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Lloyds Bank's £1bn green fund to offer cheaper loans to real estate companies focused on reducing carbon emissions

The fund will save about 110,000 tonnes of carbon, which is equivalent to more than what 22,000 homes emit.

Nigeria: Boko Haram still holds 'significant territory' claims US commander despite government claims

US Africa command refutes Nigerian government's claim that anti-terror fight was 'technically won'.

Paris attacks: Eagles of Death Metal's Jesse Hughes claims Bataclan security may have been tipped off about massacre

Venue says claims are result of "enormous trauma".

Deeply moving pictures of Japan mourning the victims of 2011 earthquake and tsunami

On 3 March 2011, a massive earthquake hit northern Japan, triggering a tsunami that killed nearly 20,000 people and sparked a nuclear disaster.

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This four-legged chicken has been deemed fine to eat

Drumstick, anyone?

Berlin: US embassy bomb scare after man claims to have explosives in suitcase

Building evacuated after 'psychologically disturbed' man claims to have explosives

Mercury-poisoned isolated Amazon tribe may be wiped out

Poisoned with mercury, up to 80% of Peru's Nahua tribe may be wiped out.

British Airways, Norwegian, Cathay Pacific, WestJet and Thomson will serve Gatwick's 20 extra routes

Flyers to get access to destinations across Canada, US, Hong Kong, Peru, Cuba and Costa Rica.

Loud music sparks fight videotaped in Spirit Airlines plane on Los Angeles runway

A fist fight breaks out when two female passengers refuse to turn down the music and taunted passengers.

Florida mayor Clint Johnson to take the refugee route and row a raft from Cuba to Key West

He's practicing on lake after US Coast Guard warns of possible dire consequences on raft trip.

Cambridge university college cancels Jules Verne party as 'it may cause offence'

Costumes for the event were accused of causing 'cultural appropriation'.

Japan marks 5th anniversary of Fukushima nuclear disaster

Deadly quake triggered a massive tsunami in 2011 leaving up to 19,000 people either dead or missing.

Top ex-Kremlin aide Mikhail Lesin died in Washington hotel room from 'blunt force injuries'

The statement by the Washington medical examiner fuels speculation about Lesin's death.

Donald Trump backer charged for punching black protester says 'next time we may have to kill him'

John Franklin McGraw, 78, of North Carolina, boasted: 'Next time, we might have to kill him'.

Serbian ultranationalist Vojislav Seselj refuses to return to the Hague for war crimes verdict

Seselj burnt EU and NATO flags outside a courtroom in Belgrade.

Archbishop of Canterbury says it is not racist to fear immigration

Justin Welby calls on British MPs to put the public's mind at ease over immigration.

Schools, museums and libraries to be cleaned less often as Glasgow City Council faces budget shortfall

Council also threatens to cut 1,500 posts next year with Scotland Police and cultural grants affected.

Mini buy-to-let boom as clock ticks on new EU mortgage lending rules and stamp duty hike

Sharp rise in mortgage approvals in February reported by e.surv chartered surveyor.

Obama criticises Cameron for having no long term Libya strategy after Gadaffi overthrow

President Obama admits Libya situation is a "mess" but says Europe and Arab states should have done more.

Hong Kong schools to get better counselling support after 4 pupils commit suicide in five days

Critics however say move fails to address fundamental problems in education system.

Mencap suspends support worker after she dumped shopping on wheelchair user whilst she smoked

The shocking photo was shared almost 30,000 times on social media after picture was posted on Facebook

India: Woman gang raped on bus in front of daughter after attackers kill her newborn son

Two men have been arrested following the savage attack in the town of Shishgarh.

British female soldier allegedly sexually assaults sleeping heterosexual colleague to 'make her gay'

Accused soldier boasts about sexual assault where she targeted a colleague in bid to make her gay.

Two Canadians and a Norwegian held hostage in the Philippines ask for help from their governments

Their al-Qaeda-linked captors have issued a one-month deadline for their demands to be met.

Iran: MP sued over 'no donkeys, no women in parliament' comment

MP says in video that parliament is no place for 'foxes, donkeys and women.'

Paris: Man injured after gunmen open fire outside restaurant

Shots were fired after an argument between two men escalated out of control.

Viola Beach tragedy: Swedish police back pedal on suggestion driver 'acted deliberately' in fatal crash

Viola Beach: Swedish police still puzzled over actions of driver before deadly plunge which killed 5.

Dalai Lama boycott: China urges UN to skip Geneva event due to 'separatist activities'

China has urged UN members not to attend an event where the Dalai Lama is speaking on panel of Nobel laureates.

Lana Purcell: Family baffled as murder squad resume search for five-year-missing mother of one

Forensic teams spotted searching close to family home of woman missing for five years.

Migrant crisis: Ai Weiwei hits out at European human rights abuse in Greek border camps

Ai walked around the makeshift camp, seeing for himself the appalling conditions they have to brave.

Turkish President Erdogan's wife praises harems

Emine Erdogan said harems were important for "preparing women for life".

Refugee crisis: Italy fears Albanian migrants will use discarded smugglers' route to enter country

Closure of Balkans route might result in opening of new pathways to northern Europe.

Swiss police officer demanded sexual favours from asylum seeker

Ex Swiss policeman allegedly promised to influence Iraqi man's asylum bid in return for sex.

Kiev: Protesters demand release of Nadezhda Savchenko on trial in Russia

Savchenko on trial in Russia on charges of complicity in the murder of two Russian journalists.

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