Sunday, October 18

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Shameless Theresa May pleaded with David Cameron to support her DUP deal
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Shameless Theresa May pleaded with David Cameron to support her DUP deal

    Theresa May phoned David Cameron to beg him to support her deal to govern alongside the Democratic Unionist Party, according to reports. The Prime Minister is said to have called her predecessor the day before the agreement with the Northern Irish party was publicly confirmed. It is thought to be the first time the two have spoken in months and comes after a year of Mrs May distancing herself from her predecessor’s policies. The Times reported that Mrs May was desperate for Mr Cameron’s backing after losing her majority in June's election. Following the call, Mr Cameron offered to tweet out his support for the controversial deal - which will prop up Mrs May in the Commons. On Monday at 12.05, he tweeted: Task facing PM, given the circs, is to deliver the most stable govt p...
Numerous dead as tour bus goes up in flames after crash in Germany
ENGLISH, Europe

Numerous dead as tour bus goes up in flames after crash in Germany

    The charred structure of the coach remains as firefighters put out the blaze Up to 18 people are believed to have been killed after a coach collided with a lorry in southern Germany - causing it to catch fire. The accident happened on the A9 motorway near the town of Bayreuth in Bavaria at around 7am local time. Around 46 passengers, plus two drivers, were on board the tour bus at the time of the smash in which 30 people were hurt, some suffered serious injuries. Images of the scene showed both vehicles completely gutted by the blaze. Related video: Several feared dead after bus crash in Germany (Provided by PA) "Unfortunately, numerous people... lost their lives in this burning bus, said Steffen Seibert, a spokesman for German Chancellor Angela Merkel. Police spokesman Ju...
Again fires in Tower Hamlets St Paul’s within few hours (Video)
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Again fires in Tower Hamlets St Paul’s within few hours (Video)

Sumon Ahmed: Fires had happened in Tower Hamlets again within few hours. This fire incident happened on the 4th floor of a residential building in St. Paul's Way in front of St. Paul's Secondary School. According to the report, A woman jumped from the 4-storied building and was on the street. Ambulance workers are providing medical services to a leopard from a 4 storey building. In the social media, the woman's body is covered by a fire service worker. The 17-year-old is believed to have fallen to her death as the blaze swept through a third-floor maisonette in St Paul’s Way. Fire fighters and paramedics were called to the scene shortly before 6am where a man was rescued from a fourth floor bedroom before being rushed to hospital. Three other people, who escaped the blaze before fire fight...
NHS rescue plans are in chaos after weakened
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NHS rescue plans are in chaos after weakened

    Plans to rescue the NHS are in chaos after a weakened Theresa May backed down from a fight with MPs likely to involve hospital closures, Labour has alleged. Legislation to allow local health chiefs to transform the delivery of care and, crucially, save many billions of pounds has been shelved after the Conservatives lost their Commons majority. Health Secretary Jeremy Hunt has admitted the legal shake-up cannot go ahead without a consensus and that it will not happen while the Government is fixated on Brexit. Two thirds of the 44 Sustainability and Transformation Plans (STPs) propose closing a hospital, or moving treatment to a different site. The STPs have not been stopped in their tracks. Local health bodies will continue to create them, but without any legal underpinnin...
Our patience with Qatar has run out
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Our patience with Qatar has run out

    Boycott of Qatar sends a message to Doha that our patience has eventually run out, Saudi Foreign Minister Adel Al-Jubeir stated in a new tweet via the official account of the Saudi Ministry of Foreign Affairs. He said in the tweet that the demands sent to Qatar are nonnegotiable and that Saudi Arabia rejects Qatar’s support for terrorism and extremism which jeopardizes the security of the Kingdom and the region. He said that Qatar did not abide by its commitments and did not fulfill its promises to stop supporting and funding terrorism as well as interfering in the internal affairs of neighboring states. Jubeir said in a statement from the Embassy of Saudi Arabia in Washington three days ago that any country in the world cannot accept the principle of funding extremist org...
Blaze rips through roof Solar panels on fire London’s Victoria Park
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Blaze rips through roof Solar panels on fire London’s Victoria Park

