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  No reason to rule out genome editing in human reproduction, ethics experts say

  The Nuffield Council on Bioethics has called for Government action to secure a “responsible way forward”.

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  New shark species could be swimming towards UK as seas warm

  But protection is needed for those already in UK waters in the face of over-fishing, climate change and plastic pollution, experts warn.

• 5 hours, 16 mins ago
  

  House Speaker Paul Ryan: 'No question' Russia interfered in 2016 election

  House Speaker Paul Ryan has said there is "no question" that Russia interfered in the 2016 presidential election and continues to try undermine democracy in the United States and around the world.

• 5 hours, 35 mins ago
  

  Woman charged with acting as Russian agent in US

  Federal authorities have arrested a Russian woman accused of conspiring to infiltrate American political organisations, including a gun-rights group, at the direction of a senior Kremlin official.

• 6 hours, 36 mins ago
  

  Crumbs! Earliest evidence of bread-making discovered

  Hunter-gatherers living in Jordan were baking bread 14,400 years ago, say scientists.

• 7 hours, 12 mins ago
  

  Banned driver jailed for mowing down pensioner filmed himself speeding at 140mph

  Police officers in England found Allen hiding in bushes around an hour after the collision last July.

• 8 hours, 39 mins ago
  

  Woman 'used wrong form of silicone in buttock procedure'

  A bootleg beautician accused of killing a woman after botching a buttock procedure used the "wrong form" of silicone, a court has heard.