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Putin orders retaliatory sanctions - Russian President Vladimir Putin bans or limits agricultural imports from countries imposing sanctions on Russia over the crisis in Ukraine. [BBC Business]

WHO starts emergency talks on Ebola - Global experts begin two days of emergency talks at the World Health Organization in Geneva on new measures to tackle the Ebola outbreak. [BBC Health]

Ebola test after passenger death - An Ebola test on a female passenger who died after flying to the UK from West Africa comes back negative, the Department of Health says. [BBC Health]

Ebola spreading too fast - WHO - The Ebola outbreak is spreading faster than efforts to control it, the head of the World Health Organization tells West African leaders. [BBC Health]

UK border staff 'not ready' for Ebola - Immigration and customs staff feel unprepared to deal with people arriving in the UK with suspected cases of the Ebola virus, a union leader warns. [BBC Health]

Migrant benefits to be tightened - The UK is to cut from six to three months the amount of time out-of-work EU migrants can claim benefits without realistic job prospects. [BBC Politics]

China regulators in Microsoft visit - Microsoft confirms that officials from the Chinese regulatory body responsible for enforcing business laws have visited some of its offices. [BBC Business]

Cancer blood test moves step closer - A British team of researchers has developed what might be a simple blood test for cancer, scientists from the University of Bradford say. [BBC Health]

One-shot cancer therapy gets NHS nod - A pioneering breast cancer treatment that replaces weeks of radiotherapy with a single, targeted shot is set to be offered on the NHS. [BBC Health]

UK economy back at pre-crisis level - The UK economy grew 0.8% in the second quarter and has now recovered the ground lost since the downturn began in 2008, according to official figures. [BBC Business]

In the Age of the Internet, where we demand everything faster and our attention spans shrink to that of a goldfish, it's interesting that both PES and FIFA are slowing down. It's a trend aimed at making soccer games more realistic, but upto and including FIFA 17, it had caused EA's series to suffer, with every title since FIFA 15 feeling less responsive than its predecessor. Finally, with FIFA 18, the franchise has managed to arrest its decline, and while the series' latest entry still feels slow, it at least feels a little more responsive, and less frustrating as a result.

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