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Theresa May to pledge EU citizens can stay in UK after Brexit
5Mar By Sumon AdminNo Comments
ENGLISH, United Kingdom

Theresa May to pledge EU citizens can stay in UK after Brexit

    Theresa May is facing growing Brexit pressure on multiple fronts as Tories challenge her renegotiation stance and fresh questions about the impact on the economy arise. Senior Tory Eurosceptics have joined Labour and the Liberal Democrats in calling for extra reassurances for EU citizens in Britain through a Brexit committee report. Conservative rebels in the Lords will back opposition parties to inflict a second Brexit Bill defeat in as many weeks on Tuesday, this time over a vote on the final deal. Sinn Fein’s surge in the Northern Ireland elections on an anti-Brexit ticket could see Stormont become more critical about the EU split. And the expected sale of Vauxhall this week will see concerns over the 4,500 linked British jobs - and the UK car manufacturing sector as a ...
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Jane Fonda speaks of rape, abuse and her disease to please
4Mar By Sumon AdminNo Comments
America, ENGLISH

Jane Fonda speaks of rape, abuse and her disease to please

    Activist and actress Jane Fonda has spoken for the first time about being raped and sexually abused as a child, saying she was raised with the disease to please others. Fonda, 79, a long-time outspoken advocate of women’s rights, said it had taken her years to stand up for herself in Hollywood on issue such as pay and the roles she took. I’ve been raped, I’ve been sexually abused as a child and I’ve been fired because I wouldn’t sleep with my boss and I always thought it was my fault; that I didn’t do or say the right thing, Fonda told fellow actress Brie Larson in a conversation for the March 2 edition of Net-a-Porter magazine. Fonda gave no details of the assaults. I know young girls who’ve been raped and didn’t even know it was rape, she said. ‘They think, It must have ...
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Secret Uber software steers drivers from stings
4Mar By Sumon AdminNo Comments
America, ENGLISH

Secret Uber software steers drivers from stings

    Uber on Friday acknowledged the use of a secret software program to steer drivers away from trouble, including sting operations by local authorities to catch lawbreakers. In the latest in a streak of damaging news for the ridesharing giant, Uber came forward about its Greyball software after a New York Times report which said the program aimed to deceive authorities in markets around the world. According to an Uber statement, the tool was used in cities where it was not banned from operating, and the main intent was to protect drivers from disruption by competitors using the smartphone application to interfere instead of summon legitimate rides. This program denies ride requests to fraudulent users who are violating our terms of service, an Uber spokesperson said in an ema...
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UK could quit EU without paying a penny
4Mar By Sumon AdminNo Comments
ENGLISH, United Kingdom

UK could quit EU without paying a penny

    The UK could walk away from the European Union in 2019 without paying a penny, the House of Lords has said, in a report bound to raise tensions with Brussels in the run-up to Brexit talks. The British government would have no legal obligation to either pay a €60bn (£52bn) Brexit bill mooted by the European commission or honour payments into the EU budget promised by the former prime minister David Cameron, according to analysis by the House of Lords EU financial affairs sub-committee. In a report published on Saturday, the committee argues that the British government would be on strong legal ground if it chose to leave the EU without paying anything, adding that Brussels would have no realistic chance of getting any money. The peers stress, however, that if the government ...
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Donald Trump’s Russian connections revealed: despite desperately distancing himself from Putin regime
4Mar By Sumon AdminNo Comments
America, ENGLISH

Donald Trump’s Russian connections revealed: despite desperately distancing himself from Putin regime

    As Donald Trump desperately tries to distance himself and his administration from links with Russia, over in Moscow businessmen, oligarchs and politicians are raising eyebrows and wry smiles. The President may have told a Washington press conference, “I have no deals that could happen in Russia because we’ve stayed away”, but those in the know believe the truth is very different. The Mirror travelled to the former Soviet state to investigate allegations which have engulfed Trump and his team regarding clandestine links. We discovered that far from “staying away” Trump has formed associations with some of Moscow’s most powerful and influential players, has sold his Miss Universe contest there, has a Hollywood Boulevard-style signed star in a shopping mall and even had plans...
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Boris Johnson announces trip to Russia
4Mar By Sumon AdminNo Comments
ENGLISH, London

