News Headlines - 18 April 2016

▽Voice Of Tube's 'Mind The Gap' Warning Dies

The widow of train announcer Phil Sayer says: "We are sorry to announce that this service terminates here."

▽Holborn Tube escalators become standing only for new trial - BBC News

Passengers at Holborn station will be asked not to walk up two escalators after a previous experiment found it improved passenger flow.

▽Duke and duchess and Prince Harry to host dinner for Obamas - BBC News

The Duke and Duchess of Cambridge and Prince Harry will host a dinner for US President Barack Obama and First Lady Michelle Obama on Friday, Kensington Palace has said.

▽College Student Is Removed From Flight After Speaking Arabic on Plane - The New York Times

A college student who came to the United States as an Iraqi refugee was removed from a Southwest Airlines flight in California earlier this month after another passenger became alarmed when she heard him speaking Arabic.

▽Zika, recession, political scandal loom over Brazil Olympics - CNN.com

With the Games nearly three months away, the country is facing a series of unprecedented challenges: the Zika outbreak, which has been connected to a rare birth defect in infant children; a crippling recession that has left hundreds of thousands unemployed and sent inflation through the roof; and a political crisis that has implicated some of the country's most powerful lawmakers.