Today's Headlines: Migrant welcome centres to be boosted, Four dead as whale boat sinks, Presidential run-off looms in Argentina

Migrant welcome centres to be boosted
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Today's Headlines October 26
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Migrant welcome centres to be boosted
Another 100,000 spaces in refugee welcome centres will be created under a deal agreed by European leaders at an emergency summit in Brussels.
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Presidential run-off looms in Argentina
Argentina faces a run-off election next month after neither presidential candidate gained enough votes to win outright.
Five dead as whale boat sinks
A whale-watching boat with 27 people on board sinks off the coast of British Columbia in Canada, killing at least five people, emergency bodies say.
Scores injured in HK ferry incident
At least 124 people are injured when a high-speed ferry from Macau to Hong Kong hits an object in the water and loses power.
 
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Poland conservatives win election
Poland's conservative Law and Justice party convincingly wins Sunday's general election, with Prime Minister Ewa Kopacz conceding defeat.
Sport
Pakistan v England
Live text and TMS commentary as England look to bat through the final day to save the second Test against Pakistan in Dubai.
Australia win but Pumas triumph too
Australia may be through to the World Cup final but Argentina can celebrate after a dazzling display in defeat, writes Tom Fordyce.
Australia win but Pumas triumph too
Australia may be through to the World Cup final but Argentina can celebrate after a dazzling display in defeat, writes Tom Fordyce.
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Where victims of rape risk getting sent to prison
Business
Asia shares up on China hopes
Shares in Asia are largely expected to sit in positive territory on Monday after Beijing cut its one-year benchmark interest rate by 0.25% to 4.35%.
China cuts key interest rate to 4.35%
China cuts its one-year benchmark interest rate by 0.25 percentage points to 4.35%, the central bank announces.
 
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Technology
Facebook makes public posts searchable
Social network Facebook has indexed billions of posts made by its members to make them easier to find by searching.
Why do companies keep getting hacked?
TalkTalk is investigating a third data breach on its network but is it alone in being hit again and again by cyber attackers?
Autos
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Meet the new London Taxi
The 2017 TX5 is a greener shade of black
 
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The war on the 'hoverboard'
Is there room on the road for the self-balancing scooter?
Capital
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Show off without sucking up
Done a great job? Here's how to promote yourself without alienating people
 
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Busy: Badge of honour or big farce
Ban the word busy and reframe your thinking to get things done
Culture
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Lenin statue becomes Darth Vader
How a Communist-era monument got a Force-ful makeover
 
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How TV took over the world
The year that a new medium exploded
Earth
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When prawns get smart
If times are tough, prawns get creative
 
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Watch an entire snow leopard hunt
The elusive cat chases its prey down a mountainside
Future
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About BBC Future
Making you smarter every day
 
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How a Cold War bomber flew again
The epic mission to restore a flying giant
Travel
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An unlikely spot for 180 bookstores
This man found his true calling in the stacks of Tokyo's book town
 
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A city with a Heaven-like calm
In Tzfat, Heaven and Earth might just be at their closest
 
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