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Police investigating the poisoning of spy Sergei Skripal obstruction and pursue suspects in Russia
1Jun By Sumon AdminNo Comments
Featured, United Kingdom

Police investigating the poisoning of spy Sergei Skripal obstruction and pursue suspects in Russia

    A former counter terror detective says police investigating the poisoning of spy Sergei Skripal must be prepared for obstruction if they pursue suspects in Russia. Brian Tarpey accused Russian authorities of playing games with him and colleagues when they went to Moscow to interview a witness to the fatal poisoning of ex-KGB officer Alexander Litvinenko in London. The Russians said that far from being the killer, he himself was a victim who was poisoned by Litvinenko. To this day, I still don't know if we interviewed the man we thought he was. Businessman Kovtun and another Russian Andrey Lugovoy, both former KGB officers, were later named in a UK public inquiry as Litvinenko's killers. Monday will mark three months since the nerve agent poisoning of former double...
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Melania declares her health and marriage after not appearing in public
1Jun By Sumon AdminNo Comments
America, Featured

Melania declares her health and marriage after not appearing in public

    After three weeks out of the public eye, Melania Trump has put to rest speculation about her health and marriage. The first lady, who is recovering from medical treatment for a kidney condition, took to Twitter to say she was feeling great and is at the White House. Ms Trump is yet to make a public appearance, leaving some sceptics still wondering about her condition. The first lady's tweet landed while her husband was participating in a White House event that seemed tailor-made for a first lady, as famous athletes joined Donald Trump and his daughter and senior adviser, Ivanka Trump, on the South Lawn to promote youth sports and fitness. I see the media is working overtime speculating where I am & what I'm doing, Ms Trump said on Twitter. "Rest assured, I'm h...
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Danger to life warning as storms set to return
31May By Sumon AdminNo Comments
Featured, United Kingdom

Danger to life warning as storms set to return

    Heavy rain and thunderstorms could cause chaos once again with an amber warning issued for flash flooding in some towns and cities. Rainfall of up to 50mm (2in) in just an hour caused travel problems and damage to homes and businesses earlier this week, and the heat and humidity today will fuel intense showers and thunderstorms across southern Britain. There is an amber warning for torrential rain, hail and lightning in place from 4pm until 6am on Friday for most areas in the South West, Wales and the West Midlands, as well as Oxfordshire, Hampshire and West Berkshire in the South East. The Met Office also has yellow warnings in place, advising that the storms may bring up to 80mm (3in) of rain in just a few hours. It says says power cuts are likely and there may ...
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US to slap tariffs on EU steel and aluminium
31May By Sumon AdminNo Comments
America, Featured

US to slap tariffs on EU steel and aluminium

    The US has announced plans to impose tariffs on steel and aluminium from the EU starting at midnight. US President Donald Trump announced in March that he would slap a 25% tariff on imported steel and a 10% tariff on imported aluminium, citing national security interests. But he had granted an exemption to the EU and other allies, including Canada and Mexico. That exemption was due to expire on Friday. US Commerce Secretary Wilbur Ross said talks with the EU had made progress but not enough to continue the exemptions. Talks with Canada and Mexico over the North American Free Trade Agreement had been taking longer than we had hoped, he said. He added: We look forward to continued negotiations, both with Canada and Mexico on the one hand, and with the European Com...
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Vital immigration papers lost by UK Home Office
31May By Sumon AdminNo Comments
Featured, United Kingdom

Vital immigration papers lost by UK Home Office

    A wave of devastating incidents of vital personal papers being lost in immigration cases has led to renewed calls for the Home Office to overhaul the way it handles documents. The problem has been so severe that at its peak the department routinely mislaid thousands of files, a former senior immigration official said. In the wake of the coverage of the Windrush scandal, the Guardian has spoken to people whose immigration status has been left in limbo after documents submitted to the Home Office have vanished. Despite this the Home Office has never made a voluntarily self-referral to the data protection watchdog over lost papers. The Home Affairs committee and the independent inspectorate have warned the Home Office repeatedly to improve the competency and accuracy...
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Leading Muslim fashion designer jailed in Indonesia fraud
30May By Sumon AdminNo Comments
Asia, Featured

