News Headlines - 18 August 2016

▽US: Iran cash linked to prisoner release - BBC News

The State Department has said a $400m (￡300.8m) cash payment to Iran was used as "leverage" in the release of five US prisoners.

▽Justice Department says it will end use of private prisons - The Washington Post

The Justice Department plans to end its use of private prisons after officials concluded the facilities are both less safe and less effective at providing correctional services than those run by the government.

▽Eastern European employees in Britain passes ONE MILLION mark | Daily Express

Labour market data shows just over a million people from the group of states, including Poland and Czech Republic, were employed in the three months to June.
The figure relates to the so-called A8 nations - Czech Republic, Estonia, Hungary, Latvia, Lithuania, Poland, Slovakia and Slovenia - which joined the EU in 2004

▽ITV to switch off for an hour to encourage people to get outdoors and exercise - Mirror Online

The broadcaster is planning to switch off all seven of its channels to encourage viewers to get off their comfortable sofas and instead go outside and exercise in celebration of the Rio Olympics.
Instead of their usual shows, viewers tuning in on Saturday August 27 at 9.30am will be greeted with the message: "We've gone running - why don't you join us?"

▽TV presenter Charlie Webster brought out of Rio malaria coma - BBC News

A television sports presenter who contracted malaria in Rio following a 3,000-mile charity cycle ride has been brought out of her medically induced coma, her manager has said.