Blast fears over flooded Texas plant
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Today's Headlines August 30
Top News Stories
Houston flood: 'No way to prevent' chemical plant blast or fire
A chemical plant near Houston is expected to explode as rescue work continues after Hurricane Harvey.
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Remembering Diana
BBC Rewind looks at the life of Princess Diana, twenty years on from her death.
Building collapse traps people in Mumbai
Rescuers desperately search for survivors after a building collapses in India's financial capital.
North Korea: US 'never out of diplomatic solutions'
He made his comments after Trump tweeted that "talking is not the answer" when dealing with N Korea.
 
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Manchester bomber's brother faces trial in Libya
Hashem Abedi is suspected of providing support before the suicide attack in May that killed 22.
Sport
Liverpool agree £40m Oxlade-Chamberlain deal
Liverpool agree a £40m deal to sign Arsenal and England midfielder Alex Oxlade-Chamberlain.
US Open 2017: Alexander Zverev beaten in four sets by Borna Coric
Fourth seed Alexander Zverev is knocked out of the US Open in four sets by Croatia's Borna Coric in New York.
Transfer window: Has this been the weirdest ever?
BBC Sport looks at some of the eye-opening moments from this summer's transfer window, including staged 'kidnap' videos, exorbitant fees and Neymar's world record-breaking move.
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One man's march for indigenous rights
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The man who saves animals from war
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Footage of N Korea missile launch over Japan
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Hurricane Harvey: Saving displaced pets
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I was a neo-Nazi. Then I fell in love with a black woman
She was a violent white supremacist. But an encounter in prison changed Angela King's life forever.
Business
India rupee: Illegal cash crackdown failed - bank report
India's attempt to flush out undeclared wealth by withdrawing notes did not work, bank figures show.
Trump: 'It's time' for tax reform
US President Donald Trump wants to lower taxes on businesses and simplify the tax code.
 
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Technology
Instagram hack: Celebrity contact details revealed
The social network says phone numbers and email addresses of "high profile" users were revealed.
Giant spambot scooped up 711 million email addresses
Experts say a "mind-boggling" amount of user data has been gathered by a hacking operation.
Capital
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No 'employees' allowed
Why companies ban certain words
 
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Non-binary in the workplace
What you can do to help all genders feel welcome
Culture
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How the gif won the internet
Why we can’t get enough of reaction memes
 
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What are the greatest comedy lines?
From Python to Shaun of the Dead
Earth
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The ocean is a strange place after dark
Moonlight triggers the world’s biggest orgy
 
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Incredible science of surfing and waves
The impressive facts, figures and science behind surfing and waves
Future
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The foods that are not what they seem
They’re so good at pretending it’s hard to notice
 
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The secrets of learning as an adult
An old dog really can learn new tricks, if you learn in the right way
Travel
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A village that needs approval to enter
Here, a tangled bundle of roots is a gesture of respect
 
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Italy’s newly forbidden pasta
A new ban is putting this beloved tradition at risk
 
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