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Tourists scrambled to leave the Bahamas on Friday as Hurricane Dorian approached its northwestern islands of Grand Bahama and Abaco, eager to take off before the international airport was to shut down at 10 p.m. from Reuters: U.S. https://ift.tt/2LwwZtN

Fans flock to honour the influential Ivorian musician, who died in a motorcycle accident this month. from BBC News - World https://ift.tt/30Lv5vH

Dorian strengthened into an extremely dangerous category 4 hurricane, the U.S. National Hurricane Center said on Friday. from Reuters: U.S. https://ift.tt/2zxHBmx

Fox News Breaking News Alert Hurricane Dorian strengthens to 'extremely dangerous' Category 4 storm 08/30/19 5:52 PM

The trade war between the world's two largest economies is set to intensify with new tariffs. from BBC News - World https://ift.tt/2zDRRtb

Turkey said on Friday that an Iranian oil tanker at the center of a confrontation between Washington and Tehran was headed to Lebanon's waters, but the United States later said the ship was sailing to Syria. from Reuters: World News https://ift.tt/329uOTw

Brazil's foreign minister and President Jair Bolsonaro's son met with U.S. President Donald Trump on Friday to discuss the fires ravaging the Amazon rainforest, although no concrete measures to deal with the blazes were announced. from Reuters: World News https://ift.tt/2ZH9hzU

Raymond Santana was a teenager when he was wrongfully jailed along with four others. from BBC News - Home https://ift.tt/34bTxs5

A French-speaking couple say the airline violated their "linguistic rights" under Canadian law. from BBC News - Home https://ift.tt/2zKKL6B

An attack kills 39 people in Syria - Russia says it wasn't involved. BBC News Arabic investigates. from BBC News - Home https://ift.tt/34eTHik

Experts say a range of wild foods can supplement a normal diet - but can you go even further? from BBC News - Home https://ift.tt/2UgDCEt

Thousands of fires are ravaging the Amazon rainforest in Brazil. How bad are they? from BBC News - Home https://ift.tt/2KPDXuF

Callum Kilby was paralysed when a giant oak rolled over him, but a year later he's back climbing trees. from BBC News - Home https://ift.tt/30MhvYL

A selection of the best news photographs from around the world, taken over the past week. from BBC News - Home https://ift.tt/2Pv3VrE

Maryam Mohammed Hamdani says she is the first woman to play taarab in public in Zanzibar. from BBC News - Home https://ift.tt/32aKGoG

Nine-year-old Edward sheds tears of joy to be with furry Leo again after a a search by pet detectives. from BBC News - Home https://ift.tt/2LhhaXE

Plastic, orange and tasteless? Why a revolution in the US is trying to tell the world there's more to its cheese. from BBC News - Home https://ift.tt/2Hz0KbS

Motsi Mabuse is set to replace Dame Darcey Bussell on the Strictly Come Dancing panel this year. from BBC News - Home https://ift.tt/2ZmfLJ4

Abandoned in Sao Paulo and then adopted by a British couple, Edson thought he'd never see his father again. from BBC News - Home https://ift.tt/2UgNDS0

Bernhard Sindberg sheltered many Chinese from the rampaging Japanese army in 1937. from BBC News - Home https://ift.tt/30NoKjg

As the world marks the 80th anniversary of the start of World War Two, Poland has reparations on its mind. from BBC News - Home https://ift.tt/34bb1os

Interested in living longer? Here's advice from optimists to make sure your glass is always half full. from BBC News - Home https://ift.tt/2UrWaSl

As the world marks the 80th anniversary of the start of World War Two, Poland has reparations on its mind. from BBC News - World https://ift.tt/34bb1os

Mr Wong's political party says the leading activist was "forcefully pushed into a minivan" by police. from BBC News - World https://ift.tt/2ZFirgt

Chinese President Xi Jinping said China and the Philippines could take a "bigger step" in the joint development of oil and gas resources in the South China Sea if they can properly handle their dispute over sovereignty. from Reuters: World News https://ift.tt/2Ue9j16

The man had attended the festival in Cuellar as a spectator but was attacked by the bull. from BBC News - World https://ift.tt/2UhqrDi

Chicago faces an $838 million deficit in its upcoming budget, the largest in the city's recent history, due to growing costs for personnel, pensions and debt, Mayor Lori Lightfoot announced on Thursday. from Reuters: U.S. https://ift.tt/2ZzP0Aj

New Mexico's attorney general on Thursday called for the cancellation of state land leases to Jeffrey Epstein as his office investigated allegations the late financier sexually abused girls and women at his ranch south of Santa Fe. from Reuters: U.S. https://ift.tt/30IjWvq

New Mexico's attorney general on Thursday called for the cancellation of state land leases to Jeffrey Epstein as his office investigated allegations the late financier sexually abused girls and women at his ranch south of Santa Fe. from Reuters: World News https://ift.tt/2L4uVdl

Support will go to UK nationals who need help applying for residency in the EU in the run-up to Brexit. from BBC News - Home https://ift.tt/2MLplyC

Hong Kong democracy activist Joshua Wong was arrested on Friday ahead of another weekend of planned protests in the Chinese-ruled city which is grappling with its biggest political crisis since its handover to Beijing more than two decades ago. from Reuters: World News https://ift.tt/30JwOSf

Florida residents on Thursday were bracing for a hurricane that was threatening to smack into the center of the state over the Labor Day weekend, and President Donald Trump said it appeared the storm's winds would be "unbelievably high." from Reuters: U.S. https://ift.tt/30JCfjR

Chinese soldiers stationed in Hong Kong are not there merely for symbolic purposes and they will have "no reason to sit on their hands" if the situation in the city worsens, an editorial in the China Daily newspaper said on Friday. from Reuters: World News https://ift.tt/2L6JCg7

An Illinois judge on Thursday ruled that a petition by taxpayers aiming to challenge the constitutionality of $16 billion of the state's general obligation bonds was political in nature and cannot proceed in court. from Reuters: U.S. https://ift.tt/34aDAm1

Chinese President Xi Jinping said China and the Philippines could take a "bigger step" in the joint development of oil and gas resources in the South China Sea if they can "properly" handle their dispute over sovereignty. from Reuters: World News https://ift.tt/2UcPQ0O