US Senate's bipartisan spending-hike budget is 'monstrosity'
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Today's Headlines February 8
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US Senate's bipartisan spending-hike budget is 'monstrosity'
Conservatives brand the bipartisan deal a "debt junkie's dream", with some Democrats also opposed.
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North Korea to hold military parade ahead of Winter Olympics
The parade will mark the 70th anniversary of the foundation of the Korean People's Army.
Food may influence cancer spread
Study slowed breast cancer spread by blocking the nutrient asparagine.
White House aide Rob Porter quits as ex-wives allege abuse
The White House staff secretary denies emotionally, physically and mentally abusing his ex-wives.
 
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Couple marries 400ft in the air above a Utah canyon
Ryan Wenks and Kimberly Weglin said their wedding vows to each other on a suspended space net.
Sport
Tottenham see off League Two Newport at Wembley
Tottenham make light work of League Two visitors Newport County to reach the FA Cup fifth round with a comfortable replay win at Wembley.
Windchill of -25C: Will it be too cold for a Winter Olympics?
With windchill dropping temperatures to -25C, the 2018 Winter Olympics could be the coldest on record. But can it actually get too cold for winter sports?
England batsmen took right risks but executed poorly - Morgan
England captain Eoin Morgan says his batsmen were "right" to take risks but the execution was "not up to scratch" in their Twenty20 tri-series defeat by Australia.
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What makes a military parade?
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Inside Afghanistan's only high security mental institution
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Skiers and snowboards in the Paris snow
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'I didn't want to become a celebrity'
Magazine
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Breaking taboos with tattoos
21 year old Heleena Mistry uses traditional Indian designs in her tattoos
Business
Fox still expects to win Sky takeover
Fox has said it expects to win approval to take over Sky
Theresa May and Japan's UK investors to hold talks
Major Japanese investors in Britain, including carmakers, are due to meet the prime minister and chancellor.
 
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Technology
Reddit bans deepfake porn videos
The discussion site bans all faked pornography that uses people's faces without their permission.
MPs travel to US on fake news mission
A House of Commons committee is in Washington to question Google, Facebook and Twitter on fake news.
Capital
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Out of space for its millionaires
How one tiny country is expanding its territory out over the Mediterranean sea
 
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Where a T-shirt can cost $1,000
Global streetwear culture and the ‘hypebeasts’ who live and breathe it
Culture
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How Carmen became a feminist icon
Rewriting opera’s favourite femme fatale
 
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The most radical blockbuster ever?
Black Panther is a revolutionary superhero film
Earth
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The world's most extreme dog patrol
The beauty of the Arctic as seen by Greenland's elite dog sled team
 
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The wreck of the Titanic is being eaten
It takes a special kind of species to eat away a giant steel ship
Future
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What if the internet stops working?
It would have consequences, but would it be a disaster?
 
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The place where the human era begins
One location could define the start of a new geological period - where is it?
Travel
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The islands of unbridled imagination
‘When you say yes to life, you open doors’
 
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The last train of a bygone era
The journey takes a leisurely 70 minutes to cover just 12 miles
 
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