News : British Broadcasting Corporation

News • British Broadcasting Corporation
Greek MPs are to vote on tough new proposals that PM Alexis Tsipras hopes will secure a vital third bailout and stave off exit from the eurozone.
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Researchers warn bumblebees are under threat from climate change.
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Alibaba says its senior executive Patrick Liu is in police custody over corruption allegations related to his previous job with Tencent.
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A £10 fine for patients who frequently miss NHS appointments in Wales would be introduced by the Conservatives if they win power at next year's assembly elections.
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Automatic planning permission would be granted on many brownfield sites in England in an attempt to boost house-building, under government plans.
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Asian shares open mixed despite Greece's new reform proposals in the debt crisis and Chinese shares closing higher, raising hopes of recovery in the market.
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The Greek government has submitted a new proposal for economic reforms. From Athens, Tim Willcox explains.
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The young entrepreneur with Down's Syndrome who runs her own fashion business.
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More than $3 trillion has been wiped off the Chinese stockmarket in less than a month. BBC News explains why, in 60 seconds.
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The site that turns time into money
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Did Bono and Bob's anti-debt campaign actually pay off?
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China's stock markets explained: why does red mean a share price has gone up rather down as it does in other countries?
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The Greek government has submits proposals for economic reforms in a bid to secure a further bailout from its international creditors.
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The natural habitats of bumblebees are shrinking because of higher temperatures in Europe and North America, threatening their survival, researchers say
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The Large Hadron Collider and jazz pianist Al Blatter make an unlikely musical duet at the Montreux Jazz Festival
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Two more Swiss banks, Banque Pasche and Arvest Privatbank, settle with the US Justice Department over tax evasion by Americans.
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More than 900 jobs are under threat at two seafood factories in Fraserburgh and Grantown on Spey.
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BT calls on regulator Ofcom to broaden its Digital Communications Review to address what it says are competition concerns in the UK pay-TV market.
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A weakness has been discovered in a French nuclear reactor of the type set to be built at Hinkley in Somerset.
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The International Monetary Fund cuts its global economic growth forecast for this year, blaming a slowdown in the US.
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Hundreds of thousands of Co-op customers who used their cards in the retailer's food stores and petrol stations on Tuesday may have been charged twice, the chain says.
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Thirteen million UK families will lose an average of £260 a year due to Budget changes to working-age benefits, the Institute for Fiscal Studies has said.
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Disney makes a UK-based fancy-dress retailer surrender starwars.co.uk and six other web addresses related to its sci-fi film franchise.
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European Union officials accuse Mastercard of overcharging consumers and retailers, breaking competition rules.
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IBM says it has overcome technical hurdles threatening to delay the manufacture of silicon chips with the smallest components so far.
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