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The Islamist group's power and reach have surged since foreign combat troops left, the BBC finds. from BBC News - World http://ift.tt/2GxHfyf

The Vatican says it has been given new information about allegations of a bishop's alleged cover-up. from BBC News - World http://ift.tt/2DOA6rH

The move reverses attempts by former President Barack Obama to close the controversial site. from BBC News - World http://ift.tt/2GyqPpl

Additionally the employee who sent the warning, who had a record of poor performance, is fired. from BBC News - World http://ift.tt/2GwFtNV

The actor, who had admitted possessing child sex abuse images, is believed to have killed himself. from BBC News - World http://ift.tt/2DXW3b3

A blue blood supermoon and lunar eclipse across Asia heralds a year of lunar science milestones, say scientists. from BBC News - World http://ift.tt/2DNjDYM

The actress says she "continues to believe" the director after claims against him resurfaced. from BBC News - World http://ift.tt/2Gu0XuS

Yemeni cabinet ministers are reported to be holed up inside the presidential palace in Aden. from BBC News - World http://ift.tt/2GxRIdk

Three months after Alexia Daval's body was found, her husband tells police he killed her by mistake. from BBC News - World http://ift.tt/2Frace3

Pierre Agnes' boat was discovered washed ashore near Biarritz on France's Atlantic coast. from BBC News - World http://ift.tt/2rQAhkF

A killer whale that can mimic words such as "hello" is thought to be the first of its kind to copy human speech. from BBC News - World http://ift.tt/2nqKlfJ

The contrasting reactions to the president's speech tell the tale of a deeply divided Congress. from BBC News - World http://ift.tt/2nozzH0

Joseph Kennedy III attacked the president and said Democrats were speaking for all Americans. from BBC News - World http://ift.tt/2BGLowb

The Afghan Taliban, which US-led forces spent billions of dollars trying to defeat, are now openly active in 70% of the country, a BBC study has found. from BBC News - World http://ift.tt/2rQlZRb

A lunar eclipse, supermoon and blue moon are about to happen at once. Here's what you need to know. from BBC News - World http://ift.tt/2DQmXOX

Kenya's main opposition leader stages his own "swearing-in" after two disputed elections. We explain. from BBC News - World http://ift.tt/2E0X0Q0

Rescuers were lowered from a helicopter to help up to 150 skiers stuck on a mountain in Austria. from BBC News - World http://ift.tt/2DNsFFr

Marlène Morin was 15 when she was resettled from the island of Réunion to France. After 52 years, she finally returned. from BBC News - World http://ift.tt/2rQmV8l

Bureaucrats say they will urgently investigate a breach that has sparked both amusement and concern. from BBC News - World http://ift.tt/2BFFhIG

United Airlines refuses to let a woman in New Jersey board a plane with a peacock, citing its size. from BBC News - World http://ift.tt/2rVgVLc

North Korean defector Ji Seong-ho waved his crutches to resounding applause when Trump called him up. from BBC News - World http://ift.tt/2DZ8LX8

As the worldwide demand for used and worn clothing plummets, what do we do with our unwanted clothes? from BBC News - World http://ift.tt/2EqeIKC

A campaign in several African countries wants to stop child brides and keep girls in education. from BBC News - World http://ift.tt/2nqZsF4

How businessman Tran Qui Thanh built Vietnam's largest soft drinks firm, THP, and his plans to become a worldwide brand. from BBC News - World http://ift.tt/2FxKrc1

Film critic Shubhra Gupta shines a spotlight on the history of sexism in Indian films. from BBC News - World http://ift.tt/2nsu0Xf

The first part of the BBC's series on online conspiracy theories: why some people think chemicals are dropping from the sky. from BBC News - World http://ift.tt/2DQkWX9

More than 100 child health experts are urging Facebook to withdraw an app aimed at under-13s. from BBC News - Technology http://ift.tt/2rMqWdI More than 100 child health experts are urging Facebook to withdraw an app aimed at under-13s. BBC News - Technology

An update for Windows 7, 8.1 and 10 disables a flawed patch issued by Intel. from BBC News - Technology http://ift.tt/2no9Ez3 An update for Windows 7, 8.1 and 10 disables a flawed patch issued by Intel. BBC News - Technology

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WASHINGTON — President Donald Trump’s Republican allies in Congress advanced their monthslong assault on special counsel Robert Mueller’s investigation into Russian interference in the 2016 election on Monday, voting along partisan lines to release a classified memo slamming officials from the Justice Department and Federal Bureau of Investigation who have investigated the Trump campaign’s ties to Russia. from Yahoo News - Latest News & Headlines http://ift.tt/2EkDP1c

