Today's Headlines: China to sign UK nuclear plant deal, Canada to withdraw jets from IS battle, Biden insists he backed Bin Laden raid

China to sign UK nuclear plant deal
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Today's Headlines October 21
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China to sign UK nuclear plant deal
China's president is expected to put the seal on its contribution to what will be the first UK nuclear power plant to be built in a generation.
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Canada to withdraw jets from IS battle
Canada's PM-designate Justin Trudeau tells the US president he will be withdrawing Canadian fighter jets from the air strikes against Islamic State.
Biden insists he backed Bin Laden raid
US Vice-President Joe Biden says he supported carrying out the operation that killed al-Qaeda leader Osama Bin Laden, a change from previous accounts.
Singapore church heads guilty of fraud
Six leaders of Singapore's City Harvest megachurch are found guilty of misusing S$50m ($35m; £23m) in church money to fund the pastor's wife pop career.
 
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Migrant arrivals to Greece top 500,000
The number of migrants who have arrived in Greece this year tops half a million, with 8,000 arriving each day, according to UN figures.
Sport
Arsenal 2-0 Bayern Munich
Olivier Giroud and Mesut Ozil score late as Arsenal beat Bayern Munich 2-0, their first Champions League win this season.
Ex-NBA star Odom home after collapse
Ex-NBA star Lamar Odom is back in Los Angeles after receiving treatment at a Las Vegas hospital, a week after collapsing at a brothel.
Ex-NBA star Odom home after collapse
Ex-NBA star Lamar Odom is back in Los Angeles after receiving treatment at a Las Vegas hospital, a week after collapsing at a brothel.
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Is Canada's new PM the only world leader with a tattoo?
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Business
China to sign UK nuclear plant deal
China's president is expected to put the seal later on its contribution to what will be the first UK nuclear power plant to be built in a generation.
Sony pays up to $8m over hacked data
Sony agrees to pay up to $8m over employees' personal data lost in the 2014 hacking scandal surrounding the release of The Interview.
 
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Technology
'Urgent' call for US drone register
A national register of drones and their owners is urgently needed, the US transport secretary has said.
eBay hosts moth-naming auction
An entomologist who discovered a species of moth is auctioning the right to give it an official name, on eBay.
Autos
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The rise of the subzero cyclist
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Toyota's tiny terror
The rear-wheel-drive S-FR sports coupe is a Supra writ small
Capital
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Asia's next land of fortune?
'You get the sense that you can come from nowhere and become somebody here'
 
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They could've saved VW, but didn't
Even if rogue engineers were the culprits, the problem started with this group
Culture
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Facing Hollywood's last stereotype
The show that sets the record straight on depicting Asians on-screen
 
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Britain's greatest living painter?
Behind the scenes with the artist's model
Earth
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We went troll hunting in Iceland
What we found was the truth behind the myths
 
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The great British apple revival
A new initiative launches to restore traditional orchards as wildlife havens
Future
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About BBC Future
Making you smarter every day
 
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Did a woman really have 69 kids?
The ultimate limit of childbirth is more than you think
Travel
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A remarkable tale of human kindness
A strange story that proves how wonderful strangers can be
 
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At 35,000ft, remember to look down
If you always choose the aisle seat, does that mean you've grown up?
 
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