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Nine films to look out for at this year's Hollywood-tinged film festival. from BBC News - World https://bbc.in/2HhJdFJ

Victor Vescovo descended almost 11km in a submersible to the deepest part of the Pacific Ocean. from BBC News - World https://bbc.in/2vYnJqA

The experiences of giving birth on either side of Atlantic can be very different. from BBC News - World https://bbc.in/2Jgcwux

The Hollywood legend and singer has died aged 97. from BBC News - World https://bbc.in/2Yo6jQv

Nigerian athlete Amon Okechukwu dreams of breaking the world high jump record in para-sport. from BBC News - World https://bbc.in/30j3cew

Three stories of what happens when false information is spread about you on social media sites. from BBC News - World https://bbc.in/2HeYpTM

The threat of a $20 fine and the lure of "democracy sausages" mean almost all Australians vote in elections. from BBC News - World https://bbc.in/30e2Ohp

The Faroe Islands declared themselves shut down as foreign volunteers came to take part in sustainable tourism. from BBC News - World https://bbc.in/2PYAUBn

Donald Trump says tariffs are benefitting the US, but economists disagree. from BBC News - Business https://bbc.in/2VAm9ul

The UK's lunch-on-the-go habit is creating nearly 11bn items of waste a year, say campaigners. from BBC News - Business https://bbc.in/30j3W3i

The reduction in the dividend contradicts a pledge six months ago to maintain the payment. from BBC News - Business https://bbc.in/2WJCDNd

Sushovan Hussain faces five years in prison for fraud linked to the $11bn sale of Autonomy to HP. from BBC News - Business https://bbc.in/2LFpfJ9

A Californian couple said the glyphosate-based product Roundup had caused their cancer. from BBC News - Business https://bbc.in/2VWn08h

The ride-sharing app sees falls further below its float price amid wider market turmoil. from BBC News - Business https://bbc.in/2vSsBhd

China says it will raise tariffs on some US imports from 1 June, extending a mutual trade war. from BBC News - Business https://bbc.in/2VUTjo0

Apple charges 30% commission on all app purchases, but there is nowhere else for iPhone users to buy them. from BBC News - Business https://bbc.in/30kHS8D

Honda said "no viable alternative" to the Swindon plant closure had been found during consultation. from BBC News - Business https://bbc.in/2E6sx1M

MPs are urging banks to create and fund shared hubs when there is a threat to a town's last branch. from BBC News - Business https://bbc.in/2JyiiqF

The waxing crescent moon is photographed just above Earth's limb. from NASA https://go.nasa.gov/2VzrTEB

U.S. Secretary of State Mike Pompeo shared information on "escalating" threats from Iran with European allies and NATO officials during meetings in Brussels on Monday, the U.S. special representative for Iran said. from Reuters: World News https://reut.rs/2HjQ7c8

U.S. President Donald Trump warned on Monday Iran would "suffer greatly" if it targeted U.S. interests after Washington deployed an aircraft carrier and more jet fighters at a time of rising tensions with Tehran. from Reuters: World News https://reut.rs/2JCZ8zV

Iran's Foreign Minister Javad Zarif will hold talks with his counterpart in the Indian capital on Tuesday after New Delhi stopped purchases of Iranian oil this month in the wake of renewed U.S. sanctions. from Reuters: World News https://reut.rs/2VAVhKJ

Bangladeshi police prevented dozens of Rohingya Muslims, most of them women, about to be trafficked to Malaysia by boat, authorities said on Tuesday. from Reuters: World News https://reut.rs/2HlC8mj

North Korea said on Tuesday the seizure of one of its cargo ships by the United States was an illegal act that violated the spirit of a summit between the two countries' leaders, and demanded the return of the vessel without delay. from Reuters: World News https://reut.rs/2JhXpRh

British Prime Minister Theresa May was under pressure from her own party on Tuesday to abandon a bid to find a Brexit compromise with the opposition Labour Party. from Reuters: World News https://reut.rs/2Ys46n3

A Sri Lankan software engineer suspected by authorities in Sri Lanka of having provided technical and logistical support to the Easter Sunday suicide bombers was monitored by Indian intelligence agencies three years ago for links with Islamic State suspects, investigators said. from Reuters: World News https://reut.rs/2HiUm9d

Guatemala's top court said on Monday that it had barred the daughter of former military dictator Efrain Rios Montt from taking part in presidential elections in June. from Reuters: World News https://reut.rs/2vX2XrK

A television station run by Yemen's Houthi group said on Tuesday the Iran-aligned movement had launched drone attacks on Saudi installations, without identifying the targets or time of the attacks. from Reuters: World News https://reut.rs/2LCUrsh

French authorities seized half a tonne of cocaine worth around 40 million euros ($44.9 million) in the northern port of Dunkirk last month, Budget Minister Gerald Darmanin said in a statement on Tuesday. from Reuters: World News https://reut.rs/2VojDTd

United Nations Secretary-General Antonio Guterres aims to draw up a global plan to fight a rising tide of hate speech, he said on Tuesday, during a visit to a New Zealand mosque where dozens of worshippers were killed in a mass shooting in March. from Reuters: World News https://reut.rs/2W2Xiii

U.S. President Donald Trump said on Monday he would meet Chinese President Xi Jinping next month as the trade war between the world's two largest economies intensified, sending shivers through global markets. from Reuters: World News https://reut.rs/2Hi0sqk

Allies of Philippine President Rodrigo Duterte have dominated a mid-term Senate election according to unofficial results on Tuesday, indicating growing support for the maverick leader and broad public endorsement of his controversial rule. from Reuters: World News https://reut.rs/2HhU2Yf