Tuesday, October 6

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London’s Boris bus dumped as Sadiq khan halts purchases
1Jan By Sumon AdminNo Comments
ENGLISH, London

London’s Boris bus dumped as Sadiq khan halts purchases

    Sadiq Khan has dumped the Boris bus, a key part of the now foreign secretary’s legacy as London mayor, because it is too expensive to produce. The new generation of red double-decker Routemasters, with folding doors that allow passengers to hop on and off, was introduced by Johnson in 2012, to great fanfare. Designer Thomas Heatherwick was credited with giving the new Routemaster a modern London look. After the bus was first introduced, he said it was a compliment that it had so quickly become part of London’s landscape and personality. Heatherwick also designed the cauldron for the opening of the 2012 London Olympics as well as the so-called Garden Bridge, yet to be built across the river Thames. At the time, the London mayor described the new bus, built by Northern Irela...
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ISIS planning mass attack in Britain and has no moral barrier to using chemical weapons
1Jan By Sumon AdminNo Comments
ENGLISH, Europe

ISIS planning mass attack in Britain and has no moral barrier to using chemical weapons

    ISIS is planning a mass casualty attack against Britain, with no moral barrier to using chemical weapons, a minister has warned. Security minister Ben Wallace said the chemical threat was the potential realisation of everybody's worst fear. Wallace said there were reports of IS using chemical weapons in Syria and Iraq, where it controls large areas, and that Moroccan authorities apprehended a cell in February which was harbouring substances that could be used to either make a bomb or a deadly toxin. Mr Wallace said: Experts have warned that their ambition is a mass casualty attack and they have no moral barrier to using whatever means possible. It came after he told the Sunday Times: The ambition of IS or Daesh is definitely mass casualty attacks. They want to harm as many...
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Istanbul terror attack: Gunman dressed as Santa kills 39 in Reina nightclub
1Jan By Sumon AdminNo Comments
ENGLISH, Europe

Istanbul terror attack: Gunman dressed as Santa kills 39 in Reina nightclub

    At least 39 people were killed and another 69 wounded when a gunman opened fire at the Reina nightclub in Istanbul, Turkey on Jan. 1, 2017, according to Turkey's Interior Minister Suleyman Soylu. Istanbul governor Vasip Sahin called it a terrorist attack and told reporters the gunman first shot a police officer and a civilian as he entered the club in Ortakoy district. Police have cordoned off the area and ambulances are on the scene but the whereabouts of the attacker is still unknown. An armored police vehicle blocks a road leading to the club. A gunman reportedly dressed in a Santa costume killed at least 39 people, including 16 foreigners, at a famous nightclub in Istanbul during New Year's Eve celebrations. Armed with a long-barrelled weapon, the attacker shot a polic...
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Celebrity deaths eventually 2016: why won’t be considered unusual
31Dec By Sumon AdminNo Comments
ENGLISH, Extras

Celebrity deaths eventually 2016: why won’t be considered unusual

    The 2016 death list seems to go on forever. Forget the rest of the year just take the last week or so: George Michael, Carrie Fisher, Debbie Reynolds, Richard Adams, Rick Parfitt, Rabbi Lionel Blue, Zsa Zsa Gabor. A few months ago a New Yorker cartoon depicted an angel advising Death: Maybe cool it on the beloved celebrities for a bit, and there were suggestions on social media that Time magazine’s Person of the Year shouldn’t be Donald Trump but the Grim Reaper himself. The comedian and writer David Baddiel tweeted: Starting to think it might be a serial killer, with a grudge against people who are massively loved. Even early in the year there were suspicions that celebrity mortality was on the rise. In April by which time we had already said goodbye to David Bowie, Pierr...
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Twins plan to marry who they sleep in same bed and shared same one boyfriend
31Dec By Sumon AdminNo Comments
ENGLISH, United Kingdom

Twins plan to marry who they sleep in same bed and shared same one boyfriend

    Two identical twins who share a bed with their joint boyfriend have now revealed they BOTH plan to marry him. Anna and Lucy DeCinque, from Perth, Australia, both plan to tie the knot with boyfriend Ben Byrne having met him on Facebook five years ago. The 30-year-old sisters say they plan to travel to Tucson, Arizona, to say their three-way vows. Arizona's constitution bans polygamy but lists no punishment - meaning many travel for wedding services which are described as 'spiritual' rather than legal unions. Announcing their intentions on YouTube, the pair said: "We’ve been with him for five years so he’s twinning and winning… We do want to marry the same man and his name is Ben. © Provided by Trinity Mirror Plc "And now we've been thinking, how is that going to work? Many ...
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A family called for an ambulance 2007 times within year
31Dec By Sumon AdminNo Comments
ENGLISH, United Kingdom

