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Bomb 'may have caused Egypt jet crash'

Wreckage from Russian airliner taken on 2 November 2015

Intelligence suggests a bomb may have brought down the Russian airliner over the Sinai desert, US and UK officials say.

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MI5 'secretly collected phone data'

MI5 has secretly been collecting vast amounts of data about UK phone calls to search for terrorist connections, the BBC learns.

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Rape data shows regional variation

The way police and prosecutors deal with rape allegations varies widely across England and Wales, Inspectorate of Constabulary figures show.

  • 5 November 2015
  • From the section UK

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Man died with 'tapeworm tumours'

  • 5 November 2015
  • From the section Health

Gove wants to reduce prison numbers

  • 5 November 2015
  • From the section UK

Mexico opens door to legal marijuana

The Papers

'Bomb alert' grounds UK-Egypt flights

The UK's claim that the Russian airliner crash days ago may have been caused by an explosive device, and the suspension of some UK-Egypt flights, dominate the papers.

  • 5 November 2015

The Reporters

Migrant crisis will decide Merkel's future

Mark Mardell Presenter, The World This Weekend
  • 5 November 2015
  • From the section Europe
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Lucy Williamson: Echoes of Revolution in French union fight

  • 5 November 2015
  • From the section Europe

India's Hindu nationalists shed their shorts

Justin Rowlatt South Asia correspondent
  • 5 November 2015
  • From the section India

Features

Hero backlash

Why US troops hate being idealised

  • 4 November 2015

Working all hours

What times of day count as anti-social?

  • 5 November 2015
  • From the section Magazine

Flying high

The sharing economy takes to the skies

  • 5 November 2015
  • From the section Business

Historical abuse

Victims at a deaf school speak about their ordeal

Refined but ragged

How James Morrison conquered his demons after a family tragedy

Finding Dad

Images of my father on the streets

  • 5 November 2015
  • From the section Magazine

Explainers

Will UK spy bill expose porn habits?

Victor Ponta: Romania's PM no more

  • 4 November 2015
  • From the section Europe

Q&A: Migrants' rights explained

  • 4 November 2015
  • From the section UK

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