Leading Muslim fashion designer jailed in Indonesia fraud

    An Indonesian fashion designer who shot to global fame with her Muslim-themed collection was sentenced to 18 years in prison Wednesday for a multi-million dollar fraud and money-laundering. A court near Jakarta convicted Anniesa Hasibuan, 31, and her husband of cheating customers who booked pilgrimage trips to Islam's holiest city Mecca through a travel agency they operated. The pair were accused of bilking thousands of clients out of at least 848 billion rupiah ($60 million), a steep fall from grace for Hasibuan who had become a household name in the world's biggest Muslim-majority country. In 2016 Hasibuan's collection was shown at New York Fashion Week where all her runway models wore hijab head scarves and Muslim-inspired designs, a first for the prestigious ev...
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Why Europeans Turned Against Trump
30May By Sumon AdminNo Comments
Europe, Featured

Why Europeans Turned Against Trump

    With the Trump administration’s recent withdrawal from the Iran nuclear deal, the already rocky relationship between the United States and its European allies has become even more tenuous. For many Europeans, Trump’s decision to pull the United States out of the Iran accord crystallizes what they dislike about his approach to world affairs: Instead of multilateralism, it’s America First. Across much of Europe, anti-Americanism appears to be on the rise. Polls show plunging ratings for America, and European leaders are once again critical of Washington’s foreign policies. Commentators are issuing dark warnings about the fate of the transatlantic alliance. Angela Merkel, the chancellor of Germany, has said that Europe can no longer rely on the United States and that ...
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Austria calls for overhaul of EU free movement
30May By Sumon AdminNo Comments
Europe, Featured

Austria calls for overhaul of EU free movement

    Austria's vice-chancellor has called for EU member states to discuss reform of free movement ahead of his country taking over the bloc's rotating presidency. Heinz-Christian Strache, who leads the eurosceptic and far-right Freedom Party, questioned whether the EU rule allowing citizens to live and work in any other member state was smart. Considered one of the four freedoms of the EU, the free movement of people is a right fiercely guarded by EU officials as indivisible from membership of the bloc or its single market. The UK government's decision to quit the EU's single market after Brexit stems from Brussels' insistence that membership must be accompanied by continued adherence to free movement rules, with immigration a large part of the 2016 EU referendum campai...
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Russian journalist Arkady Babchenko turns up alive after staged assassination
30May By Sumon AdminNo Comments
Featured, Russia

Russian journalist Arkady Babchenko turns up alive after staged assassination

    Arkady Babchenko, the Russian journalist reportedly murdered in Kiev, faked his death as part of a sting operation, Ukrainian officials have said. The 41-year-old, appeared at a Press conference alongside the head of the Ukrainian security service on Wednesday afternoon. Mr Babchenko, who was visibly tearful, said: Special apologies to my wife. Olechka, I am sorry, but there were no options here. The operation took two months to prepare. I was told a month ago. As a result of the operation, one person has been captured, he is being held. Vasily Gritsak, head of the Ukrainian Security Service (SBU) said the sting had been set up in order to thwart a genuine plot against Mr Babchenko's life. I can now reveal details of the SBU special operation, thanks to which we ...
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Russia Sends Top Diplomat to Meet North Korea before Trump Meeting
30May By Sumon AdminNo Comments
Asia, Featured

Russia Sends Top Diplomat to Meet North Korea before Trump Meeting

    Russia will send its top diplomat to North Korea for discussions on a range of topics, including the rogue nation's nuclear weapons program, as uncertainty remains over a potential meeting between leader Kim Jong Un and U.S. President Donald Trump. Pyongyang has invited Moscow’s Foreign Minister Sergey Lavrov to meet his North Korean counterpart Ri Yong Ho, the government-run KCNA news agency reported on Wednesday. The Russian foreign ministry confirmed the report and accepted the invitation in a statement shortly after. The negotiations are planned between the foreign policy institutions’ heads, over the course of which they will likely discuss the bilateral agenda, opinions on the situation around the Korean peninsula situation and other key international as well ...
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