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Dave Lee North America technology reporter BBC What do we know about the curious, secretive NSO Group? Very little – but after this week, an awful lot more than we did before. The group, an Israeli-based but American-owned company, specialises in creating what it calls tools against crime and terrorism. But the security researchers call them […]
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BBC News : The US and China – together responsible for 40% of the world’s carbon emissions – have now both ratified the Paris global climate agreement. After arriving with other leaders of G20 nations for a summit in the city of Hangzhou, Mr Obama said: “History will judge today’s effort as pivotal.” CO2 emissions
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BBC News : Melania Trump is suing a British newspaper and a US blogger for $150m (£114m) over allegations she was a sex worker in the 1990s, her lawyer says. The Daily Mail suggested Mrs Trump may have worked as a part-time escort in New York, and met husband Donald Trump, who is now running
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By Amy Ellis Nutt – The Washington Post on Sexting Dangr33 is back. Yep, it wasn’t enough for disgraced former New York congressman Anthony Weiner to be caught sexting twice or even to bare his soul in a documentary about his sextcapades. Now he’s been caught sexting a woman, again not his wife, with his
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The European Commission says the Irish government helped Apple artificially lower its tax bill for more than 20 years. They have given Illegal Tax Incentives to Apple. In the biggest tax demand ever imposed by the European Union, the Irish government has been ordered to recover almost $15bn of unpaid taxes from Apple. The world’s
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Donald Trump vowed that Mexico will fully pay for the border wall in a speech focused on immigration. Hours earlier, he met Mexican President Enrique Pena Nieto but said they had not discussed financing the wall. The president later insisted he had told Mr Trump Mexico would not pay. There had been speculation that the
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BBC News : On Saturday Ivo Pitanguy, the world-renowned Brazilian plastic surgeon and pioneer of the “Brazilian butt lift” died at the age of 90 – just a day after carrying the Olympic flame through Rio. His legacy has inspired plastic surgeons around the world. And techniques like the “butt lift” have become increasingly popular
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BBC News : US Republican candidate Donald Trump is to visit Mexico on Wednesday, hours before he details measures against illegal immigration in a speech. President Trump expressed his anticipation for a meeting with President Enrique Pena Nieto, who extended invitations to both him and Democrat Hillary Clinton. President Pena Nieto emphasized the importance of
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BBC News : The chief strategist of the Islamic State group, whose calls for attacks against the West during Ramadan led to mass bloodshed, has been killed in Syria, IS-affiliated media say. The Amaq news agency said Abu Muhammad al-Adnani died in Aleppo province. The Pentagon said an air strike had targeted Adnani in
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By Jonathan Webb Science reporter, BBC News A genetic study of Tasmanian devils has uncovered signs that the animals are rapidly evolving to defend themselves against an infectious face cancer. One of just three known transmissible cancers, this tumour has wiped out 80% of wild devils in the past 20 years. Researchers looked at samples from
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