Today's Headlines: Turkey's ruling AKP wins back majority, Sinai crash dead flown to Russia, Australia drops knight and dame titles

Turkey's ruling AKP wins back majority
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Today's Headlines November 1
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Turkey's ruling AKP wins back majority
Turkey's ruling Justice and Development Party (AKP) wins a critical parliamentary election, regaining the majority it lost in June.
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Sinai crash dead flown to Russia
The bodies of more than 140 people are flown back to Russia amid an investigation into the crash of a Russian airliner in Egypt's Sinai peninsula.
Australia drops knight and dame titles
Australia will no longer appoint knights and dames under the honours system, PM Malcolm Turnbull announces, ending the controversial policy.
Actor and ex-senator Fred Thompson dies
Ex-US senator Fred Thompson - who acted in films and on TV, investigated President Nixon and made a bid for the presidency - dies at the age of 73.
 
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Azerbaijan ruling party wins election
Azerbaijan's ruling party has won parliamentary elections that were boycotted by the main opposition parties, the country's electoral commission says.
Sport
Pakistan v England
Live text and radio commentary as England reply to Pakistan's 234 on the second day of the final Test in Sharjah.
Garde to be named new Villa manager
Aston Villa will name former Lyon boss Remi Garde as their new manager on Monday - replacing the sacked Tim Sherwood.
Garde to be named new Villa manager
Aston Villa will name former Lyon boss Remi Garde as their new manager on Monday - replacing the sacked Tim Sherwood.
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VIDEO: Myanmar: Tens of thousands at rally
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VIDEO: Bodies washed up on Lesbos shores
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VIDEO: Russian aircraft 'broke up in mid air'
Magazine
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Five numbers that sum up China's one-child policy
Five numbers that sum up the one-child policy
Business
HSBC pre-tax profit beats forecasts
Pre-tax profit at Europe's biggest lender, HSBC, jumps 32% from a year ago in the third quarter to beat expectations.
Chinese factory activity slows again
Chinese manufacturing shrinks for a third month in a row, according to the government's latest factory survey.
 
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Technology
Tor launches hidden chat tool
A new chat tool has been launched in an effort to improve the security of online messaging
Space engine firm gets BAE investment
BAE Systems buys a 20% stake in a company developing a radical engine that could propel aircraft into space.
Autos
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Vapourware no more
The first Detroit Electric SP:01 rolls down the line — but not in Detroit
 
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Meet Lexus' flagship of the future
Among the LS-FC's trick features, a dashboard controlled by hand gestures
Capital
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'The best decision I ever made'
Is it really possible for one parent to quit work to stay home with the kids?
 
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Can you fake it 'till you make it?
Making it up as you go along? You're not alone.
Culture
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The secret Oscar winner
New film about a blacklisted screenwriter
 
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The last great horror film?
Why Blair Witch was a one-off
Earth
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Watch a black hole destroy a star
Simulation shows what happens when a star gets too close
 
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The animals that don't get cancer
Somehow, one creature never develops tumours
Future
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About BBC Future
Making you smarter every day
 
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Have you ever felt 'solastalgia'?
A word to describe a very modern feeling of distress
Travel
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The monster you should never find
Some cryptids stay hidden for a reason
 
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The church of 40,000 corpses
A very visceral reminder of the inevitability of death
 
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