Boris Johnson announces trip to Russia

    Foreign Secretary Boris Johnson is to travel to Russia for high-level talks in the coming weeks, it has been announced. The Foreign Office said Mr Johnson had accepted an invitation from Russian foreign minister Sergey Lavrov to visit Moscow. A spokeswoman added: The Prime Minister and the Foreign Secretary have made clear that our policy towards Russia is to engage but beware and the visit is entirely consistent with this approach. Discussions will focus on the UK-Russia relationship and current international issues including Syria and Ukraine, where we continue to have significant differences. The spokeswoman said it was not a return to business as usual and the Foreign Secretary will continue to be robust on those issues where we differ. But the UK would engage with Rus...
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MPs take 13 minutes to double Royal family income and approve £360m Buckingham Palace refurbishment
3Mar By Sumon AdminNo Comments
ENGLISH, United Kingdom

MPs take 13 minutes to double Royal family income and approve £360m Buckingham Palace refurbishment

    A tiny, temporary committee of MPs set up explicitly to consider doubling the publicly funded income of the Royal Family took thirteen minutes to decide that, yes, the Royal Family should indeed have its income doubled. The Seventh Dedicated Legislation Committee was only established to consider raising the so-called Sovereign Grant from 15 per cent to 25 per cent of the Crown Estates income, in order to fund the estimated £360m upgrade to Buckingham Palace, and now it has done so, it will be disbanded. Only the Scottish National Party, via its representatives Tommy Sheppard and George Kerevan objected to the decision. Mr Sheppard said: "We cannot support this decision and this statutory instrument being passed in this way. “It is not a suggestion that Buckingham Palace is...
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Theresa May to warn SNP to stop playing politics over Brexit
3Mar By Sumon AdminNo Comments
ENGLISH, United Kingdom

Theresa May to warn SNP to stop playing politics over Brexit

    to stop playing politics with Brexit and also condemn the Scottish National Party's record in government on education. In a speech at the Scottish Tory conference in Glasgow, the Prime Minister will say "politics is not a game" and accuse the SNP of neglecting schools because of its obsession with independence. But the First Minister has already hit back, claiming her attempts to reach a Brexit compromise have been met by a "brick wall of Tory intransigence". The latest clash between Mrs May and Ms Sturgeon comes as the First Minister is expected to announce plans for a second independence referendum when the Prime Minister triggers Article 50 for the UK to leave the EU later this month. Mrs May claims it is "very clear" that people in Scotland do not want another vote on ...
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Channel 4’s Extremely British Muslims lifts lid on life as a Muslim in Birmingham
3Mar By Sumon AdminNo Comments
ENGLISH, United Kingdom

Channel 4’s Extremely British Muslims lifts lid on life as a Muslim in Birmingham

    A new documentary TV series starting tonight lifts the lid on life as a Muslim in Britain, after film makers had unprecedented access to Birmingham Central Mosque. The Channel 4 series Extremely British Muslims has spent a year following some of the 6,000 worshippers at one of the largest mosques in Europe. The cameras have captured their day-to-day lives to explore three themes – finding a partner, the identity crisis facing young Muslim men and the challenges faced by some British Muslims as they try to reconcile the rules of their faith with life in Britain. It also exposes the dealings of the Sharia Court, including following women who are trying to get a divorce. And it reveals that there is such demand from Muslims wanting to check the religion’s rules that the Mosqu...
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News brief from Bangladesh High Commission London
3Mar By Sumon AdminNo Comments
ENGLISH, London

News brief from Bangladesh High Commission London

Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina yesterday said her government undertook a series of projects for further development of the power sector considering the rising demand of electricity to meet the future need and illuminate every home of the country. She made the comment while inaugurating eight new power plants alongside transmission and distribution systems through video conferencing from her Ganabhaban residence in the capital yesterday. The Prime Minister also inaugurated Disbursement of Primary Education Stipend using Mobile Banking through video conferencing at the same time. Earlier, the Prime Minister witnessed a presentation on proposed integrated traffic management at Bijoy Sarani area of city. Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina yesterday told parliament that the government would rehabilitat...
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