A family called for an ambulance 2007 times within year

    Frequent callers are costing the NHS £20 million each year Ambulances were called from the same house more than 2,000 times in one year as stretched 999 services are being bombarded by time-wasters and lives put at risk. In a number of cases less than one percent of calls have resulted in someone needing to be taken to hospital by ambulance. Health bosses have warned 'frequent callers' are costing the NHS around £20 million a year and risk placing the lives of genuine callers in danger. Figures obtained under the Freedom of Information Act reveal one property in Sheffield, South Yorkshire, was the source of 2,077 emergency calls in the last year. But just five calls from the property in this period resulted in someone being taken to hospital. The site was one of nine homes...
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Russian hackers broke into US electricity grid as part of Grizzly Steppe campaign
31Dec By Sumon AdminNo Comments
America, ENGLISH

Russian hackers broke into US electricity grid as part of Grizzly Steppe campaign

    Russian hackers are reported to have successfully broken into a US electricity grid. A malware code linked to a larger campaign dubbed Grizzly Steppe by the Obama administration, has been uncovered inside systems of an electric utility in Vermont, according to a report citing US authorities. According to unspecified sources with knowledge of the matter, the hackers did not actively use the malware to disrupt operations in any way. According to a senior administration official, the motives and end goals of the attackers remain unclear. However, authorities believe that the cyberattack may have been a dry run by Russian hackers, in efforts to determine whether the grid could be infiltrated, the Washington Post reported. The Grizzly Steppe campaign's malware code was made...
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Germany facing islamist terrorism threat
31Dec By Sumon AdminNo Comments
ENGLISH, Europe

Germany facing islamist terrorism threat

    German Chancellor Angela Merkel poses for photographs after the television recording of her annual New Year's speech at the Chancellery in Berlin Islamist terrorism is the biggest test facing Germany, Chancellor Angela Merkel said on Saturday in a New Year's address to the nation, and she vowed to introduce laws that improve security after a deadly attack before Christmas in Berlin. Describing 2016 as a year that gave many the impression that the world had "turned upside down," Merkel urged Germans to forsake populism and said Germany had an interest in taking a leading role in addressing the many challenges facing the European Union. Many attach to 2016 the feeling that the world had turned upside down or that what for long had been held as an achievement is now being que...
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Armed police on London’s NYE Tubes after Berlin
30Dec By Sumon AdminNo Comments
ENGLISH, London

Armed police on London’s NYE Tubes after Berlin

    Armed police will be deployed on London Underground trains for the first time on New Year's Eve following a review of security. The armed officers and other additional patrols have been brought in to bolster the 3,000 officers who will police the capital's streets. Although armed officers have been visible at Tube stations for some time, they are not routinely seen on Underground trains and platforms. Transport for London told Sky News that armed British Transport Police officers will be seen on Tube trains from New Year's Eve onwards. Plans for the BTP to have its own armed division were announced in 2011 but it was only in October that the force said it wants its uniformed marksmen to travel on the Tube. Concrete barriers have also been erected around the main routes int...
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Confessions of an Isis killer: British jihadis shunned frontline in favour of torture squads
30Dec By Sumon AdminNo Comments
Arab world, ENGLISH

Confessions of an Isis killer: British jihadis shunned frontline in favour of torture squads

    When I shot the rafidi it was easy. He was kneeling in front of me, sobbing. He was a big man: his body was shaking. I thought why are you crying, you are a killer yourself, you are going to have a quick death. I just pulled the trigger, and it was over. I didn’t feel any pity. I didn’t feel any pride. I was just doing my job. The shooting in the town of Manbij was the first execution of a prisoner that Abu Mutassim, an experienced fighter for Isis, had carried out. He tried to justify the murder by saying that the man whose life he took was not just an enemy but a member of the Shabiha, a brutal Bashar al-Assad regime militia. The final punishment was justified against these types of rafidis – a pejorative Sunni term for Shias and Syria’s ruling Alawites – who committed a...
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