WASHINGTON ― About 30 young undocumented immigrants are attending the State of the Union on Tuesday as guests of lawmakers ― and one of their colleagues wants to use the opportunity to have those guests arrested. from Yahoo News - Latest News & Headlines http://ift.tt/2ErdOgV

North Korea pulled out of a joint cultural event with South Korea planned for at the North's Diamond Mountain on Feb. 4 from Yahoo News - Latest News & Headlines http://ift.tt/2rRuefJ

WAILUKU, Hawaii (AP) — A murder trial began Monday for a woman accused of deliberately driving off a cliff in Hawaii and killing her identical twin sister. from Yahoo News - Latest News & Headlines http://ift.tt/2BDQDNp

The emergency worker responsible for sending a false missile alert to people in Hawaii earlier this month actually believed there was an incoming ballistic missile, The Washington Post reports. from Yahoo News - Latest News & Headlines http://ift.tt/2DQKr6B

Taiwanese troops Tuesday staged live-fire exercises simulating a response to an invasion, as China steppeds up pressure on the island's President Tsai Ing-wen and a row over airline routes escalated. The ministry did not specify that the annual drill simulated an invasion by China but said it was intended to "show determination to safeguard peace in the Taiwan Strait and national security". Tsai last month warned against what she called Beijing's "military expansion" -- the increase in Chinese air and naval drills around the island since she came to power in May 2016. from Yahoo News - Latest News & Headlines http://ift.tt/2FtgNEI

By Nidal al-Mughrabi GAZA (Reuters) - Schools, clinics and food distribution centers in the Gaza Strip were closed most of Monday by a demonstration by thousands of employees of the United Nations agency that serves Palestinian refugees. Palestinians have been angered by a U.S. decision to cut aid to the United Nations Relief and Welfare Agency (UNRWA), saying it will cause worse hardship in Gaza. More than half the enclave's two million residents depend on support from UNRWA and other humanitarian agencies. from Yahoo News - Latest News & Headlines http://ift.tt/2GtIdvA

LAS VEGAS (AP) — The Latest on court orders by Nevada judges to release documents that had been sealed in the deadliest mass shooting in modern U.S. history (all times local): from Yahoo News - Latest News & Headlines http://ift.tt/2Fvu0wU

“We’re called conspiracy theorists because we see this cabal right in front of us,” said Gaetz. “We aggregate these data points and show what was really going on.” from Yahoo News - Latest News & Headlines http://ift.tt/2nmRvlb

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Joy Behar kicked off an interview with Sen. Kirsten Gillibrand (D-N.Y.) on Monday by confronting the lawmaker for calling on Sen. Al Franken to resign after being publicly accused of sexual misconduct. from Yahoo News - Latest News & Headlines http://ift.tt/2DKrLVZ

Indian families’ traditional preference for sons over daughters has led to the existence of millions of “unwanted” girls in the country, a new government report estimates. from Yahoo News - Latest News & Headlines http://ift.tt/2DPlU5T

Amazon UK and eBay UK have received immense backlash after social media users recently noticed “Chinese Boy Fancy Dress Costumes” for sale through the e-commerce sites. from Yahoo News - Latest News & Headlines http://ift.tt/2rTvG1b

A Russian-organised peace conference aimed at ending the war in Syria had a shambolic start on Tuesday, after dozens of opposition delegates refused to leave the airport in Sochi and others backed out at the last minute. Moscow, a staunch Assad ally, is hosting what it has called a Syrian Congress of National Dialogue in the Black Sea resort that it hopes will launch negotiations on drafting a new constitution for Syria after almost seven years of war. But the conference, which is running in parallel to the United Nations-negotiated talks, looked in jeopardy after more than 70 rebel delegates refused to leave the airport until all logos and emblems representing the government were removed. A rebel source told the Telegraph Russia had promised to change or remove the symbol of the congress, which read “Peace to the People of Syria” but only featured the regime flag, only to be greeted by them at the arrivals gate. Sochi conference logo (w/only regime flag) causing problems. Apparently a...

