyllic time but the reality is much harder, says BBC presenter Emma Barnett. from BBC News - Home https://ift.tt/2Sj43XU

Alet-les-Bains has benefited from a British influx and many there fear the aftermath of Brexit. from BBC News - Home https://ift.tt/2E4RKez

Syrian air defenses shot down "hostile targets" on Thursday, state media said, in an area regional intelligence sources said contains Iran-backed assets, while Russian media said no Israeli jet had been downed as earlier reported. from Reuters: World News https://ift.tt/2Rpgam3

An optional warning light could have alerted engineers about mechanical faults on Lion Air's Boeing 737 MAX jet that crashed last month, experts said, sparking an industry debate over whether installing the system should become mandatory. from Reuters: World News https://ift.tt/2Q5QBKg

Ukraine has banned Russian adult men aged 16-60 years from entering Ukraine, the head of the border service Petro Tsygykal said in a televised meeting on Friday. from Reuters: World News https://ift.tt/2Rn9Hbb

Leaders gather in Argentina amid tension with Russia over Ukraine and a US trade row with China. from BBC News - World https://ift.tt/2FOo3QB

The trial opens of Alex Fields Jr, who drove a car into a crowd in Virginia in 2017, killing a woman. from BBC News - World https://ift.tt/2DSo1on

A Honduran court finds seven men guilty of killing renowned environmental campaigner Berta Cáceres. from BBC News - World https://ift.tt/2TSu4ia

A group of experts will travel around North Korea working out how to update its ageing train network. from BBC News - World https://ift.tt/2DQfi6a

The mass stranding on Chatham Island means more than 200 whales have died off NZ in the past week. from BBC News - World https://ift.tt/2DPNHSx

Tarana Burke first used the phrase 12 years ago before it became a global movement last year. from BBC News - World https://ift.tt/2zGF1ev

Thousands skip school to urge action on climate change, despite criticism from Australia's PM. from BBC News - World https://ift.tt/2DRMZEj

Michael Cohen says he lied "out of loyalty" to Mr Trump, while the president says he is "weak". from BBC News - World https://ift.tt/2RtGv2c

The German chancellor will miss the start of the G20 in Argentina after her flight had to turn back. from BBC News - World https://ift.tt/2repfCG

Southwest Airlines has offered its "sincere apology" after staff mocked five-year-old Abcde Redford. from BBC News - World https://ift.tt/2FN4tUX

A Georgia woman was charged with meth trafficking due to a faulty police drug test, says a lawsuit. from BBC News - World https://ift.tt/2P9tOaQ

The G20 summit of the world's most powerful leaders begins in Buenos Aires on Friday. from BBC News - World https://ift.tt/2ShPNyz

Michael Cohen is a liar and a "weak person", according to the president. Anthony Zurcher analyses his response. from BBC News - World https://ift.tt/2E5qsVE

Why Ralph Breaks The Internet is the Disney sequel that is not afraid of poking fun at a Disney stereotype. from BBC News - World https://ift.tt/2zzazmj

Misimi Isimi is an 11-year-old environmentalist on a mission to clean up Lagos. from BBC News - World https://ift.tt/2zz5cn9

Syrian Hassan al-Kontar had not been outside for nine months - but now has a new home in Canada. from BBC News - World https://ift.tt/2PYXtJc

Watch behind the scenes as a vinyl record is processed from start to finish. from BBC News - World https://ift.tt/2QpItn5

Norway's world number one Magnus Carlsen retains his World Chess Championship after 12 draws and more than 50 hours of play - eventually beating Fabiano Caruana in a tie-breaker. from BBC News - World https://ift.tt/2TZqWkT

The coffee chain says watching porn has always been banned, but it will now block access to content. from BBC News - World https://ift.tt/2rdnLsn

Almost 250 runners in the Shenzhen Half Marathon are caught cheating by traffic cameras that show them taking a shortcut through bushes. from BBC News - World https://ift.tt/2DQnCmd

Staff at a real estate firm had to walk 6,000 steps a day in order to avoid a fine. from BBC News - World https://ift.tt/2SkYVSP

Rehana Fathima made an unsuccessful attempt last month to enter one of Hinduism's holiest temples. from BBC News - World https://ift.tt/2KI5KeN

Alet-les-Bains has benefited from a British influx and many there fear the aftermath of Brexit. from BBC News - World https://ift.tt/2E4RKez

The BBC's Vineet Khare visited the controversial Carmichael project by Indian energy giant Adani. from BBC News - World https://ift.tt/2U09RqC

The actress Noma Dumezweni, best known for playing Hermione Granger in the play Harry Potter and the Cursed Child, says women need to learn how to be angry. from BBC News - World https://ift.tt/2QurIqM

A selection of the best photos from across Africa this week. from BBC News - World https://ift.tt/2E4SoZx

Rail passengers will have to pay an average of 3.1% more for train tickets in 2019. from BBC News - Business https://ift.tt/2zvB10g