    A blaze has ripped through a block of new million-pound apartments near London's Victoria Park today. The fourth floor and attic roof at trendy Bow Wharf have been incinerated as the fire raged through the five-storey block today. The cause of the fire is still unknown at this stage, yet a picture shows solar panels on fire at the waterside development, where homes are on sale for more than £1million. One shocked witness told the MailOnline: I noticed massive billows of smoke when I was leaving my flat so I quickly rushed back and noticed it was the building opposite. "The spread seemed concentrated around the solar panels on the top. It looked a bit like the solar panels were on fire. At least 75% of the roof has been destroyed, while eighty fire fighters desperately try ...
Labour’s right wing draws up new plan to undermine Jeremy Corbyn
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Labour’s right wing draws up new plan to undermine Jeremy Corbyn

    Labour’s right wing has launched a new plan to rein in Jeremy Corbyn’s power despite his growing standing within the party following the general election result, The Independent can reveal. The battle plan, issued to activists just a week after Labour overturned Theresa May’s majority, would water down Mr Corbyn’s influence on the party’s powerful executive by drafting in extra members likely to be hostile to him. The manoeuvre is the latest sign of the continuing guerrilla warfare taking place behind the scenes in Labour, with Mr Corbyn’s own supporters undertaking a counteroffensive to try and cement the left’s grip on the party. The competing plans set the scene for a major showdown at this year’s annual conference in Brighton, where the struggle for the heart of the pa...
Theresa May is facing a chorus of Tory demands
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Theresa May is facing a chorus of Tory demands

    A placard at an anti-austerity march in London on Saturday. Theresa May is facing a chorus of Tory demands for a radical overhaul of state funding for public services as cabinet ministers and senior Conservative MPs back higher pay for millions of NHS workers, more cash for schools and a national debate on student debt. The prime minister’s waning authority was highlighted as her health secretary, Jeremy Hunt, and education secretary Justine Greening lobbied for an easing of austerity and senior Conservative MPs insisted public services would be in growing peril without an urgent loosening of the purse strings. Separately, Damian Green, the de facto deputy prime minister and a May loyalist, hinted at a wider rethink when he said there might need to be a national debate abo...
Former US diplomat hails ambitious vision of Saudi Crown Prince
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Former US diplomat hails ambitious vision of Saudi Crown Prince

    The world media has been giving extended coverage to Prince Muhammad Bin Salman since he was officially named Saudi Crown Prince on June 21. More than a week later, he continues to dominate the larger portion of Saudi-related news abroad. Former US diplomat Dennis Ross is among some prominent analysts who have highlighted the achievements of the Crown Prince and how he has managed the ambitious project of Vision 2030. In an opinion article, published by US NEWS on Thursday, Ross foresaw Saudi Arabia’s future with Crown Prince Muhammad Bin Salman, referring to his efforts to diversify the country’s economy and modernity as he promised to expand sources of revenue and maximize resources. Some features of the change refer to musical concerts and other events that have staged ...
Muslim acid attack victim speaks out
ENGLISH, United Kingdom

Muslim acid attack victim speaks out

    The victim of an acid attack in London has said that if it happened to a white person, it’d be all over the news. Jameel Muhktar and his cousin Resham Khan were left with life-changing injuries when a man threw acid through their car window as they sat in traffic in Newham, London. Muhktar spoke out about the incident for the first time yesterday in an interview with Channel 4 News, calling the attack a hate crime. I honestly feel that if this was a white person that got attacked by an Asian person he’d be caught within 24 hours. It’d be all over the news, there’d be a national manhunt, Muhktar told Channel 4 News yesterday. I believe it’s something to do with Islamophobia. I’ve never seen this guy in my life. I don’t have any problems with anybody. My cousin is 21, she’s ...