Friday, October 9

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Osama bin Laden’s son threatens revenge on the United States: We are all Osama
11Jul By Sumon AdminNo Comments
Asia, ENGLISH

Osama bin Laden’s son threatens revenge on the United States: We are all Osama

    The son of assassinated al Qaeda ringleader Osama bin Laden released a video message Saturday entitled, We are all Osama. In the 21-minute speech, Hamza bin Laden promises revenge on the United States for all those who defended Islam, though he also mentions his father's death. We will continue striking you and targeting you in your country and abroad, he said, in response to your oppression of the people of Palestine, Afghanistan, Syria, Iraq, Yemen, Somalia and the rest of the Muslim lands that did not survive your oppression. Osama bin Laden in 1998 Hamza is in his mid-20s and is considered a new face for an aging terrorist organization overshadowed by the Islamic State. His whereabouts are unknown, but documents recovered from his father's compound suggest Osama bin La...
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Bank of England poised to slash interest rates to shore up economy
10Jul By Sumon AdminNo Comments
ENGLISH, United Kingdom

Bank of England poised to slash interest rates to shore up economy

    The Bank of England is poised to slash interest rates to close to zero this week as fears mount over a Brexit-induced recession. Economists believe the Monetary Policy Committee (MPC) will cut rates to a new low of just 0.25pc on Thursday, while markets have priced in a 75pc chance of more easing. Bank of America Merrill Lynch believes policymakers will reduce rates to as low as 0.1pc. A cut would be the first change in interest rates since March 2009, when the base rate was slashed to 0.5pc. Global investors have rowed back their hopes for higher interest rates following the UK’s decision to leave the EU. Ahead of last month’s poll, markets were priced for 0.19 percentage points of rate cuts from the G7 central banks over the coming year. Now, they expect almost a full pe...
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Brexit aftershocks: Who’s next to leave the EU
10Jul By Sumon AdminNo Comments
ENGLISH, Europe

Brexit aftershocks: Who’s next to leave the EU

    The initial proposals from these big countries encourage the break-up of the Union But today Mr Kaczynski blasted: "The initial proposals from these big countries encourage the break-up of the Union. "We cannot stand idly by and let the most powerful ones carry on like this. We cannot allow the Union to fall apart. "Britain is being treated arrogantly today, which is a hysterical reaction." Addressing delegates, the 67-year-old was also keen to leave the door open for a possible return to the European fold for Britain. Far from punishing Britain for voting to leave, instead he urged Brussels to "reach out" to the next Government and try to smooth over future relations. Urging Brussels bureaucrats not to burn bridges, he pleaded: "We have to give it a chance, a chance of re...
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Poland warns Brussels it will DESTROY the EU if it tries to punish Britain for leaving
10Jul By Sumon AdminNo Comments
ENGLISH, Europe

Poland warns Brussels it will DESTROY the EU if it tries to punish Britain for leaving

    The country's former Prime Minister said that, far from deterring other countries from leaving, any attempts to punish the UK will only accelerate the break up of the beleaguered bloc. Jaroslaw Kaczynski, the influential chairman of the ruling Law and Justice Party, also aimed a torpedo at close neighbours Germany, saying the rest of Europe cannot allow Angela Merkel to sink the EU by refusing to negotiate. His comments yet again expose the growing division on the continent over how to deal with the fallout of last week's historic Brexit vote. Poland is a deeply eurosceptic country and has been dismayed by Britain's vote to leave the bloc as it feels it has lost its biggest ally in the fight against Brussels federalism. He also said Brussels should leave the door open for ...
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After Brexit Vote: Immigrants Feel a Town Turn Against Them
10Jul By Sumon AdminNo Comments
ENGLISH, United Kingdom

After Brexit Vote: Immigrants Feel a Town Turn Against Them

    A few days after Britain voted to leave the European Union, Monika Baginski was in a supermarket, chatting with a friend on the phone in her native Polish, when a man followed her down the aisle. “You foreigner,” Ms. Baginski recalled him saying. “You’ll be out soon.” Ms. Baginski, 32, said she was stunned. Until that moment, she had never been the target of abuse, even in Boston, a port town on the east coast of England where rancor between longtime residents and the fast-growing population of recent immigrants has been simmering for years. Sign Up For NYT Now's Morning Briefing Newsletter But since Britain’s referendum vote to leave the European Union, latent hostility toward the new arrivals — most of whom came to Boston from Central and Eastern Europe under rules that ...
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Chilcot report: John Prescott says Tony Blair led UK into illegal war in Iraq
10Jul By Sumon AdminNo Comments
ENGLISH, United Kingdom