Founder of UK software giant is charged with fraud seven years after the firm's sale to Hewlett-Packard. from BBC News - Business https://ift.tt/2Q7wcnZ

President Trump's threats of more tariffs against China dampen hopes of a breakthrough over trade at a meeting with Xi Jinping. from BBC News - Business https://ift.tt/2AvVvW4

Roberto Azevedo says the trade body is looking for a "plan B" to stop its dispute system being paralysed. from BBC News - Business https://ift.tt/2TXR2EQ

Customers can leave electric cars to charge while shopping, under a partnership with Volkswagen. from BBC News - Business https://ift.tt/2Sj3zB6

Prosecutors raid Frankfurt headquarters of Germany's biggest bank in a money laundering investigation. from BBC News - Business https://ift.tt/2AwwOJk

Fewer smart meters are being fitted despite the government insisting all homes will have one by 2020. from BBC News - Business https://ift.tt/2E4ldFo

The PM says she still hopes the Commons will back her Brexit plan as she prepares to meet G20 leaders. from BBC News - Business https://ift.tt/2zz4OoH

Dr Scholl's and Coppertone are among the consumer brands to be sold by the German company. from BBC News - Business https://ift.tt/2Aws1Yk

The coffee chain says watching porn has always been banned, but it will now block access to content. from BBC News - Business https://ift.tt/2rdnLsn

The regulator says the celebrities didn't tell their followers they had been paid to promote some investments. from BBC News - Business https://ift.tt/2PaQkAc

Danish shipping company Norden says it has completed the first voyage by an ocean-going vessel powered purely by biofuel made from used cooking oil. from BBC News - Business https://ift.tt/2E4Td4y

Problems with credit checks led some customers to be wrongly refused smartphone contracts. from BBC News - Business https://ift.tt/2E4L5kO

Jaguar Land Rover says there will also be a "temporary pause" at its Wolverhampton engine plant. from BBC News - Business https://ift.tt/2FPdhK6

Rail regulator orders Network Rail to improve after rail performance hits five-year low. from BBC News - Business https://ift.tt/2E3KzDo

Watch behind the scenes as a vinyl record is processed from start to finish. from BBC News - Business https://ift.tt/2QpItn5

Prospective tenants at one letting agency have been asked for money in order to view rental properties. from BBC News - Business https://ift.tt/2E24rXJ

5 Live is getting the views of people across the UK. from BBC News - Business https://ift.tt/2FNpm2d

The UK's £2bn funeral sector now faces a major investigation by competition authorities as costs rise. from BBC News - Business https://ift.tt/2KFvF6H

An innovation surge and the lifting of health taboos is giving rise to an industry worth billions. from BBC News - Business https://ift.tt/2QujvTC

Syrian air defenses shot down several targets but did not shoot down an Israeli war plane on Thursday, Russia's RIA news agency cited an unnamed Syrian security source as saying on Friday. from Reuters: World News https://ift.tt/2KH8KYN

Sri Lanka's parliament on Friday voted to halt payment of ministers' salaries and travel expenses, but it remained unclear how the move would impact the disputed government of Prime Minister Mahinda Rajapaksa whose ministers boycotted the vote. from Reuters: World News https://ift.tt/2zxvg1O

The race to succeed Angela Merkel as leader of Germany's ruling conservatives, and take pole position to succeed her as chancellor, is going down to the wire. from Reuters: World News https://ift.tt/2Paxdq2

Thousands of children walked out of school across Australia on Friday in protest against government inaction on climate change, prompting a rebuke from a minister who said they were setting themselves up for "failure". from Reuters: World News https://ift.tt/2E462w5

Tens of thousands of Indian farmers and rural workers marched to the Indian parliament in the capital, New Delhi, on Friday in a protest against soaring operating costs and plunging produce prices that have brought misery to many. from Reuters: World News https://ift.tt/2SiQJTb

German investigators are checking whether there was any criminal cause behind the malfunction of a plane carrying Chancellor Angela Merkel to the G20 summit in Argentina, German newspaper Rheinische Post reported on Friday, citing security sources. from Reuters: World News https://ift.tt/2QqKFe1

Thai rights activists on Friday called for the release of a refugee footballer from Bahrain detained in Bangkok who may be deported back home where they say he could face persecution. from Reuters: World News https://ift.tt/2QueoTo

A VietJet Aviation JSC flight made a troubled landing on Thursday evening after the wheels on its front landing gear had "problems", with passengers reporting minor injuries, the carrier and Vietnam's aviation authority said on Friday. from Reuters: World News https://ift.tt/2RnWPSd

Chinese media on Friday hit back at a U.S. academic report which urged the United States to engage in "tit-for-tat" retaliation to counter what it said was China's widening campaign for influence which threatened to undermine democratic values. from Reuters: World News https://ift.tt/2SllvL8