A rare celestial phenomenon will take place January 31, when a super moon, blue moon and total lunar eclipse take place at the same time. from Yahoo News - Latest News & Headlines http://ift.tt/2DYywXv

Rep. Adam Schiff talks with Rachel Maddow about the unprecedented lengths to which House Intelligence Committee Republicans are going to undermine Robert Mueller's investigation of Donald Trump. from Yahoo News - Latest News & Headlines http://ift.tt/2GvkwTK

By Aaron Maasho ADDIS ABABA (Reuters) - China and the African Union dismissed on Monday a report in French newspaper Le Monde that Beijing had bugged the regional bloc's headquarters in the Ethiopian capital. An article published Friday in Le Monde, quoting anonymous AU sources, reported that data from computers in the Chinese-built building had been transferred nightly to Chinese servers for five years. After the massive hack was discovered a year ago, the building's IT system including servers was changed, according to Le Monde. from Yahoo News - Latest News & Headlines http://ift.tt/2Emivs9

The family said he was obsessed with one of the victims from Yahoo News - Latest News & Headlines http://ift.tt/2noeY4B

SANTA ANA, Calif. (AP) — More than $50 million worth of gold bars, coins and dust that's been described as the greatest lost treasure in U.S. history is about to make its public debut in California after sitting at the bottom of the ocean for more than 150 years. from Yahoo News - Latest News & Headlines http://ift.tt/2DLRjpN

New England Patriots quarterback Tom Brady said Monday night that he doesn’t want radio station WEEI to sack the host who called his 5-year-old daughter Vivian “an annoying little pissant.” from Yahoo News - Latest News & Headlines http://ift.tt/2DMrZvG

North Korea has stepped up its executions, the top commander of US troops on the Korean Peninsula said on Monday, amid increasing strain on the its military from international economic sanctions. “We’re seeing some increase in executions, mostly against political officers who are in military units, for corruption,” General Vincent K Brooks, the top US commander in South Korea told the Wall Street Journal. He added that the actions “are really about trying to clamp down on as much as possible on something that might be deteriorating and keeping it from deteriorating too quickly.” In recent months the South Korean press has reported the possible execution of Park In-young, the official in charge of Pyongyang’s nuclear test facilities, and former military chief, General Hwang Pyong-so, who was accused of allegedly taking bribes. General Brooks also noted a recent shift in the pattern of defections from the North. “We’re seeing defections happening in areas where we don’t generally see the...

The future is looking bright for Lockheed Martin’s F-35 Joint Strike Fighter, which is set for massive growth as the program finally reaches maturity and enters into full rate production. “Our F-35 program, during the fourth quarter we met our joint government and industry commitment by delivering the 66 aircraft in 2017,” Marillyn Hewson, chairman, president and chief executive officer of Lockheed Martin, told investors. Lockheed Martin expects that the program will continue to expand in 2018. from Yahoo News - Latest News & Headlines http://ift.tt/2DOd1cK

The United States warned Tuesday that it may soon impose new sanctions on Russian figures, after Vladimir Putin laughed off the release of a US target list of his closest and richest allies. The world was braced for a US sanctions onslaught on Monday when a new law came into effect 180 days after President Donald Trump, still hopeful for warmer ties, begrudgingly signed it. from Yahoo News - Latest News & Headlines http://ift.tt/2nsdmXF

Texas Gov. Greg Abbott (R) has ordered additional law enforcement to investigate allegations of sexual assault at Walker County’s Karolyi Ranch, the former training facility for USA Gymnastics athletes. from Yahoo News - Latest News & Headlines http://ift.tt/2DQGFKt

An Air Force sergeant is under investigation after a profanity-laced Facebook tirade in which she denigrated “black females” who are of lower rank than her. Tech Sgt Geraldine Lovely has been “removed from her supervisory role” after the Facebook post went viral over the weekend, officials at Nellis Air Force Base near Las Vegas have said. “It pisses me the f*** off that they have no respect and constantly have attitude,” Ms Lovely says in the video. from Yahoo News - Latest News & Headlines http://ift.tt/2DKMuZH

More than 100 child health experts are urging Facebook to withdraw an app aimed at under-13s. from BBC News - Technology http://ift.tt/2rMqWdI

An update for Windows 7, 8.1 and 10 disables a flawed patch issued by Intel. from BBC News - Technology http://ift.tt/2no9Ez3

The company says an update allowing users to select community news will encourage civic engagement. from BBC News - Technology http://ift.tt/2rQMFRF

Customers are told their sat-navs, including some bought in recent months, will no longer get updates. from BBC News - Technology http://ift.tt/2nnCtMb

The ads used visitors' computers to generate valuable crypto-coins for a cyber-scam. from BBC News - Technology http://ift.tt/2BCPRjI

Areas with a lot of retail, administration and warehouse jobs will be most affected, a report says. from BBC News - Technology http://ift.tt/2DHSfYl

Companies in the UK that fail to protect themselves effectively from hackers could be fined up to £17m. from BBC News - Technology http://ift.tt/2BB2Geg

Existing technology can be used to flag grooming behaviour to children and moderators, the NSPCC says. from BBC News - Technology http://ift.tt/2EfUH9j

MIT is making a new kind of 3D printer that can change the colour of the objects you print. from BBC News - Technology http://ift.tt/2DOb2Fs

