News Headlines - 18 June 2015

▽Toyota exec Julie Hamp arrested in Japan on allegations she smuggled narcotics | Daily Mail Online

Toyota's highest-ranking female executive was arrested at a Tokyo hotel on Thursday for allegedly importing a painkiller that is illegal under Japan's strict drug laws, reports said Thursday.

▽Pepper robot to go on sale to public in Japan - BBC News

Pepper, the humanoid robot that its makers say can recognise and respond to human emotions, goes on sale in Japan this weekend... Pepper will sell for 198,000 yen (￡1,000), and businesses will be able to rent it for 1,500 yen an hour.

▽Spain, US agree to make US force at Spanish base permanent - Stripes

Spanish and U.S. officials have signed an agreement to grant the U.S. military permanent presence at an air base in southwestern Spain, creating a center for a rapid reaction force to deal with crises in Africa and elsewhere.

▽Londonderry alert: Three men arrested after Eglinton bomb - BBC News

Three men have been arrested by police in the Republic of Ireland after a bomb was left under a Police Service of Northern Ireland officer's car at Eglinton, near Londonderry.

▽MPs face House of Commons move - FT.com

MPs will have to move out of the House of Commons for several years under plans to renovate the mother of parliaments’ crumbling Palace of Westminster home.