Arms depot blast in Syria's Idlib province kills 39 - monitor
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Today's Headlines August 12
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Arms depot blast in Syria's Idlib province kills 39 - monitor
Dozens of people are still missing after the blast in rebel-held Idlib, reports say.
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Children pulled from rubble after deadly Syria blast
Video believed to be of the flattened building in Idlib province shows children being rescued.
Unite the Right: White nationalists outnumbered at Washington rally
About 20 white nationalists attended the rally in Washington, a year after violence in Charlottesville.
Killer whale mother finally lets dead newborn calf go, after 17 days
After 17 days, the orca at last stops carrying her newborn and begins chasing salmon off Canada.
Spain festival collapse in Vigo injures dozens
A wooden promenade gave way during a concert at an urban sports and music festival in Vigo.
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Sport
Koepka sees off Woods charge to win US PGA Championship
American Brooks Koepka wins his second major of 2018 by holding off a resurgent Tiger Woods to claim the US PGA Championship.
Barcelona win Spanish Super Cup after late penalty save
Barcelona goalkeeper Marc-Andre ter Stegen saves a last-minute penalty as they beat Sevilla 2-1 to win the Spanish Super Cup.
England bowlers demolish feeble India to secure crushing second Test win
James Anderson and Stuart Broad each take four wickets as England complete an innings and 159-run win in the second Test against India.
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The mountain girls making bras for Europe's chests
Few people give much thought to where what they wear beneath their clothes really comes from, and so it was for Elizabeth Gowing, until recently.
Business
Turkey pledges action to calm markets
The country's finance minister says it will unveil details of its plan on Monday morning.
Trump backs Harley-Davidson boycott in tariff row
The US president says it's "great" that many Harley-Davidson owners plan to boycott the firm.
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Technology
Gab user's anti-Semitic posts removed
The content was posted to social network Gab, which is popular with some far-right users.
Can you speed-read these news stories?
The BBC is experimenting with a way of delivering the news more quickly.
Capital
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How cities 'nudge' better behaviour
The hidden sneaky tactics gently pushing city dwellers to do the right thing
 
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How to spot a narcissist
Despite being terrible colleagues, they can go far
Culture
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What connects Adam and Eve to Tinder?
Depictions of carnal pleasure – and online dating
 
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The strangest sequel never made?
Musician Nick Cave wrote a time-travel saga in which Maximus is not a gladiator
Earth
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The worst storm in British history?
It caused havoc across swathes of the country
 
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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
Future
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Will we ever be able to freeze time?
It could save the lives of the critically wounded
 
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Can you read at superhuman speeds?
This trick might help
Travel
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Asia’s capital of connection
It’s a city for people who love New York, London and Tokyo
 
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The Guatemalan deity of vice
He’s popular with those living on the wrong side of the law
 
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