People seek shelter from Hurricane Irma
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Today's Headlines September 5
Top News Stories
Hurricane Irma: Residents prepare for 'potentially catastrophic' storm
Those in the path of the "potentially catastrophic" storm secure homes and stockpile supplies.
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Daca Dreamers: Obama says axing young migrant scheme is wrong
The former US president says it was cruel of the Trump administration to scrap his Daca programme.
Gauri Lankesh: Indian journalist shot dead in Bangalore
Gauri Lankesh, a critic of Hindu nationalist politics, was found in a pool of blood outside her home.
Nasa shares video of Hurrican Irma viewed from space
The Category 5 storm is due to make landfall on the Leeward Islands in the Caribbean later.
 
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Nissan launches longer-range electric car
The Leaf, the world's best-selling electric car, faces growing competition in the green car market.
Sport
Williams wins thriller against Kvitova to make US Open semis
Venus Williams proves too strong for Petra Kvitova, winning 6-3 3-6 7-6 (7-2) to reach the US Open semi-finals in New York.
Wales go second after leaving it late in Moldova
Wales score two late goals to beat Moldova and move up to second in their World Cup qualifying group.
John Motson: Commentator to end BBC football career after 50 years
Legendary commentator John Motson will call time on his BBC career aged 72 at the end of the current football season.
Top Videos
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Hurricane Irma: 'I think it will be catastrophic'
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Nasa shares video of Hurrican Irma viewed from space
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The big plan to save Switzerland's smallest village
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Daca Dreamers: Harvey hero now faces deportation
Magazine
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G4S: 'What I saw when I went undercover'
Callum, 21, is a whistleblower. This is the story of how he exposed violence and abuse at an immigration detention centre.
Business
Travel disruption as Hurricane Irma forces flight cancellations
Hurricane Irma forces airline flight cancellations, with customers told to check before travelling.
Oil job losses 'worse than expected'
The industry's trade body says 60,000 direct and indirect jobs were lost across the UK in 2016.
 
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Technology
Nissan launches longer-range electric car
The Leaf, the world's best-selling electric car, faces growing competition in the green car market.
ECHR court reverses ruling on sacking over private messages
Europe's human rights court reverses a ruling which allowed a firm to read an employee's messages.
Capital
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Inside Beijing’s immense wedding studio
Dramatic backdrops, changing culture and a fast-growing industry
 
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How to avoid email snark
From "please advise" to "warm regards" what messages are you sending?
Culture
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‘A rose-tinted view of Britishness’
Judi Dench stars in Victoria and Abdul
 
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A race-relations satire to savour
George Clooney’s Suburbicon is ‘sickeningly pertinent’
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 man who designs the future
A visual futurist’s tips for creating new worlds
 
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The hidden ways that tech shapes lives
Untold stories from the planet’s most under-reported people
Travel
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The fish dish that saved a nation
According to legend, it helped win the American Revolutionary War
 
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Is this the happiest place in Britain?
These beautiful islands may hold the secret to satisfaction
 
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