Chilcot report: John Prescott says Tony Blair led UK into illegal war in Iraq

    John Prescott The Iraq War was illegal, according to Lord Prescott, the deputy prime minister at the time of the 2003 invasion. The Labour heavyweight used his strongest language yet to condemn Tony Blair's decision to take part in the Iraq War, a decision he supported at the time. Lord Prescott's comments come just days after the publication of the long-awaited Iraq Inquiry report by Sir John Chilcot. Writing in The Sunday Mirror the peer said: "I will live with the decision of going to war and its catastrophic consequences for the rest of my life. Theo Bertram acted as adviser to both Tony Blair, left, and Gordon Brown, right (Picture: Getty Images) "In 2004, the UN secretary-general Kofi Annan said that as regime change was the prime aim of the Iraq War, it was illegal....
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Report slams opaque training deal between UK police and overseas states
9Jul By Sumon AdminNo Comments
ENGLISH, United Kingdom

Report slams opaque training deal between UK police and overseas states

    Britain’s secretive provision of police training to foreign regimes with dubious human rights records threatens the integrity of the UK “brand” of policing that such programmes aim to promote internationally, a parliamentary report has warned. In highly critical findings about how security personnel from states such as Saudi Arabia benefit from British assistance, the home affairs select committee describe the government’s refusal to reveal details of “opaque” training agreements as “totally unacceptable”. The MPs also state that the lack of transparency around the contracts mean the Foreign Office’s own guidance on ensuring human rights obligations are met may not be “fit for purpose.” They call for the government to secure written guarantees in future that such training ...
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David Cameron to commit more Bitish troops to Aghanistan
9Jul By Sumon AdminNo Comments
ENGLISH, United Kingdom

David Cameron to commit more Bitish troops to Aghanistan

    David Cameron is to send more British troops to Afghanistan amid concerns about the deteriorating security situation. The Prime Minister, attending the Nato summit in Warsaw, will announce that he is to deploy up to 50 additional personnel to help build up the beleaguered Afghan security forces. They will join the 450 British troops already in the country who had been due to return at the end of this year but will now have their mission extended into 2017. The move follows the announcement by President Barack Obama that he is to keep the remaining 8,400 US troops in Afghanistan for the remainder of his presidency, further slowing the draw-down of US forces. Arriving in Warsaw, Mr Cameron said it was essential that Nato continued "to work with the Afghan government and the ...
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India bars unauthorised Peace TV airing
9Jul By Sumon AdminNo Comments
Asia, ENGLISH

India bars unauthorised Peace TV airing

    Screen shot of letter from India’s Information and Broadcasting ministry (I&B) to cable operators on "transmission of un-authorized TV channels by cable operators - action by authorised officers of the state governments." India’s Information and Broadcasting ministry (I&B) yesterday directed cable operators to black out “un-authorised” television channels including controversial Peace TV of Dr Zakir Naik, reports The Hindustan Times. The I&B ministry held a meeting Friday — attended by representatives from the home ministry, intelligence agencies and National Investigation Agency (NIA) — to discuss all unlicensed channels broadcast in the country. Transmission of un-authorized TV channels by Cable Operators - Action by Authorised Officers of the State Governmen...
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Government dashes hopes of second EU referendum in e-petition response
9Jul By Sumon AdminNo Comments
ENGLISH, United Kingdom

Government dashes hopes of second EU referendum in e-petition response

    The hopes of more than 4.1 million people who signed a petition calling for a second referendum on the EU have faded, after a response from the government saying was a “once in a generation vote”. Parliament must consider all petitions that reach a threshold of 100,000 votes for a debate and, although the decision has yet to consider the motion for a debate, the Foreign Office responded to the signatories by email on Friday evening, pointing out that over 33 million have had their say. Referring to the wording of the petition, which asks for a second vote to be held because the vote to leave did not surpass 60% of the vote and the turnout was less than 75%, the government response states that the European Union Referendum Act did not include rules about minimum turnout. Th...
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