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The behaviour of some loan firms is deemed 'unacceptable' by the watchdog, the Financial Ombudsman Service. from BBC News - Business https://bbc.in/2Q3y6mf

Internet, pay-TV, and phone subscribers in the UK must be told when their lock-ins are about to end. from BBC News - Business https://bbc.in/2Q7SOSi

Mr Trump suggests the Fed could help the US 'win' its trade war if it 'matches' China's stimulus efforts. from BBC News - Business https://bbc.in/2HpjwSd

Boots, Superdrug and Holland & Barrett allowed a 17-year-old to buy diet pills, a BBC investigation finds. from BBC News - Business https://bbc.in/2w14nkE

The Chinese telecoms firm has drawn international scrutiny amid concerns it poses a security risk. from BBC News - Business https://bbc.in/2WLWo6S

A William Hill advert that appeared on Tinder broke advertising rules, a watchdog rules. from BBC News - Business https://bbc.in/2Q0X5GS

China says the two countries are in touch, but does not say if trade talks will resume. from BBC News - Business https://bbc.in/2Vq43X0

The troubled bank hopes to announce it has secured hundreds of millions of pounds in new investment. from BBC News - Business https://bbc.in/2VV1DEn

Customers across the UK had struggled to make calls, send text messages and use mobile data. from BBC News - Business https://bbc.in/2Hj72wL

Energy customers are under pressure to install smart meters, but many just don't function properly. from BBC News - Business https://bbc.in/2vY7ryk

How virtual reality tech is finally beginning to fulfil its potential for business. from BBC News - Business https://bbc.in/2YrliJG

China has come up with its own champions - Baidu, Alibaba and Tencent, known as the BATs. from BBC News - Business https://bbc.in/2JGqlBJ

Wake Up To Money's Sean Farrington joins Nicky Campbell for a Your Call special in the wake of the WhatsApp hack on how you can protect your device from cyber attack. from BBC News - Business https://bbc.in/2WNpi6U

If approved, the law - which has sparked protests - would outlaw abortion almost entirely. from BBC News - World https://bbc.in/2Hmn0oC

The ruling military council and an opposition alliance announce steps to full civilian rule in Sudan. from BBC News - World https://bbc.in/2JkZyM4

The city voted against the emerging technology amid fears of invasion of privacy and unreliability. from BBC News - World https://bbc.in/2Ho8BbF

The festival jury president highlights immigration and climate change on a political opening night. from BBC News - World https://bbc.in/2Eazdfl

This man is growing vegetables in the most northerly major human settlement on Earth. from BBC News - World https://bbc.in/2LSIEpQ

The painting, one of the Haystacks series, sells for a record $110.7m (£85.7m) in New York. from BBC News - World https://bbc.in/2EcuTMB

Several are detained in Yekaterinburg at protests against a church being built in a "favourite" park. from BBC News - World https://bbc.in/2WJ4bT9

Four more opposition lawmakers face accusations as security forces block off the parliament building. from BBC News - World https://bbc.in/2HkNnMU

Mr Trump suggests the Fed could help the US 'win' its trade war if it 'matches' China's stimulus efforts. from BBC News - World https://bbc.in/2HpjwSd

New Zealand Prime Minister Jacinda Ardern calls Facebook's new policy a "good first step". from BBC News - World https://bbc.in/2LLIJf8

Kate Miller-Heidke makes it through the first semi-final - but Finland gets a Darude awakening. from BBC News - World https://bbc.in/30odB8X

Three killed in Bavaria were medieval combat enthusiasts - and two more deaths are linked to them. from BBC News - World https://bbc.in/2HA63r5

Australian election officials cross air, land and sea - sometimes to set up a single ballot box. from BBC News - World https://bbc.in/2VCsO7q

Officials say gangs of Chinese criminals are trafficking Pakistani women under the guise of marriage. from BBC News - World https://bbc.in/2Vprks7

The cyber-attack may be a calling card in the shadowy struggle between Israel, Gulf states and their common foe. from BBC News - World https://bbc.in/2YtJPhe

Will Priyanka Gandhi's efforts make any difference to the fortunes of the party in India's elections? from BBC News - World https://bbc.in/2Yz4TTz

Thousands of Cuban doctors work in healthcare missions around the world. Some medics say conditions can be nightmarish. from BBC News - World https://bbc.in/2VZAIXX

After a divisive election that saw far-right party EKRE surge, Estonia is figuring out what's next. from BBC News - World https://bbc.in/2LLmTZc

The family of a Syrian boy who was attacked at his school in Huddersfield has moved after they received death threats. from BBC News - World https://bbc.in/2W0o62S

The ruling military council blamed the violence on "saboteurs" intent on derailing the peace process. from BBC News - World https://bbc.in/2WGsaC9

Many of the children at the Amaranta school in Chile have dropped out of other schools after transitioning. from BBC News - World https://bbc.in/2W1Kuc8

