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Today's Headlines August 31
Top News Stories
Houston floods: White House seeks disaster aid from Congress
President Trump is expected to ask for $5.9bn in federal aid, and pledged $1m of his own money.
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US hands out first contracts for border wall prototypes
Four companies will be paid up to $500,000 each for a 30ft segment of concrete border wall.
Air Transat probed after flights delayed for hours on Ottawa runway
Passengers on one of two Air Transat flights kept on Ottawa runways for hours rang 911 for help.
US police dashcam: 'We only kill black people'
An officer in the US was caught making the comments after pulling a woman over in Georgia in July 2016.
 
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Pregnant North Dakota woman's boyfriend finally meets baby after her death
The partner of a pregnant mother whose body was found in a river visits the child believed to be his.
Sport
Late deals break deadline-day spending record
Premier League clubs take their deadline day spending to a record £210m but some of the highest-profile moves of the window fail to materialise.
Chelsea sign £35m Drinkwater from Leicester
Chelsea sign midfielder Danny Drinkwater from Leicester City for £35m, having also signed Torino full-back Davide Zappacosta.
PSG sign Mbappe, 18, on loan - can make it permanent for £165.7m
Paris St-Germain sign teenage forward Kylian Mbappe from Ligue 1 rivals Monaco, with an option to buy for £165.7m.
Top Videos
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The man who makes prosthetic hands for free
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A Nasty Boy: The Nigerian magazine breaking gender taboos
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The wedding that broke centuries of tradition
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Houston flood: What Storm Harvey left behind
Magazine
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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
VW launches new UK diesel scrappage scheme
All Volkswagen brands, including Audi, Seat, Skoda and VW Commercial Vehicles, will participate.
Wells Fargo reveals more fake accounts
The bank says about 3.5 million "potentially unauthorised" accounts were created over almost eight years.
 
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Technology
Hyperloop pod breaks own high-speed record
More tests next month might mean the pods for the science-fictional transport system hit 500 km/h
Selfie app 'spots early signs of pancreatic cancer'
The software is designed to act as a low-cost early warning system for pancreatic tumours.
Capital
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'We like to be part of the next story'
The people giving the elite the bespoke luxury experiences they crave
 
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The companies that ban certain words
Can forbidding some terms make for a better customer and employee experience?
Culture
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Matt Damon stars in Downsizing
Alexander Payne’s new comedy is about miniature humans
 
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Princess Diana’s game of thrones
Twenty years after her death she echoes across our TV screens
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 bleakest magazine ever published?
A unique – and chilling – publication about the collapse of civilisation
 
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The foods that are not what they seem
They’re so good at pretending it’s hard to notice
Travel
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A Prague church that defied Nazi rule
It was one of the greatest acts of wartime resistance in occupied Europe
 
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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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