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Donald Trump has defended his obscene remarks about groping women by launching a blistering attack against Hillary Clinton and her husband. The Republican nominee denied ever sexually assaulting women, but turned his fire on ex-President Bill Clinton in a bitter US presidential debate. “There’s never been anybody in the history of politics that has been so abusive to women,” he said. Hillary Clinton refused to address his comments about her husband. Mr Trump’s attack on the Clintons came after moderator Anderson Cooper asked him about a 2005 video recording released on Friday that revealed Mr Trump bragging about groping women.…

Facebook appears to have paid substantially more in UK corporation tax last year than the £4,327 it handed over in 2014, accounts show. While it said incurred a £4.2m tax charge – the sum remained a fraction of the £210m in UK revenue reported by the social network. Facebook also reported a tax credit, within the business, of £15.5m. It is unclear whether the figure, which relates to stock options for employees, meant that it effectively paid nothing. It lodged the figures months after pledging it would stop routing most UK sales through to a profit base in Ireland where corporation tax is…

Nico Rosberg narrowly edged out Lewis Hamilton at the top of the timesheets in Friday practice for the Japanese GP. The two Mercedes drivers were split by less than a tenth of a second with Rosberg just ahead following a lap of 1:32.250. Rosberg was also the faster of the two title rivals in Practice One although Hamilton out-paced his team-mate when he was running on the hard compound and Rosberg was using the mediums. Tyre supplier Pirelli joked it required a cigarette paper to measure the performance gap between Hamilton and Rosberg after they had both switched to the softs.…

The death toll in Haiti as a result of Hurricane Matthew – the most powerful Caribbean storm in a decade – has soared to more than 300, officials say. Some 50 people were reported killed in the town of Roche-a-Bateau alone. The nearby city of Jeremie saw 80% of its buildings levelled. In Sud province 30,000 homes were destroyed. The hurricane, now a Category Three storm with sustained winds of 120mph (193km/h), is heading towards the US state of Florida. At 03:00 local time (07:00 GMT) Matthew was still off the Florida coast, centred about 37 miles (60km) east of…

Diane Abbott has been promoted to shadow home secretary in Labour leader Jeremy Corbyn’s front bench reshuffle. Ex-Liberty director Shami Chakrabarti is shadow attorney general and Keir Starmer, who left the team in June amid a wave of resignations, returns as shadow Brexit secretary. But Dame Rosie Winterton, who had tried to negotiate between Mr Corbyn and many of his MPs, is out as chief whip. Mr Corbyn’s critics have suggested the reshuffle will fail to unify the party. One senior figure said the reshuffle so far looked “vengeful and cackhanded”, andMiddlesbrough South MP Tom Blenkinsop accused Mr Corbyn of…

The pound has dived on Asian markets with automated trading being blamed for the volatility. At one stage it fell as much as 6% to $1.1841 – the biggest move since the Brexit vote – before recovering to $1.23, still down 1.5%. It is not clear what triggered the sudden sell-off. Analysts say it could have been automated trading systems reacting to a news report. The pound has been volatile since the UK voted to leave the European Union. The sharp drop came after the Financial Times newspaper published a story online about French President Francois Hollande demanding “tough Brexit…

Danny Rose agrees with former England striker Alan Shearer that the national team have become a “laughing stock” and has backed Mauricio Pochettino to one day take over the national side. Former England captain Shearer said the country had hit a new low following Sam Allardyce’s exit after just one game in chargefollowing allegations he discussed how to circumvent rules on player transfers while speaking to undercover Daily Telegraph reporters. Tottenham defender Rose trained under England’s interim manager Gareth Southgate on Tuesday ahead of their World Cup qualifiers against Malta and Slovenia, and the left-back admitted Shearer was right to label the current set-up…

Theresa May will end her first Tory conference as Prime Minister by pledging to place the Conservatives in the centre ground in British politics. Claiming her Government will deliver action, she will say: “That’s what government’s about: action. It’s about doing something, not being someone. About identifying injustices, finding solutions, driving change. “Taking, not shirking, the big decisions. Having the courage to see things through.” She will say: “I want to set our party and our country on the path towards the new centre ground of British politics – built on the values of fairness and opportunity – where everyone…

Pope Francis has made a surprise visit to towns and villages hit by the earthquake that killed nearly 300 people in central Italy. During the visit, which was kept secret by the Vatican, he comforted residents and prayed with them. He also met rescue workers and thanked them for their life-saving efforts. The Vatican issued pictures of Francis standing alone and praying amid the rubble of Amatrice, one of the hardest-hit towns. Addressing distraught residents with a car megaphone, he said he wanted to come earlier but was anxious not “to bother anyone” until the situation had improved. “But from the…

Tesco has reported growth in half-year sales but lower pre-tax profits – dented by its efforts to grow market share in the bitter industry price war. The country’s biggest retailer said UK like-for-like sales rose 0.6% in the first half of its financial year to 26 August. It charted three consecutive quarters of sales growth under chief executive Dave Lewis, who took over the business in 2014 vowing to arrest a sales slump amid a customer exodus to discounters. That fight has come at the expense of profits with Tesco revealing a group pre-tax profit of £71m – down 28%…