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Huge demand for $700 a month sleeping pods in San Francisco

A company that rents \"sleeping pods\" in downtown San Francisco for $700 (£540) a month has had 300 people apply for its remaining 17 beds, the company's chief executive has said.

Mass gunfight shows that France is at tipping point over drugs, minister says

A shooting and massive brawl linked to drug trafficking has seriously wounded five people, including three teenagers, in western France, in the latest such gunfight to injure children.

Botswana's BDP voted out after 58 years in power

Botswana's president, Mokgweetsi Masisi, has conceded defeat as early results from Wednesday's election showed his Botswana Democratic party (BDP) losing by a landslide after nearly six decades in power.

Death toll from Spanish floods rises to 205 as extra troops mobilised

The death toll from the floods in Spain this week has risen to 205, as residents in the Valencia region were warned to brace for more rain and an additional 1,000 soldiers were earmarked to help with the rescue operations.

A month in Ambridge Poor George, all banged up with the big lads

Poor George, all banged up with the big lads

Stage review: Tale of a small-town ogre told by a Virtuoso

What an astonishing performance. In a kind of true-crime version of Under Milk Wood, Jack Holden evokes the life of small-town Skidmore, Missouri, in an audacious display of technical skill.

Less 'crush and rush'? Euston rule change brings stress relief but station still unloved

Waiting for her train home to Glasgow, Beth Johnson expresses a sentiment familiar to those who regularly travel north out of London: \"Euston is hell.\" The station, a dreaded entry and departure point to and from the capital, is synonymous with nightmarish scenes of overcrowding and passenger crushes caused by last-minute train announcements.

'Like a gangster' How Tommy Robinson rose to be leader of Britain's far right

At a 40,000-strong rally in Trafalgar Square in London in July, the far-right activist Tommy Robinson was characteristically defiant. \"Death, prison or glory, we will never submit to your lies,\" he declared. \"They want to send me to jail [but] the world will know I told the truth.\"

Forgotten tragedy: film recalls disaster that left hundreds of allied POWs dead

A Chinese film that brings to light a little-known tragedy from the second world war has been barred from the Oscars best international feature prize because it contains too much English dialogue.

Sticking to the fax Why Northern rail and Dolly hold on to their old machines

There's not much Dolly Parton and Northern rail bosses can claim to have in common. Frustrated commuters from Manchester to Middlesbrough might complain the train service barely works 9 to 5. What does unite the two is that neither can let go of the fax machine.

Police dismissed teenager's sexual assault claim against Fayed in 1995

Police dismissed a teenage girl who reported an alleged sexual assault by Mohamed Al Fayed in 1995, saying they would add her name to a pile of other similar claims.

Post-Brexit checks will raise price of Christmas trees, warn importers

Every year hundreds of thousands of Christmas trees make the journey into the UK to take pride of place in living rooms across the country.

'What a privilege': how gratitude is making a TikTok comeback

\"What a privilege it is to run in the rain. What a privilege it is to have a house I need to clean.\" Social media is usually criticised for being a toxic space, but an emerging trend is pushing back against negativity with gratitude.

'I always know where my keys are': survey backs Saoirse Ronan's words on self-defence

Rarely can 10 words dropped into a TV chatshow have caused such a powerful ripple effect as those of the Blitz actor Saoirse Ronan on The Graham Norton Show.

Who will be the next Tory leader? Kemi Badenoch v Robert Jenrick

Combative culture warrior unafraid to come out swinging Centrist remainer reinvented as anti-immigration populist hardliner

Rishi Sunak Former PM 'plans to stay as an MP on backbenches'

Rishi Sunak is planning to stay the course in parliament on the backbenches, as friends said the former prime minister is keen to prove a point after jibes about his potential return to California.

EU citizen caught up in post-Brexit backlog is removed from Britain

A European Union citizen caught up in a Home Office backlog of applications for post-Brexit residency has been forcibly removed from the UK.

Tied up Reeves's pussybow blouse has a long history in high-stakes moments

It was a budget the chancellor said would \"match the greatest economic moments in Labour history\", and for the occasion Rachel Reeves chose to wear a garment to match the moment: a pussybow blouse.

National insurance rises could devastate social care, charities warn

Services that support some of England's most vulnerable people have warned that tax increases in the budget will lead to cuts and closures that could devastate the charity sector.

Have they got news for us? How BBC's quiz show has gone down in the US

Have I Got News for You, halfway through its 68th series, is a British institution.

Morrissey donates £50,000 to help save Salford Lads Club from closure

Morrissey has donated £50,000 to the Salford Lads Club, the institution pictured on the inner sleeve of the Smiths' 1986 album The Queen Is Dead.

Yoga, massage and detoxification: om his majesty's secret retreat

For years it has been one of King Charles's favourite sanctuaries for rejuvenation. And as he made the lengthy journey back from his tour of Australia and Samoa this week, it seems the king could not resist a quick spa break at his favourite Indian wellness retreat.

Pennsylvania Last push to persuade undecided Voters in must-win state

Kamala Harris stood before a cheering crowd of hundreds of her supporters in Philadelphia and promised that she would deliver in Pennsylvania, a battleground state considered a must-win in the electoral college.

Running for his life? Why election day may also be judgment day for Trump

Losing an election for the highest office is a crushing blow that no candidate forgets. But when the American electorate delivers its verdict next week, the personal stakes for Donald Trump will be uniquely high.

Vegas baby Sin City hosts rival rallies as political circus comes to town

Las Vegas serves up spectacle bigger and brasher than anywhere else.

Race to spend £2bn Ballooning donations fuel advertising assault

It was one of the most striking images of the final full week of the presidential election campaign: a giant projection of Kamala Harris's face on the 35-metre-wide, 111-metre-tall Las Vegas Sphere.

Race to spend £2bn Ballooning donations fuel advertising assault

It was one of the most striking images of the final full week of the presidential election campaign: a giant projection of Kamala Harris's face on the 35-metre-wide, 111-metre-tall Las Vegas Sphere.

The final cut? Juror #2 and the curious case of Clint Eastwood's missing film

Here is a mystery at the heart of Juror #2, the 40th film directed by Clint Eastwood and - given that he is now 94 - quite possibly the final one.

Ikea opens high street restaurant for lovers of Swedish meatballs

Its meatballs are as famous as its flat-pack furniture, with a meal in one of its restaurants often the highlight of an Ikea trip. Now shoppers can enjoy an Ikea meal without lugging around their new kitchen sink, as the furniture company has opened its first standalone restaurant on King Street in Hammersmith, London.

Gone with a bang: Warhol screen prints stolen in explosive heist

Two works from a famous series of screen prints by Andy Warhol were stolen yesterday when thieves blew open the door of an art gallery in the southern Netherlands, leaving two other works badly damaged in the street as they fled the scene of the botched heist.