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HSBC has blamed tough market conditions in the UK ahead of Brexit, as it reported lower-than-expected global profits.
The London-based bank says customers here are "cautious about the immediate future", but also said the US-China trade dispute was affecting performance in regions.
50,000 people secured employment last year and 60% of employers plan to give pay rises.
Here's Kfm's Stephen Murphy
Bernie Sanders has announced his intention to run for the US Presidency in 2020.
The senator lost out to Hillary Clinton as the Democratic nominee at the last election.
The fashion designer Karl Lagerfeld has died at the age of 85.
He was the creative director of Chanel for the past thirty years.
French media reports he passed away this morning after weeks of illness.
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A Chinese province is to ban teachers from giving students homework on mobile phone apps over fears their eyesight is being damaged.
The plans by officials in Zhejiang would see an end to app-based assignments and a limit on the use of electronic devices.
The Venezuelan President has accused Donald Trump of speaking in an almost "Nazi style" after he again called on the country's leader to step down.
President Trump urged Venezuela's military to stop supporting Mr Maduro and end "this nightmare of poverty, death and hunger".
Car maker Honda has confirmed it's closing its plant in Swindon in England by 2021 with the loss of 3, 500 jobs.
The company says it's because of global changes in the car industry and has nothing to do with Brexit.
Anyone flying with some of America's biggest airlines will soon be able to choose a gender other than male or female when booking a flight.
United, Delta and American are among those that will accept "X" for unspecified or "U" for undisclosed from June 1st.
British Labour leader Jeremy Corbyn has been warned by his own deputy that more of the party's MPs might leave if it doesn't change.
Tom Watson says the leadership needs to get to grips with the problem of antisemitism.
16 US states are trying to sue Donald Trump over the building of his planned border wall with Mexico.
They argue it's illegal for the President to use emergency powers to get funding for it, when Congress didn't agree to it.
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