Kazi Mannan experienced poverty growing up in Pakistan. Now he wants to help those in need. from BBC News - World https://bbc.in/30kowjJ

Footage obtained by the BBC gives a rare insight into life in the conflict-hit city of Taiz. from BBC News - World https://bbc.in/2Q3FbmR

A look at how the elite part of Venezuela's capital is coping in the political and economic crisis. from BBC News - World https://bbc.in/2JCeK6B

Polish police turned up at an activist's home at 6am and charged her with offending religious feelings. from BBC News - World https://bbc.in/2Hhfo7U

How virtual reality tech is finally beginning to fulfil its potential for business. from BBC News - World https://bbc.in/2YrliJG

The head of operations of the United States Navy said on Wednesday that its freedom of navigation operations in the disputed South China Sea get more attention than they deserve. from Reuters: World News https://reut.rs/2WIDJZF

On April 29 at NASA’s Kennedy Space Center in Florida, Orion’s service module moved to the lift station inside the assembly bay. from NASA https://go.nasa.gov/2WFNs2N

Fox News Breaking News Alert Comedy legend Tim Conway, star of 'The Carol Burnett Show,' dead at age 85 05/14/19 9:44 AM

Fox News Breaking News Alert Montana Gov. Steve Bullock announces 2020 candidacy for president, joining a crowded Democratic field vying to topple President 05/14/19 3:06 AM

Security researchers have found serious vulnerabilities in some Cisco devices. from BBC News - Technology https://bbc.in/2JFEoaP

Europe's Aeolus spacecraft is gathering fantastic new data on global winds - but it's also got a problem. from BBC News - Technology https://bbc.in/2VYX8bz

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Female vets to form House caucus for women who serve Congresswomen with military service in their past, some of them forged on post-Sept.

Pamela Smart seeks reduced sentence in husband's death Pamela Smart is again asking for a chance at freedom nearly three decades after she was sentenced to life in prison without parole for recruiting her teenage lover to kill her husband in New Hampshire, a scandal that inspired a movie starring Nicole Kidman.

International worries grow over US claims of Iranian threat International worries that the Trump administration is sliding toward war with Iran flared into the open amid skepticism about its claims that the Islamic Republic poses a growing threat to the U.S. and its allies in the Persian Gulf and beyond .

Boy, 8, finds gun and accidentally shoots mom at college baseball game, police say A college baseball game was postponed in Tennessee on Tuesday evening after an 8-year-old boy shot his mother in what police are saying was an accident, according to reports.

VIDEO: Police release footage of elderly man being shoved off city bus; passenger now facing murder charge, police say Video showing a woman violently pushing a 74-year-old man out the door of a stopped bus in downtown Las Vegas on March 21 was released by the Las Vegas Metropolitan Police Department on Tuesday. 

Authorities ID hiker killed in Appalachian Trail attack Federal authorities have released the identity of a hiker who was stabbed to death in an attack on the Appalachian Trail in southwestern Virginia.

South Carolina boy, 8, fatally shot during home invasion, investigators say An 8-year-old boy in South Carolina died Tuesday after he was shot during an apparent home invasion in which the homeowner and intruder both fired their weapons at each other, investigators said.

Alabama Senate passes bill banning nearly all abortions Alabama’s state Senate passed a controversial bill on Tuesday that would outlaw nearly all abortions in the state and make it a felony crime to perform one unless the mother’s health is at risk.

'Bathroom bill' sponsor Bishop wins N. Carolina GOP primary A state senator best known as the sponsor of a headline-grabbing "bathroom bill" that voided anti-discrimination protections for LGBT people won Tuesday's Republican primary in a special election for a congressional seat vacant since last year's election was deemed tainted by fraud.

Tucker: Homelessness getting worse in California 'Tucker Carlson Tonight' investigates the nation's homeless crisis and the decay of American cities.

Poland's religious and political leaders should unequivocally condemn antisemitic behavior following a number of troubling events in the country, the head of the World Jewish Congress wrote on Wednesday. from Reuters: World News https://reut.rs/2LL9IYb

British Prime Minister Theresa May will launch another push next month to approve Britain's exit from the European Union before the summer break, setting a new deadline for her Brexit plan and a potential timetable for her own departure. from Reuters: World News https://reut.rs/2Yo1ero

A majority of members of the European Research Group, a large eurosceptic faction in Britain’s ruling Conservative Party, will vote against Prime Minister Theresa May’s Brexit deal when it is brought back before parliament next month, a lawmaker said. from Reuters: World News https://reut.rs/2W7PnQI

A U.N. official has urged Myanmar to grant aid workers "predictable, sustained access" to Rakhine state, where fighting between government troops and rebels has displaced nearly 33,000 people since late last year, saying lack of aid has cost lives. from Reuters: World News https://reut.rs/2LJMv8H