After a fitness app "heatmap" revealed military information, what are your devices saying about you? from BBC News - Technology http://ift.tt/2nni2yE

Meet the teenager making money with a computer on his mum's balcony from BBC News - Technology http://ift.tt/2BDdLLV

A doctor has designed a video game about treating patients with severe injuries. from BBC News - Technology http://ift.tt/2FpYxvQ

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After a fitness app "heatmap" revealed military information, what are your devices saying about you? from BBC News - Technology http://ift.tt/2nni2yE After a fitness app "heatmap" revealed military information, what are your devices saying about you? BBC News - Technology

How businessman Tran Qui Thanh built Vietnam's largest soft drinks firm, THP, and his plans to become a worldwide brand. from BBC News - Business http://ift.tt/2FxKrc1

As the worldwide demand for used and worn clothing plummets, what do we do with our unwanted clothes? from BBC News - Business http://ift.tt/2EqeIKC

As more media outlets use automated algorithms to write news stories, are journalists doomed? from BBC News - Business http://ift.tt/2DJr7vU

Trump overheard saying he is '100 percent' behind releasing surveillance memo President Donald Trump was overheard telling a GOP lawmaker Tuesday night that he’s “100 percent” behind releasing a classified Republican intelligence memo detailing alleged surveillance abuses.

Chaffetz disgusted by Dems' behavior at State of the Union Fox News contributor and former Republican congressman blasts some Democrats' refusal to salute the American heroes acknowledged by President Trump.

Stirewalt on SOTU address: Can Trump deliver on big agenda? Fox News politics editor praises President Trump's State of the Union address, but notes 'what matters is tomorrow.'

Trump assures Rep. Duncan that the GOP memo will be release Rep. Jeff Duncan urges President Trump to 'release the memo' as he exits the House chamber following the State of the Union address.

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Did President Trump use State of the Union to turn a corner? Trump touts economic growth, calls for strength and national unity at first State of the Union address; reaction and analysis from Corey Lewandowski, Philippe Reines, Charlie Hurt and Byron York.

Part 1 of President Trump's 2018 State of the Union Address President Trump salutes the heroism of America's first responders, calls upon lawmakers to deliver for the American people and touts the strength of the U.S. economy.

Part 2 of President Trump's 2018 State of the Union Address President Trump says his administration is protecting religious liberty, making sure veterans are being taken care of, ending the war on clean coal and working to reduce the price of prescription drugs, rewrite bad trade deals and permanently fix the nation's infrastructure.

Part 3 of President Trump's 2018 State of the Union Address President Trump calls on Congress to close immigration loopholes, support ICE and Border Patrol agents, secure the border, end the visa lottery and end chain migration.

US evangelical leader Franklin Graham says President Trump is no model Christian. from BBC News - World http://ift.tt/2npJBXs

Dustin Snyder has a rare form of cancer and was recently told he had weeks left to live. So he proposed. from BBC News - World http://ift.tt/2Em8NGo

The test question cannot be solved with maths, but officials say that's not the point. from BBC News - World http://ift.tt/2Gv5Vrm

The finance ministry will check whether a 70% discount that led to "riots" broke trading laws. from BBC News - World http://ift.tt/2nkAUhP

Eddie Adams captured one of the most famous images of the Vietnam War but he was haunted by it. from BBC News - World http://ift.tt/2BCSgL4

Donald Trump's move to withhold payments to the Palestinian refugee agency is causing alarm in Gaza. from BBC News - World http://ift.tt/2Gtsmx2

Older models are the latest fashion trend, thanks to social media and an aging society. from BBC News - World http://ift.tt/2Gt1QnC

Why a Spanish woman credited with saving the lives of thousands of migrants is facing prison. from BBC News - World http://ift.tt/2rQypZm

Both India and Pakistan have blamed each other for the steep rise in ceasefire violations. from BBC News - World http://ift.tt/2rLlaJk

Why have African literary fans rallied around author Chimamanda Ngozi Achide after her interview in Paris? from BBC News - World http://ift.tt/2rNy8pZ

The company says an update allowing users to select community news will encourage civic engagement. from BBC News - Technology http://ift.tt/2rQMFRF The company says an update allowing users to select community news will encourage civic engagement. BBC News - Technology

Customers are told their sat-navs, including some bought in recent months, will no longer get updates. from BBC News - Technology http://ift.tt/2nnCtMb Customers are told their sat-navs, including some bought in recent months, will no longer get updates. BBC News - Technology

The ads used visitors' computers to generate valuable crypto-coins for a cyber-scam. from BBC News - Technology http://ift.tt/2BCPRjI The ads used visitors' computers to generate valuable crypto-coins for a cyber-scam. BBC News - Technology

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